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flashman13

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18. Judges are elected in my red state. They are considered to be non party affiliated. Oddly enough of the three

Reply to GiqueCee (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 02:49 PM

Dec 5

branches of state government, they are the only ones that are non partisan. They actually make decisions based on the merits of the case. Very often they nullify Repug legislation. Of course the Repug legislature hates that and have been trying to screw with the court for the last several sessions to no avail. In 2024, although widely opposed by the Rs, the incumbents were all reelected.

I think to some extend people in general are better educated here than in most red states. I don't think this would be the case in most of the MAGAt states.

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Let's Not Forget About Chief Justice Roberts [View all] gab13by13 Dec 5 OP

Full circle. Starts with Robert's ends with Robert's. The Supreme's will not be a footnote in history, they will be an Ninga Dec 5 #1

Bush v Gore was the start of their slide into fascism mdbl Dec 5 #11

I recall seeing her quoted in an interview as saying that she did it because she wanted to retire. Mister Ed Dec 6 #22

Thank you for reinforcing my negative opinion of her. mdbl Dec 6 #25

Before the 3 justice shift in the Supreme Court popsdenver Dec 5 #2

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Do you know about popsdenver Dec 5 #20

And Roberts history of destroying democracy goes waay back, even before his stint on the Supreme Court. He participated Fil1957 Dec 5 #3

Truer words were never stated. Buddyzbuddy Dec 5 #4

Let's not forget about....... SergeStorms Dec 5 #5

Bribery can be praise and promotion. hay rick Dec 5 #6

He was a clerk for and disciple of William H. Rehnquist. That's all you need to know. flashman13 Dec 5 #7

I have long believed... GiqueCee Dec 5 #10

Judges are elected in my red state. They are considered to be non party affiliated. Oddly enough of the three flashman13 Dec 5 #18

Roberts, I think, was a clever Magat all along DFW Dec 5 #8

About the supreme court Nasruddin Dec 5 #9

Or the french system where judges are not elected. drray23 Dec 6 #27

"... was he bribed, was he threatened, was he a Magat all along?" Texin Dec 5 #12

CJ Roberts is a practicing Catholic ... aggiesal Dec 5 #14

Don't forget his buddy Mitch McTurtle. He has his hand muddied along with the Supreme Court 6-pack n/t aggiesal Dec 5 #13

#1, let's stop calling Rump the most powerful. No more, he's muddied office of US President. txwhitedove Dec 5 #15

"How to Build a Despot" moondust Dec 5 #16

We need a nonpartisan nomination procedure for the Supreme Court. SidneyR Dec 5 #17

Is Roberts on the Epstein list? KS Toronado Dec 5 #21

Nah. Roberts is too much of a prude, but I'd bet my last nickel that Kavanaugh could be and Thomas as well. Texin Dec 6 #28

In a way, he has kept his confirmation-hearing promise to just call balls and strikes. Mister Ed Dec 6 #23

Mrs. Roberts: "They come to me." Kid Berwyn Dec 6 #24

Amazing that 26 of the 27 Amendments can be reinterpreted or discarded at their whim... 3825-87867 Dec 6 #26

He really took his time too jfz9580m Dec 6 #29