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Former prosecutor unnerved by Justice John Roberts
Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann expressed deep concern about the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Trump v. Slaughter, which overturned 91 years of precedent allowing presidents to fire independent agency members without cause. Weissmann highlighted Chief Justice Roberts' use of the word secrecy when describing executive branch vitality, calling the language chilling. He argued the ruling extends Roberts' expansive presidential power theory from the Trump v. United States immunity case. Weissmann warned the decision unleashes political patronage and deemed it a very ahistoric decision with significant long-term consequences. He cautioned against allowing presidents to replace career officials based on party affiliation, invoking Justice Robert Jackson's warnings from his Nazi prosecution work at Nuremberg. You do not want a Republican president to come in and fire every Democrat, and you do not want every Democratic president to come in and fire every Republican, he said. Weissmann also criticized the court's originalism claims as laughable, pointing to its simultaneous decision protecting the Federal Reserve as evidence of result-oriented judging.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.
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The Independent
· Jun 29, 2026
Supreme Court delivers big blow to Trump’s plan to limit mail-in voting
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with the court’s three liberal justices
OpsLens
· Jul 1, 2026
Chief Justice John Roberts is good pals with Trump-hating, Deep State leader Norm Eisen * WorldNetDaily * by Jim Hoft, The Gateway Pundit
Source link In a bombshell revelation that’s sending shockwaves through conservative circles, it turns out Chief Justice John Roberts has been rubbing elbows with none other than Norm Eisen—the radical
Daily Mail
· Jul 8, 2026
Honest, credible, careful, impressive... what judge said about our reporters during High Court trial
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Punching Bag Post
· Jun 30, 2026
Justice Barrett Defects on Mail Ballot Ruling – And Rightfully So
Justice Amy Coney Barrett is usually considered one of the Supreme Court’s reliable conservative voices. That is why many conservatives were stunned when she joined Chief Justice John Roberts and the court’s three liberal justices in a 5 to 4 ruling that upheld Mississippi’s law allowing certain mail-in ballots to be counted after Election Day. [] The post Justice Barrett Defects on Mail Ballot Ruling – And Rightfully So appeared first on The Punching Bag Post.
Mother Jones
· Jul 2, 2026
This Supreme Court Term Was About Weakening Democracy
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