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.
7 comments:
...these are fabulous!!!
Roberts sold his soul to the Devil from the get go, as did the other five of the Gang of Six, the Fausts of the un-Supreme Court.
Rex in DC
This is the truth. The hypocrisy of this administration and the Republican party is scary and dangerous. And the will of the voters is gone. That is really sad. Politics is always tricky and can be often be full of slime but this right now it's whatever comes after slime. I'm going to stop here because I could go on and on.
I love your words and from your view as a lawyer. I agree completely. When he got back in, he said even before elected he would be hell bent on revenge. Many knew it would be worst then before, but did they listen????? Biden really should have added and stacked to the SCOTUS, but he never did. Now it will take years and years to undo all the damages. Rats Bastards all of them.
He started down this evil path with Citizens United. We urgently need a return to a dem Congress and reform of SCOTUS.
Same happening here sadly.
It is sickening! The same playbook can be seen in other countries, that were once democracies. I wish people realized how fragile a democracy actually is.
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