The death of democracy. A THREAD.
On January 21st, 2010, the landmark Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission case was decided by the Supreme Court, overturning a lower court decision, granting first amendment protections to special interests and corporations...
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....in the form of virtually unlimited campaign donations, and clearing the path for an American oligarchy.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote at the time, in support of the decision, "there is a difference between judicial restraint and judicial abdication."
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Ten years and ten days later, the same Federal Election Commission that was the loser a decade ago is hobbled by intentional neglect at the hands of Trump and McConnell, unable to attain a quorum... Unable to investigate, litigate, regulate or castigate.
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The same John Roberts now sits idly by while Rome burns. While the GOP, who breathlessly defended Trump & denied quid pro quo and feigned outrage & outed the whistleblower and decried the hoax and the deranged left and the lying news, now openly admits that it was all true.
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That it all happened exactly as we all saw and understood.
But, they say, that is not enough. Simply *because* they say that is not enough. And that alone *is* enough to acquit.
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Ten years and ten days ago Chief Justice John Roberts oversaw and greenlit the for-profit destabilization of our democracy.
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Ten years & ten days later, he sat with a smile & a handful of notecards while the thieves & wolves he invited in decided how best to avoid consequences for the actions they themselves facilitated & celebrated, while lying & concealing & denying those actions at every turn.
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It took ten years and ten days to devolve from a government of the people, by the people and for the people, to a government of, by, and for Donald Trump, and his people.
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There certainly is "a difference between judicial restraint and judicial abdication," as Chief Justice Roberts said a decade ago.
Unfortunately, he seems not to understand that difference at all.
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#RIPAmerica #ImpeachmentHearing #GOPCowards #JohnRoberts #ShamTrial
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