Chief Justice John Roberts says Supreme Court is not political
Source: AP
Updated 10:24 PM EDT, May 6, 2026
HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Supreme Court justices are not “political actors,” Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday, insisting unpopular court decisions are based solely on the law. “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.
The high court struck down a majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana, finding it was an unconstitutional gerrymander based on race. The decision weakened the Civil Rights era law that has increased minority representation in Congress, and it opened the door for more redistricting across the country that could aid Republican efforts to control the House.
In recent years, the conservative majority court has also handed down landmark rulings overturning the constitutional right to abortion, expanding gun rights and ending affirmative action in higher education.
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Utter BULLSHIT. YOU 6 are completely and unequivocally a bunch of rabid foaming-at-the-mouth soulless RW lunatics.
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That's the true definition of the "Shit 6". Of course, they're also anti-gay and anti-trans and anti-worker and anti-environment too. Quite a long list of items these 6 freaks are working on for the hateful and greedy billionaire fuckers. 
Well, tough noogies, Johnny-Boy... we don't care what you think. The reality is your actions are most certainly partisan and are not solely 'by the law'.
So, 'can' that shit, okay? 
I hereby nominate the Roberts statement for................(drum roll please)................"The Complete Bullshit Hall of Fame!" 
That's a policy decision right there.
The SCOTUS justices are political like never before. And NOW Justice Roberts tries to deflect what they're really doing because he thinks we're stupid.
