The Supreme Court will probably now revisit the Runaway Slave Act. States are complaining.
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Only just now you “have less respect for this court as the days go by”??!
I’m sorry to say that for those of us who pay attention the Supreme Court forfeited its legitimacy with Bush V Gore, when they installed W as president. They even went so far as to stop counting ballots because the results might irreparably harm Bush - No $h!t. It would likely have revealed Gore actually won.
Just imagine, no W, no Iraq War or ISIS.
But you gotta admit, this is the best court money could buy (at least from the perspective of those who purchased the Republican 6. The results (so far) suggest a huge return on investment.
I’m reminded of Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
To paraphrase - For what should it profit those who engineered the hostile takeover of the Supreme Court if its behavior and rulings destroy public confidence in the Court?
Following the Dobbs decision to overturn Roe v Wade, the Court has seen its public approval rating drop to its lowest level ever recorded.
Recall that with the lack of arms or money to enforce its decisions the power and authority of the Court are based on the public accepting its findings as reflecting the facts and the law and NOT the personal political ideology of the ‘justices’ who happen to be sitting at that time.
Majority of Public Disapproves of Supreme Court’s Decision To Overturn Roe v. Wade
62% of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, little changed since before the court’s decision
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Uh…that’s a bit hyperbolic—this ain’t the first time the Supreme Court got xenophobic.
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What if there ain’t?
That appears to be the sad truth of the matter at this point. Basically, this is about punishing women “to save the unborn child”; so pretty much about punishing women for being women.
They’re certainly jumping for that basket.
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The Supreme Chaos Court of the Once United States
I’m definitely for expanding the Supreme Court at this point. We should probably also put an age or competency test limit on remaining on the Court too. Admittedly, those two things being good solutions is debatable. But at least those are different than what we’ve got now.
Then shit gets fucked up and spins out of control.
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The insurrectionists.
Seems to me it Texas is going to handle immigration on its southern border, then Texas should pay for it. Congress must cut all federal funding for the Texas border.
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The asshole software (Disqus?) used in this blog refuses to let me post one last thought on the effort of Mariposa County (Ariz.) to prevent right-wing liars from attacking their election officials, and so: It must be embarrassing as hell to the asshats in states like Texas to have their schemes to prevent voting exposed to public scrutiny … Or am I being too optimistic?