Chief Justice Appears To Take Shot Across Gorsuch’s Bow

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The Daily Caller
KEVIN DALEY
3:38 PM 07/07/2017


Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts appeared to take a veiled jab at his new colleague Justice Neil Gorsuch during a conference in Pennsylvania this week, where he reiterated his longstanding aversion to solo opinions.


The comments suggest a hint of tension between the chief and the junior justice.


In remarks given at a judicial conference in Pennsylvania this week, Roberts reiterated his long-held view that the Court should speak with one voice wherever possible — that is to say, he supports a consensus-driven approach to opinion writing in which the justices strive for unanimity and avoid writing their own concurrences or dissents. In doing so, he appeared to rebuke Gorsuch, who has flashed a propensity for writing on his own in his first months as a justice.


“There’s a different level of collegiality though and that is to appreciate you are acting as a court, not as an individual,” he said.


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http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/07/chief-justice-appears-to-take-shot-across-gorsuchs-bow/

[skeeter]

Roberts must be as pleased as he could be with Kagan, Ginsberg, Sotomayor and Stevens.

Maybe we made the wrong person chief.

[240B]

Roberts must be as pleased as he could be with Kagan, Ginsberg, Sotomayor and Stevens.

Maybe we made the wrong person chief.

That has become painfully obvious over the years. He is not at all the man we thought he was.


Still can't forget how he simply "made up" the utterly illogical ruling on Obamacare to save it, and then fled the country "on vacation" to escape the blow-back of his decision. So, not only is he a Democrat shill, he is a coward as well.

[catfish1957]

The entire Obamacare crap we are dealing with right now is squarely on him.

[XenaLee]

Typical "do as I say, not as I do" with Roberts.... since he, single-handedly, pulled Obama's @ss out of the fire and saved ObamaCare.

[240B]

The entire Obamacare crap we are dealing with right now is squarely on him.

Yes it is. And his ruling was in contradiction to the argument of Obama's lawyers, and it contradicted the 'four corners' of the document itself.


He pulled that wacky, more or less illegal, ruling straight out of his butt. That was the end of any thought that he was an impartial judge.

[skeeter]

Yes it is. And his ruling was in contradiction to the argument of Obama's lawyers, and it contradicted the 'four corners' of the document itself.


He pulled that wacky, more or less illegal, ruling straight out of his butt. That was the end of any thought that he was an impartial judge.

Hell Roberts was so determined to rule unanimously in favor of the ACA that he rewrote Obama's argument himself.

This one SCOTUS pick alone made Trump a better president than Bush.

[XenaLee]

Hell Roberts was so determined to rule unanimously in favor of the ACA that he rewrote Obama's argument himself.

This one SCOTUS pick alone made Trump a better president than Bush.

Which is odd.... because the previous week Roberts had been opposed to the ACA.  He did a 180 degree flip for "some" reason.

[Cripplecreek]

"Appears"

Fake news.

[240B]

"Appears"

Fake news.

@Cripplecreek
I'm still waiting to find a thread on this site that CrippleCreek does not stamp 'fake news' on it.

Maybe if I posted something like, "Obama deemed to be the Greatest President in History".
Or I could try to find an article that says, "Trump eats live infants for breakfast!".

Maybe that would pass CC's meticulous scrutiny. LOL

[rodamala]

@Cripplecreek
I'm still waiting to find a thread on this site that CrippleCreek does not stamp 'fake news' on it.

Maybe if I posted something like, "Obama deemed to be the Greatest President in History".
Or I could try to find an article that says, "Trump eats live infants for breakfast!".

Maybe that would pass CC's meticulous scrutiny. LOL

@240B
@Cripplecreek

The informed, discriminating consumer of what we consider "the news" always starts out by considering the agenda of the person "reporting" it.

[Applewood]

One of the theories I heard about Roberts' Obamacare ruling is that he may have been coerced or bribed.  That might explain why he twisted himself into a pretzel to come up with that idiotic opinion. 

It's too bad there is no feasible way to remove Roberts from SCOTUS.  If he is taking bribes, there is no way he would voluntarily leave and give up his "benefits."

[240B]

Hell Roberts was so determined to rule unanimously in favor of the ACA that he rewrote Obama's argument himself.

This one SCOTUS pick alone made Trump a better president than Bush.

Not Bush's fault really. Roberts flipped after he was installed. No one saw it coming. It was a surprise to very many people.

[Cripplecreek]

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@Cripplecreek

The informed, discriminating consumer of what we consider "the news" always starts out by considering the agenda of the person "reporting" it.

The article is full of speculation on what Roberts may have meant.

[240B]

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@Cripplecreek

The informed, discriminating consumer of what we consider "the news" always starts out by considering the agenda of the person "reporting" it.

I'm just kidding around. I have no problem with CC. In fact, his posts are so predictable that I find them funny. I have also called 'fake news' on some articles. So, live and let live. To each his own.

[catfish1957]

The article is full of speculation on what Roberts may have meant.

After the vote, I remember at TOS, strong speculation was that Obama threatened to make unsavory aspects of his personal life public

[austingirl]

Roberts must be as pleased as he could be with Kagan, Ginsberg, Sotomayor and Stevens.

Maybe we made the wrong person chief.

Roberts is a big disappointment. His decision about Obamacare was stunningly bad. He does tend to invent things as do the lefties.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Roberts is a big disappointment. His decision about Obamacare was stunningly bad. He does tend to invent things as do the lefties.

Since Roberts was installed, it has become obvious just how good William Rehnquist truly was.

[Suppressed]

The entire Obamacare crap we are dealing with right now is squarely on him.

Oh, come on.  You don't give any blame to the Congresscritters who passed the bloody thing?  Or Obama, who signed it?

[catfish1957]

As a followup I hope that if Kennedy retires like it is being reported, DJT nominates someone 2 notches right of Gorusch. 

Then tell the GOP senate, 51 is all we need.  No dissension.

[240B]

Hell Roberts was so determined to rule unanimously in favor of the ACA that he rewrote Obama's argument himself.

Not only did he rewrite Obama's argument, but then he agreed with what he, himself, wrote and not with what Obama was presenting. He rewrote Obama's argument to make it what he, Roberts, thought that Obama should have been arguing, not what Obama was actually arguing. The single most bizarre ruling that I know of in the history of the Supreme Courts.


Can you imagine presenting a case before a judge, and the judge rejects your case. But, he then rewrites his own version of your case, and then rules in your favor based on the case he wrote for you in that he agrees with himself. Bizarre is putting it mildly.

[DCPatriot]

One of the theories I heard about Roberts' Obamacare ruling is that he may have been coerced or bribed.  That might explain why he twisted himself into a pretzel to come up with that idiotic opinion. 

It's too bad there is no feasible way to remove Roberts from SCOTUS.  If he is taking bribes, there is no way he would voluntarily leave and give up his "benefits."

WTH??  "Coerced"?  "Bribed"?

How about BLACKMAIL/EXTORTION?

Don't forget....this was an Administration that illegally spied on hundreds of thousands of Americans, per the NSA, CIA, FBI under Obama, Jarrett, Clinton, Rice and Powers.

[Joe Wooten]

WTH??  "Coerced"?  "Bribed"?

How about BLACKMAIL/EXTORTION?

Don't forget....this was an Administration that illegally spied on hundreds of thousands of Americans, per the NSA, CIA, FBI under Obama, Jarrett, Clinton, Rice and Powers.

I think Roberts was caught skirting Irish law to adopt the two kids he and his wife adopted.

[INVAR]

That has become painfully obvious over the years. He is not at all the man we thought he was.

Still can't forget how he simply "made up" the utterly illogical ruling on Obamacare to save it, and then fled the country "on vacation" to escape the blow-back of his decision. So, not only is he a Democrat shill, he is a coward as well.

That all needed to be restated in bolder and larger text.

[Suppressed]

I think Roberts was caught skirting Irish law to adopt the two kids he and his wife adopted.

Agreed.