Roberts CJ in a judicial silent organization?

Two days ago, a free-lance investigative journalist on X released a long thread disclosing and explaining a shocking allegation. Apparently John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States, belongs to a judicial silent organization. But this is no ordinary silent organization. It consists entirely of judges (including one other Justice of the Supreme Court) and top-flight liberal or “equitarian” lawyers. This association creates an ideological conflict of interest for the Chief Justice. As such it casts doubt on the Court’s ability to function as the final arbiters of constitutional law.

The American Inns of Court

The American Inns of Court (AIC) take their name from the four London-based Inns of Court that date back to the Middle Ages. Every English or Welsh barrister, or trial advocate, must belong to one of these Inns:

• Gray’s Inn,
• Lincoln’s Inn,
• The Inner Temple, and
• The Middle Temple.

In addition, Northern Ireland has its own Inn of Court based in Belfast. (Apparently Scotland has no Inns of Court.) So the Inns of Court have a status equivalent to that of the American Bar Association.

The American Inns of Court are far different. They are completely voluntary, and membership is by invitation only. One of them – the Edward Bennett Williams (EBW) American Inn of Court – has recently requested that the general American Inns of Court organization strike its membership and other records from the general server farm. But that does not mean that the EBW Inn no longer meets! It does – and that their information is not even available at the general AIC site, makes them a silent organization. A silent organization is an invitation-only club that presumes to set policy for other institutions or agencies its members serve. Part of being a silent organization is to keep its membership list under very close guard.

Edward Bennett Williams, the namesake, was a founding partner of Williams and Connolly, a high-profile, elite – and Democratic – law firm.

On Thursday (March 20), X journalist Bad Kitty Unleashed released information linking Chief Justice Roberts to the EBW AIC.

John Roberts linked to EBW

This top post of the fifteen-post thread is in long form and serves as a good summary:

Breaking exposé! FIVE anti Trump judges are involved in a secretive, INVITE ONLY club for judges and lawyers called the American Inns of Court. Even the membership and meetings are secret. But somehow the DOJ has shown up at meetings. At least since Biden had been in office.

Is hobnobbing with the DOJ in court matters acceptable? Let alone meeting in secret?

So who all is linked to this selective and secretive club? And recall all of their negative Trump rulings?

– Judge James Boasberg (President)

– Scotus Ketanji Brown Jackson (Vice President)

– Judge Amit Mehta (Secretary and a meeting held at her court.)

– Judge Beryl Howell

Justice (Professionalism Award)

-Justice John Roberts (Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple)

Wasn’t it something else that Judge John Roberts broke ethical conduct and stuck up for his, “brother Boasberg”?

George Soros has funded a fellowship at Middle Temple where John Roberts is a master of the bench.

First let me very quickly explain how this secret society called, the American Inns of Court came about. In the UK, they have the four Inns of Court that dates back hundreds of years. One of those is called Middle Temple (see Roberts photo). Well, the US created the American version of this in recent decades. There’s a massive list of branches.

The branch many of our judges belong to is The Edward Bennett Williams (EBW) Inn of Court. It’s so secretive, they deleted most signs of this branch from their website although they still met.

Now here’s Judge Beryl Howell. She was nominated by President Judge Boasberg, and VP Ketanji Brown Jackson approved of her nomination. Boasberg claims it was her work on Jan 6 that contributed to his choosing her for the American Inns Of Court Professionalism award.

Let me show you the scant meeting info that I found which included the DOJ and Inspector General Horowitz in attendance.

1. The Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court: BOP Custody / Current Status of BOP / Early Release & Reentry: Washington DC, 2/15/24

“Joel Sickler – invited panelist at EBW Inn of Court (February15, 2024, Washington DC). The meeting held in the District of Columbia Court of Judge Amit Mehta. In addition to panelists, approximately 150 lawyers including several Federal District Judges were also present. The panel was presented primarily with Michael Horowitz, DOJ Inspector General and Seth Eichenholtz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General – also featuring Vanessa Rojas, a returning citizen with direct and learned perspective regarding constructive reforms within the Bureau of Prisons.”

Also there was:

“Seth Rosenthal, Chief Deputy Attorney General for Office of AG District of Columbia.”

2. Mathew Bester, 3 years ago in a quote Linkdn post:

“I really enjoyed talking about the latest DOJ developments last week on a great panel.”

Matthew was reposting Brent Gurney’s Post and yes the DOJ was there:

“I want to thank my co-hosts, Erin K. of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Lisa Phelan of Morrison & Foerster LLP, Inn member G. Zachary Terwilliger of Vinson & Elkins and our guest panelists Jim Fredricks of the DOJ Antitrust Division, Tiffany Rider of Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP and Matthew Bester of Accenture, for a robust and fascinating discussion of the issues.”

3. Yearly gala, I’ll review this later. But the Assistant United States Attorney at U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia replied in a comment. Was he there?

“Great job, Rebecca!”

I’ve seen lawsuits online for this secret org over recusal worries with this private club. I also saw a lawsuit that stated their secrecy is dangerous to democracy.

Sources to follow.

Breaking exposé! FIVE anti Trump judges are involved in a secretive, INVITE ONLY club for judges and lawyers called the American Inns of Court. Even the membership and meetings are secret. But somehow the DOJ has shown up at meetings. At least since Biden had been in… pic.twitter.com/PxbBQLWvtF— Bad Kitty Unleashed (@pepesgrandma) March 20, 2025

Herewith the rest of the thread:

As for the Edward Bennett Williams American Inn of Court being invitation only, here’s the evidence.

They also admits that the DOJ is included, which isn’t mentioned in the American Inns Of Court brochure. I’ll show this next.

McKenzie Invited to Join Edward Bennett… pic.twitter.com/yZ7SXnJUhv— Bad Kitty Unleashed (@pepesgrandma) March 20, 2025

Here’s a lawsuit asking for recusal of an American Inns of Court member. Because of its secrecy and it’s acting more like a private social club.

“THE AMERICAN INNS OF COURT ARE UNLIKE TRADITIONAL BAR ASSOCIATIONS BUT ARE SOCIAL CLUBS THAT PROVIDE FOR SECRET EX PARTE… pic.twitter.com/a3ZoZfxoa5— Bad Kitty Unleashed (@pepesgrandma) March 20, 2025

Supreme Court Justice John Roberts Jr. received a Masters of the Bench award from the American Inn of Courts sister org in the UK. It’s called The Honorable Society Of the Middle Temple. (See photo and first link.)

And Middle Temple does interact with its American counterparts.… pic.twitter.com/FJrTYjWUBL— Bad Kitty Unleashed (@pepesgrandma) March 20, 2025

This is The Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court meeting that I found out the most on. And I only found three total.

“The Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court holds monthly programs on a range of relevant topics for Inn members, who are both white-collar defense lawyers and… pic.twitter.com/0beYbHj64x— Bad Kitty Unleashed (@pepesgrandma) March 20, 2025

This here is from a EBW Inn of Court panel discussion from three years ago. The DOJ was here that day too.

Matthew works at Accenture which had a US contract cancelled by Doge. Accenture deals with Publicis Group, and utilizes DEI and sustainability.

The (Publicis) Groupe took… pic.twitter.com/T4dlP2UjNF— Bad Kitty Unleashed (@pepesgrandma) March 20, 2025

Now it’s time for my thoughts on this. We are looking at SCOTUS involvement, DC district courts, DOJ, and prosecutors.

These courts affect our entire country. This isn’t like some rinky dink branch in a Florida suburb.

I don’t think these high courts should be involved in… pic.twitter.com/L87UNDN8kN— Bad Kitty Unleashed (@pepesgrandma) March 20, 2025

Since I have folks saying that they or relatives are members, and It’s no big deal….

Can you get me the member list for the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court? ID 30072

And I’d like the meeting minutes and any video or photos too please. And any video or photos of the… pic.twitter.com/eQgwkMIrCH— Bad Kitty Unleashed (@pepesgrandma) March 21, 2025

Bad Kitty Unleashed (BKU) shows that the EBW Inn of Court has a very sensitive membership. Organs like The Gateway Pundit make much of the affiliation of John Roberts with this organization. But BKU exposes more than that. Biden DOJ prosecutors, including ranking officers and key United States Attorneys and some of their assistants, were members.

BKU’s insights from her investigations, in order of mention, follow:

No trace of the EBW Inn of Court Inn ID 30072) remains on the American Inns of Court website. What links she has, come from the Wayback Machine or the new Archive Today service. Both feature the Officers listing for the EBW Inn of Court.

Membership in the EBW Inn of Court is by invitation only – and the invitations went out to current and former Federal prosecutors.

In 2017 one Linda Shao requested multiple recusals of Supreme Court Justices who had memberships in other American Inns of Court chapters. That list included all eight Justices then serving, except one: Justice Neil Gorsuch. That petition went to the Wayback Machine. (The Court denied review and rehearing in that case.)

Judge Beryl Howell received her invitation into the EBW Inn of Court in 2023. Judge James “Turn Those Planes Around” Boasberg, then President of the EBW Inn, issued that invitation.

Specific information on Chief Justice Roberts

Chief Justice Roberts holds the rank of Master of the Bench, the highest in American Inns of Court. He got that after London’s Middle Temple Inn of Court also conferred that title on him. The Middle Temple also has a shady affiliation with the Open Society Foundation – a George Soros organization. In fact the Middle Temple paid an “amity visit” to the U.S. Institute of Peace, known for radical leftist politics. This last archive also lists Justice Neil Gorsuch as a “Master of the Bench.”

BKU found information on three meetings of the EBW Inn. The first, dated February 15, 2024, took place in the courtroom of Judge Amit Mehta. It was a panel of the Justice Advocacy Group, that included prominent DOJ attorneys – and Michael Horowitz, the DOJ IG. (See also this second archive of a LinkedIn post with further details of that meeting.)

The second apparently took place in 2022 or late 2021, according to this archive of a LinkedIn post. The third and last meeting on BKU’s list took place in 2024, probably in May. This LinkedIn post probably tells little that one can’t already find out.

Summary

The American Inns of Court organization tracks 350 chapters, including the EBW Inn of Court. BKU concerns herself primarily with the EBW Inn, which at least includes Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Both have been members of the EBW Inn for some time – and Jackson serves as its Vice-President! Judges James Boasberg, Amit Mehta, and Beryl Howell, all of the D.C. District Court, are all members. This alone compromises the impartiality of the Supreme Court as it hears any appeal from these three judges. More troubling still are the memberships of key Biden Administration Justice Department attorneys – and the current “holdover” Inspector General.

If President Donald J. Trump wanted to “clean house” at Justice, he had a perfectly good reason. But perhaps he needs to fire IG Horowitz, in addition to all the other Inspectors General he fired.

CNAV shares the position of BKU that:

the Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court should be disbanded. And all DC justices barred from such activities.

CNAV also believes the House Judiciary Committee should investigate this matter immediately. Already Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) has filed Articles of Impeachment against Judge Boasberg. Partly in response to that, Chief Justice Roberts publicly rebuked President Trump and his allies. Their membership in the EBW Inn of Court presents an obvious conflict of interest. More to the point, the Judiciary Committee must investigate – comprehensively – whether the national judiciary is compromised, and to what extent. Perhaps a much larger round of judicial – and Justicial – impeachments is in order.