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Michael K's avatar

For a guy who thinks he’s always the smartest guy in the room, it must be killing him that he blew the pooch in USA v Trump. Legacy? What legacy?

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Stephen Herbits's avatar

Other than you and perhaps a very few others, legal reporters and commentators have completely failed to cover Roberts and have bowed to his orchestrated image. On July 18, 2020, Adam Liptak wrote for the New York Times: "A More Liberal Supreme Court? Not When It Comes to Voting Rights." This was a break in the halo Roberts had created. I personally sent over 60 copies of his article to Supreme Court Reporters and many of the constitutional professors who were mentioned in their articles. The Campaign Legal Center published an in-depth analysis for the legal community (https://campaignlegal.org/update/why-current-us-supreme-court-threat-our-democracy.) Yet the press remains mesmerized by the most partisan Chief Justice since Robert Taney led us directly to the Civil War with the Dred Scott decision. There may be some chinks in his armor these days, but in the interim he has only gotten worse. Simply stated he rules that if you are not of the Wealthy, White, Christian Male demographic, tough luck. Gutting the middle class for expanding profits, including his decision on regulatory authority is but one example. Election decisions giving the wealthy an outsized role in elections via Citizens United, permitting gerrymandering, promoting a single religious view on abortion, stalling and then giving Trump immunity --the list goes on and on. Only the court media can educate the public. Thank you for your extraordinary reporting.

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