The Supreme Court was hit by a flurry of damaging new leaks Sunday as a series of confidential memos written by the chief justice were revealed by The New York Times.
The court’s Chief Justice John Roberts was clear to his fellow justices in February: He wanted the court to take up a case weighing Donald Trump’s right to presidential immunity—and he seemed inclined to protect the former president.
“I think it likely that we will view the separation of powers analysis differently,” Roberts wrote to his Supreme Court peers, according to a private memo obtained by the *Times. *He was referencing the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to allow the case to move forward.
Roberts took an unusual level of involvement in this and other cases that ultimately benefited Trump, according to the Times— his handling of the cases surprised even some other justices on the high court, across ideological lines. As president, Trump appointed three of the members of its current conservative supermajority.
I say…“And?”
Like anything will come of it.
Damn. Maybe time to revisit whether Marbury v. Madison was wrongly decided.
Bro, please stop. It’s a bad look, it’s morally and ethically wrong, and it hurts our chance at never having to hear Trump’s name ever again.
You should be banned and your comment should be deleted. If you want to be a dumbfuck, please do it into the mirror like your apparent role model, Travis Bickle.
You could have made the same point without being disgusting by saying impeach.
I understand your frustration. I really, really do. But the trouble with political violence is that it doesn’t end there. Look at our justice system - it isn’t about making people whole, it’s about getting even. That’s what the other 40% of America will do. I don’t want a civil war in my lifetime.
Realistically killing john roberts would save american lives, who can say if good or bad.
its more of a trolley problem thought exercise.
The overturn of roe alone has probably lead to several deaths. Who are you or I to say his life is more valuable than others,
“I think it likely that we will view the separation of powers analysis differently,” Roberts wrote to his Supreme Court peers, according to a private memo obtained by the Times.
That’s all the Times is gonna give us? One sentence of a memo relating to one of the most questionable Supreme Court decisions of all time? The voters should know everything about how they got to this decision.
Yeah that’s not even enough for me to know if it’s controversial. I, also, think SCOTUS will have different opinions on separation of powers.
When Thomas said he thinks they will have different views, he wasn’t saying “we” as in the various supreme court justices. That may be a more reasonable statement.
Thomas said “we” the Supreme Court will have different views than both Chutkin and the DC appeals courts. He was saying SCOTUS will probably overturn the two lower courts.
While I agree we need more, this may not sound like much to you or me… but a SCOTUS judge saying it basically states he already has made up his mind about where he stands before even taking the case. They are supposed to be impartial at all times
Are they going to vigorously investigate these leaks just long enough to find out it was one of the conservatives and then drop the whole thing?
It wasn’t a conservative, it was probably some random clerk.
And they deserve a fucking medal.
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That’s what they said last time.
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At this point the majority has moved so far right they are beyond conservative and well into autocratic and flirting with authoritarian.
That is to say there may be conservatives who are willing to blow the whistle to try to keep this stink off of themselves.
That’s what they said last time.
Last time it was to force a vote they wanted to go right, which it did.
This one is actually embarrassing to the court.
