Bill Maher Savages Supreme Court Over Trump Wins: ‘Bunch Of Partisan Hacks’
Comedian and pundit Bill Maher ripped the conservative-dominated Supreme Court over their “shaky” rulings in President Donald Trump’s favor, and challenged them to not act like “partisan hacks.”
On Friday night’s edition of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, the interview guest was country music singer-songwriter Kenny Chesney, who enters the Country Music Hall of Fame this year and co-authored the new book “Heart Life Music.”
The panel guests were Rep. Jared Moskowitz, Democratic congressman representing Florida’s 23rd district; and Bill O’Reilly, anchor of the “No Spin News” show and author of the bestselling book “Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst.”
Maher ended the show with a “New Rules” segment devoted to the Trump-dominated court and the role they should play im protectimg democracy:
BILL MAHER: And finally, New Rule, the Supreme Court has to recognize that they have one last chance to not look like a bunch of partisan hacks who are no different than the other two branches of government.
This week, the court is hearing about a case that will definitively tell us if they really are still a separate branch of government or whether when the founders said you are a check on executive power, they thought it meant a blank check.
Because their recent past has been kind of shaky. For example, in May and June of this year, on issues like withholding money Congress specifically authorized, and suspending due process for non-citizens, federal district courts ruled against the current administration in 82 out of 87 cases.
But at the Supreme Court, President Trump is on a 17-case winning streak, which is funny because during the Biden years, the court was all about reining in presidential power.
Biden was constantly asking for leeway on issues like vaccine mandates, regulating carbon, canceling student debt.
And the court was constantly telling him, sorry, Joe, we checked the rules and no, the president alone doesn’t have that power.
But when Trump’s lawyers asked if he had absolute immunity, so absolute that he could even use SEAL Team 6 to assassinate political enemies, they said, who are we to judge? You do you.
And the president has taken full advantage of that. You know, there’s a reason, Mr. President, so many people these days are saying you act like a king.
It’s why, for Halloween this year, I went as you. See, I’m dressed as a king, but still got the long red tie.
Watch above via HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher.
