The problem is that The MAGA Revolutionary High Council (formerly SCOTUS) is no longer a court of law, but has become a court of ideology. That fact is plain as day from their fabricating "law" from whole cloth.
It seems like every case or issue appealed to this Supreme Court is a roll of the dice. Guessing where the MAGA Justices will come down on any issue has almost become a sport. The only consistency in the Court is well reasoned dissensions by the progressive Justices based on the Constitution, law written by a legislative body and signed by an Executive, or precident.
I'm sure trump likes the supreme court because they are loyal to him. I'm not sure what they get from that loyalty, unless it's the ability to continue to be lawless and unethical.
It's not just a court of "ideology"; it's also court with rampant corruption. How many gifts from grateful rich can the supremes accept without consequences? It goes on and on, and it's past time we did something about it, through term limits and removal from office.
This is an important editorial letter of the Contrarian. "Lower court judges are handed contentious cases involving the Trump administration. They painstakingly research the law to reach their rulings. When they go against Trump, administration officials and allies criticize the judges in harsh terms. The government appeals to the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 conservative majority. 😒And then the Supreme Court, in emergeninvite cy rulings, swiftly rejects the judges’ decisions with little to no explanation." 🤣 Bring this to Rachell Madow of MSNBC and ask her to invite Senator Whitehouse as a guest commentator. We must reform SCOTUS.
I appreciate very much this piece by Jen Rubin, in part, because it uses the text of our Constitution, and in part, because it highlights that SCOTUS justices aren't nearly as supreme or superior as they would like the rest of us to think.
Jen highlighted the Article III text showing that in almost all the cases that concern us, "the supreme Court" has "appellate Jurisdiction" over the decisions of "inferior Courts," but SCOTUS's power is (or can be) governed by "such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make." That language helps highlight that SCOTUS is, de facto and de jure, a court of law. Even Congress has the power to make law governing SCOTUS's appellate jurisdiction.
Congress regulates inferior courts (including by approving rules of procedure and evidence), and Congress has the power to regulate the "appellate Jurisdiction" of "the one supreme Court." In fact, as Article I emphasized, Congress has the power (and the duty) to "make all Laws" that are "necessary and proper for carrying into Execution" absolutely "all" the "Powers vested by [our] Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof." That necessarily includes "the one supreme Court" as well as "inferior Courts."
The Constitution also further emphasizes how SCOTUS is governed by our Constitution.
The Supreme Court--and even its name--exist only because of the supreme Law of the Land. Article III named SCOTUS "the one supreme Court" and highlighted that all other federal courts were "inferior Courts." But the true reason that is true--and the extent that it is true--was established not only by the name "supreme Court" or the allusion to "appellate Jurisdiction" in Article III, but also by much of Article VI.
Article III described SCOTUS as the "supreme Court" because SCOTUS was authorized directly by the People in "the supreme Law of the Land." To use the words of the Preamble, "We the People" did "ordain and establish" our "Constitution," as well as SCOTUS. As Article III emphasized, "Congress" did "ordain and establish" all "inferior Courts."
Article III emphasizes that all "Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour." And Article VI emphasizes what is good behavior: "all executive and judicial Officers" are "bound" to "support [our] Constitution." So judges on "the one supreme Court" aren't all that different from judges on "inferior Courts." All judges are bound by and bound to support "the supreme Law of the Land."
"The problem is that The MAGA Revolutionary High Council (formerly SCOTUS) is no longer a court of law, but has become a court of ideology."
That is, until SCOTUS makes a decision against Trump, then the Left temporarily quits whining. Otherwise, it's the same old playbook - complain about the decisions, call the institution/individuals corrupt and demand changes until the Left gets its way.
You cult folks got nothing. Nothing. You are anathema to a constitutional republic under the rule of law, because you only see the "law" as a cudgel to be applied to groups you don't like. That's not the way the law works. And I'm an Independent, stable genius, not "left."
Would you mind telling me which "cult" you think I am a member of?
"You are anathema to a constitutional republic under the rule of law, because you only see the "law" as a cudgel to be applied to groups you don't like."
You are certainly full of rhetoric with neither facts nor examples to back up said rhetoric.
"And I'm an Independent, stable genius, not "left.""
I neither stated nor implied that you personally ascribed to any political ideology. My comment was directed to "the Left". You, on the other hand, assumed I belong to some "cult" without any specificity.
Hooray! Thank you so much Jen for this very clear description of what's been happening and can happen. SCOTUS is not only an embarrassment to the legal profession, etc. it has become the seat of horrors in its recent behavior. I so appreciate the "lower" courts starting to expose and speak out about what the justices (6 of them) have been doing!! It's been unbelievable!
Agreed! Jen laid out what's been going on as well as discussing a solution which I'd been unaware, having Congress end SCOTUS's appellate jurisdiction. MAGA emphasizes the paramountcy of Article II of the Constitution, but Article I came first for a reason. Winning back Congress for the people won't be easy, but if it can be done, reforming SCOTUS is one of many reforms that can be enacted.
Doing any of this requires either getting Repubicans on board (very doubtful since they're getting everything they always wanted), Democrats winning the house and a filibuster proof majority in the Senate, and of course the Presidency. More pie in the sky as far as I'm concerned. While were at it get rid of the Electoral College and add P.R. and D.C. as states.
It's pie in the sky at this moment in 2025, but we have to aim high. It may take time, perhaps a lot of time, but the alternative is being mired in authoritarianism.
I hope so. I think the reality is with the way our government runs now without very substantial victories for Democrats very soon nothing will change including authoritarianism which could just nullify elections anyways. Gloom and doom I guess.
Thank you, Jen! Great article pointing out the Court’s enabling of Trump and his criminal Cabinet. Shame on them. You mentioned a couple of ways to render them fangless, but the Republicans would never vote for that.
Roberts' legacy is already set. He will forever be paired with Justice Taney as the two worst Chief Justices in American History. The "immunity" decision for the former and the Dred Scott decision for the latter. I could be wrong and people will no longer talk about Taney but just Roberts.
Except what the Roberts' Court has done is far worse--rejected 50 years precedence with Roe, allowed corporations "equal" say with individuals in campaigns, given the President immunity, and now criticizing lower courts for following precedent. We aught to be at the doors of the SCOTUS building and demanding Congress to expand the Court and to establish ethics requirements .But this was all brought on by a lunatic GOP stacking the Court with lunatics--the farthest right judges they could find (actually groomed).
Except the MAGAts in Congress are cool with tRump and SCOTUS making up new law. I said it elsewhere- the authoritarian right is hoping for a dictatorship.
Except that Roger Taney had the pseudo rationalization of being a creature of his time.
John Roberts HAS no such excuse. He knows perfectly well what he is doing. As does Uncle Clarence Thomas.
Jesus on the Cross allegedly exclaimed “Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do.” Jesus said nothing about people who know very well what they are doing and delight in it.
Agree. There's no such thing as Presidential immunity in the Constitution. Like "the major questions doctrine", Presidential immunity was made from whole cloth.
In addition, the Court's allowing of the firings of individuals for reasons other than cause are violations of law. Congress formulated all agencies of the Federal Government through issuance of Bills, signed by various Presidents. For several of those agencies, Congress mandated persons on the boards of those agencies could only be fired for cause. Roberts and the other five Christian Nationalists have been essentially saying, Congress we know what you wrote, but that doesn't matter. They should all be impeached for defying the will of Congress.
This truly is the "Robbers' Court". Johnny is happily robbing American citizens of their rights, their values, their laws, and their belief in what this country stood for. He and his buds are smiling all the way to their banks. And the Heritage Foundation and its disciples are thriving now that Project 2025 is becoming a reality.
Way back during the MAGA-Gold-Rush of 2020s, an illegitimate, biased and unjust SCOTUS made rapid, unpredictable and unfair rulings achieving the goal of predetermined outcomes, in a 6-3 partisan majority that came to be known as "The Roberts Wallaroo Court", aptly named for the way the court jumped around settled law and legal precedent...These claim-jumpers eventually were deposed and served the rest of their days behind bars.
Former Justice Stephen Breyer spoke out against Gorsuch's reprimand (and Kavanaugh's piling on) of lower court decisions. The SCOTUS has completely gone MAGA, ignoring precedent on a regular basis and giving little explanation for it, but quick to criticize lower court justices faced with mounds of defiance of established law by the Trump regime. We are truly at the breaking point of all three branches of government...none of which stands for, of, or by the People.
TWELVE (12) federal judges spoke in secret with NBC News. A dozen high court judges who might as well have been sitting in a darkened room with hoods over their faces, their voices disguised, the way interviews with Mossad, Al Qaeda, or Navy SEAL Team Six might go.
This is what it’s come to. Justice Roberts must be living in a hole not to see it.
Pretty scary when SCOTUS is bought off and answers to no one, while all other federal judges must adhere to standards. The six right-wing judges aren't God, but they've acted like they are, especially in the Roberts era. Merrick Garland should have put more pressure on the judges whose corruption was exposed when Garland was AG.
The problem I see is that while the lower court judges must (and do) adhere to standards, SCOTUS keeps moving the goal posts. I agree that Garland should have put more pressure on the corrupt judges.
Loved this article! I have been thinking about writing a letter to Roberts for a long time about this very topic. Figured he'd never see it if I did. Sure was nice reading your piece this morning.
I'm sure he will take umbrage at this column, just as he does with all other criticism of the SCOTUS. Thank you to Jen for speaking so clearly about this.
Thanks for sharing the link to Judge Luttig's piece. For quite some time now, he has been strongly speaking out against the blatantly illegal and unconstitutional acts committed by the current regime/junta. More judges with his stature and gravitas need to forcefully join the chorus. The very survival of our country is at stake and we need all hands on deck.
SCOTUS Justices should bear in mind the wisdom of one of the most capable and conscientious people ever to construe or apply our Constitution.
“The people of these United States are the rightful masters of both congresses and courts, not to over-throw the Constitution, but to over-throw the men who pervert that Constitution.”
Abraham Lincoln (shortly before he was elected president) Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 17, 1859 (Constitution Day).
These emergency orders are important decisions and should not under any circumstances be without explanation of those who hand them down. The supreme court (they don't deserve capitalization) are a real travesty and threat to democracy.
In the grand scheme of things in the Trump regime, these justices (they don't deserve capitalization either) need to look ahead to what happened to courts in other dictatorial and authoritarian situations. They became irrelevant and unneeded. Their sunset may be upon them and they don't seem to know or care.
it's too bad so many across the country are already occupied with publicly fighting against so MANY outrageous wrongs coming out of DC because otherwise, we could ALL be protesting and camping out in front of the scotus' building, focused solely on our collective outrage & disapproval of their treasonous behavior and need for removal.
The Supreme Court is supposed to be one of the guardrails. The current Supreme Court, instead of acting as a guardrail, is helping Trump drive us over the cliff.
Jennifer Rubin has more courage, insight and honor than 99% of the feckless MSM.
Now, if she'd just address the possibility of rigging and hacking of the 2024 election.
Musk actually proclaimed his role in rigging the election for Trump; and not just overt vote buying, but also other unspecified machinations. And there might have been more covert and corrupt actors involved as well.
The MSM dropped the subject without any due diligence whatsoever to investigate further.
It seems impossible to me that the same country that voted for Obama TWICE, later lost its mind and voted for an unhinged monster. There is NO rational explanation except deceit and manipulation on a large scale, especially involving the swing states.
If only I had confidence that a Democratic-controlled Senate and House would move expeditiously to reverse Trump's damage and right the wrongs in our system, but I don't. I would like to see a Democratic presidential candidate say the following: "I expect Democrats in Congress to be on the job at least 5 days a week. No day of fundraising on the telephone. No trips back to the district every week -- bring your families this time, because you are going to work and you are going to work hard because there is a lot we need to accomplish!'
Low - congress people, IMO, need to be in regular contact with the voters in their district. And, so long as Citizens United stands, mineybwill determine election results in most elections. What is your proposal to handle that situation?
The Republican Party shows no sign of rationality. My way or the highway governs every thoughtless dirty deed. I don't see an approach to the thinking cast in stone possible.
TM I so agree with what you wrote. I might add work hard to do, what? Let's see some plans on health care, progressive income taxes, funding education, statement of foreign policy priorities. etc...
another great issue. the judicial warnings are clear and present danger. the supreme court may regret it's decision that the president is above the law, that is what is happening... shame
So based on a comment below, is it possible that part of what's going on here has to do with John Roberts' or any other MAGA judges involvement with Epstein? That would be horrific!
The problem is that The MAGA Revolutionary High Council (formerly SCOTUS) is no longer a court of law, but has become a court of ideology. That fact is plain as day from their fabricating "law" from whole cloth.
The Trump regime want us to believe that it is always the lower courts that are wrong, instead of the 6 ghouls who kowtow to Trump.
It seems like every case or issue appealed to this Supreme Court is a roll of the dice. Guessing where the MAGA Justices will come down on any issue has almost become a sport. The only consistency in the Court is well reasoned dissensions by the progressive Justices based on the Constitution, law written by a legislative body and signed by an Executive, or precident.
A roll of the dice with a rigged dice that always lands "trump".
Not always, but far too frequently. Of course, the MAGA Justices go the Shadow Docket route, it always comes up Trump
Is “rolling the dice” mentioned in the Constitution?
Thought not!
I'm sure trump likes the supreme court because they are loyal to him. I'm not sure what they get from that loyalty, unless it's the ability to continue to be lawless and unethical.
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I keep asking: when will a party file motions to recuse Thomas, Alito on bias?
And even if they did, it would be summarily ignored, I'm sure. Thomas has already ruled on cases in which his wife was involved.
Not necessarily. Never up, never in. Requires an affidavit.
Don't hold your breath.
It's not just a court of "ideology"; it's also court with rampant corruption. How many gifts from grateful rich can the supremes accept without consequences? It goes on and on, and it's past time we did something about it, through term limits and removal from office.
The MAGA court are just billionaire playthings used as pawns to enable the oligarchy.
Oh Clarence, won't you come out and play with me on my zillion dollar yacht at an isolated spot in an impoverished country?
Right. We're getting into the area of "legislating from the bench" which is not the purview of the Supine Court.
This is an important editorial letter of the Contrarian. "Lower court judges are handed contentious cases involving the Trump administration. They painstakingly research the law to reach their rulings. When they go against Trump, administration officials and allies criticize the judges in harsh terms. The government appeals to the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 conservative majority. 😒And then the Supreme Court, in emergeninvite cy rulings, swiftly rejects the judges’ decisions with little to no explanation." 🤣 Bring this to Rachell Madow of MSNBC and ask her to invite Senator Whitehouse as a guest commentator. We must reform SCOTUS.
Impeach then reform
I appreciate very much this piece by Jen Rubin, in part, because it uses the text of our Constitution, and in part, because it highlights that SCOTUS justices aren't nearly as supreme or superior as they would like the rest of us to think.
Jen highlighted the Article III text showing that in almost all the cases that concern us, "the supreme Court" has "appellate Jurisdiction" over the decisions of "inferior Courts," but SCOTUS's power is (or can be) governed by "such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make." That language helps highlight that SCOTUS is, de facto and de jure, a court of law. Even Congress has the power to make law governing SCOTUS's appellate jurisdiction.
Congress regulates inferior courts (including by approving rules of procedure and evidence), and Congress has the power to regulate the "appellate Jurisdiction" of "the one supreme Court." In fact, as Article I emphasized, Congress has the power (and the duty) to "make all Laws" that are "necessary and proper for carrying into Execution" absolutely "all" the "Powers vested by [our] Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof." That necessarily includes "the one supreme Court" as well as "inferior Courts."
The Constitution also further emphasizes how SCOTUS is governed by our Constitution.
The Supreme Court--and even its name--exist only because of the supreme Law of the Land. Article III named SCOTUS "the one supreme Court" and highlighted that all other federal courts were "inferior Courts." But the true reason that is true--and the extent that it is true--was established not only by the name "supreme Court" or the allusion to "appellate Jurisdiction" in Article III, but also by much of Article VI.
Article III described SCOTUS as the "supreme Court" because SCOTUS was authorized directly by the People in "the supreme Law of the Land." To use the words of the Preamble, "We the People" did "ordain and establish" our "Constitution," as well as SCOTUS. As Article III emphasized, "Congress" did "ordain and establish" all "inferior Courts."
Article III emphasizes that all "Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour." And Article VI emphasizes what is good behavior: "all executive and judicial Officers" are "bound" to "support [our] Constitution." So judges on "the one supreme Court" aren't all that different from judges on "inferior Courts." All judges are bound by and bound to support "the supreme Law of the Land."
"The problem is that The MAGA Revolutionary High Council (formerly SCOTUS) is no longer a court of law, but has become a court of ideology."
That is, until SCOTUS makes a decision against Trump, then the Left temporarily quits whining. Otherwise, it's the same old playbook - complain about the decisions, call the institution/individuals corrupt and demand changes until the Left gets its way.
You cult folks got nothing. Nothing. You are anathema to a constitutional republic under the rule of law, because you only see the "law" as a cudgel to be applied to groups you don't like. That's not the way the law works. And I'm an Independent, stable genius, not "left."
"You cult folks got nothing. Nothing."
Would you mind telling me which "cult" you think I am a member of?
"You are anathema to a constitutional republic under the rule of law, because you only see the "law" as a cudgel to be applied to groups you don't like."
You are certainly full of rhetoric with neither facts nor examples to back up said rhetoric.
"And I'm an Independent, stable genius, not "left.""
I neither stated nor implied that you personally ascribed to any political ideology. My comment was directed to "the Left". You, on the other hand, assumed I belong to some "cult" without any specificity.
Do better next time in your response.
Hooray! Thank you so much Jen for this very clear description of what's been happening and can happen. SCOTUS is not only an embarrassment to the legal profession, etc. it has become the seat of horrors in its recent behavior. I so appreciate the "lower" courts starting to expose and speak out about what the justices (6 of them) have been doing!! It's been unbelievable!
Agreed! Jen laid out what's been going on as well as discussing a solution which I'd been unaware, having Congress end SCOTUS's appellate jurisdiction. MAGA emphasizes the paramountcy of Article II of the Constitution, but Article I came first for a reason. Winning back Congress for the people won't be easy, but if it can be done, reforming SCOTUS is one of many reforms that can be enacted.
Doing any of this requires either getting Repubicans on board (very doubtful since they're getting everything they always wanted), Democrats winning the house and a filibuster proof majority in the Senate, and of course the Presidency. More pie in the sky as far as I'm concerned. While were at it get rid of the Electoral College and add P.R. and D.C. as states.
It's pie in the sky at this moment in 2025, but we have to aim high. It may take time, perhaps a lot of time, but the alternative is being mired in authoritarianism.
I hope so. I think the reality is with the way our government runs now without very substantial victories for Democrats very soon nothing will change including authoritarianism which could just nullify elections anyways. Gloom and doom I guess.
Not so sure that we should not enlarge the SC? A re-balance is needed!
(Biden would never entertain the thought!)
Thank you, Jen! Great article pointing out the Court’s enabling of Trump and his criminal Cabinet. Shame on them. You mentioned a couple of ways to render them fangless, but the Republicans would never vote for that.
Roberts' legacy is already set. He will forever be paired with Justice Taney as the two worst Chief Justices in American History. The "immunity" decision for the former and the Dred Scott decision for the latter. I could be wrong and people will no longer talk about Taney but just Roberts.
Except what the Roberts' Court has done is far worse--rejected 50 years precedence with Roe, allowed corporations "equal" say with individuals in campaigns, given the President immunity, and now criticizing lower courts for following precedent. We aught to be at the doors of the SCOTUS building and demanding Congress to expand the Court and to establish ethics requirements .But this was all brought on by a lunatic GOP stacking the Court with lunatics--the farthest right judges they could find (actually groomed).
Not to mention gutting the Voting Rights bill.
Not to mention the Citizens United ruling.
Except the MAGAts in Congress are cool with tRump and SCOTUS making up new law. I said it elsewhere- the authoritarian right is hoping for a dictatorship.
Except that Roger Taney had the pseudo rationalization of being a creature of his time.
John Roberts HAS no such excuse. He knows perfectly well what he is doing. As does Uncle Clarence Thomas.
Jesus on the Cross allegedly exclaimed “Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do.” Jesus said nothing about people who know very well what they are doing and delight in it.
Agree. There's no such thing as Presidential immunity in the Constitution. Like "the major questions doctrine", Presidential immunity was made from whole cloth.
In addition, the Court's allowing of the firings of individuals for reasons other than cause are violations of law. Congress formulated all agencies of the Federal Government through issuance of Bills, signed by various Presidents. For several of those agencies, Congress mandated persons on the boards of those agencies could only be fired for cause. Roberts and the other five Christian Nationalists have been essentially saying, Congress we know what you wrote, but that doesn't matter. They should all be impeached for defying the will of Congress.
Taney is why I believe the court has always had bigots on board. You went exactly where I went, before reading any comments.
Actually, Roberts has already surpassed Taney for the title of worst. And he has the opportunity to fall even further.
This truly is the "Robbers' Court". Johnny is happily robbing American citizens of their rights, their values, their laws, and their belief in what this country stood for. He and his buds are smiling all the way to their banks. And the Heritage Foundation and its disciples are thriving now that Project 2025 is becoming a reality.
Way back during the MAGA-Gold-Rush of 2020s, an illegitimate, biased and unjust SCOTUS made rapid, unpredictable and unfair rulings achieving the goal of predetermined outcomes, in a 6-3 partisan majority that came to be known as "The Roberts Wallaroo Court", aptly named for the way the court jumped around settled law and legal precedent...These claim-jumpers eventually were deposed and served the rest of their days behind bars.
Former Justice Stephen Breyer spoke out against Gorsuch's reprimand (and Kavanaugh's piling on) of lower court decisions. The SCOTUS has completely gone MAGA, ignoring precedent on a regular basis and giving little explanation for it, but quick to criticize lower court justices faced with mounds of defiance of established law by the Trump regime. We are truly at the breaking point of all three branches of government...none of which stands for, of, or by the People.
TWELVE (12) federal judges spoke in secret with NBC News. A dozen high court judges who might as well have been sitting in a darkened room with hoods over their faces, their voices disguised, the way interviews with Mossad, Al Qaeda, or Navy SEAL Team Six might go.
This is what it’s come to. Justice Roberts must be living in a hole not to see it.
"The 6" were living in a hole prior to being put on the Court.
Pretty scary when SCOTUS is bought off and answers to no one, while all other federal judges must adhere to standards. The six right-wing judges aren't God, but they've acted like they are, especially in the Roberts era. Merrick Garland should have put more pressure on the judges whose corruption was exposed when Garland was AG.
The problem I see is that while the lower court judges must (and do) adhere to standards, SCOTUS keeps moving the goal posts. I agree that Garland should have put more pressure on the corrupt judges.
They were "bought off" when they were nominated. Actually, they weren't bought off, they were just luny.
Today's rulings just brought more despair. The 6 Ghouls of the Democrapocalypse again repeatedly ruled in favor of Trump.
Loved this article! I have been thinking about writing a letter to Roberts for a long time about this very topic. Figured he'd never see it if I did. Sure was nice reading your piece this morning.
I'm sure he will take umbrage at this column, just as he does with all other criticism of the SCOTUS. Thank you to Jen for speaking so clearly about this.
Write that letter!
https://substack.com/inbox/post/169600192?r=230tr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false&triedRedirect=true
Retired conservative scholar and judge J. Michael Luttig agrees that the Supreme Court has gone off the rails.
Thanks for sharing the link to Judge Luttig's piece. For quite some time now, he has been strongly speaking out against the blatantly illegal and unconstitutional acts committed by the current regime/junta. More judges with his stature and gravitas need to forcefully join the chorus. The very survival of our country is at stake and we need all hands on deck.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/aug/21/justice-john-roberts-supreme-court
In the Guardian article, Judge Luttig states that Roberts is presiding over the end of the rule of law in America.
Karma's eventual "kick in the butt" of roberts could be really painful, just as it should be.
Excellent article in the Guardian.
Worth reading every word and passing it on.
SCOTUS Justices should bear in mind the wisdom of one of the most capable and conscientious people ever to construe or apply our Constitution.
“The people of these United States are the rightful masters of both congresses and courts, not to over-throw the Constitution, but to over-throw the men who pervert that Constitution.”
Abraham Lincoln (shortly before he was elected president) Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 17, 1859 (Constitution Day).
These emergency orders are important decisions and should not under any circumstances be without explanation of those who hand them down. The supreme court (they don't deserve capitalization) are a real travesty and threat to democracy.
In the grand scheme of things in the Trump regime, these justices (they don't deserve capitalization either) need to look ahead to what happened to courts in other dictatorial and authoritarian situations. They became irrelevant and unneeded. Their sunset may be upon them and they don't seem to know or care.
it's too bad so many across the country are already occupied with publicly fighting against so MANY outrageous wrongs coming out of DC because otherwise, we could ALL be protesting and camping out in front of the scotus' building, focused solely on our collective outrage & disapproval of their treasonous behavior and need for removal.
The Supreme Court is supposed to be one of the guardrails. The current Supreme Court, instead of acting as a guardrail, is helping Trump drive us over the cliff.
Jennifer Rubin has more courage, insight and honor than 99% of the feckless MSM.
Now, if she'd just address the possibility of rigging and hacking of the 2024 election.
Musk actually proclaimed his role in rigging the election for Trump; and not just overt vote buying, but also other unspecified machinations. And there might have been more covert and corrupt actors involved as well.
The MSM dropped the subject without any due diligence whatsoever to investigate further.
It seems impossible to me that the same country that voted for Obama TWICE, later lost its mind and voted for an unhinged monster. There is NO rational explanation except deceit and manipulation on a large scale, especially involving the swing states.
🎯👏🏼
If only I had confidence that a Democratic-controlled Senate and House would move expeditiously to reverse Trump's damage and right the wrongs in our system, but I don't. I would like to see a Democratic presidential candidate say the following: "I expect Democrats in Congress to be on the job at least 5 days a week. No day of fundraising on the telephone. No trips back to the district every week -- bring your families this time, because you are going to work and you are going to work hard because there is a lot we need to accomplish!'
What do you think the chances are of that?
Low - congress people, IMO, need to be in regular contact with the voters in their district. And, so long as Citizens United stands, mineybwill determine election results in most elections. What is your proposal to handle that situation?
The Republican Party shows no sign of rationality. My way or the highway governs every thoughtless dirty deed. I don't see an approach to the thinking cast in stone possible.
TM I so agree with what you wrote. I might add work hard to do, what? Let's see some plans on health care, progressive income taxes, funding education, statement of foreign policy priorities. etc...
another great issue. the judicial warnings are clear and present danger. the supreme court may regret it's decision that the president is above the law, that is what is happening... shame
So based on a comment below, is it possible that part of what's going on here has to do with John Roberts' or any other MAGA judges involvement with Epstein? That would be horrific!