Chief Justice John Roberts warns Supreme Court over Texas abortion law

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~WASHINGTON — The chief justice of the United States, John Roberts, warned Friday that the Supreme Court risks losing its own authority if it allows the existence of a law like Texas’ near-total abortion ban, which attempts to circumvent the courts.

In a strongly worded opinion joined by the high court’s three liberal justices, Roberts wrote that the "clear purpose and actual effect" of the Texas law was "to nullify this Court’s rulings." That, he said, undermines the Constitution and the fundamental role of the Supreme Court and the court system as a whole.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chief-justice-john-roberts-warns-supreme-court-over-texas-abortion-law/ar-AARH8sq

[WHITT]

1. The RightWing Gang Of Five

are merely playing games and playing for time.

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2. We'll I'll be damned. Roberts is not only right, he's concerned...

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about his legacy. He doesn't want to preside over a court that's supposed to be the law of the land but can be easily out maneuvered by scheming, racist, state pols.

Who needs a court with conservative justices to dense to see that they've about to be side-stepped and shown to be of no consequence.

[haele]

4. Well, 4 of the five don't seem to be concerned about their roles..

They appear only to be concerned about their prestige and access to money and power brokers.
Of course, they're Federalist Society picks, so that doesn't surprise me.


Haele

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7. You said four of five. Who is the one who isn't?

[radius777]

3. SCOTUS is a RW authoritarian institution

that only furthers the average voter's cynicism about democracy and justice in America.

Voting rights and women's rights/choice have been gutted in the past decade.

This country is not a RW country, as evidenced by the fact that Dems have won the popular vote in 7 of the past 8 presidential elections.

[BlueIdaho]

5. Defund the Supreme Court

My new bumper sticker.

[qazplm135]

6. we now have five justices

who are very much on board with weakening the Supreme Court.