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not fooled

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3. What a crock of sh*t
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 11:38 PM
Wednesday

roberts is vile.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/supreme-court-john-roberts-lisa-graves/]

“Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice.”


Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court for 20 years now. In that time, his Republican-appointed majority has completely transformed America and its politics, with many of its most destructive opinions written by Roberts himself. Some effects are already visible in our everyday lives, others are only now coming into focus.

“This is now a MAGA court, and Roberts is at the helm.”

The court has rolled back voting rights and greenlit gerrymandering, at particular costs to nonwhite voters. It has allowed unlimited money to warp our politics and empowered the wealthiest elites at the expense of most Americans—a distortion that is reflected in growing inequality. The court ended affirmative action in higher education. It ended the right to an abortion. It made it harder for the government to issue the kinds of rules and regulations that safeguard our health and environment. It so aggressively expanded gun rights that virtually every American is now essentially entitled to a machine gun. It’s consistently weakened labor unions and consumer rights. The court has eviscerated the separation of church and state by inviting religious activities and opinions into public schools. And after significant wins for LGBTQ rights—over Roberts’ objection—the court has pivoted and begun to attack them, and transgender people in particular. It’s made public corruption great again. And then there is the court’s obsessive drive to increase presidential power, culminating in last year’s immunity decision, written by Roberts, in which the court granted the president sweeping new powers and general immunity from criminal prosecution, upsetting the separation of powers in our system of government. The decision was the most radical one in a series of holdings where, leading up to the 2024 election, the court repeatedly stepped in to help Trump escape accountability for alleged crimes and aid his return to power. Finally, in recent months, the court has unleashed Trump to act illegally by halting lower court injunctions—decisions which have resulted in illegal deportations to South Sudan, racial profiling by ICE, and the partial dismantling of multiple federal agencies, to name a few. In the face of district courts reining in Trump, the justices decided to strip lower court judges of their power to issue nationwide relief.

That’s quite a record.
Yeah, right. Ocelot II Wednesday #1
SCOTUS reform is past due. When people lose respect for our judicial system walkingman Wednesday #2
What a crock of sh*t not fooled Wednesday #3
John Roberts has been a trusted source of lildDemz Thursday #16
Fucking vile! yellow dahlia Thursday #35
Wonder how this annual letter compares to his previous letters Raven123 Wednesday #4
The White House, not so much. Blues Heron Wednesday #5
Roberts is so full of BS. area51 Wednesday #6
yes, I'm sure from his point of view, it is doing great. Takket Wednesday #7
Absolutely not. That illegitimate court has been gnawing away at the Constitution CousinIT Wednesday #8
"Chief Justice says Constitution remains 'firm and unshaken'..." LudwigPastorius Thursday #9
Why not just keep quiet kacekwl Thursday #10
Repubs are incapable of shutting up NotHardly Thursday #24
Roberts is a fucking joke duckworth969 Thursday #11
Are we happy? BidenRocks Thursday #12
Flaming POS liar christo-fascist wolfie001 Thursday #13
Has he read it? Can't tell by his recent decisions. sinkingfeeling Thursday #14
He Read The Interpretation... ProfessorGAC Thursday #27
Hey Clarence, WAKE DA FUCK UP. The Constitution is still firm and unshaken. 3Hotdogs Thursday #15
Not with him and his five cronies, it's not! He's a traitor to the Constitution! Wonder Why Thursday #17
Taney's rival for worst Chief Justice ever says what? Scrivener7 Thursday #18
Bullshit. Consider the source. (nt) Paladin Thursday #19
Pure gaslighting from Roberts RussBLib Thursday #20
GOP Gaslighters On Parade yellow dahlia Thursday #33
Worst umpire ever mountain grammy Thursday #21
What fucking constituion is he talking about? bluestarone Thursday #22
Roberts is a traitor to our country. travelingthrulife Thursday #23
That's like Trump saying he didn't plan, invite, and condone the Jan 6 violence. Martin68 Thursday #25
God, that man is such a liar. malthaussen Thursday #26
It's tough when the rule of law becomes so broken.. ananda Thursday #28
Traitorous, fascist, Christian nationalist, lying asshole says what ??? SamKnause Thursday #29
The Constitution is not the problem, the Justices who destroy it are bucolic_frolic Thursday #30
Drag em Traildogbob Thursday #31
Gaslighting is a Republican trait. dem4decades Thursday #32
I was saying almost the exact thing, at the same time. yellow dahlia Thursday #34
He's full of bullshit BlueKota Thursday #36
He has already broken pillars off the Constitution numerous times Clouds Passing Thursday #37
Says the corrupt justice who ruled money equals speech Mysterian Thursday #38
fart noises Solly Mack Thursday #39
Sure. The Constitution is fine. SCOTUS? Not so much. nt Blasphemer Thursday #40
Immunity for Putin's Puppy Kid Berwyn Friday #41
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