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"Ethical Rot" and Minimum IQ in Congress — The Week in Editorial Cartoons, Part 2 (Update x 6) [1]

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Date: 2023-05-01

Time for some answers.

Link to Part 1 of this diary — Ronny Rat, Money Honey, and Sedition — The Week in Editorial Cartoons, Part 1 (Update x 8) I will post more editorial cartoons both in comments and as updates to this diary. Thanks for supporting these diaries and editorial cartoonists, for without their talent and efforts, we would certainly be less informed.

Lack of SCOTUS Ethics

Attribution for the top cartoon: @DonkeyHotey @EandPCartoons

Clarence Thomas might well be the most blatantly corrupt justice in recent SCOTUS history. In light of recent disclosures about unethical conduct by several justices, no wonder the nine US Supreme Court justices oppose any code of conduct for themselves — lest serious problems come to the fore that might embarrass them or worse.

One of the very best and smartest journalists around, Elie Mystal — the justice correspondent for the Nation magazine — made a persuasive case for Congress to act in this MSNBC interview over the weekend. He points to “ethical rot” in the highest court in the land. Emphasizing the crucial need for independent, ethical oversight, Mystal makes a forceful argument saying that these are “nine people who believe themselves above the law and better than the rest of us… these people are not gods, not kings, they work for us.”

Political sympathies aside — and regardless of how the US Supreme Court has operated in the past — the time has come for some accountability. Period.

Ok, Let’s Talk About Your Own Problems

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Needed: A Minimum IQ for Lawmakers

x And let's add George Santos & Lauren Boebert.... https://t.co/pEoMM0PtEh — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) April 25, 2023

The Untouchables

Finally Facing the Law

x Donald Trump at last facing trial for RAPE.



E. Jean Carroll, it must be said, is clearly a woman of tremendous courage and persistence. Anyone who'd think she's "making this up" and doing this "for the publicity" would have to have their head examined. pic.twitter.com/5Iq4C6Wuq5 — Ward Sutton (@WardSutton) April 25, 2023

This Issue Spells Trouble for the GOP

After the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade last year, the Republican Party has struggled to deal with overwhelming national sentiment against that landmark ruling. The results of this opposition to restrictions on abortion were quite evident in the 2022 Elections last November.

With huge majorities opposed to banning medical abortions, the GOP is trying desperately to keep this issue off the ballot in 2024, and with two red states failing to pass severe abortion bans, one would think you’d see a change in political strategy.

If you thought that, you would be wrong. Republicans are hell-bent on clinging to a failed strategy and are advocating a national ban on abortion.

Trump Says He Would Ban Abortion Nationally Donald Trump “indicated he would consider signing into law legislation banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy if he is elected president again in 2024,” Axios reports... “The new comments came as a departure from his campaign’s previous support for individual states deciding restrictions — as abortion again looms over the upcoming major election cycle.” x Matt Wuerker @wuerker pic.twitter.com/nvkjehRGBG — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) April 30, 2023

It’s Always Been About Control

x "Abortion laws, Senn said, 'have always been, each and every one of them, about control — plain and simple. And in the Senate, the males have all the control.'"https://t.co/uaEgNbDtPJ — Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) April 28, 2023

It’s Getting More and More Difficult to Do So

No Protection

x Who will protect women from the courts and legislatures? #Alito https://t.co/cJE7IELCj1 pic.twitter.com/qhn3AX0KYC — Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) April 30, 2023

Then… and Now

x Alito deliberately misled the Committee. If his opinion was Roe was “egregiously wrong from the start” he should have said so. Calling it an “important precedent” to be seated when the goal was to overturn it was calculated & deceitful. Not a good look for a SCOTUS justice. https://t.co/7DvunSy0wf — PoliticsGirl (@IAmPoliticsGirl) April 26, 2023

Controlling Women’s Lives

Theory and Practice

x I watched this hearing yesterday. A powerful example of the reality of what women experience vs pontificating senators who have no business legislating women's bodies.



Read @JRubinBlogger --->https://t.co/aOKK5jxh8i (free link) — Ann Telnaes (@AnnTelnaes) April 28, 2023

Let’s See How This Plays Out in NC

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Compromised Ethics

SCOTUS is Corrupted, Needs House Cleaning

Is Anything Sacred?

x Another breech in the wall that protects Supreme Court Justiceshttps://t.co/sIgT8aVqNj via @politico — Matt Wuerker (@wuerker) April 25, 2023

As I Was Saying...

Where is the Line Between Church and State?

x Steve Sack, The Minneapolis Star Tribune @ThatSteveSack pic.twitter.com/vi4qNxwJGy — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) April 30, 2023

One of the More Odious Characters in Congress

Phony Outrage

What to Expect from the US House of Representatives

The GOP National Plan

x The only thing we have to fear is Alabama's red state politics of fear https://t.co/JMiG7K6Nzo #ALPolitics pic.twitter.com/FkYNQnZmlo — JD Crowe (@CroweJam) May 1, 2023

The Biden Record… So Far

x This is an amazing graphic to show Republicans. pic.twitter.com/vSE6uOiNPx — No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) April 25, 2023

Annoying

Looks Like He’s Running

Morning Joke… Really?

x “Aides say the president isn’t a religious viewer of any particular cable news show. But if there’s one he watches with regularity, it’s Morning Joe” https://t.co/R7hsPmIVvJ — Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) April 27, 2023

What Have They Done for Us?

x Here’s who I am, here’s what I did, here’s what I want to do, is a whole lot different than here’s what to be mad about, here’s who to hate, here’s who we’ll hurt. The two parties are not the same. Stop acting like they are. pic.twitter.com/sQXJj0Qxj0 — PoliticsGirl (@IAmPoliticsGirl) April 29, 2023

The Other Guy

But, What’s His Time in the 40-yard* Dash?

* NFL inside joke for non-football fans, as the 2023 NFL Draft just concluded.

The Bottom Line

Diary Poll

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If the glove doesn’t fit, you must concede...

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