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BumRushDaShow

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17. The "overlooked" issue is that 20 years ago, Shrub nominated John Roberts to be on the SCOTUS
Wed Jan 28, 2026, 01:02 PM
12 hrs ago

and then IMMEDIATELY elevated him, a junior/associate Justice, to Chief Justice instead of as a replacement for Sandra Day O'Connor when she announced her retirement (where he nominated Samuel Alito to fill that slot instead), and thus he would replace William Rehnquist when he died (which all happened around the same time).

And before 45's ambitions were a twinkle in anyone's eye, John Roberts was chipping away at stuff, and eventually HE gutted Sect. 4 & 5 of the Voting Rights Act, barely kept the ACA in place (minus the "individual mandate" ), overturned Roe v. Wade, declared that the President has "immunity" (and thus THWARTED ANY PROSECUTION OF 45), AND is now in the process of dismantling the REST of the core of the Voting Rights Act that is left (Sect. 2).

Everyone looks at the circus act in the White House but the last bastion of power IS the SCOTUS and John Roberts.

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The "overlooked" issue is that 20 years ago, Shrub nominated John Roberts to be on the SCOTUS BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago #17
I'm fully aware of the fact that the Supreme "Court" is stacked with political hacks... NNadir 11 hrs ago #18
The unhealthy obsession about Garland while ignoring Roberts BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago #19
Nevertheless, the felon should have been arrested on federal charges... NNadir 9 hrs ago #20
"Nevertheless, the felon should have been arrested on federal charges" BumRushDaShow 9 hrs ago #21
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