Chief Justice Roberts says judicial independence is key to checking Congress and the president
Chief Justice Roberts says judicial independence is key to checking Congress and the president
Chief Justice Roberts says judicial independence is key to checking Congress and the president
“Judicial independence is crucial,” Roberts, the leader of the Supreme Court and the entire federal judiciary, said at a gathering of judges and lawyers in his hometown.
He described the creation of three co-equal branches of government as the Constitution’s one innovation. “That innovation doesn’t work if the judiciary is not independent,” he said.
The 70-year-old chief justice largely repeated things he has said previously. But his comments, in response to questions from another federal judge, drew applause from the 600 people who gathered to mark the 125th anniversary of federal courts in the Western District of New York.
Asked about comments from Trump and his allies supporting the impeachment of judges because of their rulings, Roberts largely repeated the statement he issued in March. “Impeachment is not how you register disagreement with a decision,” he said.
That's not what the ruling says and repeating that false interpretation only helps Trump.
It's says that he cannot be held to task for acts he has taken in official capacity. So everything trump is doing, even his personal life, is being done through presidential powers.
It was a ridiculous and bad ruling that set up trump for this. Roberts is culpable.
At this point I'm not sure that's as important as it should be, because Trump is, in effect, doing whatever he wants -- including ignoring the courts.
The ruling was made to retroactively protect Trump and only Trump is the kind of slime bag that would use it in the future.
What did it say?