rbreich ,
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I testified against Roberts at his confirmation hearing in 2005.

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is supposed to guard it as an institution — maintaining public confidence and trust in it.

By this metric alone, Roberts may be the worst Chief Justice that we've ever had.

Kierkegaanks ,
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@rbreich On a tangent: Why wasn’t Kavanaugh’s involvement with the torture memo an issue when he was forced through confirmation?

JustBrian ,
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@rbreich Roger Taney approves this message!

opethminded ,
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@rbreich Even Melville Fuller thinks Roberts is the worst Chief Justice.

f4grx ,
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@rbreich is X now preventing crossposting of images by returning a placeholder?

dan131riley ,
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@rbreich somewhere in the hitchhiker’s guide, there’s a scene something like

Ford: Zaphod, I just want you to know that whatever happens, I respect you
Zaphod: great, man, that means a lot to me
Ford: just not very much

Something similar could be said about CJ Roberts care for the legitimacy of the court. He obviously cares, but not really very much.

todwest ,
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@rbreich And he relishes every minute of it

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