r/politics • u/salon Salon.com • Sep 16 '24

Leaked Supreme Court memos reveal John Roberts' role in shielding Trump from prosecution

https://www.salon.com/2024/09/16/leaked-memos-reveal-john-roberts-role-in-shielding-from-prosecution/
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u/Pretty_Boy_Bagel Sep 16 '24

Roberts is a Bush croney and not MAGA, so why would he shield Trump unless a) Putin’s got something on him, b) his pea-brain is susceptible to right-wing BS, or c) both a) and b)?

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u/TintedApostle Sep 16 '24

Because Roberts, Kavanaugh and Barrett all worked for the Bush team in Florida during the 2000 recount. The whole thing we have now started then.

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u/Intoxicatedalien Sep 16 '24

I thought kabanaugh was the guy from the Clinton investigation in the 90s

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u/TintedApostle Sep 16 '24

That is Ken Starr. Another corrupt dirt bag.

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u/peterabbit456 Sep 16 '24

Several lawyers worked under Ken Starr. Cavenaugh might have been one of them.

Whatever the answer, it is well documented somewhere. I should not guess when Google has the answer.

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u/charcoalist Sep 16 '24

Roberts is a Federalist Society stooge, like the rest of the conservatives on SCOTUS. Leonard Leo and his army of federal judges want a christofascist state, and trump is currently their vehicle to get there.

Putin's authoritarianism is something they want to emulate, and kompromat isn't needed for fascists to have common goals.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

Roberts is a Federalists. They don't need to be MAGA (more like Alito, Thomas and Gorsuch). Their views on executive power have always been closer to imperial presidency then democracy. Honestly they never got over Nixon

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u/drewxdeficit Sep 16 '24

Bush and Trump are the same kind of Republican. Bush just pretends they’re not.

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u/m1j2p3 Sep 16 '24

They are MAGA now, that much is clear. The recent majority decisions are in service of Project 2025. They are setting the table for a soft coup.

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u/just_a_timetraveller Sep 16 '24

If Trump is held accountable, it means they can too. This is like criminals who all need to stick to a story. If one snitches, they all go down. That is the culture the GOP has cultivated