âHow can we expect laws and cases that are over a century old to dictate the legality of regulations targeting âghost gunsâ constructed with the aid of a three-dimensional printer?â he asks incredulously.
Of course, thatâs not quite what is happening. What is happening is the âConservativeâ justices are making it up as they go and using any bullshit âlogicâ to do whatever RepubliQans/FQX wants. In the process, they have been/are/will ruin any faith in what is settled law.
What is currently called âconservatismâ is nothing more than hate and fear posing as authority.
It has become a poison to our national soul.
They have so many excuses for their malice and contempt, their peer pressure doesnât know which hole to vent from.
The one thing they agree on is hate for some non-existent âleftâ, outside of their mutual contempt, they share very little ideology or common virtue.
They have been fed validation for that hate now for half a century by an ever-flowing fount of perpetual falsehood.
I still blame FOX for most of this. They created the chasm by defining the terms and coaxing so much contempt from such a privileged crowd of grievers and complainers.
They corrupted the very definition of âConservativeâ so it matched their resentments.
Now it just means âstubborn hater.â
I got to know Justice Breyer when he was a Federal District judge in Boston. He was one of two judges leading the effort for a new courthouse on the Boston Waterfront. I was a somewhat prominent leader of the effort to ensure that there was open space/Harbor Walk included in the design. The Feds initially didnât want any public access to the stunning site they had chosen on the Boston Waterfront. I sat in many public meetings presided over by Breyer and Woodlock and sat in their offices in the old courthouse/post office building with just a few of us. Often when we were fighting for open space in the city and public access to the shoreline we grew to despise the developers, real estate moguls and public officials we dealt with. In part because he was so smart and so willing to listen, there was hardly a minute of rancor with Breyer. And open space, now Fan Pier Park, and Harborwalk were fully incorporated in the final award-winning design for the Joe Moakley Federal Courthouse and are there today for locals and tourists alike to enjoy.
Yes, sadly it appears the GQP has been playing chess over the past decades and we have been playing checkers, all the while arguing over the rules, the size of the checkerboard, and so on.
Sigh. I hope we have learned from this. Laser focus on a few main points (healthcare, climate) and donât expend so much energy in bickering over the small stuff.
Iâm just glad he did the right thing and retired so a vital new liberal minded person can now replace him. Ketanji Brown Jackson will be a fine judge.
Those three women will be the guardians for the law and precedent in the face of conservative âinterpretations.â Itâs going to be extremely challenging and stressful, but they are strong and smart enough for the job. We need to support and cheer them on as we all navigate a very difficult and unprecedented time.
wow, thank you for doing all of that! I donât spend much time down there, but I am very happy that there is public access to the waterfront at that spot.
Now letâs watch Mitch and his henchmen (and henchwomen (this should be a word, really!)) pretend to entertain Mr. Bidenâs nominee(s), while actively obstructing the naming of any highly qualified person to SCOTUS.
Shameful Will Happen.
(Anyone think Moscow Mitch will be able to delay nomination until next national election, or even this fall?)
If Jefferson or Madison came back today they would be appalled at this Taliban Christofascism masquerading falsely as âoriginalism.â As would Jesus be appalled at it masquerading as Christianity. Adam Server has it rightâwhatever Fox News is currently concerned with at this moment is magically transformed into what the founders originally intended.
Breyer must feel relieved that he no longer needs to feign office collegiality with these weirdos who have set up shop in the nationâs highest court. I look forward to hearing him opine about the issues of the day. Maybe he and David Souter can start a podcast.
This point makes for one of the few times that I disagree with Breyer. These cases are being decided based on personal philosophies and attitudes. The historical justifications in such cases as Dobbs and Bruen are just veneers to offer an appearance of the Justiceâs due diligence and the opinionâs legitimacy.