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Gaugamela

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Fri Jan 16, 2026, 10:32 PM Friday

Do you think John Roberts is looking out at this country from his [View all]

perch on the Supreme Court and feeling a deep glow of satisfaction and thinking to himself, “Yes, this is exactly as I expected it to be. I served my country well. My name will be a shining light in the many history books yet to be written”?

Do you think he gets together with his fellow conservatives on the court after work and they toast each other with high priced whiskey and liqueurs and congratulate each other on a job damn well done and chuckle a little self-consciously because it comes a little too close to self-praise to feel so exceptionally right?

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He was a weak SCJ....why? Check his closets. That;s how he got promoted. OAITW r.2.0 Friday #1
He promised to just calls balls and strikes, but when Trump's at bat it's all balls. With Dems, it's all strikes surfered Friday #2
I think a better analogy is that hes trying to umpire a game but one team is trying to set the field on fire. Volaris Friday #9
The post you're replying to references what Roberts said intheflow Saturday #30
Absolutely. Smug self-satisfaction is derigueur among that level of the conservative elite. We can only hope...... FadedMullet Friday #3
LOL Gaugamela Friday #4
Correct Cosmocat Saturday #24
Is he Opus Dei? nt DURHAM D Friday #5
Probably. Gaugamela Friday #6
sick DURHAM D Friday #7
Yes. Him, Alito, Kavs?, and maybe Sotomayor? Volaris Friday #10
Gorsuch, Kagan, Sotomayor and Brown-Jackson no rpannier Saturday #16
Not Sotomayor BlueKentuckyGirl Saturday #21
Nobody wants Thomas. rubbersole Saturday #23
Not Gorsuch BlueKentuckyGirl Saturday #22
I think The Bopper Friday #8
My best guess creon Friday #11
Agreed JonAndKatePlusABird Saturday #29
He does not creon Saturday #31
I'm Torn DET Friday #12
History will not be kind to Roberts and rightly so vapor2 Saturday #13
Robert is a Nazi, period. NotHardly Saturday #14
He's a tool. BurnDoubt Saturday #15
Ha! Not! Supposedly, he's concerned about his legacy. Joinfortmill Saturday #17
And he's probably thinking how great it is to be someone so powerful milestogo Saturday #18
Absolutely. Kablooie Saturday #19
Judge Robertski ForeGoneLegsBirne Saturday #20
Welcome to DU ! KS Toronado Saturday #32
A fabulous band I listened to last night had the perfect lyrics. summer_in_TX Saturday #25
More like looking at his bank accounts and chuckling to himself how easy it all is Blues Heron Saturday #26
John Roberts cared about his legacy before Trump... agingdem Saturday #27
I think the only thing he's been worried about is that not losing his power Tribetime Saturday #28
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