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markpkessinger

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8. Yes, but . . .

Wed Mar 19, 2025, 07:10 PM

Mar 19

. . . as David Graham notes in the Atlantic, Roberts' statements is just as notable for what it doesn't say:

The chief justice is right. Trump’s attack on Boasberg is juvenile, civically illiterate, and perilous to the rule of law. (It was also just an echo of his sidekick Elon Musk’s recent rants about courts.) But the statement is notable for what it leaves out: any acknowledgment of the substantive dispute in the case, which is whether Trump is defying court orders. Roberts seems more concerned about rhetorical attacks on the personal integrity or employment status of judges than he does with systemic attacks on the judiciary as a whole.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/03/trump-justice-roberts-impeachment-judge/682087/

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John Roberts made Trump's authoritarianism possible. He could still save his own legacy Steven Greenhouse [View all] Uncle Joe Mar 18 OP

I'd like some constitutional scholars (Roberts followers) to speculate on how he could (theoretically) hlthe2b Mar 18 #1

I'm not a constitutional scholar, but Uncle Joe Mar 18 #2

He issued a statement this morning cilla4progress Mar 18 #3

Yes, but . . . markpkessinger Mar 19 #8

His legacy is that he destroyed this country. He might be more demented than trump Blues Heron Mar 18 #4

Yes. He has no excuses. BigDemVoter Mar 18 #5

No he can't. eppur_se_muova Mar 19 #6

What legacy? His legacy squats and fills its diapers in the White House. hatrack Mar 19 #7