Conservatives Are Really Not Happy With "Swamp-Infected" Supreme Court Justice John Roberts

[Nevilledog]

https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/07/john-roberts-vote-coronavirus-nevada-church-conservatives-angry/


The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Nevada church’s attempt to circumvent state limits on attendees at religious services during the coronavirus pandemic. Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s four liberal members in ruling against the church, which had said it was unfair for houses of worship to be limited to 50 attendees, while casinos in the state could still operate at 50 percent occupancy.

Roberts’ deciding vote sent right-wing Twitter, and at least two US senators, into a frenzy.

“John Roberts has abandoned his oath,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) tweeted early Saturday morning. “But, on the upside, maybe Nevada churches should set up craps tables? Then they could open?” Cruz’s post included a screenshot of Justice Neil Gorsuch’s one-paragraph dissenting opinion, which said, “In Nevada, it seems, it is better to be in entertainment than religion.”

Roberts, a George W. Bush appointee, is no one’s idea of a #Resistance hero, but he has repeatedly angered conservatives by siding with the court’s liberal minority in certain high-profile cases. In 2012, he famously saved the Affordable Care Act by declaring it a tax. Last month, he joined a 5-4 vote to protect abortion rights (at least for now). And he recently wrote the court’s opinion blocking President Donald Trump from immediately ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

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[Initech]

1. They are the swamp!

And they can go eat swamp sewage.

[DSandra]

2. They are batshit insane and are angry at anyone not as insane as them

[CRK7376]

3. TFB GOP...gosulk in a corner somewhere

and let real leaders do their job and get this nation back on course.

[LakeArenal]

4. Roberts was from W. He might have a bit of love for the country.

[fromVT]

5. They have already forgotten

how horrible and disengaged Roberts was at the impeachment trial.