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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJohn Roberts is exactly who John Lewis told us he was.
I have been fortunate enough to have heard John Lewis tell his preaching to chickens story in person five times including at the 2016 national convention. Congressman Al Green introduced me to Congressman John Lewis as a civil rights attorney which I had to correct.
John Lewis is right about John Roberts
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Cha
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of John Roberts.
calimary
(90,547 posts)What a GREAT quote!
Cha
(320,161 posts)so prescient.
And, John Roberts is a horrible being.
wendyb-NC
(4,718 posts)That guy Roberts, is a shameful passive aggressive, racist, he shouldn't be where he is, regardless of his brilliance as a lawyer.
He's a sneak and a dishonest partisan coward. The rest of the six conservatives, aren't any better. That ruling on voting rights last week, was thoughtless, and cruel. Are they that ignorant of history? They are a disappointing lot.
LoisB
(13,258 posts)Response to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)
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eppur_se_muova
(42,324 posts)***EXACTLY*** what Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Trmp, and their ilk HATE about Civil Rights legislation. They want to restore -- even increase -- the barriers and decrease the number of minority officials (elected or appointed) and are certainly succeeding at that. Just look at the military officers Trmp refused to promote -- he's taking a direct hand in resuscitating old Jim Crow.
How miserable it must be to live with all that hate inside. They think it doesn't affect them, but it does. It poisons their souls. And for those who believe in a hereafter, it ensures Trump's, and his minions', will not be pleasant. Nor will their historical legacy on this earth be one of anything but unmitigated evil.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good {if such ever existed} is oft interred with their bones.
― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
RetiredParatrooper
(211 posts)Might be able to strip him of the Chief justice' title.
Yes, I am that petty with sub-par partisan hacks.
B.See
(8,713 posts)out THEMSELVES. Sooner or later, EVERY time, in spite of posturing and pretenses to the contrary. Lewis saw it immediately. And I suspect those who empowered him saw it too..
debsy
(1,017 posts)He is sadly missed as are all those who gave so much to improve the lives of so many. The Republican Party is the party of regression. The Democratic Party must go all-in as the party of progress and we must fight like hell to maintain our democracy and kick those greedy bastards out!