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By authorizing new Alabama gerrymander dismantling majority-Black district ONE WEEK before primary Roberts Court violated every norm & precedent it claims to follow Running out of ways to describe how partisan, hackish & corrupt this court is www.motherjones.com/politics/202 ...

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... "If you do it cavalierly, overrule precedent just because you think it's wrong, then the whole system begins to suffer," Roberts, who was appointed by former President George W. Bush, said at the Pennsylvania event.

His remarks come as the court faces intense public scrutiny and historically low approval following a series of high-profile rulings that overturned long-standing precedent.

The warning underscores growing concerns about how future decisions -- on issues including abortion rights, affirmative action and election law -- could affect public trust in the court and the stability of U.S. law.

The court's conservative justices have faced pressure and direct criticism from President Donald Trump and his GOP allies for ruling against the administration on tariffs, and speculation that it will do so on "birthright citizenship" as well. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-12 01:13 PM | Reply

This is the same John Roberts who currently serves on SCOTUS?
Shadow Docket Roberts?
Precedent overturning Roberts?
Well, glory be.
Amending somewhat Oscar Wilde's observation, "Irony is wasted on the [willfully] stupid."

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-12 01:26 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

Thanks to Roberts and his ideological compatriots, next year the Republican Party will be able to fully and joyously celebrate the bicentennial of the Compromise of 1877, whereby it sold out Blacks, ended Reconstruction, and ushered in Jim Crow.

Happy 250th!

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-12 01:32 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

the Supreme Court must be cautious about overruling precedent,

Wha?

Like Roe v Wade?

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-05-12 02:14 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

It surprises me that Chief Justice Roberts is only saying this now, after significant damage has been done to the Country, Democracy and Americans by his Court.

#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-12 02:41 PM | Reply

Having lent a powerful hand in making "it"- the fascist slow-motion coup now gathering a real head of steam, thanks to SCOTUS - what it is, John Roberts has the gall to tell us "It is what it is."

#6 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-12 02:48 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#5 It wasn't until his deathbed that George Wallace admitted he was wrong about race in America.

It wasn't until his deathbed that Lee Atwater admitted he was wrong about using race-baiting ads for his (Republican) candidates.

It wasn't until his deathbed that Dempsey Barron admitted he was wrong about blocking the ERA vote in the Florida Senate, preventing it from becoming part of our US Constitution.

I am so tired of these political opportunists coming clean ... after doing all the damage to America as they could.

#7 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-12 02:48 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

His court cavalierly overturns precedence and poofs new ridiculous tests into existence.

People rightfully view his court as a political tool run by partisans.

Roberts whines that people accurately sees his court as a political tool run by partisans.

He makes a statement about not overturning precedence.

His political tool of a court run by partisans continues to overturn precedence simply because it's politically inconvenient.

Roberts will continue to get whine that his court is viewed as a political tool run by partisans.

#8 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-12 03:57 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

Oh really. Well ---- YOU

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-05-12 08:48 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

It surprises me that Chief Justice Roberts is only saying this now, after significant damage has been done to the Country, Democracy and Americans by his Court.

Well he is now concerned about HIS legacy and nothing else.

Accepting bribes is fine.

Turning over precedent before today was fine.

Like every other ------------ he only cares about himself.

#10 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-05-13 07:04 AM | Reply

My guess is that they are coming for Obergfell now.

#11 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-05-13 07:05 AM | Reply

Screw precedence.

Any ruling 5-4 or 6-3 that is obviously determined by ideology can change.

It's the court's fault for not sticking to law and the Constitution.

Either Congress rewrites the law or amends the Constitution.

#12 | Posted by Petrous at 2026-05-16 10:55 PM | Reply

Roberts is the nations worst and most infamous traitor to our constitution in our country's history. Because of his courts rulings, our country just may not survive.

#13 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2026-05-17 11:17 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#6 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis: He's a capricious POS.

#14 | Posted by Yodagirl at 2026-05-17 04:46 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Indeed.

#15 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-17 05:00 PM | Reply

#12 Petrous correctly states, "Any ruling 5-4 or 6-3 that is obviously determined by ideology can change."

100% correct.

Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if the Roberts Court overturns the Warren Court's most important decision/precedent: Brown v. Board of Education, which was a 9-0 decision

I am often reminded of the Heller decision by gun-lovers and how that is what the Constitution means.

I repeat the same retort: The US Constitution only means what 5 or more individuals say it means. Nothing more, nothing less.

See also: The now "permanent" obscene tax cuts for the oligarchs: What was passed by Congress (and signed by POTUS), and be just as easily overturned by a future Congress. Nothing "permanent" about that!

#16 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-17 05:04 PM | Reply

@#12 ... Any ruling 5-4 or 6-3 that is obviously determined by ideology can change.

It's the court's fault for not sticking to law and the Constitution. ...

I remain to be convinced that decades-old Supreme Court decisions, and the precedents they have set for those ensuing decades, should be overruled because of a Supreme Court that is widely regarded as being politically-based.


#17 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-17 07:23 PM | Reply

Lamp,

Take the Supreme Court and set the court at 6 for one party and 3 for the other.

We know the judges are selected on their personal point of view.

Take two sets of these 9 judges.

If the two groups, on specific cases, vote 6-3, that means the Supreme Court decision for the whole country went in one direction solely based on their personal opinion.

Why should it be overruled? Which is actually right? The Court that made tye first decision or the other?

When anyone without a law degree can tell you which way the court will decide solely on who put them there, how can you know the precedent should stand?

9-0 cases would need some real reasoning to overturn that precedent and I wouldn't support an easy overturn.

Ideology cases don't establish who's right. It only tells us who people support for their side.

#18 | Posted by Petrous at 2026-05-17 08:25 PM | Reply

This is the system we set up.

You don't blame the rat for being a nasty filthy animal.

That is their nature

When McConnell stole a seat and when America elected an immoral conman-twice, when Biden refused to do what was needed, this is the result

You might as well cry for the shit that fell out the donkey's ass. It ain't going back in

This is the system we have set up

These regressive fascists have had this as their goal for decades, shit for over a century.

To tear down liberal governance. To destroy the liberal order. To replace representative democracy with autocracy.

These people DO NOT BELIEVE in equality. They believe that certain groups are better than others and deserve, no MUST rule.

We allowed them the keys to our country and are going to do what is in their nature

Tear down liberal order and replace it with fascistic, white nationalist, white christian autocracy.

That is what they believe is the true nature of humanity.

#19 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-17 08:39 PM | Reply

We are at the infancy of a whole new country. People need to wake to that fact.

Conservatives will control the SC for DECADES.

Liberal ideology generally controlled the court from the 30s until the early 2010s.

But no more that is dead, gone, finito

We are living under a SC with justices who will be on their for decades, with justices that can pick and choose when they retire to assure they are replaced by fellow conservatives

That is baked in.

The court WILL slowly but surely tear down ALL of the liberal policies that have made America what it is

It is being and will be replaced by a fever dream of christian beliefs, intolerance towards minorities, right wing grievance and autocracy.

It is no accident that this court made the President a King

They do not envision, cannot envision, will not permit a Democratic President to act that way but any Republican president will literally have no limits on their powers

#20 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-17 08:44 PM | Reply

And do not for a second think elections will save us. The electoral college map is stacked against us, when a few thousand cattle fuckers have the same power as 10s of millions of Americans, we... are.... fucked

And we are on a race to make the House essentially a mirror of the Senate electoral college. Gerrymandering states into one party representation.

that cannot survive

Let me posit something.

When a state no longer has representatives from more than one party say Louisiana or South Carolina or California or Illinois what happens to that state when the opposite party is in power in the presidency or in one or both chambers of congress? What is the incentive for the President to not say fuck them, they are the other party? And screw the states out of money and grants and emergency aid etc.?

Piggy is doing that right now. he is withholding aid from blue states, he is targeting blue cities and blue states with hostile lawfare.

Now just expand on that, when South Carolina has no democratic representatives, what will motivate President AOC or President Shapiro from saying fuck South Carolina. No money for them.

The SC said he can do it because he is king

Now imagine the collapse of a nation when that type of chaos is thrown into the system every 2 years.

This is madness

This is the road to 1 party rule

1 party rule is VERY BAD IDEA

#21 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-17 08:51 PM | Reply

And furthermore, the Republicans are attacking the very fabric of representative democracy. They are effectively reversing elections from the voters picking their representatives to the representatives picking their voters.

We now have a precedent that every state can redistrict every 2 years instead of every 10. That means after every election the power in place will redraw maps to assure their victory in the next election.

That is madness

Again the inevitable end point is states that are all one party representatives. that is the race that is going on now. A few states are resisting but over the next 2 or 3 election cycles will surrender

And the House will be even less representative then the Senate. In the Senate at least their is a possibility of 2 opposing political party representatives.

In gerrymandered states it will be all or nothing.

the one good thing is this may benefit the blue cause that is where the people are. But that certainly isn't good governance

#22 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-17 08:57 PM | Reply

@#18 ... Why should it be overruled? ...

Maybe because as you state ...

... If the two groups, on specific cases, vote 6-3, that means the Supreme Court decision for the whole country went in one direction solely based on their personal opinion. ...

The current Supreme Court MAGA majority seems to bring their political views into the mix as they decide.

And, for now, I am not even mentioning the money that seems to be flowing into a couple of the MAGA SCOTUS Justices. How might such money affect their decisions?

#23 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-17 08:57 PM | Reply

@#19 ... Tear down liberal order and replace it with fascistic, white nationalist, white christian autocracy. ...

I wish I could disagree with that view of MAGA.

#24 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-17 08:58 PM | Reply

@#21 ... This is the road to 1 party rule ...

Yup.

Especially with the Jim Crow gerrymandering that MAGA is doing.

#25 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-17 09:00 PM | Reply

And the SC just gutted the VRA which was IMMEDIATELY seized upon to gerrymander primarily black districts, stripping millions of African Americans of their chosen representatives

TN, La, Al, SC IMMEDIATELY did what the VRA was designed to prevent.

And this is just the beginning of the attack on the voting process.

Expect all of the 2020 fever dream election fraud bullshit to actually be successful when dems win elections.

Seizing ballot boxes, refusing to certify, refusing to sit elected representatives. that will happen

WE NO LONGER LIVE IN A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY

Republicans will retain control of the House, the Senate come November

Unless

there is a global depression that collapses the economy

Maybe, just possibly dems might eek out a win in the house

But that will be till 2028

#26 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-05-17 09:01 PM | Reply

@#21 ... This is the road to 1 party rule ...

Welcome to CA where the income inequality is the largest in the world.

#27 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-05-17 09:06 PM | Reply

The current Supreme Court MAGA majority seems to bring their political views into the mix as they decide.

Yet I have never heard, nor seen a legal retort. Only moaning and whining.

#28 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-05-17 09:07 PM | Reply

I repeat the same retort: The US Constitution only means what 5 or more individuals say it means. Nothing more, nothing less.

Ridiculous, you're implying its just some 5 random people. idiocy.

#29 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-05-17 09:08 PM | Reply

"Yet I have never heard, nor seen a legal retort."

Maybe for lack of trying:
www.citizensforethics.org

#30 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-05-17 09:19 PM | Reply

"Welcome to CA where the income inequality is the largest in the world"

Which is EXACTLY what happens in the equation at the places with the most upside potential.

#31 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-05-17 09:22 PM | Reply

@#26 ... WE NO LONGER LIVE IN A REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY ...

As i have posted many times in the past ...

GOP politicians are now choosing voters, instead of voters choosing politicians.

#32 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-17 09:24 PM | Reply

@#30 ... Maybe for lack of trying: ...

Yeah, that current trolling alias seems to show time and time again that it seems to lack even the merest of searching ability.

#33 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-17 09:26 PM | Reply

#29 The obvious point flies way over onepigironsmoothbrainaut...

It isn't "just some 5 random people" who decide what the US Constitution means.

Those 5 people are justices of the SCOTUS.

And, since you're apparently too stupid to figure it out, all by yourself...

The US Constitution only means what 5 or more individuals Justices on the SCOTUS say it means. Nothing more, nothing less.
Thank you for proving again just how stupid you are, onepigironsmoothbrainaut

#34 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-17 10:04 PM | Reply

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