Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Slams Chief Justice for Scolding Schumer

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.) has implied that 80 recent Supreme Court decisions are illegitimate due to the “partisan” nature of the decisions and the influence of Republican donors on the court’s composition.

“As the architect of an 80-case barrage of partisan, 5-4 decisions for big Republican donor interests, Chief Justice Roberts has zero credibility playing umpire in any political squabble,” Whitehouse wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. The senator has since continued to post on the supposed 80 partisan decisions.

“[Senate Majority Leader Mitch] McConnell’s effort to pack the Court is echoed by his effort to reassure the Republican justices of continued Republican political support. In a word: ‘Keep churning out the decisions for our big donors, boys; we’ve got your back,'” Whitehouse wrote on Thursday.

Whitehouse appeared to be responding to the controversy over Senator Chuck Schumer’s (D., N.Y.) remarks outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Schumer was speaking to a group of abortion rights activists as the court debated a case that could restrict access to abortions in the state of Louisiana.

https://news.yahoo.com/dem-senator-claims-chief-justice-195040146.html

[Frustratedlady]

1. I like Whitehouse. Good for him.

[stillcool]

2. good for him.. strange that

it was published in the National Review. There was a wisp of a tone in a couple of sentences, but remarkably straight

[Kid Berwyn]

3. Right on, Senator!

Before he was Chief Thief, Roberts helped steal Florida for Bush-Cheney .

[Baitball Blogger]

4. +1

Supreme Court has been compromised and it's harder to hide now that their rulings have left clues to see who is pulling their strings.

[Rob2861]

41. Karma's not partial

Nothing but politicians in robes. Judge Judy makes better and more honest decisions. They may be appointed for life, But impeachment doesn't discriminate. What goes around comes around.

[usaf-vet]

35. The coup has been underway since 2000. They have dismantled our democracy brick by brick...

... election by-election.

When they didn't win at the voting booths they just ignored any Democratic wins and stayed focused on their long-range plan to steal power. Moscowmitch runs the program in the Senate by out and out moves to ignore President Obama including denying him a SCOTUS seat and refusing to advance any legislation favored by democrats.

And here we are with a derange delusional lair in the White House and a Congress that looks the other way while their "Putin Puppet" does and says what he wants.

[SunSeeker]

5. Good. No quarter!

Fuck Roberts.

Fuck Kavanaugh.

Fuck Gorsuch.

Fuck Thomas.

Fuck Scalia.

They are Republican partisan scum.

[hangaleft]

37. Fuck Alito!

(Thankfully, Scalia is dead. I’m sure you know this, I’m not trying to teach you )

[SunSeeker]

39. LOL. Yes, I meant Alito, but fuck them all. nt

[Rob2861]

42. Completely Worthless

I agree they all are worthless. And this country is supposed to follow their decisions, after being bought by the GOP.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Democrats are on offense

And these issues are on many people's radar, complex solutions are being bandied about, we don't have to take the consequences of damage to our institutions of government lying down.

Roberts is very disappointing. He at least used to stay above the fray and feign non-partisanship, even if he voted with them 95% of the time. Now he's going rogue from judicial impartiality.

[kentuck]

8. Then McConnell accuses Schumer of "threatening" SC Justices....

and Trump was saying that Schumer should be "arrested".

Who was really threatening whom?

[hangaleft]

38. Trump tweets out threats of witnesses, jurors and judges daily, and Roberts doesn't say shit

Glad to see he’s an impartial, even-handed jurist <rolls eyes>

[Ligyron]

54. Sen Schumer should not have apologized.

Now see, this is why people perceive us Dems to be weak ... and in a way they're right because perception is reality. Instead, we need to steal a page from their book and never apologize, never back down, never surrender and certainly not just give up like Sen. Gore did. IOW, we must be willing to do whatever is necessary to regain power however distasteful that may be.

We need strong leadership from a President and party leaders, plus an effective whip in Congress such that all our members are on the same page in a united front with no defections.

i.e. we need to do what the GrOPers have done with such success since at least Ray Gun.

Maybe 20 years after we are back in power (if that ever happens) and we've cleaned out that rat's nest in Congress, the SCOTUS, the entire Federal bureaucracy and reversed every law and policy they've put in place, maybe then, but only then, can we afford to be "fair", go high when they go low and sing Kumbaya around the campfire as we roast marshmallows together in a spirit of Brotherhood and Love joyfully celebrating our common Humanity.

But meanwhile, we have a hell of a lot of work to do, much of it difficult and some of it quite unpleasant. The alternative however will be even more unpleasant ... especially for our grand and great grandbabies.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Whitehouse is spot on, as usual.

[Rob2861]

43. Run For President

Thank you Senator Whitehouse for stepping up against Chief of the Supreme joke. We need someone like you to run the country. Get rid of that misfit in office. Roberts but wake up and realize that in order to get respect , you earn it. And not even in the ball park.

[BigmanPigman]

60. He was great during the Kavanaugh hearings.

[UTUSN]

9. We've got plenty of sterling Dems (WHITEHOUSE, Sherrod BROWN & more) & we don't run them.

[sprinkleeninow]

15. And those happen to be two of my favorites also. n/t

[UTUSN]

17. It's *YOU*!1 & am not going to say *IT* - will say, we've got things in common!1

[sprinkleeninow]

20. yer response made me elicit a chortle. I consulted my funk 'n' wagnalls for that one...

what's needed for a real i.d.

the sun, the moon AND the stars, pints of blood, your firstborn....

this is colossal guvno [sh*t in popolski]

i'm not, but my auntie was

dump eats hovno [doo-doo in slovak, of which I am a one]

[Ferrets are Cool]

10. Tell it like it is Senator.

[Scarsdale]

11. Roberts lost all credibility

when he presided over that sham of an impeachment trial. He allowed Moscow Mitch to set the rules - no witnesses, no evidence trail. He already knew the verdict before the so-called trial even began, it had been broadcast by McConnell, yet Roberts sat quietly and allowed justice to be denied. That would have been a prime example where he could have proved that he was not just a tool for the gop, but he did not. What is the purpose of a so called "Supreme Court", when we all know exactly how each of them will vote in any instance? Time to set term limits on these free loaders with their jobs for life.

[cstanleytech]

13. Roberts did not preside over that trial rather he participated almost as if he was a co-conspirator.

[DENVERPOPS]

23. "Almost as if" ??????????????????? N/C

[cstanleytech]

24. Merely being magnanimous in giving him the benefit of doubt.

[usaf-vet]

36. "Almost as if he was a co-conspirator". You are being to kind. HE WAS a co-conspirator part of the..

...plan from the beginning. IMHO!

[czarjak]

48. Guilty! As charged.

[JudyM]

12. Ought to be front page of NYT!

If only. It’d be fantastic to get public discussion going about that.

[zentrum]

18. It could be front page if

....Biden and other Democrats made a huge deal about it. I mean head-line grabbing huge. Explaining the results and effects of the five worst rulings. How they are effecting ordinary people.

[JudyM]

19. This is a great opportunity for that if they'd grab it, as Whitehouse and Brown are.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

22. I am hoping we end up with a leader who realizes we

need some type of central, coordinated messaging. We really have been leaderless for so long, since Obama. And it's been an unprecedented, horror- filled time to be leaderless.

[diva77]

14. K&R Would like to see all Dem senators sign a statement in agreement with this

[mountain grammy]

16. Thank you Senator

Roberts has never been an umpire. Partisan as they come.

[DENVERPOPS]

25. Mountain Grammy

Were you in Colorado when Gorsuch's mother was on Reagans cabinet and finally got nailed for some of her corruption and tossed out?

[mountain grammy]

34. I moved here in 1984

The whole thing blew up right around then. The GOP crime syndicate has been alive and thriving for years.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. Why doesn't he ever run for president? He always

Seems so bright and so unafraid to speak out in such an intelligent way.

[sandensea]

26. It had to be said. If if not now when!

Thank you, sir.

[Totally Tunsie]

28. Great pic!

Thanks for posting this.

[sandensea]

29. You're welcome

I thought it captured the resolute defiance he's showing here.

The Roberts Court, to be sure, has become little more than a Third World-style kangaroo court of whores in black robes (the 5 Rethugs).

And yet, they demand Medieval-level groveling.

No fucking way.

[Totally Tunsie]

27. That's my Senator!

RI is so proud and happy to have him.

[Pachamama]

30. Whitehouse for the Win!!!!

[Totally Tunsie]

31. It's really quite pleasing to see all the appreciation

for our special Sen. Whitehouse, and it's nice to see he is so highly regarded.

[dmr]

59. It's easy to respect him.

Have you ever watched him during a Senate hearing? He doesn't waste time trying to look good for his constituents, he is just naturally brilliant and forthright in his questions and statements.

[Totally Tunsie]

61. That's why we re-elect him!

He does RI proud.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

32. Lead on, Senator! This is a good time for the gloves to come off.

[ooky]

33. Hear Hear!! Thank you Senator Whitehouse for speaking Truth.

Roberts is a fucking disgrace.

[Rob2861]

40. Roberts shouldn't talk

They always say, "the truth hurts", and that's why Roberts responded to Schumer. But he has no room to talk with that phony impeachment trial. Roberts showed just how worthless he is. American justice used to have integrity, but with this group of GOP appointed judges it's nothing but a farce. Politicians in robes. Once American gets back on our feet, we should start impeachment against them all.

[Nitram]

44. At least someone is standing up to the Trump Court.

[CrispyQ]

45. I wish he'd run in 2016 & this year, too.

He's a good solid dem, Sharp, articulate, and with the name Whitehouse, he has instant name recognition.

[cstanleytech]

46. Roberts is a hypocrite for scolding Schumer given Roberts own actions when he called Obama a liar

on national television.

[The Wizard]

47. A Court that was once Supreme

is now Mediocre because of partisan decisions wrapped in the cheap disguise of convoluted reasoning and mendacity never before seen.

[HarlanPepper]

49. While we're on the subject

Whitehouse would make a much better senate minority/majority leader than Chuck.

[czarjak]

50. "Racism is dead" ...

To him.

[Nasruddin]

51. That's the way

This is a Prisoner's Dilemma scenario, not a point of order debate at the Garden Club.

[True Blue American]

52. The fact Roberts

Did not speak up when Trump dissed the women and has insulted Ginsberg many, many times proves Roberts is a lacky, too!

[Docreed2003]

53. Ty Senator!!!

Much love to Senator Whitehouse...wish you were still MY senator!!

[Golden Raisin]

55. Thank you Senator Whitehouse. All democrats need to

cease taking the high road and throw everything right back in Republicans' faces. They will grind their opponents into the ground and then piss on them. We have to play more hardball.

[AncientGeezer]

56. I'm not thinking it was a good move....

Everybody here thinks Roberts is a rabid righty...I would remind posters he saved ACA...

Don't piss off the people that have final say....

[wnylib]

57. Some judicial impeachments

are in order once we have both houses of Congress.

First, let RBG take a well-earned retirement if she wants and get a good replacement for her. Merrick Garland would do nicely.

Then hold some real hearings on Kavanaugh, with evidence for kicking his butt out.

Examine the political ties of Thomas'wife and his involvement/connection.

Return credibility to the court.

[liberalla]

58. I would love to see that happen... this nation/government needs a reset.

We need a rational rebalancing and a moral adjustment. People over corporations.

Overturn Citizens United.

[wnylib]

62. It can be done if we get

a Dem Congress. And hold onto it 2 years later in the midterm backlash.

I remember saying in 2008 when Obama won that he would face some strong opposition and attacks. We would have to have his back. Everyone I spoke to agreed with me.

But in 2010, they had moved on, were satisfied that he was in office, and lost interest in activism. I heard many people say that the tea party was a bunch of fringe loserd, nothing to worry about.

2020 is the same. Lots of support to get rid of Trump, but once he is gone, we must remain active to fight off the backlash from people who only oppose Trump but do not support Dems.