Chief Justice John Roberts. National Review/Reuters.
Conservative justices on the Supreme Court refused to take up 2nd Amendment cases because Chief John Roberts indicated he would side with the liberals. National Review. This June the court rejected 10 cases on gun rights while punting on a case from New York, declaring it moot after the city repealed the law. The courts four most conservative justices did not believe that Roberts would vote to uphold the 2nd Amendment. Roberts has become the Supreme Court's swing vote with Roberts frequently siding with the liberals.
My Comment:
If true this is horrible news for the Supreme Court, the 2nd Amendment and the country. Capturing the Supreme Court was supposed to be the biggest coup of the Trump presidency but it appears that Justice Roberts has betrayed the conservatives that put him on the bench in the first place.
Such a thing isn't that shocking. Roberts was the deciding vote on the Obamacare law. Even back then there was no question that Roberts wasn't going to be someone conservatives could rely on. And he has sure lived up to the reputation of being a swing vote. It's not just 2nd Amendment issues, he has been bad on religious liberty and immigration as well.
The weakness of Roberts has basically killed any chances of getting these unconstitutional laws overturned. There is no doubt in my mind that these laws are illegal but if the Supreme Court isn't going to act then there isn't much we can do.
It's a major disappointment too. I personally had very high hopes that we would see a major change with a supposed 5-4 majority at the court. We should have seen assault weapon laws, magazine limits and even getting rid of the suppressor and short barreled rifle laws. Instead it's status quo ante.
One wonders why Roberts has been so terrible. Roberts has said that his primary concern is the integrity of the court. When the Democrats threatened to get stack the court in response to gun rights cases I think Roberts took it seriously and backed down.
If so then Roberts is a fool. I have no doubt that the Democrats will stack the Supreme Court regardless. Even though it's pretty clear that the 5-4 majority was smoke and mirrors, Roberts is still a swing vote and he could occasionally vote against the Democrats which means that the Democrats will stack the court if they ever get the chance to do so.
The other option is that Roberts has been compromised in some way. I know a lot of people believe this and I think it's very possible, but I haven't seen any evidence of it personally. I do find it strange that he has been so willing to stretch the law to fit whatever the Democrats want it to do and though him being spineless is certainly possible I do wonder if he hasn't been blackmailed or something.
For Republicans this should be a wake up call. If President Trump loses in 2020 then the Supreme Court will remain in the hands of Democrats for a generation or two. And though RGB is the obvious candidate for retirement, Clarence Thomas is getting up their in years as well. Instead of the court being a 5-4 republican majority with Roberts now counted as a liberal that may occasionally vote for conservative things, we could end up with a 6-3 liberal majority.
So my advice would be this. If you care at all about gun rights you pretty much have to vote for President Trump. The Democrats are incredibly hostile to the right to keep and bear arms, even though the twin crisis's of Coronavirus and the George Floyd riots has destroyed their arguments completely, and now we can't rely on the Supreme Court to bail us out. We need a conservative President who will appoint more conservative judges as a check to the utter insanity that is the left right now.
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