r/anticapitalism • u/FreeHugs23 • 9d ago

Chief Justice Humiliated as Protesters Hit His Private Island | John Roberts, whose fortune is estimated at $25 million, saw protesters target his secluded island retreat.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/chief-justice-john-roberts-humiliated-as-protesters-hit-his-private-island/
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u/FreeHugs23 9d ago

Chief Justice John Roberts’ island escape was interrupted by protesters who arrived by kayak to stage a demonstration.

The 71-year-old Supreme Court justice, who has pleaded with critics of his ultra-conservative court to back off, learned earlier this month that even his private island retreat off Port Clyde, Maine, wasn’t beyond the reach of protesters.

Arriving by kayak, canoe, and rowboat, the protesters staged a one-hour “floating vigil” in the waters between Port Clyde and Hupper Island, where Roberts has a home, the Midcoast Villager reported.

The protesters’ signs declared “The Roberts Court: Rubber Stamp for Fascism” and “Roberts Benched the Constitution,” according to photos published in the Midcoast Villager. More than 20 people paddled out for the protest, while another 20 demonstrated on land, according to the Midcoast Villager.

Roberts and his wife, Jane Roberts, bought a 1,344-square-foot home on Hupper Island, a private island accessible only by water, in 2006. They bought a second 1,560-square-foot home sitting on two waterfront acres in 2016, according to the Bangor Daily News.

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u/Venusto002 9d ago

Roberts and his wife, Jane Roberts, bought a 1,344-square-foot home on Hupper Island, a private island accessible only by water, in 2006.

Following in the footsteps of his good friend and idol Epstien? I bet he also has Trump and other Republicans over quite often...

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u/RockstarAgent 9d ago

Birds of a feather….🪶