<![CDATA[The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom.]]>The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-chief-justice-8933cfe269c90746e200f2588801dfae

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/4356d944-8410-4665-b5b3-8e28b5cedfed/the-only-way-you-can-say-this-with-a-straight-face-is-if-you-are-a-willfully-lying-or-b-sufficiently-arrogant-to-think-that-your-opinions-are-truth-handed-down-on-tablets-and-those-who-disagree-just-lack-your-wisdom.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 04:16:40 GMTFri, 08 May 2026 12:49:41 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 16:01:33 GMT]]>@SeanCasten

The Constitution's design makes each of the three branches of govt "political." Otherwise, how could each act as a check or balance on or for the other two?

"Interpreting" the law at the highest level, means recognizing facts, taking positions on their meaning and on the intent behind the actions of the other two branches. Those are inherently political acts.

Roberts's argument is really, "It's not political when I do it. It is heinously political when the minority does it."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/huntingdon/statuses/116539791359181279https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/huntingdon/statuses/116539791359181279Fri, 08 May 2026 16:01:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 15:23:24 GMT]]>@SeanCasten i like it when right-wing dildos are in their 70s. They will die sooner.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/the_turtle/statuses/116539641345024181https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/the_turtle/statuses/116539641345024181Fri, 08 May 2026 15:23:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 15:10:52 GMT]]>@SeanCasten Johnny is like Biden, mentally living in a nostalgic version of DC that no longer exists.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/rickf/statuses/116539592047833913https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/rickf/statuses/116539592047833913Fri, 08 May 2026 15:10:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 15:10:26 GMT]]>@SeanCasten Or, maybe he means that they are purely pay for play?

No politics, just cash and carry.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/rrb/statuses/116539590374564473https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/rrb/statuses/116539590374564473Fri, 08 May 2026 15:10:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 15:08:57 GMT]]>@SeanCasten
some serious ignorance on display comparing the Warren court with anything in the Taney and now the Roberts court, just gobsmackingly foolish to make an offhand claim like that. you can always delete it, if, after a brief moment, you reflect that indeed you cannot find a single decision from the Warren court that even comes close to Dred Scott (Taney) or Citizens United (Roberts) or Dobbs (Roberts); reflection time is over, time to delete this foolish toot

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/goatrodeo/statuses/116539584496303498https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/goatrodeo/statuses/116539584496303498Fri, 08 May 2026 15:08:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 15:01:08 GMT]]>@SeanCasten I’ll do you one better: the only way you can say this with a straight face is (a) you’re willfully lying

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116537303570050423/statuses/116539553775798587https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116537303570050423/statuses/116539553775798587Fri, 08 May 2026 15:01:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 14:33:42 GMT]]>@SeanCasten The Supreme Court isn't political, and I'm a super-buff music superstar in my mid-20s.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://az.social/users/lerxst/statuses/116539445918239286https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://az.social/users/lerxst/statuses/116539445918239286Fri, 08 May 2026 14:33:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 14:09:16 GMT]]>@SeanCasten

he's a white supremacist, bald-faced lies are just what he does

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/peachfront/statuses/116539349854819897https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/peachfront/statuses/116539349854819897Fri, 08 May 2026 14:09:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:55:54 GMT]]>@SeanCasten I concur except I think you are excluding the middle.

He's both. Plato's Republic even justifies it and as a lawyer and Republican he's almost certainly a huge fan.

For those who've not read it, along with the Forms thing he also suggested that:

a) people have certain skills at birth and the state needs to establish what those are and put people in those positions.

b) only the leader class is smart and reasonable enough to know the truth without exploding.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/crazyeddie/statuses/116539297275185428https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/crazyeddie/statuses/116539297275185428Fri, 08 May 2026 13:55:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:52:48 GMT]]>@JosephMeyer @SeanCasten Nah.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Pineywoozle/statuses/116539285053066288https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Pineywoozle/statuses/116539285053066288Fri, 08 May 2026 13:52:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:49:13 GMT]]>@SeanCasten in the meantime, we really need to prod Congress:

Chris Toney (@ctoney@fosstodon.org)

Today, the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM) sent a letter to Congress urging elected officials to uphold their oaths to the Constitution and prevent the dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). Not Reform - It Is Irreversible Damage to our Country’s Greatest Resources A Direct Threat and Theft of Public Lands and Public Access A Predictable Collapse of Wildfire and Emergency Response Congress Must Act Immediately https://mcusercontent.com/a9a5f1d3659ca4401e7cdedeb/files/11ca8833-d075-52d6-563b-77e2d63d5429/2026_5_7_Open_Ltr_USFS_Reorg.pdf cc @SeanCasten@mastodon.social

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ctoney/statuses/116539270978560816https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/ctoney/statuses/116539270978560816Fri, 08 May 2026 13:49:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:41:30 GMT]]>@SeanCasten The entire Republican Party has learned they can just lie, gaslight, and play the victim. SC justices aren’t immune to that.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/StephanieMoore/statuses/116539240652218706https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/StephanieMoore/statuses/116539240652218706Fri, 08 May 2026 13:41:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:30:37 GMT]]>@SeanCasten Someone give dear John "Bumke" Roberts and his Reichsgericht leonard leo Villainous Six a revolver and put them in a fucking bunker.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/FIAR_Light/statuses/116539197828508569https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/FIAR_Light/statuses/116539197828508569Fri, 08 May 2026 13:30:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:28:19 GMT]]>@SeanCasten Huh. There's a fourth possibility: he's the Pope.

Sadly for Roberts, we only have one American Pope at a time and he's not it.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/femme_mal/statuses/116539188822648289https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/femme_mal/statuses/116539188822648289Fri, 08 May 2026 13:28:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:21:39 GMT]]>@SeanCasten Can we lovingly use a cattle prod? 🤣 🤣 🤣

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Pineywoozle/statuses/116539162609914514https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Pineywoozle/statuses/116539162609914514Fri, 08 May 2026 13:21:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:21:06 GMT]]>@SeanCasten In other news, "Water is not wet"!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ImakeIcecream/statuses/116539160431682488https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ImakeIcecream/statuses/116539160431682488Fri, 08 May 2026 13:21:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:20:38 GMT]]>@SeanCasten A fourth possibility is that he’s delusional enough to actually believe he is apolitical.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/JosephMeyer/statuses/116539158604724467https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/JosephMeyer/statuses/116539158604724467Fri, 08 May 2026 13:20:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:19:16 GMT]]>@SeanCasten “fallible, opinionated, assholes” Fixed it for you. Autocorrect misspelled the last word.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Pineywoozle/statuses/116539153189232820https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Pineywoozle/statuses/116539153189232820Fri, 08 May 2026 13:19:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:17:28 GMT]]>Don't ask those questions out of malice. Ask them out of love. Because if these justices are ever going to be as perfect as they clearly want to / claim to be, they're going to need someone like you to prod them into some self-reflection and personal growth. /fin

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SeanCasten/statuses/116539146167928408https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SeanCasten/statuses/116539146167928408Fri, 08 May 2026 13:17:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:17:06 GMT]]>Ask them how much that message screws with your ability to remain humble and thoughtful when it's repeated to you every day. Ask how happy Dred Scott felt after the truth of his inequality was revealed to him.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SeanCasten/statuses/116539144700486704https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SeanCasten/statuses/116539144700486704Fri, 08 May 2026 13:17:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:16:34 GMT]]>@SeanCasten BOTH.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/geonz/statuses/116539142580538521https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/geonz/statuses/116539142580538521Fri, 08 May 2026 13:16:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:15:14 GMT]]>@SeanCasten Are his lips pursed like that to stop the flow of absolute festering sewage that he’s apparently full of, from spilling out randomly and staining his tie?


]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Pineywoozle/statuses/116539137357713825https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Pineywoozle/statuses/116539137357713825Fri, 08 May 2026 13:15:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:14:36 GMT]]>@SeanCasten

I have opinions

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/dianea/statuses/116539134884389347https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/dianea/statuses/116539134884389347Fri, 08 May 2026 13:14:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The only way you can say this with a straight face is if you are (a) willfully lying or (b) sufficiently arrogant to think that your opinions are truth handed down on tablets and those who disagree just lack your wisdom. on Fri, 08 May 2026 13:12:31 GMT]]>As a final comment on this, if you ever take a tour of the Supreme Court, ask the docent these questions. Because they will tell you that the building is designed to look like a temple, figuratively symbolizing that the law, morality and ethics are eternal truths, revealed in this great chamber.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SeanCasten/statuses/116539126683818902https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/SeanCasten/statuses/116539126683818902Fri, 08 May 2026 13:12:31 GMT