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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChief Justice John Roberts Should Recuse Himself From Challenges to FISA Court Decisions
He has a conflict of interest.
Now that Edward Snowden's revelations have robbed the NSA of the ability to play dumb and possibly given the ACLU standing to challenge its surveillance efforts (among other cases it has affected or may prompt), the odds are better than ever that the Supreme Court will weigh whether to reverse the FISA court, declaring that it was too permissive in what it permitted government to do.
A reversal wouldn't reflect very well on Roberts.
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think
(11,641 posts)limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)I didn't realize he was so powerful w/this FISA court.
Doesn't fit with checks and balances.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)THIS is what he was appointed to do by the 1%:
Right now, forty percent of Americans make less than the minimum wage from 1968.
http://pac.petitions.moveon.org/sign/raise-the-minimum-wage-19/?source=search
Daily CEO Pay Now Exceeds the Average Worker's Annual Salary
http://thecontributor.com/daily-ceo-pay-now-exceeds-us-workers-annual-salary
76% of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck
http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/24/pf/emergency-savings/index.html
New Rule (Passed by Congress and signed by President Obama) signals Kiss of Death for Pensions
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100694955
Wealthy win lion's share of major tax breaks
http://www.boston.com/business/news/2013/05/29/wealthy-win-lion-share-major-tax-breaks/Ua0UyYle21EUXub7g1suCI/story.html
Half of America is in poverty, and its creeping toward 75%
http://www.alternet.org/economy/real-numbers-half-america-poverty-and-its-creeping-toward-75-0
Wealth gap widens as labor's share of income falls
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/wealth-gap-widens-labors-share-income-falls-1B6097385
As the Economy Recovers, the Wealth Gap Widens
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/rick-newman/2013/03/11/as-the-economy-recovers-the-wealth-gap-widens
Top One Percent Captured 121 Percent Of All Income Gains
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/12/top-one-percent-income-gains_n_2670455.html
Corporate Profits Hit Record High While Worker Wages Hit Record Low
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/12/03/1270541/corporate-profits-wages-record/?mobile=nc
These things ^ do NOT happen by accident.
They take careful planning, preparation, marketing, buying the right politicians, message control, courts packed with Conservative Corporate Rights Judges, and the marginalization and suppression of any opposition.
You will know them by their [font size=3]WORKS.[/font]
think
(11,641 posts)xchrom
(108,903 posts)limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)Did you know John Roberts is also chief justice of the NSAs surveillance state?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101667733
Octafish
(55,745 posts)He lied going in.
http://crooksandliars.com/paul-rosenberg/lying-confirmation-process-beyond-j
He's been living a lie ever since.