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Friday September 20, 2024

John Roberts' Dipshit Jurisprudence

Amen. Last week, the Times did a lengthy piece on Chief Justice Roberts' machinations behind the scenes of U.S. v. Trump:

In his writings on the immunity case, the chief justice seemed confident that his arguments would soar above politics, persuade the public, and stand the test of time. ... But the public response to the decision, announced in July on the final day of the term, was nothing like what his lofty phrases seemed to anticipate.

Both conservatives and liberals saw it as an epic win for Mr. Trump. The former president and his supporters exulted over the decision, which greatly expanded presidential immunity and pushed off any trial until well after the election — if ever. To Democrats, the Republican-appointed justices were brushing away the violent Capitol attack and abandoning the core principle that no one is above the law. The chief justice, who had long said he wanted to keep the court out of politics, had plunged it more deeply in.

Roberts really comes off as a dipshit in this. Reading the piece, I kept thinking of Deep Throat to Bob Woodward in All the President's Men: “The truth is these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.”

Anyway, the above Thread made me laugh. It would be amusing if Biden disabused Roberts of his notion that his jurisprudence was anything other than dipshit.

Posted at 01:51 PM on Friday September 20, 2024 in category Law