John Roberts reveals he isn't 'any safer' from Trump 'than the rest of us': analysis

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In a rare move, U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts gave President Donald Trump a stern rebuke in response to his incendiary attacks on District Judge James Boasberg — the Barack Obama appointee who temporarily halted deportations of Venezuelan nationals allegedly associated with the violent Tren de Aragua gang. Trump is calling for the impeachment of Boasberg and other federal judges who are blocking, at least for the time being, his executive orders.

Roberts, in his rebuke, emphasized that impeaching judges because one is unhappy with a particular ruling is bad policy. And many Trump critics, both left and right, are pointing out that a federal judge like Boasberg is supposed to play an important role in the United States' system of checks and balances.

In a rambling post on his Truth Social platform, Trump wrote, "This Radical Left Lunatic of a Judge, a troublemaker and agitator who was sadly appointed by Barack Hussein Obama, was not elected President - He didn’t WIN the popular VOTE (by a lot!), he didn’t WIN ALL SEVEN SWING STATES, he didn’t WIN 2,750 to 525 Counties, HE DIDN’T WIN ANYTHING! I WON FOR MANY REASONS, IN AN OVERWHELMING MANDATE, BUT FIGHTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MAY HAVE BEEN THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR THIS HISTORIC VICTORY. I’m just doing what the VOTERS wanted me to do. This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges’ I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!! WE DON’T WANT VICIOUS, VIOLENT, AND DEMENTED CRIMINALS, MANY OF THEM DERANGED MURDERERS, IN OUR COUNTRY. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!

That is exactly the type of rhetoric that Roberts has a problem with. But Salon's Heather Digby Parton, in an article published on March 18, emphasizes that Roberts himself bears some of the blame for Trump's vitriolic attacks on federal judges. Parton writes, "Trump's 'ref-working' against every judge who doesn't rule his way is becoming a big problem for the Supreme Court, and Chief Justice John Roberts knows it. Whether he and his colleagues will have the fortitude to stand up to him and preserve the Constitution and American democracy when the time comes is a bet I wouldn't want to make after what they did with the January 6 case. Their credibility is already fragile."

https://www.alternet.org/john-roberts-trump-boasberg-salon/

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1. Roberts and his corrupt SCOTUS 6 mates gave trmp immuity and now says...

they're no safer than the rest of us from wannabe dictator trump...or should I just say it...the new dictator is now ignoring court rulings?

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2. Yeah, but the rest of us didn't put the loaded gun in the toddler's hand.

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3. Who let the the dogs out? Ps straight white powerful men never

take responsibility for anything. I have across the alley neighbors like that. Deflect deny etc….

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4. In his rants he keeps saying "this is what the voters elected me to do"

but he is getting enough negative feedback to know that the country is upset. He will keep saying that even though he doesn't give a rat's ass what the voters think.

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5. I was referring to Robert's ducking out but works for t:

OP: ‘…Roberts himself bears some of the blame for Trump's vitriolic attacks on federal judges…’

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6. Roberts is more of a black box to me.

I hope he tries to rein in Trump, and I hope he does it boldly and soon.

But maybe I am expecting way too much from someone who is living the good life. I hope he is thinking about how history will view him because it could end up being really bad.

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7. I think he's mostly thinking about dinner. If he

cared about anyone but himself he would be like Thurgood Marshall not complicit in the corruption of the court.

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