The chief justice doesn’t like his conservative Supreme Court colleagues getting called out for judicial overreach.

  • CynAq@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I said global. This is a human phenomenon, not specific to US politics.

    Think of it like a “greed is the root of all evil” kinda statement.

    • Neferic@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Thank you for your reply. What I am trying to articulate is that I see the trend toward extreme candidates cascading through many government systems. The origin being at the legislature in America’s circumstance. The legislature holds nominations of judges in it’s hands now which is why we are seeing the buck stop at the court. Congress gets to bemoan the fact that the court is responsible because they aren’t offering any practicable solutions. Please note, I am not saying the court is without fault. There are certainly ethics rules issues at play and the court composition as it is now is due to the faults of congress in how the nomination process works.

      My thought is that if primaries worked differently legislative candidates would run more moderate campaigns and we would see less brinkmanship at the court. Roberts I think is correctly concerned about the perception of the court and is genuinely worried about the last branch of US government losing the respect of the populace. With the decision on Roe v Wade, I think he should be.