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turbinetree

(27,464 posts)
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 09:57 PM 2 hrs ago

'John Roberts has had enough': Analysts say Supreme Court just put Trump on notice

By Erik De La Garza
Published March 20, 2026 9:04 PM ET

Legal commentators say Chief Justice John Roberts is pushing back against President Donald Trump after warning that criticism of judges can spiral into personal attacks.

Speaking this week at Rice University in Houston, Roberts suggested that criticism of court rulings can become problematic when it shifts “from a focus on legal analysis to personalities.”

“Their opinions are subject to criticism,” Roberts said of judges across the judiciary during the appearance on Tuesday. “But personally directed hostility is dangerous, and it’s got to stop.”

https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-trump-2676478321/

Hey John Roberts three things came to mind when I read this................

1. What day did you give this traitor the immunity keys along with your 5 other feckless maga compatriots............that's right it was on July 1, 2024, Trump v. United States.................

2. Ever read the book by Joyce Vance , Giving Up Is Unforgivable, go to the last paragraph in page 48 and read to the end of the chapter to page 53 ..........it says everything about you and your court..............

3. You and your maga 5 justices sitting on the bench are going to eviscerate the Voting Right Act...........it has been your life long dream.............your a hypocrite maybe you should get the Mother Jones Magazine........... January / February Edition it all points to you.............you own this along with the maga senators...............end of story...........

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'John Roberts has had enough': Analysts say Supreme Court just put Trump on notice (Original Post) turbinetree 2 hrs ago OP
He made his bed orangecrush 2 hrs ago #1
With a big smirk on his face. Maru Kitteh 1 hr ago #6
When it was just regular Americans being attacked he didn't care. Irish_Dem 2 hrs ago #2
He's toothless JBTaurus83 2 hrs ago #3
Lol. Maru Kitteh 2 hrs ago #4
Quiet piggy... 2naSalit 2 hrs ago #5
When federal agents Johnny2X2X 1 hr ago #7
... littlemissmartypants 1 hr ago #8
interesting bigtree 1 hr ago #9
Roberts is just another lying piece of crap rethuglican. NoMoreRepugs 1 hr ago #10
LOL Nasruddin 48 min ago #11
I have that issue of Mother Jones... SergeStorms 48 min ago #12
Seriously?? This political hack and thug has had enough? Roger Taney was a terrible Chief Justice of the Supreme... NNadir 32 min ago #13
As My Late Spanish Teacher Would Say, "¡Pobrecito!" ColoringFool 3 min ago #14

Irish_Dem

(81,075 posts)
2. When it was just regular Americans being attacked he didn't care.
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 10:01 PM
2 hrs ago

The SC is only protecting itself.

JBTaurus83

(1,298 posts)
3. He's toothless
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 10:14 PM
2 hrs ago

So it really doesn’t matter. Dump could decide to stop listening to the court tomorrow, and there isn’t one person or entity in the government that would stop him.

Johnny2X2X

(24,149 posts)
7. When federal agents
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 10:55 PM
1 hr ago

When federal agents break down his door in the middle of the night and haul him away in shackles to prison for ruling against Trump, no one will ever have deserved it more than him.

bigtree

(94,129 posts)
9. interesting
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 11:14 PM
1 hr ago

...posted this a short time ago:

What will be the effect of Trump calling the Supreme Court 'weaponized and politicized?'
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221100298

SergeStorms

(20,509 posts)
12. I have that issue of Mother Jones...
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 11:32 PM
48 min ago

if Chief Justice Roberts would like to borrow it.

I'd be more than happy to donate it to the SC library. 😁

NNadir

(37,934 posts)
13. Seriously?? This political hack and thug has had enough? Roger Taney was a terrible Chief Justice of the Supreme...
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 11:48 PM
32 min ago

...Court, a man who declared human beings to be farm animals, but this said, Taney did not declare, as the Roberts Court has, the Constitution to be Unconstitutional.

ColoringFool

(646 posts)
14. As My Late Spanish Teacher Would Say, "¡Pobrecito!"
Sat Mar 21, 2026, 12:17 AM
3 min ago

Mr. Roberts went to Washington, and got his feewings hurt. 😭😭😭😭😭

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