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Chief Justice John Roberts says that hostility toward judges has ‘got to stop’ (www.cnn.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44407468

Chief Justice John Roberts warned against personal attacks on the judiciary, telling an audience Tuesday that while criticism of opinions is fair game, “personally directed hostility” is dangerous and must stop.

Roberts did not mention Donald Trump by name and, as he so often does, he went out of his way to stress that the attacks he was referring to were coming from “not just any one political perspective.” However, the chief justice’s admonishment came weeks after Trump said that justices who ruled against his sweeping tariffs were an “embarrassment to their families.”

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[–] 8 points 7 months ago (10 children)

Can I suggest, humbly, then, that you guys start by throwing away your present constitution and start anew?

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  • [–] 20 points 7 months ago (8 children)

    Yeah I’d love to but that’s not going to happen without suffering on a scale this country hasn’t seen since the Great Depression or a civil war.

    Getting real sick of all the “Just overthrow the govt you lazy Americans! You’re not doing anything and that means you accept it.” takes on here.

    Tell that to Minnesotans or Chicagoans or Los Angelinos.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    I'm afraid it has been farther way from that. Sincerely, I hope something happens and you guys just make a turn around.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah apologies it’s just exhausting sometimes. We’re trying but it’s not at a critical mass yet. I worry too many people are waiting for him to die thinking that’ll fix everything when he’s a symptom and not the disease.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    The guy peacefully pass in his sleep would be something. I dread the infighting that would follow for the "throne".

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    There are a significant minority of protestors, like the groups you mention. It's not laziness they are being accused of. It's their inability to match the scale, intensity and severity of the response to meet the threat.

    When one side has armed gestapo paramilitary and majority control of the levers of state power and media and the other side has signs, clowns and furries protesting, the world sees a losing strategy.

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago

    The lack of a general strike is telling. Everyone everywhere faces hardship, but other places would have, long ago (like you should have under Regean long ago!)

    Your billionaires know most of you are scabs and class traitors, they will not stop now.

    Put up or shut up.

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