Tag: john roberts

Many on the left are celebrating a decision made by the Supreme Court yesterday as a win for campaign finance reform, however I find it anything but.

Richard Posner, a Reagan nominated judge who sits on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, told NPR, “I’ve become less conservative since the Republican Party started becoming goofy”. He has basically echoed a sentiment we have heard from many other former Republicans. Let’s face it, the party is losing their mind. Of course the GOP […]

The news is still coming in, but the Supreme Court has upheld the individual mandate. They did say it didn’t fall under the commerce clause, but it does fall under taxing. That makes more sense to me. Oh and the one breaking with the right to uphold it? The Chief Justice himself, John Roberts. Get […]

We always here Republicans talk about “state sovereignty” and an “overreaching federal government”, but they really don’t believe in what they say. Take this latest example from the conservative Supreme Court: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down Montana’s century-old limits on corporate political spending, putting an end to the state’s resistance to Citizens […]

Today the Supreme Court ruled that states can’t impose laws hindering the gun rights: The Supreme Court held Monday that the Constitution’s Second Amendment restrains government’s ability to significantly limit “the right to keep and bear arms,” advancing a recent trend by the John Roberts-led bench to embrace gun rights. By a narrow, 5-4 vote, […]

This is one comparison I am really getting tired of: The Obama Administration needs to recall that George W. Bush’s first nominee, Harriet Miers, was withdrawn after twenty-three days under not dissimilar circumstances: insufficient evidence in the nominee’s record to encourage his political base to become enthused about the nominee. First off, John Roberts was […]

Yesterday Bill Clinton gave some advice to President Obama on his next pick for the Supreme Court: S”But it’s not predictable. I’d like to see him put someone in there, late 40s, early 50s, on the court and someone with a lot of energy for the job.” Clinton said his wife would be “great” at […]

So Obama retook the oath of office last night after John Roberts screwed up the original one on Tuesday. Will that make the wingnuts happy? Of course not. So now FOX and the rest of the right has something to bitch about. I’m sure they will try to claim this also nullifies his presidency, even […]

John Roberts proves who he is worried about – corporations: Exxon Mobil, the giant oil corporation appearing before the Supreme Court yesterday, had earned a profit of nearly $40 billion in 2006, the largest ever reported by a U.S. company — but that’s not what bothered Roberts. What bothered the chief justice was that Exxon […]

Check out this headline from the AP: So what is that? Could it be troop cuts or defunding the war? NO! This article is about the Republicans filibustering Jim Webb’s amendment to give the troops as much time home as they are at war. Anti-war? Fuck you AP – this was a pro-troop bill. It […]