Amazingly, the Supreme Court Gets worse

They went from just calling balls and strikes to deciding who gets to play and having different rules for each team, and no one can stop them.

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I have been writing about my fears about this Supreme Court since 2015. When Obama allowed McConnell to leave the seat open I thought that was dangerous, but I thought Hillary would get elected and appoint a trans-Black woman and everything would be fine. It didn’t happen that way. Trump immediately appointed Neil Gorsuch, the scion of an extreme Republican anti-climate activist. Then they gently moved Justice Kennedy out and replaced him with the lying, drunken, misogynistic Brett Kavanaugh. At the end of Trump’s tenure, RBG died and they cynically filled her spot with the anti-feminist, Amy Conan Barrett.

It was obvious then that the country would get a rollback on abortion rights, but even Chief Justice Roberts didn’t want Dobbs to be as extreme as it was. He must have known that women would die and that wouldn’t look good. The others didn’t care. They seem pleased.

At the bottom of this post, I will give an updated list of some of the most egregious decisions this court has made over the last 15 years. They have worked hard to change the laws and the culture of America. As I have repeatedly said, they strongly believe that rich, white, Christian, straight men should rule this country, much like they did in 1789. They are white supremacists who call themselves “originalists.”

Now, after the April 25 hearing of the case for Donald Trump’s claim of immunity, I no longer feel as if I am alone in warning of the dangers that this court poses to the freedom and democracy in this country. 100,000s of lawyers are in shock. Hundreds of historians wrote about how the Constitution was written to prevent tyranny. Even CNN is amazed. Everyone knew they would protect Trump. A few slightly naive folks thought the court might make a quick decision and let the January 6 trial happen before the election. I never thought that. These are Trump’s people and much more than we thought, they will be fascists even when Trump isn’t here.

However, their questioning during the hearing was a travesty and a farce. They could not have been more dismissive of American law and justice if they had pulled down their pants and mooned the country. THEY will make the “decision for the ages,” which is not what this case is about, nor is it what the court is supposed to do. But they continue to make up their own rules, create their own facts, and cite a history that never existed.

April 25 will be remembered as the day that the fascists formally took over the government. They are answering a question that never existed in America. They are changing the entire meaning of the Constitution. The Constitution was written so that an unquestionable king or despot would never rule America. This court is more than willing to give fascism a chance. Justice Sam Alito seems to feel that Trump was cheated out of winning so he had a right to try to overturn the election. Maybe Alito gets all his views straight from The One America Network.

They will not stop here. They are already overruling both branches of government. They are the Supreme Power They will choose who gets to be president, no matter what the voters decide. Want to bet who that will be?

I recommend that each of you write to your Congresspeople and tell them to initiate impeachment proceedings against the five arrogant corrupt male justices. They should be impeached and convicted for corruption and abuse of power. It won’t happen, but if enough Democrats support the bill it will get everyone’s attention. If the Dems gain control of the House in 2024, they might be able to do something like this, or else expand the court.

Also, write to your Senators. Tell them to have the Senate Judiciary Committee start hearings into the political and financial connections that have been a pervasive influence on this court. If the justices won’t show up, subpoena their benefactors in the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation. There is free speech, but there is also bribery.

The dangers of the court cannot be allowed to fade away. It has to be a major issues in the election. I wish we could get the kids who worry about the atrocities in Gaza to worry about the court as well. The court has a much more damaging effect on their lives. Their decisions are limiting their futures and in many cases are killing them.

They could help us get 250,000 people to peacefully surround the court and shut them down so that they won’t kill again.

Here is the updated list:

Since the “conservatives” have taken over the majority of the Supreme Court they have quickly become one of the biggest threats to democracy and freed in America

To back up my claim, below is a list of just some of the atrocious decisions the US Supreme Court has made over the last few years that have made our lives less free, less safe, less healthy, and more difficult

In Chronological order:

1. McDonald v. Chicago (2009)

It was the first Supreme Court decision to explicitly rule that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right. The decision clarified that state and local authorities cannot prohibit private individuals from keeping loaded handguns in their homes.

2. Citizens United v. FEC (January 21, 2010):

The ruling allowed unlimited corporate spending on political campaigns, leading to concerns about the influence of money in politics.

3. Shelby County v. Holder (June 25, 2013):

The court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, leading to increased voter suppression efforts.

4. McCutcheon v. FEC (April 2, 2014):

The ruling lifted aggregate limits on campaign contributions, leading to concerns about wealthy individuals’ influence in elections.

5. Hobby Lobby v. Burwell (June 30, 2014):

The decision allowed closely held corporations to refuse contraceptive coverage to employees based on religious objections

6. Obergefell v. Hodges (June 26, 2015):

This landmark decision legalized same-sex marriage across the United States, but it was met with strong opposition from conservative groups. The court passed it then, but they are thinking of reconsidering it now that they have three new extremist members.

7. Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (June 4, 2018):

The court sided with a baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, citing religious freedom.

8 . Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, (June, 2018)

A landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, fundamentally altered the landscape of abortion rights in the United States. Here are the key points:

10. Janus v. AFSCME (June 27, 2018):

The court ruled that public-sector unions could not require non-members to pay union fees, impacting labor rights

11. Rucho v. Common Cause (2019)

The Supreme Court decision allowed states to engage in partisan gerrymandering without interference from federal courts.

12. US vs. Morrison (May, 2020)

In this case, the court held that parts of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 were unconstitutional because they exceeded the powers granted to Congress under the Commerce Clause and the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Women could not expect the Federal government to protect them.

13, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (June, 2022)

This ruling expanded the right to carry guns to allow people to have a gun anywhere, any time, and without a permit, if that’s what the states want.

14. Biden vs. Nebraska (June, 2023).

The court said Biden did not have the authority to forgive so many student loans. The authorization to forgive so much money needed to come from Congress.

15. Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina (June 29, 2023):

The Supreme Court dealt a death blow to decades of affirmative action, ending policies that favored disadvantaged racial groups in university admissions.

16. Anderson vs. South Carolina, 2024)

In a case not yet decided, but that the court has delayed so long that it essentially allows South Carolina to continue racial gerrymandering:

The court’s six conservative justices signaled skepticism with a lower court ruling that ordered South Carolina to redraw a coastal district that is held by Republican Rep. Nancy Mace.

Chief Justice John Roberts said a ruling for Black voters who challenged the district “would be breaking new ground in our voting rights jurisprudence.”

17, Trump vs. Anderson (March 2024)

The court ruled that Colorado had to allow Trump to be on the ballot even though they had decided that he was in violation of the 3rd section of the 14th Amendment. The reasons they gave were that it would be too confusing for some states to have some rules while others had different ones, even though this is true of gerrymandering and women’s rights. The five men went further to say that the rules had to be made by Congress, even though the Amendment said otherwise.

18. US v Idaho (EMTALA). 2024

The SCOTUS men argued that the Idaho anti-abortion law could overrule the federal right to emergency care law, because, well, that’s what they want. The decision will be announced in June 2024.

19. Donald J. Trump v. United States, 2024

Just by reviewing the lower court’s decision, the Supreme Court has allowed Trump to avoid going to trial for his attempt to stop the counting of the Electoral College Votes before the election. The amazing part is that they did not even address the issue of Trump’s crime. They went right through the Looking Glass, as they seemed to be looking for ways to justify Trump’s actions. The decision will be announced in June, almost assuring that Trump won’t be tried before the election.

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These cases show how the unelected and questionably appointed Supreme Court, not the legislature or the president, has assumed the role of making Americans live by their extremist rules. These cases cover guns, who gets to vote, which votes are counted, women’s rights, worker’s rights, who can marry whom, who goes to college, who pays for college, and that Christians get special rights to discriminate. They also ruled that money is free speech so that rich people can have more influence in political campaigns. Recently, they seem to be using the courts to protect Donald Trump from facing prosecution for some of the most serious crimes in American history.

There are hundreds more. In many of them, as Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of RI has documented, the court has ruled 110 - 0 in favor of anyone or anything who challenges a corporation in a way that might reduce profits, promote equality, or raise wages. Those things are seen by this court as being unAmerican.

Most Americans who are paying attention feel that the court has lost its legitimacy to judge and decide how we live our lives. We have lost our faith and trust in the court.