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The Supreme Court Debacle [1]
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Date: 2025-04-13
The Supreme Court is the most impaired branch of our Government. All of the decisions rendered by an ideologically biased majority (Court) since the year 2000, were flawed. The dissenting opinions were far better examples of sound legal reasoning. It seems that these Justices constructed poorly reasoned arguments to justify the outcome their ideology required. They were practicing activism not jurisprudence. The resulting decisions have done grievous harm to our Nation, as you will see as we dissect each one below.
In the year 2000 the Court intervened in a matter involving the contested results in the state of Florida. What did it matter that "we counted once, we counted twice, we counted three times", when there were serious unresolved irregularities in a state governed by the brother of one of the candidates? No stone should have been left unturned until there were reasonable assurances that the results were accurate. The Bush administration the Court enabled did grievous harm to our Nation and when we consider how much further along we would have been had there been a Gore administration, the implications are incalculable and no one can be sure that a tainted election was decided correctly. Recently the Court ruled, in a matter involving extreme gerrymandering, that such matters are best resolved by the State courts. Which is it?
If you asked any high school kid in the year 2010, "What would happen if unlimited amounts of money were allowed to influence our elections?" The answer would be, "We would have corrupt elections and by extension a corrupt government". If you said to the same kid, you know ours is a post racial society. "Yeah right". The Court, in an amazing display of ignorance, wrote opinions stating exactly the opposite in Citizens United and when they gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Those two decisions have severely compromised the electoral process in our Nation.
When the Court decided to modify the Affordable Care Act they gave State governments the ability to refuse the Medicaid expansion the law mandated. Predictably, many States did exactly that, for no other reason than to tarnish Obama's legacy. This has led to countless preventable deaths in those States. Do we dare call it murder? Are those extremist Justices, accessories to murder?
The three Justices Mitch McConnel "pushed through" the Senate, are highly questionable appointments. The Gorsuch appointment was available because Mitch denied it to President Obama; a truly shameless power grab. Then in order to push it through he had to carve out an exception to the filibuster rule and the appointment was confirmed without a single vote from the de facto majority party. Would an honorable person accept such an appointment? The Comey confirmation is similarly tainted, except that this time it was accomplished within two weeks of an election; another shameless maneuver by Mitch McConnel. The Kavanaugh appointment is especially troubling. There are some serious unresolved issues with respect to his character and integrity; not to mention the vacancy he filled may have been coerced. This iteration of the Court then proceeded to issue the Dobbs ruling. The extreme abortion bans, which by the way were legislation in waiting, that were enacted are expected to exacerbate our already dismal maternal mortality. Once again the Court has delivered death. The argument employed to justify this atrocity, was that there was not a historical predicate for reproductive rights. Was there one for corporate rights? The Dobbs decision is the crown jewel of this litany of judicial malpractice.
And the beat goes on! Have these extremist justices embraced fascism? Have they concluded that the Oligarchy they enabled is the best way to rule our Nation. A substancial segment of Americans have decided that anything is better than a government that only works for the Oligarchy, even if it’s fascism.
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