John Roberts is exactly who John Lewis told us he was.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

I have been fortunate enough to have heard John Lewis tell his preaching to chickens story in person five times including at the 2016 national convention. Congressman Al Green introduced me to Congressman John Lewis as a civil rights attorney which I had to correct.

John Lewis is right about John Roberts

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[Cha]

1. TY LMPV, for John Lewis' assessment

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of John Roberts.

[calimary]

2. I love this:

”The stakes are higher than ever. We cannot afford to elevate an individual to such a powerful lifetime position whose record demonstrates such a strong desire to reverse the hard-won civil rights gains that so many of us sacrificed so much to achieve. We have come a great distance. We cannot afford to stand still. We cannot afford to go back. We must go forward to the creation of one America.”

What a GREAT quote!

[Cha]

6. Yes it is, calimary! John Lewis was

so prescient.

And, John Roberts is a horrible being.

[wendyb-NC]

3. John Lewis, was a true patriot

That guy Roberts, is a shameful passive aggressive, racist, he shouldn't be where he is, regardless of his brilliance as a lawyer.
He's a sneak and a dishonest partisan coward. The rest of the six conservatives, aren't any better. That ruling on voting rights last week, was thoughtless, and cruel. Are they that ignorant of history? They are a disappointing lot.

[LoisB]

4. John Lewis was right.

[eppur_se_muova]

7. That fifth para is the whole point. "Reducing barriers" and "increasing the number of minority elected officials" is

***EXACTLY*** what Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Trmp, and their ilk HATE about Civil Rights legislation. They want to restore -- even increase -- the barriers and decrease the number of minority officials (elected or appointed) and are certainly succeeding at that. Just look at the military officers Trmp refused to promote -- he's taking a direct hand in resuscitating old Jim Crow.

How miserable it must be to live with all that hate inside. They think it doesn't affect them, but it does. It poisons their souls. And for those who believe in a hereafter, it ensures Trump's, and his minions', will not be pleasant. Nor will their historical legacy on this earth be one of anything but unmitigated evil.

“The evil that men do lives after them;
The good {if such ever existed} is oft interred with their bones.”
― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

[RetiredParatrooper]

8. Won't be able to remove him

Might be able to strip him of the Chief justice' title.

Yes, I am that petty with sub-par partisan hacks.

[B.See]

9. Bigots and racists like Roberts

out THEMSELVES. Sooner or later, EVERY time, in spite of posturing and pretenses to the contrary. Lewis saw it immediately. And I suspect those who empowered him saw it too..

[debsy]

10. John Lewis was a great yet humble man

He is sadly missed as are all those who gave so much to improve the lives of so many. The Republican Party is the party of regression. The Democratic Party must go all-in as the party of progress and we must fight like hell to maintain our democracy and kick those greedy bastards out!

[Blue Owl]

11. K&R

[Kid Berwyn]

12. John Lewis pegged the little racist for the turd he is.

White Affirmative Action



How John Roberts Got to the Top

The Spectre of White Affirmative Action

By LINN WASHINGTON, Jr.
September 28, 2005, CounterPunch

EXCERPT...

Bush's selection of John Roberts for Chief Justice is a glaring example of white affirmative-action irrespective of Roberts' respected legal acumen elevating him above the ranks of an inadequately prepared candidate.

The bigot Bush designated Roberts to replace, the late William Rehnquist, at least spent fourteen years as a Supreme Court Justice before his elevation to Chief Justice.

Roberts has less than three years experience as a federal appeals court judge, getting that lofty position without having any prior judicial experience.

SNIP...

Roberts landed a plum clerkship with a federal appeals judge after his Harvard Law School graduation, followed immediately by a prestige elevating clerkship with US Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist ­ who never hired a black law clerk.

CONTINUED...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2005/09/28/the-spectre-of-white-affirmative-action/

A 20 Year-old article that is still news to most everybody in the United States of America.

And something DUers of a certain age may remember:

Know your BFEE: John Roberts earned his Sgt. Pepper stripes as an Iran-Contra cover-up artiste.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1002281926

[Spazito]

13. John Roberts will go down in history as one of the worst...

chief justices in US history whereas John Lewis is beloved and in whose history greatness is recognized already.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. MaddowBlog-Why John Roberts' defense of the Supreme Court was so wildly unpersuasive

Justices should consider not only why most believe the high court is motivated by politics, but also their own role in fueling the problem they find offensive.

Why John Roberts’ defense of the Supreme Court was so wildly unpersuasive www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Philly Joe (@joehick58.bsky.social) 2026-05-07T22:39:16.924Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/john-roberts-defense-supreme-court-unpersuasive

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is clearly aware of public perceptions related to the high court, though he apparently wants Americans to see him and fellow justices as above the political fray. The Associated Press reported on his latest public remarks:

“I think, at a very basic level, people think we’re making policy decisions, we’re saying we think this is how things should be, as opposed to what the law provides,” he said. “I think they view us as purely political actors, which I don’t think is an accurate understanding of what we do.”

His remarks to a conference of judges and lawyers from the 3rd U.S. Circuit in Pennsylvania came at a time of low public confidence in the court, and about a week after the court handed down a decision that hollowed out the Voting Rights Act.

As part of the same remarks, Roberts went on to argue that sitting justices are not “part of the political process … and I’m not sure people grasp that as much as is appropriate.”.....

Why does the public see the justices, as Roberts put it, as “political actors”? It might have something to do with far-right justices issuing regressive and reactionary rulings. And far-right justices getting caught up in indefensible ethics controversies. And far-right justices elevating the presidency above the law.

But I suspect one of the main reasons so many people see justices as “political actors” is the frequency with which they act like political actors. Right around the same time that the public was learning about Roberts’ remarks, Justice Neil Gorsuch, who has a track record of chatting with conservative media personalities, appeared on a conservative podcast, talking about his belief that “young conservatives must have courage to stand by their beliefs.”....

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut argued five years ago, “Judges turning into political actors, giving speeches attacking journalists, is terrible for the court and terrible for democracy.” Justices proceeded to ignore the warning.

The tarnishing of the Supreme Court — its credibility, its integrity and its reputation — has unfolded episodically over the course of several years. If Roberts and his brethren want to whine about public reactions to their work, that’s their right, but if they want to help restore the institution’s standing, they have an enormous amount of work to do. To date, they have shown no willingness whatsoever to even acknowledge the causes of the Supreme Court’s problems, much less take steps to address what ails it.

Roberts is a racist asshole who has been plotting to overturn or gut the Voting Rights Act since Roberts' days in the Reagan DOJ. I still remember reading the Shelby County opinion and dissent where Roberts gutted Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. That was NOT a legal opinion but a policy decision based on Roberts' belief that there was no longer racial prejudice. Alito's opinion is merely a continuation of the racist policies of the six asshole SCOTUS justices.