Mike Johnson Walks Back Comments on Supreme Court

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Mike Johnson Walks Back Comments on Supreme Court

June 3, 2024 at 10:38 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 86 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/06/03/mike-johnson-walks-back-comments-on-supreme-court/

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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) tried to walk back comments suggesting he has inside info about Supreme Court justices being “deeply concerned” about Donald Trump’s criminal conviction, saying “of course I haven’t had conversations with the justices.”

He added: “I just know their character, their personality.”

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[Deuxcents]

1. And we know your character and personality, Mr Johnson

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

14. Yeah, as a lyin SOB!!

[Lunabell]

2. Yeah, sure. We believe your lies.

They're all in on this shit. No integrity from some on the sc.

[BlueKota]

6. Exactly.

[jls4561]

3. "I just know their character, their personality."

In the Biblical sense?

Did it set off your son’s porn alert app?

Enquiring minds want to know.

[Botany]

4. I bet his walking back his comments has to do with his learning that this is a state case and not a federal...

…. one that can be heard by the SCOTUS. Johnson’s idiocy was exposed.

[Fullduplexxx]

5. cannot be heard?

[claudette]

8. Not before all state appeals

are exhausted

[getagrip_already]

18. Yes, and no...

Normally that's how it works.

But you can always make an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court and ask them to take it before state appellate courts rule. Jack Smith attempted to get them to do this with the immunity ruling. He knew time was critical and was hoping they would quickly dispatch it. Ha.

You do need a compelling constitutional argument. Which is lacking here, but that never stopped his lawyers before.

[Ms. Toad]

25. That was in a federal case. Not a state one. n/t

[Fullduplexxx]

56. thank you nt

[Mr.WeRP]

26. Not true. If a conviction violated a defendants Constitutional rights

And timeliness mattered, as in an election, Trump’s lawyers could appeal to SCOTUS directly.

However, Sotomayor has discretion on this case since it emanates from her circuit, and there would need to be 5 justices to override her decision.

A case just was heard this way wrt to the inclusion of Trump on the Colorado primary ballot. Again, normally state law and state issue, but SCOTUS intervened at Trump’s request. And they intervened expeditiously.

[Traurigkeit]

38. Yup, 5 paid justices.

[applegrove]

12. "not a federal....... one that can be heard by the SCOTUS"

It is correct. Reread.

[Fullduplexxx]

57. ok thanks nt

[CelticCrow]

60. I have a different take

I think he was getting some blowback because his statement came one day after Chief Justice Roberts made the following statements about a request from Durbin and Whitehouse asking for a meeting to discuss Alito's ethics issues.

“I must respectfully decline your request for a meeting,” Roberts wrote in a letter. “As noted in my letter to Chairman Durbin last April, apart from ceremonial events, only on rare occasions in our Nation’s history has a sitting Chief Justice met with legislators, even in a public setting (such as a Committee hearing) with members of both major political parties present.”

“Separation of powers concerns and the importance of preserving judicial independence counsel against such appearances,” Roberts continued. “Moreover, the format proposed — a meeting with leaders of only one party who have expressed an interest in matters currently pending before the Court — simply underscores that participating in such a meeting would be inadvisable.”

Mike coming out about how cozy they are with the Supreme Court Justices looks exceptionally bad in light of Robert's statements.

[claudette]

7. Yeah

Sure. We believe you. NOT

[Silent3]

9. Mikey, you make a lousy character witness. n/t

[spanone]

10. ...he's a poor liar.

Fuck this fuck.

[Irish_Dem]

11. In other words he is a liar.

As I recall, there is something in the commandments about that sin.

[NanaCat]

55. It has a caveat that they all use

'Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.'

Hm. That 'against your neighbor' part might change things a bit, don't you think? For instance, if you don't consider someone a neighbour, then bearing false witness is 100% acceptable.

Hey, I didn't write the obscenity; I merely point out the parts people leave out, often conveniently. Sort of like how liberals always point out that 'well-regulated militia' clause that the gun-humpers conveniently leave out of their version of the 2nd Amendment.

[Irish_Dem]

58. There is always a loop hole for criminals.

The GOP never intends for the laws and rules to apply to them.
The laws and rules are used to control and punish others.

[Raven]

13. He's an arrogant little back bencher isn't he?

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Translation From MAGA: "I Lied"

He's just another liar.
Either he lied about talking to them/knowing them, or he did talk to them & is lying now because of the blowback. Either way, he's lying.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

16. he said Character

so the opposite of that.

This man is a liar and stands up for other liars. Why is he is charge of the house, oh yeah gerrymandering and nothing else.

[DFW]

17. On the other hand, he would have made a statement before national TV if Hunter Biden had been convicted of Jaywalking.

And it would appear that Republican members of Congress actually DO refrain from contacting Republican members of the Supreme Court**

**during the hours of 3 AM and 4AM on alternate Tuesdays and Catholic holidays.

[Emile]

19. Thou shalt not lie. He's going to hell for sure now.

[LiberalFighter]

20. Too late

We know his character

[Ms. Toad]

21. As I suspected. n/t

[coprolite]

22. So, he doesnt know them personally

He just knows their personality. What a dweeb.

[Bucky]

23. Such a delicate way to say "I don't know how the Constitution works"

What a dumbass

[MOMFUDSKI]

24. Fuck

Him

[Kid Berwyn]

27. Little guy said he was pals with more than a few.

Lemme guess!

Six.

And they're right of right of right almost all the way to Switzerland.

[brush]

28. This sorry guy needs to keep his walk-back mouth shut.

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I don't know who's worst, him or the invertebrate McCarthy?

[PlutosHeart]

29. LIAR!

No one should be fool enough to believe a single thing out of his mealy mouth.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

30. The Subversive Court's character is clear, from Strip-Search Sammy to Coathanger Amy.

[Warpy]

31. IOW, you're an unprincipled liar, Mike

The sad part is that your constituents back home voted for you because you're a good Christian.

[Arne]

36. Mike doesn't know Jack.

Oh wait he does know Jack. He turned on his porn monitor.

[Traurigkeit]

42. Are they good christians ?

[Warpy]

50. Sure, which they'll tell you, usually at great length.

Next!

[Biophilic]

32. Oh, no, Mikey, you don't get to try to hide your lies.

This back tracking only shows how small and weak you are. You truly are a disgusting little twerp. Such a good Christian man. Nope, you’re just a scared little boy trying to sound big and dangerous. Yup, a classic bully.

[JoseBalow]

33. "you have lied most bravely, but not convincingly."

[The Wizard]

34. As a religious fanatic The Speaker should know

9. Thou shalt not testify or bear false witness against your neighbor.

[Traurigkeit]

40. He tossed that to the ashes decades ago.

[Hekate]

54. Religious fanatics allow themselves the "noble lie" if it serves their god's purposes. Li'l Pervy knows this.

[StarryNite]

35. That lying little maggot makes me sick.

[Mike Nelson]

37. Pssst...

... somebody tell Mike Johnson that "walking back" something should NOT be presented as making the speaker seem more dishonest!

[Traurigkeit]

39. Mike Johnson is a wanta be Sunday morning TV pastor. Pull out your debit card.

[onecaliberal]

41. You know they're rape protectors? They're fascists. Yeah fucker, we know too.

[Hassler]

43. Xtian Mook Johnson means he's talked to

Crimey Clarence and Sam the Sham Alito.

[rubbersole]

44. Leonard Leo wants another word with Mikey.

STFU, Mikey.

[videohead5]

45. He's a lying hypocrite

That supports a Whoremonger.

[flashman13]

46. He might have told the truth this time. We all know their character and personalities.

[aggiesal]

47. I'm calling Bull $h1t. ...

He got caught by saying the silent portion out loud and now needs to recant what he said.

[TNNurse]

48. I call bullshit, but also Johnson wants to be important.

This made him sound like he was significant, on the inside, one of the "important" people.

He is pathetic.

[Blue Owl]

49. Good luck shoving that turd back up your asshole, fucko

[Hekate]

51. Li'l Pervy lies like a trouper when caught out

[Traildogbob]

52. Does his son's

Porn alarm phone app go off when Moses Mike’s head enters Trump ass, tongue lapping on the way up their? 🤢🤮

[spanone]

53. He spilled the beans

[live love laugh]

59. They're buds

[yellowcanine]

61. And they should rule on the law, not "personality."

What a concept!