So does justice Robberts really believe laws passed 50 years ago or more are now defunct?

[Augiedog]

What a fucking dickhead. No wonder this Supreme Court is such a mess. We have complete idiots in charge of constitutional law.

Go back to school robberts. You need remedial training.

[RandPaulsNeighbor]

12. One Other Way

Lack of encorement. If a law were on the books for a long period of time and prosecutors fail to enforce it, then, suddenly seek to do so, the case would fail for selective prosecution. However, this is not the case here.

This law clearly has been actively used by the executive branch since its inception. Robert's is making a ridiculous arguement. I will add, he is known for pushing the points he anticipates from his belligerents to the right (Thomas/Alito). So, I would not jump to conclusions about his position.

Also, there is an article on CNN, I am going to read later that says he seemed to be in favor of Biden.

[RandPaulsNeighbor]

16. You Too

CNN is saying it will be 5-4 to toss the mandate, so not that great.

[Kablooie]

19. Everything Republicans accuse Dems of doing...

They do themselves.

Always accuse the opposition of your own crimes before they do. It works every time

[C_U_L8R]

2. Their ideology does not mesh with reality

They'll grasp at any old straw to opiate their internal dissonance

[SWBTATTReg]

4. Heaven forbid if he thinks the Civil Rights Act is expired too, that LBJ passed long ago.

[CanonRay]

5. They thought the Voting Rights Act no longer applies

and that's one of the reasons democracy is in danger

[LoisB]

6. It seems to me I remember a lot of "established law" and "precedent" from

him during his confirmation hearing.

[Xoan]

7. When you're a coward .

[genxlib]

8. Seems to me

This would be a reasonable argument to change the Second Amendment. It's way older than 50 years old.

The sad part of it is that it might actually be worse if it was written today.

[peppertree]

9. Only the ones he doesn't like

That's how most Republicans feel about the law these days.

[relayerbob]

10. He's over 50, so therefore he should be considered irrelevant, too, then

[moondust]

11. In the same way that

a black President means that racism and discrimination are relics of the past so there is no longer any need for the Voting Rights Act.

[former9thward]

14. Roberts did not say anything like that.

One thread made the claim he did and did not provide a link. This OP also does not provide a link.

He said ""That was 50 years ago that you're saying Congress acted. I don’t think it had COVID in mind. That was almost closer to the Spanish flu than it is to today's problem," Roberts said, referring to the pandemic that occurred a century ago.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-considers-whether-halt-biden-vaccine-mandates-2022-01-07/

Whether you agree or disagree with that comment he did not say laws expire after 50 years or anything close to it.

[Disaffected]

22. That's what I suspected may be the case.

Folks are just too damn quick to jump on a demeaning interpretation of the remarks from someone they do not approve of.

[brush]

17. It's amazing. Wonder how many other zip damn fools are running...

things in DC and haven't been exposed yet?

Check that. I know there are quite a few like Ron Johnson and the DeJoy idiot. I mean other than the obvious ones. SCOTUS seems to have more than it's share.

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt."
— Mark Twain

[lame54]

18. Roe v Wade is 49

[Deep State Witch]

21. Loving v. Virginia

If Roe v. Wade is repealed, how about Loving vs. Virginia? You know, the one that says that people can marry someone from another race? Let's repeal that one too - right, Justice Thomas???

[NowISeetheLight]

23. Wasn't it the conservatives.....

Who used to say the Constitution was not an "living" document that evolves over time? Yet now they're saying old laws don't matter because they're old?

https://catholicreview.org/scalia-constitution-is-not-a-living-document/