Sunflowers, Starry Night, And A Question

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This post is also being linked to

Sunday in the Art Room HERE

What's YOUR Footwear Fetish?

No disrespect to the King, but at first

glance I thought he was wearing

scuba flippers.

The Rude Awakening of Adulthood

Everyone's Favourite Word These Days

Okay, that's the end of the post.

Now . . . .

The Straight Line of Complicity

Authoritarian regimes need a complicit, corrupt judicial system to consolidate their antidemocratic power. As soon as MAGA Republicans secured a deeply conservative majority on the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), it was clear to me that the conditions for this were in place and that the effects on American law would be severe, long-lasting, and dangerous. And indeed, Chief Justice John Roberts and the SCOTUS majority have wasted no time in aiding and abetting the ever-growing subverting of the American Constitution and the Rule of Law in the United States.

As a lawyer, it sickens me to watch this debasement of justice and legal principles. It disgusts me that it is being committed by a Chief Justice and his majority bloc of the Supreme Court, all of whom swore to uphold the Constitution. Yes, the Supreme Court's minority bloc and many lower court judges across the United States are doing their best to protect and apply democratic justice and the Rule of Law, but at the end of the day, they are not more powerful than SCOTUS. As the highest court in the land, SCOTUS is the one which shapes American law.

I saw this meme the other day --

It was accompanied by this comment --

"Roberts’ SCOTUS should be included."

Yes, yes, it should.

Monday Murals -- LGBTQ+ Pride Murals

I'm taking part today in 

Monday Murals hosted by Sami.

This triptych of LGBTQ+ Pride Murals

is painted on a building at NorQuest College

in downtown Edmonton.

I believe the first mural celebrates the transformative journeys

of transgender people. It is entitled #HereForYou.

The second mural, set against the colours

of the Progress Pride Flag, honours

Indigenous Two-Spirit People.

I call this mural "Let Pride Be Your Umbrella!"

It warms my queer heart to see these murals

of acceptance and support for my community!

I remember all too well when such public statements

were never made and could never be made.

[Photos © Debra She Who Seeks, 2021]