Supreme Court: Judging 20 Years of Roberts

John Roberts is dismantling America

Twenty years of the Roberts Court has wreaked shocking damage. Is the Voting Rights Act next?

Supreme Court: Judging 20 years of Roberts

John Roberts has now spent two decades “dismantling American democracy,” said David Faris in Newsweek. Sworn in as the Supreme Court’s chief justice in fall 2005, the George W. Bush appointee pledged to be a neutral umpire who “calls balls and strikes.” Instead, the conservative-dominated Roberts court has systematically “aggrandized its own power and that of the Republican Party.” It dismantled campaign finance laws with 2010’s Citizens United,…

ALEXANDER: A Review of the Roberts Court

It has been 20 years since Chief Justice John Roberts was not only confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court but was also named chief justice by President George W. Bush.  As such, it is useful to look back at some of the major decisions that have been handed down in that time period. As Justice Jackson pointed out, maybe more rhetorically […] The post ALEXANDER: A Review of the Roberts Court appeared first on The Hayride.