10 Ways John Roberts Is Still a Conservative's Best Friend

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It’s tough to imagine a more flagrant display of ungratefulness than the pushback Roberts is now receiving from his fellow conservatives. The reality is that Roberts consistently advanced the right’s agenda from the moment he joined the Court:

1) Corporate Money In Elections: Roberts jonied the majority in Citizens United, holding that wealthy corporations should have a nearly unlimited power to buy and sell American elections. Roberts also voted to undermine public financing laws in a way that severely undermines candidates without well-moneyed backers’ ability to compete in elections.

2) Judges For Sale: Roberts wrote a dissent in Caperton v. Massey that would have allowed a wealthy coal CEO to pay $3 million to put a sympathetic supreme court justice on that court. The same justice would then go on to $50 million verdict against the big spender’s company.

3) Corporate-Owned Courts: Roberts consistently votes to give corporations a nearly unlimited power to force workers and consumers into a privatized, corporate-run arbitration system that overwhelming favors corporations.

4) Dividing And Conquering Ordinary Americans: Roberts voted in AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion to allow corporations to strip their workers and consumers of their ability to bring class action lawsuits. Because of this decision, corporations now have a nearly unlimited power to cheat the people who do business with them — so long as they only do it a few dollars at a time.

5) Corporate Immunity To The Law: Roberts voted to give generic drug makers immunity to key state laws after one of their drugs caused a condition called ive dyskinesia in many of the people who took it. ive dyskinesia is an horrific neurological condition that causes sometimes crippling, uncontrollable bodily movements, often in the face:

6) Abortion: Roberts also joined the Court’s decision restricting reproductive freedom in Gonzales v. Carhart, which reasoned that a woman’s right to choose must be cut back because “it seems unexceptionable to conclude some women come to regret their choice to abort the infant life they once created and sustained.”

7) Race: Roberts has also consistently resisted attempts to eradicate the legacy of racism in America. Most notably, in Parents Involved v. Seattle School District No. 1, he claimed that a plan to desegregate public schools violates Brown v. Board of Education.

8) Gitimo: Roberts twice sided with President George W. Bush on questions of detainee treatment — as a lower court judge in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, and as Chief Justice in Boumediene v. Bush.

9) Unequal Pay For Women: Roberts joined the Court’s discredited decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire rolling back women’s right to receive equal pay for equal work.

10) Older Workers: Roberts also joined the Court’s 5-4 decision in Gross v. FBL Financial Services limiting older workers’ ability to be free from age discrimination in the workplace.

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iow, why you wont' see insane tea baggers Reps proposing to impeach Roberts. He has 20+ years remaining of ing the e99% hard and deep with his vigilante posse of 5-to-4 extremist JINOs.

[jack sommerset]

My brother, In all honestly I read about quarter of 1 percent of your post and that wears me out. Even those post I try to read, I only get through about a percentage of those. I can't help but think most people in here do the same. I think you are simply wasting your time. My suggestion is to find a new hobby. Something that has real people around so you can develope a few social skills. I would start off getting a membership to a gym or even a rec. Workout some of your frustration and make some friends in the process!!!! God bless

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low-information conservative, Gfy

[jack sommerset]

It might sound like a scary thing to do, powering down your computer to go for a walk. I promise you, it's a good thing! Set yourself a time limit on how much you read, post, reaching out to others on line etc.. Scanning through articles you obsessed about and leaving it at that will be a big step for you. No need to copy and post these articles here. I don't want you to second guess powering down off the net. Set yourself a reasonable time per day, such as a hour in the morning, a hour at night and leave it alone for a few months. Give it a try. God bless

[ChumpDumper]

No one is forcing you to read these, jack. It might sound like a scary thing to do, not slavishly commenting on every post you see from boutons or me or anyone. I promise you, it's a good thing. You haven't fooled anyone with this schtick, and haven't changed anyone with your fake suggestions. Leave it alone. Give it a try. Ron bless.

[jack sommerset]

My brother chump, thank you for your opinion and advice. I still have hope for you.

Buttons, I hope you are not offended by my suggestion and I hope you take my advice. I think it would benefit you greatly. God bless

[ChumpDumper]

My brother chump, thank you for your opinion and advice. I still have hope for you.

If you can't take mine, there's no reason for others to take yours. Ron bless.

[DMX7]

Jack, you're breaking my balls.

You need to get a grip (not on my balls, but on reality).

[jack sommerset]

If you can't take mine, there's no reason for others to take yours. Ron bless.

For you to come up with this latest conclusion is chumpy.

I will support my brother buttons and power down until after the 4th. God bless

[TE]

@ boutons...

you should probably take a break from politics

[boutons_deux]

TE, certainly should GFY

[Nbadan]

Why oh why did he do it? What a fraud...he did what he always does...

The only theory I haven’t heard advanced is the most likely reason for his vote: Everything is about the money. Roberts was doing the bidding of the insurance companies that have part ownership in our three branches of government. Private insurers stand to make a killing off Obamacare and voting it down would’ve cost them billions. With this vote, the only person taking a political hit is the unelected Justice John Roberts, while the rest of the court and the Republicans in Congress can register phony outrage and keep the base frothing at the mouth over tyrannical government health care. By the way, frothing at the mouth is covered under Obamacare.
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Read the whole column at: http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/columnist/153747