Chief Justice John Roberts warned Tuesday at Rice University’s Baker Institute that “personally directed hostility” toward judges is “dangerous” and “it’s got to stop.” The alleged RINO completely ignored the reasons that many people, the president included, have grown to dislike the judiciary.
Speaking two days after President Trump’s Truth Social callout, calling the Supreme Court a “weaponized and unjust Political Organization” for limiting his tariff plan, Roberts defended fair criticism of rulings while rejecting personal attacks and the idea that justices serve appointing presidents’ agendas.
“It’s important that our decisions are subjected to scrutiny, and they are,” the alleged conservative said, “The problem is that sometimes the criticism can move from a focus on legal analysis to personalities… And that, frankly, can actually be quite dangerous.”
He added, “Personally directed hostility is dangerous, and it’s got to stop. The idea that I’m carrying out his agenda somehow is absurd. But the idea that I’m carrying out, and they are carrying out, some different agendas is, I think, really fallacious.”
Starting off his comments about the Supreme Court, the president said, “The decision that mattered most to me was TARIFFS! The Court knew where I stood, how badly I wanted this Victory for our Country, and instead decided to, potentially, give away Trillions of Dollars to Countries and Companies who have been taking advantage of the United States for decades. ”
“I want to thank Justices Alito, Thomas, and Kavanaugh for their Wisdom and Courage pertaining to the TARIFF case, and for understanding, in addition to the Law, that our “Unfriendly Competitors” should not be reimbursed and rewarded for the decades of Damage they have caused THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” he added.
Additionally, he noted, “I will fight hard to make sure that this does not happen! The Democrats on the Court always ‘stick together,’ no matter how strong a case is put before them — There is rarely even a minor ‘waver.” But Republicans do not do this.”
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“They openly disrespect the Presidents who nominate them to the highest position in the Land, a Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and go out of their way, with bad and wrongful rulings and intentions, to prove how “honest,” “independent,” and “legitimate” they are,” the president pointed out.
Still not done, he added, “The Democrat Justices just vote Democrat — They always stick together! Our Country was unnecessarily RANSACKED by the United States Supreme Court, which has become little more than a weaponized and unjust Political Organization.”
Trump declared, “This completely inept and embarrassing Court was not what the Supreme Court of the United States was set up by our wonderful Founders to be. They are hurting our Country, and will continue to do so.”
Concluding his comments, he noted, “All I can do, as President, is call them out for their bad behavior! This statement about the United States Supreme Court will cause me nothing but problems in the future, but I feel it is my obligation to speak the TRUTH. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP.”
Watch Trump skewer SCOTUS during his State of the Union address here:
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