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Sep 24, 2019 7 tweets 1 min read Read on X
Chief Justice Roberts is in house at the Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center in Manhattan. He'll be talking and doing a Q&A for the next hour and a half or so.
Roberts lists the distinct perspectives his colleagues bring to the court, ends by quipping, "Of course, Justice Ginsburg brings her experience as a rock star."
Chief Justice Roberts in NYC: "When you live in a politically polarized environment, people tend to see everything in those terms. That's not how we at the court function, and the results of our cases do not suggest otherwise."
Roberts: Criticism of the court "does not affect how we do our work. We will continue to decide cases according to the Constitution and laws without fear or favor."
Roberts (a Catholic) "My religion doesn’t affect my decisions. I like to think it affects how I go about my daily life and how I deal with people." Says he was taught "to see the image and likeness of God in every person."
Asked if he can do more pushups that Ginsburg, Roberts says she has "so much less" to push up. Adds: "I can bench press her weight and she can't bench press mine.
Full quote, for posterity: "She has so much less to push up. I don’t think that's fair. I can comfortably say I can bench press her weight and she can't bench press mine."

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Oct 28, 2022
Apologies, but I'm going to go on a late-Friday rant about lack of precision in discussing the Supreme Court's shadow/emergency docket. I'm frequently seeing people misdescribe what the court is being asked to do when applications are filed. 1/x
The majority of emergency applications don't ask the court to "hear" or take up" an appeal. They seek to stop something from happening -- or let it happen -- while litigation goes forward. The court is not being asked to rule on the merits. 2/x
Pending emergency applications include Sen. Graham's bid for a stay/injunction to avoid (for now) giving grand jury testimony and Kelli Ward's bid for a stay/injunction to keep (for now) her phone records from away from the Jan. 6 panel. Neither asks Scotus to hear an appeal. 3/x
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BREAKING: Supreme Court rules for high school football coach who lost his job after repeatedly praying on 50-yard line after games. Vote is 6-3.
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Roberts' authorship of this opinion suggests (but does not guarantee) that he is NOT writing the abortion decision. Otherwise, he would have two majority opinions from the December sitting and some other justice would have none.
Mind you, that kind of thing seems to be happening w/ the November sitting, where Gorsuch has already written two opinions (incl Texas abortion) and neither Thomas nor Barrett has issued one.
Possible explanations for Nov: (1) Thomas orig had abortion opinion and was going to dismiss whole suit but Gorsuch persuaded others to leave open appearance of a small window. (2) Someone had opinion in DOJ Texas abortion case but court for some reason opted not to issue it.
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Case will be known as Whole Woman's Health v. Jackson, 21A24.
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