The conservative Supreme Court was out of control. The Court “went down in history as the most radical Supreme Court in history.” words Historian Kevin Crews Handcuffed Last week, all federal regulatory agencies The president was elevated to king. On Monday they American Oligarch They have funded the lavish lifestyles of at least two judges, and they have also provided funds for Donald Trump, a convicted felon who has been impeached twice.
If they have any hope of getting our country out of this mess, President Joe Biden and the Democrats must fight back immediately with campaigns and actions. That means setting aside the faith that institutionalists like Biden and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin have in our judicial system and the basic decency of people like Chief Justice John Roberts. It means confronting corrupt courts directly and telling the American people that they must stop it.
Biden got started on Monday night. A short primetime speech to the nation To point out the “dangerous precedent” that would “place virtually no limits on what the president can do.”
“This decision continues the Supreme Court’s recent attacks on a wide range of our nation’s long-established legal principles, from eviscerating voting rights and civil rights, to stripping women of their right to choose, to today’s decision that undermines the rule of law in this country,” Biden said.
In perhaps the most chilling words uttered by a president since the Civil War, Biden sharply defined where we are as a nation.
“[I]”It’s up to the character of the man and woman who holds the presidency to determine the limits of presidential power,” he said, “because the law can no longer do that.”
This is Biden declaring that as of Monday, because of fundamentally corrupt court decisions, we are no longer a nation governed by law, providing the essential backdrop for this momentous and historically terrible term.
Let’s start with Justice Clarence Thomas. His corruption Months of reporting From ProPublica: Undeclared lavish travel, gifts, real estate deals, close ties to the Coke machine, his own Blackmail The court and the oligarchs insisted he would leave the court if he did not benefit financially, as did his wife. Ginny,but also Plotted He joined Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election, Rewarded Another billionaire, Leonard Leo, funneled tens of thousands of dollars to her for consulting work.
Justice Samuel Alito is undefeated by fraud or partisanship. Luxury Travel Hedge fund billionaire Luxury trip to Rome He was praised for writing a ruling that overturned the conviction. Roe v. WadeLike Thomas, Alito is leaving his partisan talk to his spouse, or rather Raising the Flag.
And Roberts Refuses to even answer questions We ask the Senate to either provide input on why bought-off ideologues have tarnished the Supreme Court or to consider implementing binding ethics reforms to restore the Court’s reputation.
Voters know that. Trust in the courts. It plummeted After the capsize egg It has hit record lows and shows no signs of recovering.
So here we are, and the only thing that can stop the end of the republic is our vote and the hope that a Democrat will win in November, and in undeniable numbers, and then a Democrat might be elected. Intention Please clear up this confusion.
We have a lot good idea “We need reforms, from expanding the size of the Supreme Court to putting in place term limits to keep justices in office and eliminate turnover. The solution is there. Democrats need to embrace it and run the election on that basis.”
It’s Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Impeachment resolution It is against the judges who perpetrated this “assault on American democracy.” Of course, it wouldn’t move forward in a Republican-controlled House of Representatives, but it could help unite Democrats around an immediate course of action if the Democrats were to take back the House.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries agreed, saying Democrats plan to “engage in aggressive oversight and legislative action to ensure that far-right judges remain in the majority in the House.” [Supreme Court] The majority will conform to the Constitution.”
The Senate will need to take control in the coming months, and that will have to be Mr. Durbin, who failed in his first task of responding to this devastating ruling. Complained Justices Thomas and Alito made matters worse by “brazenly refusing to recuse themselves from this case,” and scolded Justice Roberts for “failing to use his existing authority to establish an enforceable code of conduct.”
It’s too late to do that. Durbin and his colleagues need to get on the same page as House Democrats, because they do have oversight and they need to start using it. Of course, they can’t fix the Supreme Court right now, but they can start building the case for it.
They have to take back the two elected branches, and one of the best ways to do that would be to set aside niceties like institutionalism and comity and declare war on the unelected branch, the one that makes Trump king.
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s “Bloody Monday” events, that’s all Democrats should be talking about. Enough worrying about Biden’s debate performance. Enough speculation about a change in the top ranks of candidates. Enough confusion for Democrats. There’s too much at stake right now.
Tell people:show The American people are faced with a crisis facing our republic, and how Democrats respond now to this court’s action could make a big difference in November.
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