John Roberts issues a STERN FATWA to Sotomayor after she DARED (GASP!) to "speak out of turn" after Clarence

[Miles Archer]

"THOU SHALT SPEAK ONLY IN THE ORDER OF YOUR SENIORITY! THE GREAT AND POWERFUL ROBERTS HAS SPOKEN!"

Frustrations among Supreme Court justices spilled into public view this week as conservatives complained that the court’s liberal wing hogged the attention during oral arguments.

Chief Justice John Roberts resorted to enforcing a COVID-era protocol requiring justices to speak in the order of their seniority, interrupting a response from the liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor just as she began speaking out of turn, reports The Hill.

That tense encounter took place during a debate over whether mail-in ballots received after polls close on Election Day should be counted. After conservative Justice Clarence Thomas concluded his spiel, Sotomayor sought to add in.

“Have we had any —” Sotomayor began to ask on Monday, according to the report.

Roberts interjected immediately.

“Justice—Justice,” he said, raising his voice, according to The Hill.

“I’m sorry,” Sotomayor responded.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/scotus-thrown-into-chaos-after-conservative-justices-complain/

[SheltieLover]

1. Has anyone searched the eps files for him & the other 5?

[B.See]

2. The Court's conservatives, including

chief architect, Roberts, are planning on fkn over voters in favour of Trump, again, So Heaven forbid one of the liberals speak out of turn.

[DBoon]

3. Did Roberts say, "Quiet piggy"?

[lastlib]

4. That's a literal translation.....

Nevertheless, (I hope) she persisted......

We NEED her voice to be loud!

[Tim S]

5. To be fair, she WAS violating established court order. If the situation were reversed,

with a majority Progressive/Liberal Supreme Court, would you like a more junior right-wing justice butting into a more senior Justice’s time?? As much as I love Justice Sotomayor, she took the bait and (IMHO) got rightly chastised for it. She could have waited for her turn to rebut things…. You know, like they do in courts every day across the country.

[dickthegrouch]

6. Much more likely it was a "pesky female" being spanked.

He probably knew what she was going to say and needed it separated from whatever stupid sound bite had preceded her.

[leftyladyfrommo]

7. Another great Uppity Woman!

[spanone]

8. Worse SCOTUS in history.