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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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[–] john_lemmy@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 hour ago
[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Play partisan hack games, win partisan hack prizes.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Problems bigger than Roberts.

Problems the Federalist Society.

It has compromised Lawyers and Judges at every level, across the entire country, literally in the tens of thousands.

And is largely responsible for the legal wins for conservative terrorism.

Roberts is just one of a legion.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago

If the hostility is towards biased judges then stop being biased. You are not supposed to be biased. If the hostility is towards judges in general then fix your legal system. It isn't working if people are hostile towards judges for no reason.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

Most of the personal attacks on the judiciary I've seen have come from Trump.

[–] fnrir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 hours ago

Cry me a river. Chief Justice Roberts must be eradicated from public life entirely.

How does it feel?

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Perhaps you could try being a fully functional human being john bob.

[–] GutterRat42@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

Stop sucking Trump's dick and disregarding precedent, and maybe it'll stop

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

You shit your bed, now you gotta lie in it or change the damn sheets Roberts

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

Do your job right and people will stop hating you, Chief Justice Dumbass.

[–] oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 6 points 9 hours ago

How about we increase hostility instead?

Fucking prick

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 hours ago

Hopefully the hostility has just started.

[–] entropiclyclaude@lemmy.wtf 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 hours ago

And end up with Chief Justice Ted Cruz?

No thanks.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

Simple solution Johnny,

[–] Didntdoit71@feddit.online 18 points 12 hours ago

Roberts is a direct cause of this hostility...because he chose partisan political play over protecting human rights and upholding the constitution as written. He played the game for a dancing orange wannabe emperor. He lost the respect of the world and history. He can go fuck himself.

[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 9 points 10 hours ago

If you don't like criticism, don't run the most corrupt Supreme Court ever.

[–] Retail4068@lemmy.world 12 points 13 hours ago

Ohhhh is Roberts afraid of the consequences of his actions? 

On another note. Drones are incredibly easy to access and can deliver a payload quite easily.

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

He will go down as a justice with the same strength of character as wet tissue.

He’s a coward who is directly culpable for everything we are going through right now.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I would submit that hostility towards conservative judges needs to increase.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago

traitors that need impeaching, conviction and imprisonment for the rest of their pathetic life.

any one going along with Trump's nazis thing (including roberts.)

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Where's Sweeney Todd when you need him?

[–] Denalduh@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

But this is what you worked so hard to allow John.

[–] justalittleguy 68 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Idk man maybe you shouldn't have given immunity to the guy who's given to attacking anyone who doesn't bend over and take his micro dick

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

My god is that the consequences of my own actions I hear?!?!??!?

[–] tmyakal@infosec.pub 6 points 12 hours ago

Justice Roberts sowing: Hahaha! Holy shit, this is awesome!

Justice Roberts reaping: Oh, what the fuck? This fucking sucks.!

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 27 points 19 hours ago

He can go fuck himself.

[–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 36 points 20 hours ago

Roberts is such a dishonest jackass.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 45 points 20 hours ago

The hostility will continue until immunity is removed.

Nah. Seems very warranted to me tbh.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 35 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Maybe they need to start doing their jobs, first.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 7 points 18 hours ago

They are. They don't work for us.

[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Judges have always been a toss up in the US. Most of the time, their job has been taking bribes and protecting the interests of the orphan crushing rich.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Sir! You offend me. Those judges do not take bribes. That would be illegal!

They take gratuities. See? Those are totally different.

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (2 children)
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Oh and like you haven't given your hairstylist an RV in exchange for good service

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

You insult me!

Current tipping culture is 20%. I give an RV and 1/5 of another RV for good service.

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 17 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Surely small, regular violences committed by one person toward 340,000,000 people merit a large violence against that one person in retaliation?

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 6 points 15 hours ago

Systematic dismantling of democracy is not a small violence.

It's nice to see roberts admit he's turned the court completely away from the Constitution and is now purely a political actor serving as the activist for Republicans.
He deserves every hostility he gets from every American he has betrayed in order to enrich himself and his buddies. Families are suffering because of him, and he doesn't think he deserves their hate?

Stop requisitioning hostility then, materfucker.

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 17 points 19 hours ago

The Supreme Court is illegitimate

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 10 points 18 hours ago

John Roberts can go fuck himself.

It deserves saying more than once.

[–] turdburglar@piefed.social 8 points 18 hours ago

or else what?

eat a shit pie, enabler.

[–] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 6 points 17 hours ago

Actually, feeling a way about another citizen for betraying the shared values we were taught, irrespective of that citizens education or judiscial ascenency, is dope as shit!

[–] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago

Drop dead you traitorous cunt.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 19 hours ago

Lifetime appointments make second amendment solutions the only recource for citizens.

[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 6 points 19 hours ago

Hmm! Has he THOUGHT about making Rulings using the Constitution to STOP the Attacks? That MIGHT Work?

[–] whatalute@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

Maybe if Roberts hadn't been so busy sucking off daddy donvict over the years then trump wouldn't have built up his insane expectation that the Supreme Court is there to do his bidding. But of course to Roberts...it's really only the people tired of being forced to witness to all of his court's dick sucking who are big meanies to him. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes Roberts.

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