- United States
- Ohio
- Letter
Begin impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice John Roberts. His twenty-year tenure has been a systematic dismantling of democratic guardrails, and the evidence is overwhelming.
Roberts gutted the Voting Rights Act in Shelby County v. Holder, triggering 115 voter suppression laws across more than 30 states. He wrote the Rucho v. Common Cause opinion declaring partisan gerrymandering unreviewable by federal courts, handing Republicans a tool to potentially shift 19 congressional seats in 2026. His Citizens United vote unleashed a 160-fold increase in billionaire political spending, directly enabling Elon Musk to pour $290 million into the 2024 election. His July 2024 ruling in Trump v. United States granted presidents criminal immunity for official acts, placing the executive above the law. Meanwhile, he has presided over a court where Justice Thomas secretly accepted millions in gifts from billionaires with cases before the court, and done nothing. Roberts himself recused from zero cases while his wife collected millions recruiting lawyers for firms arguing before him.
This is not a court. It is a partisan institution trading public legitimacy for GOP alignment. The Roberts Court is on the same trajectory as the post-Reconstruction court that blessed Jim Crow in Plessy v. Ferguson. Congress has both the authority and the obligation to act. Start the impeachment process now.