In his presidential immunity opinion, Chief Justice Roberts accused Justice Sotomayor and the two other Democratic-appointed justices who joined her in dissent, of “fearmongering on the basis of extreme hypotheticals.”
It isn't extreme to think that someone might abuse the power to break the law with impunity in a nation where, just a few short years ago, one of the candidates for the highest office in the land incited, willfully, an armed assault on democracy and other officers of their government in direct violation of the oath they took when they assumed the mantle of the presidency.
In fact, it would be incredibly naive to believe anything else. Chief Justice Roberts doesn't even believe what he is saying; he's only mouthing nonsense to try to distract the people of America from what a card-carrying Batman villain he is.
The lying here is by John Roberts. He is gaslighting his liberal - women - colleagues and the public. He knows exactly what the most obvious implications are of his carefully crafted opinion.
If anything, the dissents by his liberal colleagues underestimate the potential harm from the path he's chosen.
Why has he chosen to be a closet insurrectionist? Only his patrons know for sure. Whatever the reason, it has SFA to do with the law.
@rbreich “Fearmongering on the basis of extreme hypotheticals?” How quickly Roberts “forgets” that Trump was the only president in U.S. history who tried to incite an insurrection and attempted a coup. And he’ll try again if given the chance. Trump is also inflaming his supporters with threats of military tribunals to deal with people who have disrespected him. That’s actual, not hypothetical. Roberts is gaslighting.
@rbreich That's rich coming from Roberts. With Biden's new King power maybe he should request Roberts resignation and demand that Alito and Thomas retire?
@rbreich Yeah. Extreme hypotheticals, like, this constitution will work unless a thoroughly corrupt individual takes advantage of every loophole or trick he can find, legal or not. Well, that one was ok for a couple hundred years, but guess what ... the horse is out of the barn now
@rbreich Don't put links to "X" on here. Why are you still on "X"?!? Why are you giving that fascist more money?!? Leave X today. You're smarter than this.
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