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Roberts is a chief justice, and will be talked about for decades, centuries even. He doesn't entirely want to be on the wrong side of history.
by afterburner 6y ago
Roberts is a chief justice, and will be talked about for decades, centuries even. He doesn't entirely want to be on the wrong side of history.
- beervirus 6y agoThe Court’s job is not to try to be on the right side of history. It’s to interpret statutes and the constitution fairly, impartially, and reasonably. If a policy change is needed, that’s Congress’s job.
- afterburner 6y agoSure. But Roberts is a human being. He has an ego, ambitions, and feelings. So who knows.
- evgen 6y agoCool story bro, but it has been decades since the court has even pretended to live up to that fairy-tale example we tell little children about it being an impartial body of judges. The court is nine politicians in black robes who are competing to enact their tribes policy objectives while striving to avoid infamy.
- beervirus 6y agoOk.
- dang 6y agoCould you please not post in the flamewar style to Hacker News? It's entirely possible to make your substantive points without it, and we're trying to stave off the self-destruction of this forum. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20stave&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html Also, we've had to ask you numerous times before.