The next time John Roberts weeps crocodile tears about the legitimacy of the SCOTUS ...

[11 Bravo]

I will be hard pressed not to puke.
His ruling to stay a lower court's finding, thus denying a Congressional committee access to records to which they are legally entitled, is nothing more than a wink and a nod to the delaying tactics which Trump has employed in virtually every litigation in which he has ever been involved.
"Temporary" my ass! If the Republicans succeed in taking control in the House, Roberts knows damned well that the committee will NEVER get to see the tax returns (which Trump promised to release years ago, because the Republican majority will shit-can the entire investigation. At that point, when it no longer matters, Roberts might drop the stay in a transparently phony attempt to appear non-partisan. Likewise, if the Dems hold the house, I can guaran-fucking-tee that the stay will remain in place for at least two more years.

Fuck this phony apple-cheeked pretend jurist, and the illegitimate kangaroo court he presides over!

[SoCalDavidS]

1. ABOVE THE LAW

[LakeArenal]

2. He could have historically a hero.

Instead he’s a goat.

[live love laugh]

21. Goat? What does that mean?

[LakeArenal]

23. From the internet.

Let's talk about that phrase for the moment, “hero or goat.”
What does it mean? Where did it come from? And finally, what does it mean when you change the last word from “goat” to “GOAT”?

The phrase was popularized by the late Charles Shultz in his Peanuts comicstrip. Charlie Brown was the captain of his baseball team, and he was either the hero or the goat based on that last critical play of the game: Did he catch the ball (hero) or drop it (the scapegoat)?

[live love laugh]

24. Greatest of all times is my understanding. But Roberts?

[LakeArenal]

25. He could have stopped this. Before trump

Roberts is a Bush appointee. Like Nichole Wallace and Steve Schmidt, I hoped he might have some semblance of humanity and justice. But not so much.

[live love laugh]

26. And yet you call him the goat 🐐 or greatest?

[LakeArenal]

27. A hero. He could have been a hero. He's the goat.

It’s an expression.

[11 Bravo]

28. Long before GOAT became an acronym for Greatest of all Time, it was widely used ...

to describe the individual responsible for a loss or a failure.
It was the latter meaning that the poster was employing.

[live love laugh]

29. Never knew that!

Thanks

[11 Bravo]

30. My pleasure!

[Kaleva]

3. Didn't SCOTUS just lift its stay on Sen. Graham testifying?

[Fullduplexxx]

13. They're there to protect trump not lyndsie

[RockRaven]

4. Whether it is Alito or Roberts or whoever, the reply is: "look in a fucking mirror"

[Lovie777]

5. The 6 I do not trust.....

they can care less about me, my family, my friends, my neighborhood, my city, my state, my country.

[brooklynite]

8. They also don't care about Trump.

[brooklynite]

6. The Court has a Conference session on Friday...

They will presumably accept the case or reject it then.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

7. I applaud your fighting this disinformation nt

[Kaleva]

12. +1

[bluestarone]

16. TY for always being there for us ALL!

You and a few others here know the in's and out's of our American system!! Thank you and the others here!!

[ProfessorGAC]

9. I Read This Is Standard

A routine occurrence while the decision to hear the case is scheduled.
I'll save any reaction until the whole court decides whether to hear the case, of ignore it like the last 3 related cases.

[onenote]

10. Yes. In fact, back when the court of appeals first ruled against Trump

the Committee suggested that the appeals court could delay that order becoming effective for ten days so that Trump would have an opportunity to ask the Supreme Court to intervene.

In essence, the temporary stay that Roberts granted in analogous to the delay that the Committee itself seemed okay with.

Admittedly, the stay issued by Roberts may run more than 10 days since the Committee's response isn't due until Nov. 10, but the Committee could, and frankly should, submit its response well in advance of Nov. 10 -- in fact, there's no reason that they shouldn't be able to file it tomorrow given that Trump's arguments are the same ones that the Committee has previously addressed before the Court of Appeals.

[Fullduplexxx]

14. Not when the lower courts are in agreement

And isn't the committee legally allowed to see them anyway
Or what have I got wrong

[ProfessorGAC]

18. I'm Not Offering Opinion

I was just reporting what I read.
So, I can't comment further. I just don't know.

[Fullduplexxx]

20. Gotcha..... nt

[Diamond_Dog]

11. You are EXACTLY RIGHT, 11 Bravo.

[SergeStorms]

15. At this point in time....

the Supreme Court of the United States of America is a fucking joke, and republicans (like everything else they touch) have so ruined a once respected institution, it may never again function in the manner it was intended.

Republicans have been working for decades to destroy the American judicial system. Congratulations, you pig fuckers, you've succeeded.

[BlueIdaho]

17. Fuck Roberts and his Extremist Court

May they all be forever remembered for their betrayal of America’s fundamental promise of freedom for all.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. Alito and Roberts have destroyed the legitimacy of the SCOTUS

Link to tweet

[eppur_se_muova]

22. Try to remember to use the abbreviation GOPSCOTUS in future. nt