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madamesilverspurs

(15,798 posts) Fri Jan 31, 2020, 10:19 PM Jan 2020

Justice Roberts' voluntary impotence

should serve to remind us of why he got the job.

Hint: Florida 2000

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Justice Roberts' voluntary impotence (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Jan 2020 OP

Bush appointed him jimfields33 Jan 2020 #1

The political and jurisprudence issues SCantiGOP Jan 2020 #2

Lawrence O'Donnell was just talking about how Roberts did overstep his neutrality. He let Karadeniz Jan 2020 #3

jimfields33

(15,699 posts)

1. Bush appointed him

Reply to madamesilverspurs (Original post)

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 10:34 PM

Jan 2020

SCantiGOP

(13,865 posts)

2. The political and jurisprudence issues

Reply to madamesilverspurs (Original post)

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 10:58 PM

Jan 2020

behind how he has behaved are sound. He is not a trial judge.
One of my best friends is a flaming activist liberal and a Constitutional Law professor, and he says that Roberts has acted properly, the way we would hope a Chief Justice would act if it were a Democratic President being tried in the Senate.

Karadeniz

(22,471 posts)

3. Lawrence O'Donnell was just talking about how Roberts did overstep his neutrality. He let

Reply to madamesilverspurs (Original post)

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 11:52 PM

Jan 2020

Mitch to take an unapproved hour off to get his caucus in line. He decided not to read Rand Paul 's question.

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