Roberts’ Legacy: Regret or Calculated Power Play?
Chief Justice Roberts’s recent rebuke of calls for judicial impeachment, following President Trump’s attacks on judges, rings hollow given the Supreme Court’s past actions shielding Trump from legal consequences. This current crisis, with Trump and allies attempting to dismantle the judiciary, is a predictable outcome of the Court’s prior decisions. The Court’s conservative supermajority is likely to further empower Trump, prioritizing a specific political agenda over upholding the rule of law. The situation underscores the judiciary’s increasingly vital role in constraining executive overreach.
John Q. Hosedrinker