Former US Attorney for the District of Columbia Joe diGenova slammed Chief Justice Roberts and the Supreme Court for a ruling on the census.
DiGenova, who with his wife Victoria Toensing joined Lou Dobbs on Fox Business Thursday, called out the high court’s decision to temporarily block adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census while blasting Roberts for “demeaning” the court.
(Video: YouTube/Fox Business)
“What you saw today was pure sophistry,” the attorney said on “Lou Dobbs Tonight” Thursday, referring to the chief justice’s decision to side with the left in Thursday’s ruling.
In writing the majority opinion, Roberts seemed to accuse Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross of lying about why the question on citizenship was being added to the census.
“Altogether, the evidence tells a story that does not match the explanation the Secretary gave for his decision,” Roberts wrote, slamming the government’s argument as “contrived” and “a distraction.”
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said adding a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. Census would help ensure voting rights, but SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts, joining four liberal justices, called that explanation “contrived” https://t.co/wYl6FpHo4B pic.twitter.com/U2kN80P3XV
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) June 27, 2019
Roberts’ move on Thursday came after he already angered conservatives a day earlier by siding with the liberal wing of the court, causing many to recall his 2012 decision to side with Democratic-appointed justices to uphold Obamacare’s individual mandate.
John Roberts dismays conservatives after latest SCOTUS rulings, including Census citizenship question https://t.co/DxB5e0oSoS
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) June 27, 2019
“I can’t figure out how he was ever considered a conservative,” Dobbs quipped on his show Thursday, calling Roberts an “activist.”
“He says that the motive of the Secretary of Commerce was very important,” diGenova remarked. “But in Obamacare, he said the motive of the president wasn’t important. The fact that the president said it wasn’t a tax doesn’t matter when the chief justice says, ‘you know what? I think it’s a tax.'”
“So what you have is inconsistency, but more importantly, sophistry,” diGenova added. “Fundamental intellectual dishonesty. The chief justice just wanted to stick his finger in the president’s eye. It’s demeaning to the court and it’s embarrassing.”
He called Roberts’ comment that there is no difference between Republican and Democratic-appointed judges simply “baloney.”
Conservatives torched Roberts after the census ruling on Thursday.
“I want to Impeach Roberts and Trump would get another pick. Sounds good to me,” American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp tweeted.
I’m for impeaching the Chief Justice for lying to all of us about his support of the Constitution. He is responsible for Robertscare and now he is angling for vast numbers of illegal residents to help Dems hold Congress. Enough Deception from GOP judges on the Constitution.
— Matt Schlapp (@mschlapp) June 27, 2019
Former White House aide Sebastian Gorka accused Roberts of betraying the U.S. Constitution.
This man has ZERO respect for you or the US Constitution.
Chief Justice Roberts proves once again he’s an activist judge in the tank for the Left.
Victory in 2020 is more important than ever. https://t.co/SxJhGq1ZYF pic.twitter.com/dRSpMCvxBS
— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) June 27, 2019
Others piled on Roberts for his betrayal.
John Roberts is terrified of the liberal op-ed columnists. They know they hold him captive. They can easily sway his opinions by issuing their “warnings” to him through their columns. He’s not a judge anymore, he’s a politician.
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) June 27, 2019
Today is a reminder that the federal bureaucracy and the establishment legal and political class do not care to know how many illegals are actually in this country
— Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) June 27, 2019
Chief Justice John Roberts “fixed” Obamacare and now he found an I significant excuse to allow those here illegally to help Dems keep the house majority. He lied to all of us and under oath in the Senate. It’s perfectly legal to ask citizenship ? on census.
— Matt Schlapp (@mschlapp) June 27, 2019
Chief Justice John Roberts should quit and run for office. He’s obviously more interested in policy and being liked than upholding the Constitution.
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) June 27, 2019
John Roberts is a politician. I’m not sure why he continues to play judge. He should step aside and do what comes natural to him, complying with the demands of the liberal cultural “elites.”
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) June 27, 2019
John Roberts will gladly lie to himself about the existence of gerrymandering but the census was a bridge too far
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) June 27, 2019
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