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John G. Roberts, Jr.

Wednesday 21st of January 2026

Affirmative action [N]othing prohibits universities from considering an applicant’s discussion of how race affected the applicant’s life, so long as that discussion is concretely tied to a quality of character or unique ability that the particular applicant can contribute to the university. Many universities have for too long wrongly concluded that the touchstone of an individual’s identity is not challenges bested, skills built, or lessons learned, but the color of their skin. This Nation’s constitutional history does not tolerate that choice. John Roberts, syllabus in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v.  Harvard College and University of North Carolina © 2023 Kwiple.com
Affirmative action  The United States as amicus curiae  contends that race-based admissions programs further compelling interests at our Nation’s military academies.  No military academy is a party to these cases, however, and none of the courts below addressed the propriety of race-based admissions systems in that context. This opinion also does not address the issue, in light of the potentially distinct interests that military academies may present. John Roberts, majority opinion in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v.  Harvard College and University of North Carolina © 2023 Kwiple.com
Affirmative action The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race. John Roberts, Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, which invalidated integration plans in Seattle and Louisville © 2022 Kwiple.com
Bullshitters say I will remember that it's my job to call balls and strikes, and not to pitch or bat.  John Roberts © 2021 Kwiple.com
Bullshitters say We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges. What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them. John Roberts, criticizing Trump for calling a federal judge who ruled against his administration an “Obama judge” and ignoring decades during which courts at every level were packed with members of the right-wing Federalist Society, including Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch,, Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas and himself  © 2018 Kwiple.com
Dead-in-the-heads say The hardest decision I had to make  was whether to erect fences and barricades around the Supreme Court. I had no choice but to go ahead and do it. Chief Justice John Roberts, claiming that ordering fences to be erected around the Supreme Court building after its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked to the press by one of its members to prevent softening the decision provoked widespread public protest was a harder decision to make than making decisions about what to do about its leakers and members' other ethical lapses, death sentencing, civil or voting or gun rights, healthcare, affirmative action, student loans, gerrymandering, money in politics, etc. © 2023 Kwiple.com
Discrimination The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race. John Roberts, plurality decision in Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 © 2023 Kwiple.com
Gerrymandering But just because soemthing is unjust and incompatible with democratic principles and fiendishly effective, Justice Roberts writes [in Rucha v. Common Cause], doesn't mean it's within the purview of the court to find a constitutional violation. Gerrymandering stinks, but not so badly that the Constitution can smell it. Jordan Ellenberg, Shape © 2022 Kwiple.com
Judges Sorry Chief Justice John Roberts, but you do indeed have "Obama judges,” and they have a much different point of view than the people who are charged with the safey of our country. Donaldl Trump, 12:51 PM – 21 Nov 2018 © 2018 Kwiple.com
Presidential immunity from criminal prosecution The dissents’ positions in the end boil down to ignoring the Constitution’s separation of powers and the Court’s precedent and instead fear mongering on the basis of extreme hypotheticals about a future where the President “feels  empowered to violate federal criminal law.” Sonia Sotomayor, dissent, Trump v. United States © 2024 Kwiple.com
Sleepers at the wheel say Every Justice seeks to follow high ethical standards, and the Judicial Conference's Code of Conduct provides a current and uniform source of guidance designed with specific reference to the needs and obligations of the federal judiciary. John Roberts, albeit in 2011, about members of his Supreme Court © 2023 Kwiple.com
Sleepers at the wheel say I have complete confidence in the capability of my colleagues to determine when recusal is warranted. They are jurists of exceptional integrity and experience whose character and fitness have been examined through a rigorous appointment and confirmation process. I know that they each give careful consideration to any recusal questions that arise in the course of their judicial duties. John Roberts, albeit in 2011, about members of his Supreme Court © 2023 Kwiple.com
 
Snapshot I imagine [Chief Justice John] Roberts as a worker who, on his way out of the factory at 5:05, notices that the building has caught fire. There's a fire extinguisher right there on the wall — he could  grab it and spray foam all over the problem, but wait a minute, there's a principle at stake here. It's after five and he's not on the clock. Union rules are pretty clear that he's not supposed to put in unpaid overtime. If he puts out this  fire, he sets a precedent;  now is he on the hook every time the building catches fire after the whistle blows? John Roberts portrayed by Jordan Ellenberg in Shape © 2022 Kwiple.com