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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Oct 8, 2024, 08:38 PM Oct 8

AOC and Raskin demand answers from Chief Justice Roberts following NYT report [View all]

The Supreme Court’s new term starts Monday, with plenty of open questions about whether and how the justices will be involved in deciding the 2024 presidential election, as well as how they’ll resolve a host of disputes over guns, transgender rights and much more.

But a letter sent Friday from House Democrats to Chief Justice John Roberts underscores open questions that still linger from last term about how the Roberts Court operates in deciding its biggest cases while under an ethical cloud.

The letter, from Reps. Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, cited a New York Times report from last month that said Roberts took over authorship of a Jan. 6-related opinion from Justice Samuel Alito after the Times reported in May that a symbol of the Stop the Steal movement flew outside Alito’s home following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

We already knew that Roberts authored the 6-3 ruling in Fischer v. United States, which narrowed obstruction charges against Jan. 6 criminal defendants — including, potentially, Donald Trump.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ocasio-cortez-raskin-demand-answers-145020778.html

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K & R Clouds Passing Oct 9 #1
K&R...nt Wounded Bear Oct 9 #2
10-1 Roberts just ignores the letter. Jmb 4 Harris-Walz Oct 9 #3
Would blocking funds provide leverage? LT Barclay Oct 9 #4
I have no respect left for the "Supreme Court "it is useless for protecting the nation Stargazer99 Oct 9 #5
...and the Constitution. dchill Oct 9 #8
Indict his ass; DOJ?? Evolve Dammit Oct 9 #6
K&R. dchill Oct 9 #7
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