All the small steps taken towards achieving racial harmony and equality has had the rug pulled out from under them in four tumultuous years. Thanks, ORANGE IDIOT, and The Repulsican Crime Cult. Just what our formerly great country didn’t need.
The GOP shows where and how things are broken so that the rest of us can try to fix it. There is an interesting proposal to limit the terms of the justices and to allow every President to place two justices on the court during their 4 year term. I think it is an excellent idea. It would help take the politics and leverage out of the whole process and it would allow for the court to be refreshed regularly.
The reason the Justices are appointed for life is that the Founding Dads thought this would remove them from political influence. Of course, this is a view thru rose-colored glasses. This current SCOTUS isn’t the only one that has been driven by ideology. The SCOTUS from the time of the pre-civil-war slave era thru the Gilded Age were conservative and usually decided in favor of the wealthy and their corporations.
The big difference is that the conservative viewpoint of those eras was not part of a political movement, coordinated with a political party.
Nor did the earlier courts claim to have supernatural powers that allowed them to communicate with the Founding Pops to make their decisions.
It is well known in legal circles that Federalists rely on Ouiji Boards to reach their decisions
moosemin over 3 years ago
Yes, a legacy which will all be overturned over the next decade, thanks to the SCOTUS we have being imposed upon us!
RAGs over 3 years ago
The republicans will erase any legacy of honesty, integrity, compassion and kindness they can. That is THEIR legacy.
Radish the wordsmith over 3 years ago
RBG opened doors for women so Amy could close them.
Andrew Sleeth over 3 years ago
Yep, Mitch is poised for his usual brown-nosing.
kentmarx36 over 3 years ago
All the small steps taken towards achieving racial harmony and equality has had the rug pulled out from under them in four tumultuous years. Thanks, ORANGE IDIOT, and The Repulsican Crime Cult. Just what our formerly great country didn’t need.
jhayesd31 over 3 years ago
Re-ballance!!!!
banjoAhhh! over 3 years ago
The Federalists have made the SCOTUS a joke. Their rulings should be ignored.
Imagine over 3 years ago
The GOP shows where and how things are broken so that the rest of us can try to fix it. There is an interesting proposal to limit the terms of the justices and to allow every President to place two justices on the court during their 4 year term. I think it is an excellent idea. It would help take the politics and leverage out of the whole process and it would allow for the court to be refreshed regularly.
banjoAhhh! over 3 years ago
The reason the Justices are appointed for life is that the Founding Dads thought this would remove them from political influence. Of course, this is a view thru rose-colored glasses. This current SCOTUS isn’t the only one that has been driven by ideology. The SCOTUS from the time of the pre-civil-war slave era thru the Gilded Age were conservative and usually decided in favor of the wealthy and their corporations.
The big difference is that the conservative viewpoint of those eras was not part of a political movement, coordinated with a political party.
Nor did the earlier courts claim to have supernatural powers that allowed them to communicate with the Founding Pops to make their decisions.
It is well known in legal circles that Federalists rely on Ouiji Boards to reach their decisions
JamesErdman over 3 years ago
You get? what you voted for….