The Real Danger to Roberts Is Enabling a Fascist Who Will Turn on the Court
- john raymond
- Jun 30
- 3 min read
Chief Justice John Roberts wants you to worry about the crowd. The noise. The protest chants. The anger that bubbles in the streets outside his courthouse, in tweets, and in editorials that accuse the Roberts Court of partisanship, corruption, and aiding fascism.
He warns that these criticisms are making his court unsafe. That judges, cloaked in their black robes, now fear for their safety.
But here’s the real danger, John: it’s not the people who will attack you. It’s the monster you’re feeding.
This isn’t metaphor. It’s historical fact. When authoritarian movements gain power, they always—always—turn on the judiciary. Why? Because judges are the final obstacle between tyranny and absolute control. And tyrants don’t tolerate obstacles. They remove them.
You can open any history book and see how this story ends. Hitler purged the courts. Mussolini turned them into tools. Stalin had loyal judges killed when they no longer served him.
Fascists don’t protect judges; they use them, then dispose of them. And you, Chief Justice Roberts, are already partway through that cycle. You’ve given Trump cover for his lawless behavior. Your court has chipped away at democracy’s safeguards—corporate power unleashed, voting rights eviscerated, now the possibility of sweeping presidential immunity.
Brick by brick, you’re helping build the throne that Trump will sit on. And when he does, you will not be safe.
Do you think Trump respects you? That he sees you as some constitutional priest he must answer to? No.
He sees you as weak. As a means to an end. A man who can be flattered or cowed into compliance.
Trump doesn’t need your court. He needs your silence. Your rulings in his favor. And when the time comes that the court dares to stand in his way—perhaps on jailing political enemies, or refusing election results—he will destroy it. That means you. Not just the court, but you.
Yes, the crowd is angry. But you know who else gets angry, John?
Fascists who think you’ve failed them. Strongmen who believe power should never be checked. You may fear a protester’s sign or a senator’s rebuke, but what you should fear is the moment when Trump turns to his mob and says: “This judge betrayed me.”
We have already seen what happens when Trump targets judges. Ask the families of Judge Esther Salas, whose son was murdered by a man radicalized by right-wing rhetoric. Ask the judges who ruled on his fraud case and now live under round-the-clock protection.
But you—you sit at the center of it all. You give it legitimacy. You lend your black robe to a rising tide of authoritarianism and then seem surprised that the waves are crashing at your door.
This is your warning. Not just as a citizen or a court-watcher or even a progressive. This is a strategic alarm for a man who claims to love the law: You are in mortal danger. Not figuratively. Not poetically. Literally.
You are building the regime that will put your name on a list the second you step out of line. If you enable fascism, it will turn on you. It always does.
So stop. Wake up. Read a history book. Read two. Ask yourself what happened to the judges of Weimar. Of Hungary. Of Venezuela. Ask what happens to those who believe they can “control” the strongman—until he no longer needs them.
Because Roberts, when Trump finally comes for you, it will not be the crowd you need protection from. It will be the very creature you helped unleash.
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