This was John Roberts’ plan all along: The chief justice has declared that the Court is not political. The facts — and his own history — say otherwise

sanitation@lemmy.radio · 5 days ago

This was John Roberts’ plan all along: The chief justice has declared that the Court is not political. The facts — and his own history — say otherwise

Corvidae@lemmy.world · 5 days ago

Per the article, Roberts said,

“I think they view us as truly political actors, which I don’t think is an accurate understanding of what we do,” he told a conference of lawyers and judges in Pennsylvania. “We’re not simply part of the political process.”

Shouldn’t he have said We’re simply not part of the political process.?

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 days ago

Shouldn’t he have said We’re simply not part of the political process.?

Nah, that would lose him the wriggle room his weasel words gave him.

The way he said it is technically true as long as they’re ANYTHING except a part of the political process.

Which they aren’t, but that’s MUCH harder to affirmatively prove than “political at all”.

This was John Roberts’ plan all along: The chief justice has declared that the Court is not political. The facts — and his own history — say otherwise

This was John Roberts’ plan all along: The chief justice has declared that the Court is not political. The facts — and his own history — say otherwise

This was John Roberts' plan all along