JD Vance Lashes Out at 'Profoundly Wrong' Chief Justice

[Jilly_in_VA]

Vice President JD Vance ripped into Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts for saying the courts are an equal branch of government whose job is to “check the excesses” of the executive branch.

Earlier this month, Roberts responded to calls from MAGA to impeach judges who ruled against Donald Trump’s policies by saying, “In our Constitution, the judiciary is a coequal branch of government, separate from the others, with the authority to interpret the Constitution as law, and strike down acts of Congress or acts of the president.”

“That innovation doesn’t work if the judiciary is not independent,” he continued during a fireside chat in Buffalo, New York. “Its job is to, obviously, decide cases, but in the course of that, check the excesses of Congress or of the executive, and that does require a degree of independence.”

His remarks drew applause from the crowd.

Less than a week later, Roberts warned a group of graduating law students that the rule of law was “endangered” and called for an end to “trashing the justices” of the Supreme Court. The comments came as Trump and his supporters have attacked federal judges—including conservative Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett—and ignored judicial rulings.

But instead of heeding Roberts’ warnings, Vance—who as a graduate of Yale Law School would be well aware of the separation of powers and the role of the judiciary—responded by accusing the courts of mounting an effort “to quite literally overturn the will of the American people.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-lashes-out-at-profoundly-wrong-supreme-court-chief-justice/

Pillsbury Doughboy says WHAT? Apparently he's chosen to forget everything he learned(?) at Yale Law.

[sakabatou]

1. Vance needs to take middle school social studies again

[brush]

2. Yeah. He's such a 'lovely' person. Knows how to win friends and influence people.

[Basso8vb]

3. Couchfucker clearly failed high school civics.

[Bo Zarts]

4. Vance is a profoundly arrogant beadle.

Sit down and STFU JayDee. And quit crying .. your mascara is running.

[Frasier Balzov]

5. 49.8% of the popular vote is NOT the "will of the People."

Vance must acknowledge that Trump and his evil elves have recklessly grabbed the wheel and abruptly driven the nation into the ditch.

Furthermore, they have done so in cynical exploitation of how slowly the courts can move to prevent the damage Trump is doing.

[Solly Mack]

6. He'd do better trying to convince the crows he's scary instead of trying to convince us he's smart.

Oh, he's slick - but then so is shit.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. Vance is a Yale law school grad?

[Tickle]

8. Yale called, they want their diploma back...

Law School:
Yale Law School

Earned a Juris Doctor (J.D.)

While at Yale, he was mentored by law professor Amy Chua (author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother)

[BlueTsunami2018]

9. Of course he knows better but that doesn't matter.

He’s going to toe the fascist line.

Nothing matters anymore. One of the main points of P25 is to turn people against and delegitimize the judicial branch. He’s just doing his part.

And I’ll bet if you poll the MAGAts they will be full bore behind ignoring or even eliminating the judicial.

A full third or more of the country has no idea this is even happening or doesn’t care.

Ninety percent of us who do know what’s happening and are opposed to all of this aren’t going to do anything about it, probably more.

Because it’ll be a major inconvenience at the very least to put ourselves in harm’s way, let alone to shed the blood that will be necessary to stand up to this in a meaningful way.

We have to get to the point where there’s nothing left to lose before anything like that happens and by that time, it’ll probably be far too late.

This is all bad, really bad. Worse than I expected and I expected pretty fucking bad.