Roberts Wanted Minimal Competence, but Trump Couldn’t Deliver
The chief justice expects the federal government to adhere to basic standards of honesty and fidelity to the public interest.
by Adam Serwer
Jun 18, 2020
3 minutes
Two years ago, Chief Justice John Roberts gave the Trump administration a very important piece of advice: When you come to the Supreme Court, you need to do your homework.
In his the Trump administration’s travel ban, Roberts disregarded Trump’s public statements that “Islam hates us,” and that America has problems “with Muslims coming into the country,” because the ultimate text of the travel ban issued by the administration “says nothing about religion.” Rather, Roberts wrote, the ban “reflects the results of a
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