It's taken less than two months for Donald Trump to start demanding impeachments of judges who issue rulings he doesn't like. This remarkably fast turnaround prompted Chief Justice Roberts to rebuke the president, stating that the proper mechanism for expressing disagreement with a lower court decision is an appeal, not an impeachment threat.
People are reading Roberts' statement as him recognizing Trump's increasingly lawless posturing and pushing back (albeit in a sort of "Dr. Frankenstein realizes his monster is a problem" sort of way). I must confess, I read it more like me trying to calm my screaming baby while his bottle is in the warmer: "If you could just wait five minutes I promise I'll give you what you want."
I guess we'll see who's right.
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