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In reply to the discussion: When will Justice Roberts be taken to task on his court containing [View all]multigraincracker
(32,531 posts)105. Mental illness
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When will Justice Roberts be taken to task on his court containing [View all]
Bluethroughu
Mar 2022
OP
Sure we know that. Who is going to make him? There is no one above a SS justice.
Srkdqltr
Mar 2022
#1
The biggest 'power' Roberts has is to decide who will write the majority opinion, that is as long as
Tadpole Raisin
Mar 2022
#82
Congress has no power to regulate the SC except to decide what type of cases they can rule on.
former9thward
Mar 2022
#110
He doesn't have any real power over any justices you know. The only way is impeachment and
Demsrule86
Mar 2022
#118
He will never resign...there is no pressure that would cause this to happen when he will be
Demsrule86
Mar 2022
#120
Yes, can be impeached. Unfortunately, difficult to remove E.g. 1804, Samuel Chase, SCOTUS
RestoreAmerica2020
Mar 2022
#87
I clearly said it would be fine if you think he should resign or be impeached for his
Claustrum
Mar 2022
#40
You are mistaken in thinking that the SCOTUS ruling impacted the Thomas-Meadows emails.
onenote
Mar 2022
#103
The OP presumption is there's NO DAMN WAY Thomas didn't know about his wifes actions. That's hard
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#67
+1, there's NO DAMN WAY Roberts didn't know about the conflict of interest here.
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#68
He knows now and my assessment that there should be some communication about the institution
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#108
Not for precedent that one is repsonsible for their spouse's action. Would love for Thomas to resign
Hoyt
Mar 2022
#11
That is up to Congress, not Robert's. At a minimum, he needs to recuse himself from anything
JohnSJ
Mar 2022
#18
Fight how? There is no winning here....Roberts can't make Thomas do anything. We don't
Demsrule86
Mar 2022
#121
I think there are more important issues we can deal with...something we can actually do something
Demsrule86
Mar 2022
#124
Possibly when Roberts comes out telling us why he didn't expose this conflict of interest relating
uponit7771
Mar 2022
#70
You all can say all this until you turn purple, but unless there is a mechanism
Srkdqltr
Mar 2022
#59
The only way to make true change at the Supreme Court is to elect more Democrats.
Lonestarblue
Mar 2022
#79
There is no honor or character amongst conservatives. Otherwise, he's have resigned
ffr
Mar 2022
#84