Summary
Chief Justice John Roberts defended the judiciary against “illegitimate” attacks undermining its independence in his year-end report, citing violence, intimidation, disinformation, and defiance of rulings as critical threats.
He highlighted a rise in threats against judges, referencing protests following the overturning of Roe v. Wade and scrutiny over alleged ethics lapses, particularly involving Justice Clarence Thomas.
Roberts criticized political rhetoric questioning judicial impartiality and social media disinformation.
He also warned against political calls to ignore court decisions, emphasizing the need to uphold judicial authority amid ongoing controversies over recent rulings.
This is one of the most disturbing and discouraging things about our current era.
Clearly, the solution to the problem of people distrusting institutions because the officials in them are corrupt is to eliminate the corruption.
But this is far from the first time recently that I’ve seen an official express the idea that the problem is not that they in fact are corrupt, but that people point out their corruption - as if we’re supposed to merely accept their corruption and grant them respect anyway, and somehow we’re to blame for the problem because we won’t do that.
It’s astonishingly amoral. They’re not merely, as is all too common amongst the ruling class, acting as if they’re above the law, but overtly stating that they are, and faulting us for daring to treat them otherwise.
SCOTUS is utterly corrupt and illegitimate.
EXACTLY.
Roberts also cited disinformation, exacerbated by social media and in some cases hostile foreign governments, as a problem, as it can “undermine confidence in the court system.”
No John, the erosion of confidence is your own courts doing. You refuse to hold yourself to ethical standards every other branch of government does.
You refuse to hold yourself to ethical standards every other branch of government does.
Which branch is that?
Legislative branch uses their power to increase their wealth. Probably why they won’t pass a bill banning stocks.
Executive branch, well I guess we’ll see how far down the ethical road that goes, again…
Other people have already put it better, so I’m going to put it plainly.
suggesting political bias in the judge’s adverse rulings without a credible basis
Fuck. You. We know how disingenuous this is, and fuck you.
Let us all pray to Saint Luigi
Praise be.
“How dare you make all of these criticisms about us, questioning our impartiality and suggesting we’re corrupt! Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to get on Justice Thomas’ free luxury RV and drive down to Harlan Crow’s mansion for a much-needed vacation.”
On my way to collect my after-ruling-gratuity from the person who I ruled in favor of which is definitely not a bribe and is totally legal.
Fuck you John Roberts, you fucking fascist fuck.
The legacy of the Roberts court will its spiral into institutionalized corruption. For a man who claims to hold the legitimacy of the court to be paramount, his resistance to any sort of oversight of the court’s ethical standards will be how he is remembered. You can’t restore faith in institutions by grandstanding against your accusers in a fruitless effort to deflect the valid criticisms of your colleagues.
I hope that guy steps on a lego
Every day for the rest of his miserable life.
So we need more political calls to ignore court decisions, to degrade judicial authority from an illegitimate and corrupt institution.
John Roberts is scared of his power being questioned and has been for a long time. The conservative “judicial” movement has put a lot of effort into acquiring the power to rule as politicians in black robes and doesn’t want anyone to take that away. That fear occasionally comes out in him giving token but ineffectual resistance to the bad decisions of his conservative teammates, but more often comes out as him criticizing anyone that would dare question why they should be listened to. Never does it involve actual efforts to bolster the court’s legitimacy and curb its blatant corruption.
Roberts’ SCOTUS will go down in history as the tipping point for America’s undoing
Dude is confusing attacks on his legitimacy with Illegitimate attacks.
I have no respect for five of them anymore and wish I had superpowers to fix what they have done.
We don’t need someone with superpowers. We just need a man of focus, commitment, and sheer will. Luigi, help us!
And elect him president so it’s legal.
Well America has proven it’s okay electing a convicted felon, so yeah, I say we get the Mangione 2028 train rolling. Or whenever he’s old enough to be eligible to take office
35, so 8 years
I don’t even know why we listen to them. They reversed a previous decesion by the supreme court when the overturned Roe. So what they are saying is SCOTUS can be wrong. Why do they even exist then.
Defiance of rulings from this corporate owned court is an act of patriotism.
Shame to hear about another suicidal oligarch.
