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Clyburn: "I think Justice Roberts is gonna take his place alongside some other justices, like Taney who gave us the Dred Scott decision"

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I am not legal expert but if the VA Supreme Court can stop the redistricting on a technicality, can the same be done in the red states? They are always guilty of what they accuse people of. I hope someone is combing through state laws there.

I admit I was fooled at first by Roberts' phony demeanor of sincerity until the first Impeachment trial of Criminal Trump, when the Dishonorable Chief presided over that phony kangaroo trial which he simply watched with an insipid smile, not in fact presiding at all. What an irresponsible coward!

I truly hope that once Trump and his regime is ousted, including his SCOTUS members, Congress, Senate, that they’re all tried for treason and ALL of them get the most extreme penalty there is. DEATH. How many people have died because of their actions and rulings? I hope someone is keeping track.

I remember during the Kavanaugh confirmation Zina Bash, “highly respected” Texas attorney and apparent white nationalist, assuring all where Kavanaugh really stands on race equality. Robert’s SCOTUS eviscerating Section II of VRA (viewed through this lens) is why SCOTUS must be expanded to 13

Years ago I was visiting Washington DC with my wife. Happened upon a bust of Taney, and I made an obscene gesture at it. My wife was shocked. I explained who he was, and she made the same gesture at it.

It's hard to explain to people in the blob, but the criticism of an 85 year old man who refuses to leave congress doesn't really inspire anyone to feel anything. Not saying Clyburn isn't right... just like go away man, and let anyone else who isn't ancient take your place ffs.

Not really that hard to explain. When you call people that disagree with you "in the blob" and are mad just because someone is old, your criticism hits about as hard as you're saying you believe Clyburn's criticism hits.

I’m fed up with Clyburn. He gave a lot of bad advice about the 2024 presidential race (especially the primaries) that led to the loss, and he’s wrong about most strategies. But he’s right about this one thing. John Roberts is a second Judge Taney.

During Roberts own confirmation hearings to the supreme bench he talked about calling balls and strikes. Sadly he decided to not follow his own advice. Jim Clyburn is spot on. John Roberts & this partisan court will not be treated well when the hx books are written about this time under Trump.

Put them in the queue for execution after we rid ourselves of this corrupt, evil President and his ass munching clowns in his administration and Congress. The judiciary needs to be scoured of these christofascists and white nationalists. Their faith over our rights. Overturn those decisions.

I think Roberts is already there with the biggest traitors in American history, and he's not even finished yet. He and the five others will keep finding new ways to take our rights away and enrich the wealthy even more at the expense of everyone else if they are not removed or their power diluted.

Reading the subtext on cnn on this interview, shows that cnn has lost all its integrity!!! We now about the "ceasefire" in Europe and CNN just blabbering shit!!! Once we look up to cnn!, but now 👎🖕🤮🤮🤮🤮

Roberts has cemented his legacy as a maga racist who ran cover for a pedophile criminal. He along with all the other maga justices. Shameful

I remember when the SCOTUS was there to ensure our Constitutional rights. Not conduct any fucking Fascist corporate agenda and protect child Rapists and convicted felons from treason. Good times Trump and McConnell and the Leonard Leo have perverted American Justice and greatness Fuck 'em

Alito, Roberts, Cavanaugh, Thomas & the rest of the Conservative #SCOTUS judges are being racist. Yet, they believe they can live on tax dollars coming from Black people while gutting our rights. Time for SCOTUS hearings, subpoenas, complaints, removal, recalls, boycotts, etc. #TimeIsUp #RiseUp

MAGAs within the Regime and Congress, the racist SCOTUS Majority and the rightwing disinformation universe are gloating all over social & mainstream media. Their heads are swollen to near explosion. What they have not yet fully realized is that they have awakened a sleeping giant. Karma is afoot.

Gutting the Civil Rights Act has long been a fantasy of Chief Enabler John Roberts. He clerked for Rehnquist who hated it. While he cries about the legacy of the court and the fact that everyone hates them. Cry me a fucking river, John 🤦‍♀️

I’ve been thinking the same for a while now. His decisions are most definitely as pernicious as those of the Taney court (Taney was a slave owner and brother in law of Francis Scott Key btw). The difference is that the Roberts court’s decisions are deliberately destroying democracy as well.

“In 2028, we must take power and use it no matter the cost to draw a district that I, Jim Clyburn, can hold until I am 130 yrs old. It’s the only way out of this.”

Justices Roberts, Alito, Thomas, Kavanaugh, and Coney-Barrett need to be impeached. We also need to end lifetime appointments. Not one of them deserves even two years on the bench. Gutless, partisan, lying, disloyal to the Constitution, arrogant, and without precedent.

They stated what is or was factual at that time. No more. No less. People/we read into it that those 6 would abide by settled case law. That was an error. It all depends on what the definition of “is” is. 😉

Even Barrett’s sorority sisters didnt support her appointment. The chapter put out a petition against her- Panhellenic picked it up and quite a few of us sororities signed. I did! It’s bad when your sorority doesnt support you!

12 years is 3 presidential terms so will serve more than 1 president & 13 circuits each represented by 1 Justice while we are at it terms 3 for Senators & 10 for Congress let’s spread the 💰& benefits

Agreed, but shouldn't that be thirteen? (One for each federal judicial circuit, and an odd number to avoid ties.) Adding four good judges would still give us a pro-democracy majority. (Unless it's like hotel floors, where it's labeled 14 but it's really 13?)

FACTS 💯 Clyburn invoked Taney for a reason. When a Chief Justice presides over rulings that constrict rights, history remembers. Add Waite to that list - the Court he led gutted Reconstruction protections. Roberts is charting a similar path.

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Chief Justice Taney, wrote the pro-slavery Dred Scott majority opinion, said the Constitution was written for only white men. Chief Justice Roberts has shown less respect for the rights of Black people than Taney & has been more effective at disenfranchising them. www.levelman.com/chief-justic...

Roberts know what his legacy will be. He either is OK with this being his legacy, or he's reached a point which is past intellectual dishonesty. He (and many Republicans) have to create this alternate universe where their legacy is noble and/or heaven-worthy.

Kind of hard to feel bad for Clyburn when he promoted a wave of moderates in 2020 when he was the party whip who specifically went on to be the core of moderate Democrats who insisted on breaking up Build Back Better, and blocking most of the provisions that would have helped people directly.

Knew Felon POTUS and the merry band of lemmings/enablers were trying to roll back to the ‘50s, but didn’t realize it was the 1850s that was their target. #VoteBlue to give democracy a chance!

The US Supreme Court is no longer a legitimate tribunal. It is nothing more than a political arm of the KKK. Fuck Justice Roberts and the rest of the racist Republicans on this "so called" court. We need term limits & new leadership. Vote 11/3/26. Vote all Republicans out of office.

This certainly sounds like activity that SHOULD warrant impeachment. But here’s the rub - Impeach Roberts now and the 🍊💩 gets to nominate another far right justice to the court for life. The only way out of that in the short term is spine growing during confirmation hearings

However, it might take a long time to execute, making his life difficult the whole time, and possibly forcing him to recuse himself from many ongoing cases...

He should be talking about Justice Fuller and Plessy v. Ferguson as that is what Roberts and his court are doing. Taney's Dred Scott decision, as horrific as it is, pretty much got the law right if one understands the antebellum Constitution, and it resulted in the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.

Clyburn is nearly 86 years old. He thought Cuomo is the future of the Democratic Party. He took down Biden with Pelosi. He backs Schumer and Jeffries. Is that whom you want to fight this fight ABOUT YOUR VOTE? Dems need new leardership

Here's something interesting. I was talking to a SC native and she happily told me that the infrastructure (new roads) is improving. I replied, "You do know that in 2021, Rep. Clyburn participated in getting $6 billion to South Carolina for infrastructure." There was silence.

They love all the nice stuff until they realize who actually votes for it. This is the thing. We could be living under a government that actually functions for us instead of holding most of us down. We could have amazing infrastructure and public places. But they must vote for their Republicans 🤷🏻

Resulting in another fucking Civil War .. [so Robert's is leading us .. again .. into the breach] .. Expanding the bench must be an immediate goal for Democrats .. no delays .. Owning the House and SCOTUS could be advantageous .. maybe .. Ya think ?

Taney was a man of his time, when slavery was normalized. Doesn't excuse Dred Scott decision--an abomination. But Roberts (NOT Justice) lived through the progressive era of the 1960's. That he wants to, & is in the process, of tearing it all down is remarkable. And beyond an abomination.

It’s difficult to argue that the Court is making honorable decisions when they author and sign off on opinions that contain false information. That’s not legal scholarship. At least 2 of Alitos recent opinions wouldn’t have passed as university essays. Perhaps he is infirm, but the others joined

Justice Roberts name will live in eternal infamy if we preserve a democracy from the covert fascism he and Trump's picks are espousing on his behalf. Hopefully, and unlike the older and more odious ogres of Thomas and Alito, he and his fellow maga Grand Wizards will live long enough to see it.