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It took the Roberts Court 20 years to dismantle a century of progress -- The Hill
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5535854-roberts-court-legacy-authoritarianism/Svante Myrick
The U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term just days after the 20th anniversary of John Roberts being sworn in as chief justice. It is not a happy anniversary.
There is little doubt that the court's right-wing majority will use the coming term to further dismantle constitutional checks and balances and grant more power to the increasingly dictatorial President Trump. The only real question is how aggressively the Roberts-Trump Court will pursue its drive to reverse more than a century of constitutional precedent and social progress.
As many commentators have noted, Roberts's famously reassuring confirmation hearing claim that his role as a justice would be to "call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat" has proven to be an empty promise.
. . .
Roberts is doing great damage to our country long after the president who appointed him left office. The same will surely be true of Trump's justices, who will be carrying out their assault on a century's worth of progress long after Trump is no longer occupying the White House.
We owe it to the generations of Americans who struggled to make that progress, and to all the people whose futures are at risk, to make sure that every American knows how much is at stake when they decide whether or how to cast their vote.
There is little doubt that the court's right-wing majority will use the coming term to further dismantle constitutional checks and balances and grant more power to the increasingly dictatorial President Trump. The only real question is how aggressively the Roberts-Trump Court will pursue its drive to reverse more than a century of constitutional precedent and social progress.
As many commentators have noted, Roberts's famously reassuring confirmation hearing claim that his role as a justice would be to "call balls and strikes and not to pitch or bat" has proven to be an empty promise.
. . .
Roberts is doing great damage to our country long after the president who appointed him left office. The same will surely be true of Trump's justices, who will be carrying out their assault on a century's worth of progress long after Trump is no longer occupying the White House.
We owe it to the generations of Americans who struggled to make that progress, and to all the people whose futures are at risk, to make sure that every American knows how much is at stake when they decide whether or how to cast their vote.
Svante Myrick is president of People For the American Way.
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'They come to me': Jane Roberts’ legal recruiting work involved officials whose agencies had cases before the Supreme Court
In newly revealed testimony, Jane Roberts, the wife of Chief Justice John Roberts said she worked for “U.S. attorneys, cabinet officials, former senators” and more.
By HAILEY FUCHS and JOSH GERSTEIN
Politico, 01/31/2023
EXCERPT...
Jane Roberts’ placements included at least one firm with a prominent Supreme Court practice, according to the complaint, which also includes sworn testimony from Roberts herself, in which she notes the powerful officials — whose agencies have had frequent cases before her husband — for whom she has worked.
“A significant portion of my practice on the partner side is with senior government lawyers, ranging from U.S. attorneys, cabinet officials, former senators, chairmen of federal commissions, general counsel of federal commissions, and then senior political appointees within the ranks of various agencies, and I -- they come to me looking to transition to the private sector,” Roberts said, according to a transcript of a 2015 arbitration hearing related to her former colleague’s termination.
In her testimony, Roberts also noted the benefit of working with senior government officials: “Successful people have successful friends.”
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https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/31/jane-roberts-legal-recruiting-work-agencies-cases-supreme-court-00080515
"They come to me." -- Mrs. Jane Roberts, wife of Chief Justice John Roberts
In newly revealed testimony, Jane Roberts, the wife of Chief Justice John Roberts said she worked for “U.S. attorneys, cabinet officials, former senators” and more.
By HAILEY FUCHS and JOSH GERSTEIN
Politico, 01/31/2023
EXCERPT...
Jane Roberts’ placements included at least one firm with a prominent Supreme Court practice, according to the complaint, which also includes sworn testimony from Roberts herself, in which she notes the powerful officials — whose agencies have had frequent cases before her husband — for whom she has worked.
“A significant portion of my practice on the partner side is with senior government lawyers, ranging from U.S. attorneys, cabinet officials, former senators, chairmen of federal commissions, general counsel of federal commissions, and then senior political appointees within the ranks of various agencies, and I -- they come to me looking to transition to the private sector,” Roberts said, according to a transcript of a 2015 arbitration hearing related to her former colleague’s termination.
In her testimony, Roberts also noted the benefit of working with senior government officials: “Successful people have successful friends.”
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https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/31/jane-roberts-legal-recruiting-work-agencies-cases-supreme-court-00080515
"They come to me." -- Mrs. Jane Roberts, wife of Chief Justice John Roberts