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15. Roberts has the mentality of a lobbyist, not a judge.
Sat Apr 18, 2026, 02:24 PM
16 hrs ago
Hal Singer @HalSinger
Great NYT story revealing memos—and true motive—of Chief Justice Roberts to bend the rules to stop Obama’s effort to regulate emissions. Roberts sees his role, not as defending the constitution, but instead as protecting the energy industry’s profits, sparing the power sector from incurring any expenses in addressing climate change. This is the mentality of a lobbyist, not a judge.




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How the Trump Supreme Whorehouse operates dalton99a 20 hrs ago #1
Perhaps the next President and multigraincracker 20 hrs ago #2
I know Congress can change the size of the court InstantGratification 18 hrs ago #7
That's what should happen. punguin54 17 hrs ago #10
And all of it will be contested in time, since it doesn't have a sound foundation. Baitball Blogger 19 hrs ago #3
Zealots don't play by the rules dlk 19 hrs ago #4
Sounds like the mob. spanone 19 hrs ago #5
All puked the words "strict constuctionists" Cosmocat 19 hrs ago #6
What is the 2016 timeline? AverageOldGuy 18 hrs ago #8
I'm sure that this scheming involved some very rich people as well as FedSoc, AEI, etc. erronis 17 hrs ago #11
The result is that this court is one of the worst courts in our history, right up there with Taney. MLWR 17 hrs ago #9
Quelle surprise... GiqueCee 17 hrs ago #12
did anyone think someone would leak this memo? bigtree 17 hrs ago #14
Leaking the info... GiqueCee 16 hrs ago #16
what comes next is evidence of direct coordination with the Trump WH. bigtree 16 hrs ago #19
You can bet... GiqueCee 16 hrs ago #20
Robert's Supreme Court is fully corrupt travelingthrulife 17 hrs ago #13
Roberts has the mentality of a lobbyist, not a judge. bigtree 16 hrs ago #15
Now may be a good time... GiqueCee 16 hrs ago #17
We need more transparency in the people, who, I don't know, decide the supreme law of the land! Initech 16 hrs ago #18
It is long past time... GiqueCee 15 hrs ago #21
Agreed with everything you said. Initech 14 hrs ago #22
I'm with you 100% on this! GiqueCee 14 hrs ago #23
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