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Chief Justice John Roberts warned against personal attacks on the judiciary, telling an audience Tuesday that while criticism of opinions is fair game, “personally directed hostility” is dangerous and must stop.

Roberts did not mention Donald Trump by name and, as he so often does, he went out of his way to stress that the attacks he was referring to were coming from “not just any one political perspective.” However, the chief justice’s admonishment came weeks after Trump said that justices who ruled against his sweeping tariffs were an “embarrassment to their families.”

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[–] justalittleguy@lemdro.id 129 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Idk man maybe you shouldn't have given immunity to the guy who's given to attacking anyone who doesn't bend over and take his micro dick

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My god is that the consequences of my own actions I hear?!?!??!?

[–] tmyakal@infosec.pub 13 points 2 months ago

Justice Roberts sowing: Hahaha! Holy shit, this is awesome!

Justice Roberts reaping: Oh, what the fuck? This fucking sucks.!

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 84 points 2 months ago

The hostility will continue until immunity is removed.

[–] TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world 63 points 2 months ago

Roberts is such a dishonest jackass.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 61 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Maybe they need to start doing their jobs, first.

[–] iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Judges have always been a toss up in the US. Most of the time, their job has been taking bribes and protecting the interests of the orphan crushing rich.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Sir! You offend me. Those judges do not take bribes. That would be illegal!

They take gratuities. See? Those are totally different.

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[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 8 points 2 months ago

They are. They don't work for us.

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I would submit that hostility towards conservative judges needs to increase.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

traitors that need impeaching, conviction and imprisonment for the rest of their pathetic life.

any one going along with Trump's nazis thing (including roberts.)

But I suspect Roberts is talking about conservatives calling pizza shops and having them deliver pizzas to justices as a form of intimidation, as well as the straight up threats, etc.

and he is right, that needs to stop.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago

He can go fuck himself.

[–] Didntdoit71@feddit.online 42 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Roberts is a direct cause of this hostility...because he chose partisan political play over protecting human rights and upholding the constitution as written. He played the game for a dancing orange wannabe emperor. He lost the respect of the world and history. He can go fuck himself.

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It's nice to see roberts admit he's turned the court completely away from the Constitution and is now purely a political actor serving as the activist for Republicans.
He deserves every hostility he gets from every American he has betrayed in order to enrich himself and his buddies. Families are suffering because of him, and he doesn't think he deserves their hate?

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Surely small, regular violences committed by one person toward 340,000,000 people merit a large violence against that one person in retaliation?

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Systematic dismantling of democracy is not a small violence.

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 months ago

The Supreme Court is illegitimate

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Play partisan hack games, win partisan hack prizes.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Problems bigger than Roberts.

Problems the Federalist Society.

It has compromised Lawyers and Judges at every level, across the entire country, literally in the tens of thousands.

And is largely responsible for the legal wins for conservative terrorism.

Roberts is just one of a legion.

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[–] GutterRat42@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Stop sucking Trump's dick and disregarding precedent, and maybe it'll stop

[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 months ago

If you don't like criticism, don't run the most corrupt Supreme Court ever.

[–] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

Drop dead you traitorous cunt.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (3 children)
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[–] Retail4068@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Ohhhh is Roberts afraid of the consequences of his actions? 

On another note. Drones are incredibly easy to access and can deliver a payload quite easily.

[–] whatalute@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Maybe if Roberts hadn't been so busy sucking off daddy donvict over the years then trump wouldn't have built up his insane expectation that the Supreme Court is there to do his bidding. But of course to Roberts...it's really only the people tired of being forced to witness to all of his court's dick sucking who are big meanies to him. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes Roberts.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago

John Roberts can go fuck himself.

It deserves saying more than once.

[–] entropiclyclaude@lemmy.wtf 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And end up with Chief Justice Ted Cruz?

No thanks.

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[–] oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 months ago

How about we increase hostility instead?

Fucking prick

[–] turdburglar@piefed.social 13 points 2 months ago

or else what?

eat a shit pie, enabler.

Stop requisitioning hostility then, materfucker.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago

Lifetime appointments make second amendment solutions the only recource for citizens.

[–] I_Jedi@lemmy.today 11 points 2 months ago

It's funny how evidence always tends to disappear...

[–] Danarchy@lemmy.nz 10 points 2 months ago

Actually, feeling a way about another citizen for betraying the shared values we were taught, irrespective of that citizens education or judiscial ascenency, is dope as shit!

[–] john_lemmy@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 months ago
[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago

Roberts the dingus will forever go down in history as the chief justice whose court destroyed the very fabric of American democracy. Unbridled corruption and a dereliction of justice are this court’s defining features. Many SCOTUS before his attempted it, but it wasn’t until the neoconservative filth ushered in by the heritage foundation that they found success. May your remaining days be filled with disgrace and humiliation Roberts - I look forward to pissing on your grave to give you your chief justice desserts.

[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Maybe eat shit fuck face.

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

He will go down as a justice with the same strength of character as wet tissue.

He’s a coward who is directly culpable for everything we are going through right now.

[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 8 points 2 months ago

Hmm! Has he THOUGHT about making Rulings using the Constitution to STOP the Attacks? That MIGHT Work?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

You shit your bed, now you gotta lie in it or change the damn sheets Roberts

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

Hopefully the hostility has just started.

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Actually, it doesn’t. Is it illegal if it doesn’t escalate to a crime?

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Nah. Seems very warranted to me tbh.

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Seems as though those who turn hostilities toward society find society turning hostilities toward them. Stop protecting a lawless, pedophile wannabe king. The Roberts court is a treasonous embarrassment.

I will when they suffer a major coronary amongst the right wing nut jobs. Until then, nah, you don't get to sleep peacefully at night fuckos.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago

Most of the personal attacks on the judiciary I've seen have come from Trump.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Fuck this illegitimate Supreme Court

[–] Darbage@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago

The dogshit decisions have got to stop

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He should start a group. Do zoom calls. Make signs. Hats. Shirts. Protesting stuff.

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

But not black shirts, thats terrorism

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