Chief Justice Defends Judicial Independence After Trump Attacks ‘Obama Judge’

By artappraiser on Thu, 11/22/2018 - 1:58am |

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. defended the independence of the judiciary after President Trump’s criticism of a Ninth Circuit judge.
The Supreme Court’s leader suggested Mr. Trump had a profound misunderstanding of a judge's role

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/us/politics/trump-chief-justice-roberts-rebuke.html

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Clever move by the script writers to introduce Chief Justice Roberts into the plot at the end of season two, foreshadowing a big role for the Roberts Supreme Court in handling Mueller-related appeals in season three.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 21, 2018

Also Roberts will preside at the Senate trial early in season four after Trump’s impeached at the end of season three.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 21, 2018

That first episode of Season Four is going to be lit: The impeachment trial begins in the Senate the day after the New Hampshire primary, as the political world digests the implications of Nikki’s upset victory over Trump and Beto’s rout of the field of 22 on the Democratic side.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 21, 2018

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/22/2018 - 2:03am

I’m increasingly pinning my hopes for the independent federal judiciary on my distinguished former student in constitutional law, John Roberts. https://t.co/4Cs8Yi122b
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) November 21, 2018

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/22/2018 - 2:08am

"tRump WH Rattled By Rare Rebuke From Chief Justice #JohnRoberts | @TheBeatWithAri @AriMelber | @MSNBC"
on YouTubehttps://t.co/mDaL9NnGth
— Global News Thailand (@GlobalNewsTH) November 22, 2018

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/22/2018 - 2:14am

The most stunning thing about this John Roberts statement is that he gave it to the AP, not during public remarks or in a law journal or any of the myriad ways he could have softened its edges. He wanted it out there and now, through the front door. https://t.co/MBzRxXFBhJ
— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) November 21, 2018

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/22/2018 - 2:17am

Sotomayor gave a warm welcome to Kavanaugh as part of the Supreme Court "family", as important as one's personal family, with "it's what you do here that matters". Roberts blasted the President for assuming justices are partisan. Oddly enough, for the first time in his life Kavanaugh doesn't need anyone's approval. And it wouldn't be the first time a justice voted differently from what everyone expected. David Brock is the poster child for reformed rightist, but there are still a lot of Never Trumpers like Bill Kristol or Rick Wilson to illuminate a less remarkable but sane pathway for Brett. Let's hope he chooses one or the other.

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 11/22/2018 - 1:14pm

worth reading Kagan's comment @ Princeton on Oct. 5 again. Which includes the statement that I think people too often don't realize we agree on a lot. If you look at the court's caseload as a whole, you'll find about half of the time we're unanimous. And that both Sotomayor and Kagan have expressed recently that they think Roberts is very good at the chief justice job. I was also struck by both hinting in statements before Kavanaugh was chosen that they would have preferred a centrist, as opposed to someone on their "side", which I saw as a sort of clue to how we may not really fully understand how they do what they do. Except that they prefer that they not have full agreement and that variety of opinion is helpful.

Edit to add: nobody ever seems to mention anything about Clarence. I think that's a sign of somethin'

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/22/2018 - 2:25pm

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 11/22/2018 - 2:57pm

Chief Justice Defends Judicial Independence After Trump Attacks ‘Obama Judge’

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