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Analysis: John Roberts and Chuck Schumer's extraordinary word of words
Last edited Thu Mar 5, 2020, 01:04 PM - Edit history (2)
Schumer this morning: “I shouldn’t have used the words I did, but in no way was I making a threat. I never -- never -- would do such a thing.”
Link to tweet
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The Fix • Analysis
Why you should care about the Chuck Schumer-John Roberts dust-up
Schumer told two Supreme Court justices they would “pay the price” and “you won’t know what hit you” if they rule the wrong way. And then he suggested the chief justice is acting politically.
By Aaron Blake
March 5, 2020 at 10:44 a.m. EST
The chief justice of the United States and the highest-ranking Senate Democrat got into a war of words Wednesday that epitomized how the relationship between the legislative and judicial branches has taken a severe turn for the worse.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) early in the day warned Supreme Court Justices Brett M. Kavanaugh and Neil M. Gorsuch that “you will pay the price” and “you won’t know what hit you” if they rule against reproductive rights.
That prompted a highly unusual rebuke from Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who called Schumer’s comments “dangerous.”
“Justices know that criticism comes with the territory, but threatening statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous,” Roberts said.
[Roberts rebukes Schumer over comments that Kavanaugh, Gorsuch will ‘pay the price’]
Schumer’s office then shot back by suggesting that Roberts wasn’t being fair in his public comments and had sided with Republicans.
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This post has been updated.
Aaron Blake
Aaron Blake is senior political reporter, writing for The Fix. A Minnesota native, he has also written about politics for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and The Hill newspaper. Follow https://twitter.com/aaronblake
Why you should care about the Chuck Schumer-John Roberts dust-up
Schumer told two Supreme Court justices they would “pay the price” and “you won’t know what hit you” if they rule the wrong way. And then he suggested the chief justice is acting politically.
By Aaron Blake
March 5, 2020 at 10:44 a.m. EST
The chief justice of the United States and the highest-ranking Senate Democrat got into a war of words Wednesday that epitomized how the relationship between the legislative and judicial branches has taken a severe turn for the worse.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) early in the day warned Supreme Court Justices Brett M. Kavanaugh and Neil M. Gorsuch that “you will pay the price” and “you won’t know what hit you” if they rule against reproductive rights.
That prompted a highly unusual rebuke from Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who called Schumer’s comments “dangerous.”
“Justices know that criticism comes with the territory, but threatening statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous,” Roberts said.
[Roberts rebukes Schumer over comments that Kavanaugh, Gorsuch will ‘pay the price’]
Schumer’s office then shot back by suggesting that Roberts wasn’t being fair in his public comments and had sided with Republicans.
{snip}
This post has been updated.
Aaron Blake
Aaron Blake is senior political reporter, writing for The Fix. A Minnesota native, he has also written about politics for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and The Hill newspaper. Follow https://twitter.com/aaronblake
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