In remarks at a judicial conference, Roberts bemoaned what he characterized as the American public’s misconceptions about the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday defended the Supreme Court from what he believes are misconceptions held by the American people that he and his colleagues are “political actors” who are making decisions based on policy, not law.
Roberts is a member of the court’s 6-3 conservative majority, which has moved federal law to the right on a number of weighty issues in recent years, such as abortion and gun rights.
The court has also in several cases weakened the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, including in a ruling last week that led to outrage and disappointment on the left.
To put things in perspective.
About 40% of the then population of the American colonies were Patriots and fought against the British in the revolutionary war. The war itself functioned like a civil war.
Roughly 40% of the population of the current United States supports Trump, not perfectly unwavering support but pretty staunch nonetheless. The remaining 60% are too busy thinking that their problems are the ones that need to be addressed first and a staggering number of those people are perfectly willing to throw away decent compromise simply because they weren’t perfectly satiated.
All of this to say: Trump is the tip of the iceberg.
I’m curious where you get your information from that you speak so confidently
Did you vote for Kamala?
Probably. I’m so tired I can’t trust that yesterday actually existed
That I feel, deep in my bones.
To put it simply, I don’t have exact numbers on who is willing to let perfect be the enemy of good on the left. I just know enough of them exist to render the rest’s votes ineffective — we know this because plenty of poll information has been collected that points to ‘Kamala lost because of her stance on Israel’. As if the alternative has been better.
The left in the U.S. seems to be filled with people who know what the right thing to do is, but can’t separate that from what needs to be done right now. While I recognize that the heart bleeds for people in Palestine, or Gaza, or any victim of Israel’s (really any genocide) — not voting for Kamala might as well be considered a vote for what’s happening in Iran right now. I understand being caught in a two party system isn’t ideal either, but pumping the breaks on fascism would have been a much more effective barrier against Israel than what’s happening today. I’m inclined to believe anything under Kamala would be better than Trump, even if it wasn’t necessarily ‘getting better’.
For context, I worked under Kamala when she was the AG for California’s DoJ. The blatant corruption happening under her nose was eye opening, it really turned me against her as a result. I still fucking voted for her.
yeah, i didn’t work in the AG office, i just have enough attorney family that we’re legal literate enough to think we know things outside our specialties, but we don’t. and kamala’s career, well, all of us in my family across the political spectrum disliked what we saw. there are times when you hold your nose when you vote. she’s one of those times.