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It is never too late (Original Post) malaise Mar 2025 OP
Roberts can try to reclaim part of his legacy. SheltieLover Mar 2025 #1
My reason differs from his malaise Mar 2025 #6
Our reasons are identical. SheltieLover Mar 2025 #8
I agree. If Roberts doesn't rein him in, the SC becomes irrelevant. alwaysinasnit Mar 2025 #2
I know. CBHagman Mar 2025 #3
Precisely malaise Mar 2025 #4
All for show unblock Mar 2025 #5
What does The Federalist Society have to say on the matter? sop Mar 2025 #7
When jurists free the monster and become irrelevant, they go the way of all who are useless to a dictator. usonian Mar 2025 #9

SheltieLover

(80,455 posts)
1. Roberts can try to reclaim part of his legacy.
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 01:43 PM
Mar 2025

You know, it's never about doing the right thing just for the sake of it.

malaise

(296,102 posts)
6. My reason differs from his
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 01:52 PM
Mar 2025

but if our goal is achieved, that doesn’t matter.
I don’t give a shit about the CJ. I just want Slobfather Donvict reined in.
Lock him the fuck up by any means necessary.

CBHagman

(17,493 posts)
3. I know.
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 01:45 PM
Mar 2025

I sometimes think we're all in danger of losing the big picture. Any positive move is welcome, regardless of who's doing it.

unblock

(56,198 posts)
5. All for show
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 01:50 PM
Mar 2025

Just as Susan Collins often feigns "concern" but rarely votes against the Republican Party, at times the courts or Congress may buck Donnie. Collins helped us with the aca, but nearly always ends up being a reliably Republican vote.

All for the illusion of institutional checks and balances.

When it really matters though, they nearly always fall in line.

Roberts will not save us from dictatorship.

sop

(18,619 posts)
7. What does The Federalist Society have to say on the matter?
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 02:01 PM
Mar 2025

'On Day One, President Trump Took Meaningful Steps to Rein In Administrative Abuse, Protect Due Process, and Improve Government Transparency'

"As soon as he took office, President Trump issued several Executive Orders aimed at bringing the administrative state in line with the Constitution and the rule of law, including an EO titled Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions. This EO revoked a number of ill-advised executive actions taken by the Biden administration and promises to 'be the first of many steps the United States Federal Government will take to repair our institutions and our economy,' including by ensuring Americans are treated fairly by unelected bureaucrats who wield great—unaccountable and often extraconstitutional—power over their lives and livelihoods. One little-noticed provision of President Trump’s EO picks up where the first Trump administration left off on administrative state reform by restoring due process protections and transparency measures the first Trump administration put in place that were inexplicably unwound by the Biden administration to the detriment of the American People."

https://fedsoc.org/commentary/fedsoc-blog/on-day-one-president-trump-took-meaningful-steps-to-rein-in-administrative-abuse-protect-due-process-and-improve-government-transparency

The Federalist Society approves of Trump's actions, the Supreme Court's Federalist Society Six will go along.

usonian

(25,322 posts)
9. When jurists free the monster and become irrelevant, they go the way of all who are useless to a dictator.
Tue Mar 18, 2025, 02:33 PM
Mar 2025

Presuming they read history.
Other than maga comics.

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