Thanks to the work of the Supreme Court Historical Society, The Federalist Society, and the Republican Party the Supreme Court, which strangely has no absolute ethical standards for justices, unlike every other court in the nation, has become a cesspit of corruption with a carefully crafted christofascist majority. Once one of America's proudest institutions today, as Pew Research Center describes it, "Americans’ ratings of the Supreme Court are now as negative as – and more politically polarized than – at any point in more than three decades of polling. And nearly two-thirds of Democrats (64%) now say the Supreme Court has too much power, almost three times the share who said this in August 2020 (23%)." Vouchsafing this assessment the Gallup Organization reported their poll results on the same citizen evaluation: "Confidence in the Supreme Court is down by double digits among both Democrats (30% to 13%) and independents (40% to 25%) this year ... Republicans (37% to 39%)." It is hard to overstate how damaging this is to our democracy.
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Conservatives on the Supreme Court famously legalized billionaires and corporations bribing politicians back in 1976 and 1978, respectively (Buckley v Valeo and First National Bank v Bellotti), doubling down on and expanding the doctrine in 2010 (Citizens United).
Back in the 1970s Democratic politicians’ campaigns were largely funded by unions: the movement was awash in cash as it represented nearly a third of American workers. So when the Court legalized political bribery, most Democratic politicians ignored the event.
Republicans, however, jumped at the chance to sell their souls to corporations and the morbidly rich.
In the 1980 election Reagan floated into office on a tidal wave of cash from the oil industry, which had recently been stung by President Jimmy Carter declaring in 1979 that the nation was going to limit its use of fossil fuels to […]
Your assessment is wright on, Stephan. We need an open minded, fact-only agreement by our Supreme Court on every subject; just like all judges should be.
Your assessment is wright on, Stephan. We need an open minded, fact-only agreement by our Supreme Court on every subject; just like all judges should be.