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SouthBayDem

(33,125 posts)
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 11:18 PM Wednesday

Chief Justice says Constitution remains 'firm and unshaken' with major Supreme Court rulings ahead

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that the Constitution remains a sturdy pillar for the country, a message that comes after a tumultuous year in the nation’s judicial system with pivotal Supreme Court decisions on the horizon.

Roberts said the nation’s founding documents remain “firm and unshaken,” a reference to a century-old quote from President Calvin Coolidge. “True then; true now,” Roberts wrote in his annual letter to the judiciary.

The letter comes after a year in which legal scholars and Democrats raised fears of a possible constitutional crisis as Republican President Donald Trump’s supporters pushed back against rulings that slowed his far-reaching conservative agenda.

Roberts weighed in at one point in March, issuing a rare rebuke after Trump called for the impeachment of a judge who had ruled against him in a case over the deportation of Venezuelan migrants accused of being gang members.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-john-roberts-trump-judges-caad1b61e25a15315b667de3fbe1fabe

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Chief Justice says Constitution remains 'firm and unshaken' with major Supreme Court rulings ahead (Original Post) SouthBayDem Wednesday OP
Yeah, right. Ocelot II Wednesday #1
SCOTUS reform is past due. When people lose respect for our judicial system walkingman Wednesday #2
What a crock of sh*t not fooled Wednesday #3
John Roberts has been a trusted source of lildDemz Yesterday #16
Fucking vile! yellow dahlia 21 hrs ago #35
Wonder how this annual letter compares to his previous letters Raven123 Wednesday #4
The White House, not so much. Blues Heron Wednesday #5
Roberts is so full of BS. area51 Wednesday #6
yes, I'm sure from his point of view, it is doing great. Takket Wednesday #7
Absolutely not. That illegitimate court has been gnawing away at the Constitution CousinIT Wednesday #8
"Chief Justice says Constitution remains 'firm and unshaken'..." LudwigPastorius Yesterday #9
Why not just keep quiet kacekwl Yesterday #10
Repubs are incapable of shutting up NotHardly Yesterday #24
Roberts is a fucking joke duckworth969 Yesterday #11
Are we happy? BidenRocks Yesterday #12
Flaming POS liar christo-fascist wolfie001 Yesterday #13
Has he read it? Can't tell by his recent decisions. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #14
He Read The Interpretation... ProfessorGAC 23 hrs ago #27
Hey Clarence, WAKE DA FUCK UP. The Constitution is still firm and unshaken. 3Hotdogs Yesterday #15
Not with him and his five cronies, it's not! He's a traitor to the Constitution! Wonder Why Yesterday #17
Taney's rival for worst Chief Justice ever says what? Scrivener7 Yesterday #18
Bullshit. Consider the source. (nt) Paladin Yesterday #19
Pure gaslighting from Roberts RussBLib Yesterday #20
GOP Gaslighters On Parade yellow dahlia 21 hrs ago #33
Worst umpire ever mountain grammy Yesterday #21
What fucking constituion is he talking about? bluestarone Yesterday #22
Roberts is a traitor to our country. travelingthrulife Yesterday #23
That's like Trump saying he didn't plan, invite, and condone the Jan 6 violence. Martin68 23 hrs ago #25
God, that man is such a liar. malthaussen 23 hrs ago #26
It's tough when the rule of law becomes so broken.. ananda 23 hrs ago #28
Traitorous, fascist, Christian nationalist, lying asshole says what ??? SamKnause 22 hrs ago #29
The Constitution is not the problem, the Justices who destroy it are bucolic_frolic 22 hrs ago #30
Drag em Traildogbob 22 hrs ago #31
Gaslighting is a Republican trait. dem4decades 21 hrs ago #32
I was saying almost the exact thing, at the same time. yellow dahlia 21 hrs ago #34
He's full of bullshit BlueKota 21 hrs ago #36
He has already broken pillars off the Constitution numerous times Clouds Passing 20 hrs ago #37
Says the corrupt justice who ruled money equals speech Mysterian 18 hrs ago #38
fart noises Solly Mack 14 hrs ago #39
Sure. The Constitution is fine. SCOTUS? Not so much. nt Blasphemer 13 hrs ago #40
Immunity for Putin's Puppy Kid Berwyn 1 hr ago #41

walkingman

(10,304 posts)
2. SCOTUS reform is past due. When people lose respect for our judicial system
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 11:32 PM
Wednesday

it becomes meaningless.

not fooled

(6,600 posts)
3. What a crock of sh*t
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 11:38 PM
Wednesday

roberts is vile.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/supreme-court-john-roberts-lisa-graves/]

“Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice.”


Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court for 20 years now. In that time, his Republican-appointed majority has completely transformed America and its politics, with many of its most destructive opinions written by Roberts himself. Some effects are already visible in our everyday lives, others are only now coming into focus.

“This is now a MAGA court, and Roberts is at the helm.”

The court has rolled back voting rights and greenlit gerrymandering, at particular costs to nonwhite voters. It has allowed unlimited money to warp our politics and empowered the wealthiest elites at the expense of most Americans—a distortion that is reflected in growing inequality. The court ended affirmative action in higher education. It ended the right to an abortion. It made it harder for the government to issue the kinds of rules and regulations that safeguard our health and environment. It so aggressively expanded gun rights that virtually every American is now essentially entitled to a machine gun. It’s consistently weakened labor unions and consumer rights. The court has eviscerated the separation of church and state by inviting religious activities and opinions into public schools. And after significant wins for LGBTQ rights—over Roberts’ objection—the court has pivoted and begun to attack them, and transgender people in particular. It’s made public corruption great again. And then there is the court’s obsessive drive to increase presidential power, culminating in last year’s immunity decision, written by Roberts, in which the court granted the president sweeping new powers and general immunity from criminal prosecution, upsetting the separation of powers in our system of government. The decision was the most radical one in a series of holdings where, leading up to the 2024 election, the court repeatedly stepped in to help Trump escape accountability for alleged crimes and aid his return to power. Finally, in recent months, the court has unleashed Trump to act illegally by halting lower court injunctions—decisions which have resulted in illegal deportations to South Sudan, racial profiling by ICE, and the partial dismantling of multiple federal agencies, to name a few. In the face of district courts reining in Trump, the justices decided to strip lower court judges of their power to issue nationwide relief.

That’s quite a record.

yellow dahlia

(4,404 posts)
35. Fucking vile!
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 01:54 PM
21 hrs ago

I have decided that our dictionary words don't reach the level of severity of the times. So I add the F word, for emphasis.

Raven123

(7,498 posts)
4. Wonder how this annual letter compares to his previous letters
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 11:42 PM
Wednesday

Does he usually offer the claim that the Constitution is a sturdy pillar? If so, this should have been noted in the AP report. If not, why the need now?

CousinIT

(12,200 posts)
8. Absolutely not. That illegitimate court has been gnawing away at the Constitution
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 11:51 PM
Wednesday

for YEARS. Like goddamned termites.

Besides Medicare for All, Supreme Court reform MUST be a demand from Democratic voters.

Nothing any of the Sadistic Six say holds any validity with me.

kacekwl

(8,863 posts)
10. Why not just keep quiet
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 12:10 AM
Yesterday

instead he stands up and lies to our faces with his crooked fingers crossed. He should be ashamed.

ProfessorGAC

(75,816 posts)
27. He Read The Interpretation...
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 12:40 PM
23 hrs ago

...written by Scalia.
It's the closest he's come to reading it since he was in 8th grade.
Even then he didn't understand the "promote the general welfare" phrase.

3Hotdogs

(15,016 posts)
15. Hey Clarence, WAKE DA FUCK UP. The Constitution is still firm and unshaken.
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 08:18 AM
Yesterday

We still got work to do.

RussBLib

(10,422 posts)
20. Pure gaslighting from Roberts
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 09:18 AM
Yesterday

He must think we are fools, and it's likely that over half of Americans really are fools that can easily be gaslit and lied to with impunity.

Crappy New Year!

bluestarone

(21,105 posts)
22. What fucking constituion is he talking about?
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 10:17 AM
Yesterday

The real American one or the 6 member supreme court constitution? THAT'S the real question

malthaussen

(18,385 posts)
26. God, that man is such a liar.
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 12:39 PM
23 hrs ago

Really in the running for worst Chief Justice ever; Mr Taney pales by comparison in the number of appalling rulings that have issued from this Court.

-- Mal

ananda

(34,345 posts)
28. It's tough when the rule of law becomes so broken..
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 12:41 PM
23 hrs ago

that the people in charge of enforcing it
are so corrupt.

bucolic_frolic

(53,925 posts)
30. The Constitution is not the problem, the Justices who destroy it are
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 12:59 PM
22 hrs ago

He's hair-splitting again imho

Traildogbob

(12,517 posts)
31. Drag em
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 01:00 PM
22 hrs ago

Out by the robs, make sure uncle Thomas has underwear on, the pervert. They are thieves liars and corrupted beyond repair. A direct threat to democracy and the precious constitution, they use to whip their fat asses. Ridiculous our highest purveyors of law and justice are untouchable and shit on the law. End life appointments. Raise the number to 17 or even 21. Rotate all to have a new 12 for each case.
We The Fucking People should have control of these criminals. I know what WE pay them is only Pennie’s compared to what the billionaires pay them.
A permanent oversight group to report corruption cash and gifts needs to be appointed, at least until they get paid too. Greed and Corruption has destroyed throughout history.
If there is a future, the good ole US of A will be taught as to how unlimited cash will destroy country after country, and kill millions of its own people.
The most corrupt court, the likes of which has never been seen, the majority appointed by the most corrupt piece of shit ever in our house.
Fuck you McConnell!
Never mind me. Just ranting, this Roberts statement is sickening and proof of how lost we are this new year of 2026. Will we survive this one?
Traildogbob out. 😡🤬

Mysterian

(6,156 posts)
38. Says the corrupt justice who ruled money equals speech
Thu Jan 1, 2026, 05:24 PM
18 hrs ago

You are a phony traitor to the people, Roberts.

Kid Berwyn

(22,791 posts)
41. Immunity for Putin's Puppy
Fri Jan 2, 2026, 09:42 AM
1 hr ago

Gratuities for GOP Government

Concentration Camps for We the People

Thanks to John Roberts and BFEE Just-Us

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10026954410

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