Bill Maher: John Roberts Is A 'Liar' Or Too 'Naive' To Be SCOTUS Chief Justice

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Bill Maher tore into the Supreme Court's decision invalidating aggregate campaign contribution limits on an individual during an election cycle.

"They say the Constitution was created by geniuses so idiots could run it," the comedian and liberal political commentator said Friday on his HBO show "Real Time With Bill Maher." "I need to amend that. I think the idiots have found a way to break it. I do. I think the idiots have finally won over the geniuses."

He took particular aim at Chief Justice John Roberts for decreeing in the 5-4 controlling opinion that giving large sums of money to politicians doesn't give rise to quid pro quo corruption.

"Either he is a liar or he is too naïve to hold any important job, including -- and especially this one," he said. "This is like a legal ruling written by the Little Mermaid. Are you crazy?"

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Bill Maher RIPS Supreme Court Ruling On Campaign Finance

Alex Wagner you rock!!

[Autumn]

1. John Roberts. A little mermaid

I think the mentality is just about right.

[kardonb]

22. Jhn oberts

I wonder how much moolah the big corporations trickled down into this unspeakable travesty of a " decision " ?

[yeoman6987]

26. Well I am thankful that he voted to keep ACA

If not for him, we would not have ACA at all. He was vilified by the conservatives for that vote. Had Bush gotten another Supreme Court Justice besides Roberts, we might be out of luck with ACA.

[wilt the stilt]

2. that women in the middle

proves you can go to a good college and be dumber than a rock. Her use of logic is mindbogglling. I would love to sell against this one.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

4. Lack of logic is the new lack.

The relentless and hostile anti-intellectualism and purposeful degradation of public education is allowing RWers to put forth the most glaringly nonsensical talking points and have half of the American public go, "Yeah. That makes sense." Ignorance is bliss.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

6. Actually, they consider it very clever of themselves to TWIST EVERYTHING the way they do....

The rest of the world sees it for what it is.

Spin by assholes.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

7. If only that were true. I mean the part about the rest of the world seeing it for what it is.

Loads of people really do accept that pretzel logic as legit.

But yeah, the RW ringleaders who construct this BS must think themselves quite clever. And, I guess they're right. Because it works quite well.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. Only with a tiny minority of mostly white males.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

36. The Rs have the House and may pick up the Senate. Nearly 50% of voters chose

Romney. Seems like there's got to be more than a tiny minority of whatever.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

38. Not when you consider that half of the country doesn't vote.

[VanillaRhapsody]

29. Frank Luntz...

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

35. Evil genius.

Too bad the Dems don't have the equivalent.

[SummerSnow]

15. Alex Wagner thought so too. lol

[bvar22]

17. Bill did a good job of calling her on her diversions.

A good show.

[SunSeeker]

3. Jon Stewart gave the best response to that idiotic Roberts statement.

He pointed to the spectacle of potential GOP presidential candidates recently flying all the way to Las Vegas to genuflect to Sheldon Adelson. Jon noted that there are a number of opinionated 80 year old jews in his family, but last he checked, no one was beating a path to their door.

[DirkGently]

18. I thought he nailed the whole thing really well.

The idea that there's no "quid pro quo" when A hands money to B in order to hand it to C, with B fully aware of where the money is coming from is not a good faith argument.

Nobody thinks that.

[Enthusiast]

5. I'd like to mop up the floor with that green sweater wearing asshole in the middle.

[Cha]

8. Thank you, Bill Maher.. and no surprise since

w nominated him.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Watched It Last Night

He's right. And Scalia and Thomas are too stupid to have those jobs. He didn't say it, but i am.

[mountain grammy]

10. If one of these creeps would just keel over, it would restore my faith in my SCOTUS voodoo dolls

I stuck a very large pin in Robert's head Wednesday. He's my pinhead of the week.

[Augiedog]

11. Corrupt corrupt corrupt corrupt corrupt corrupt corrupt corrupt corrupt corrupt

See above

[Samantha]

23. I believe he is corrupt as well

Roberts is sitting in the Chief Justice's seat as payback for services he rendered to George W. Bush* and the 2000 election controversy. During that time frame, he left DC and went to Florida to volunteer his services to Jeb Bush in the recall battle.

Roberts is supposed to be a Constitutional specialist. But many of the public threats made by the Republicans during that time were actually unconstitutional maneuvers. And I do believe a Constitutional expert would have known that, but most lawyers would assume the public would believe whatever it was told. An excellent example of that was the threat issued if Gore prevailed as a result of the recall vote, the legislature would still send a Republican state to the Electoral College. Many people believed it would have followed through with that threat. However, the Florida Constitution specifically provided for the slate to be determined by the plurality of the popular vote. Had the legislature actually done that, the Electoral College could have thrown the slate out, leaving Florida with no vote, for violating its own election law.

As you know, "To the victor belongs the spoils" and the spoils we endure as a result of the Bush* taking of the Office of the United States President do include Roberts sitting in that Supreme Court chair. But "spoils" does not begin to suffice to describe his collective work to date....

Sam

[Augiedog]

24. Good reply

I have been more than a bit suspicious about the nature of certain elements in our supposed elder court. They seem less supreme and more monarchical, especially Scalia. He seems believe that he actually is supremely superior. John Roberts has demonstrated a proclivity for monied interests far beyond what a democratically oriented justice constitutionally aligned should be. And who can possibly explain someone like Clarence Thomas.

[VanillaRhapsody]

30. Someone should look into their finances...

Particularly Clarence and Ginny Thomas....

[Rod Beauvex]

12. Is it just me?

Or is the sound awful for anyone else?

[cal04]

13. the sound isn't that great

it's not you

this one is a little better but not much

[Deuce]

16. No, my sound is not clear also...

[eridani]

19. He's neither. He's an amoral sociopath and a Koch whore n/t

[silvershadow]

31. There should be a pronoun to replace "he" in these situations. Would "it" do? As in,

"It is an amoral sociopath and a Koch whore". Or even a new pronoun, one that suggests one who looks like a human being, but isn't (as in the case of a Cyborg, Republican, etc). I will think about that.

[Dustlawyer]

20. Talk about "Activist Judges," I am tired of hearing those lying S.O.B.'s say they are not activist.

I thought Alex Wagner was going to explode listening to the idiot next to her! Alex basically was saying she is nuts and I love it. She and Bill definitely called Bull Shit on that crap.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

21. Who the hell is that dumb-ass female in the middle???? Missing half a brain doesn't even begin to

describe her.

[reformist2]

25. Something just ain't right about that Justice Roberts...

[ladjf]

27. Bill is right about this. nt

[Gothmog]

28. Roberts is a horrible Justice

Roberts ans Alito are two of the worst justices on the SCOTUS

[mikeysnot]

33. thomas has them all beat.

[Bluenorthwest]

32. Roberts is a terrible Justice.

I've only seen Alex Wagner once or twice on MSNBC and I was very impressed with her on Real Time.

[elzenmahn]

34. "Liar" and "Naive"...

...are two traits that made a political appointee eminently qualified in the eyes of Bushiebaby.

This is the same man who brought you Porter Goss for the CIA, the Horse guy for FIMA, Myers for Attorney General, and countless others unqualified turds. Should we be surprised?

This kind of incompetency/corruption is what we should expect from a political party who, by their charter, does not believe in government. How much more proof does one need?

[ErikJ]

37. Of course money is speech........