The Conservative Supreme Court Justices Are Inferior Judges /1
The Federalist Society..has reared a generation of phony originalists..who subscribe to a philosophy that is hostile to the advancement of social &economic progress in the country.
Justice Samuel Alito Is Here With a Timely Reminder That He Sucks
“..Alito made it clear that he sees safeguarding people’s health during the pandemic and expanding people’s rights as an attack on freedom and religious liberty.”
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has a math problem…WSJ’s..review of dockets discovered that 131 U.S. judges participated in at least 685 cases where they were..disqualified under the law [from] 2010-2018.
Alliance For Justice Report Finds Gorsuch Not Qualified For Supreme Court
..big corporations run roughshod over working ppl,women go w/o safe &accessible reproductive health care &ppl w/disabilities..2nd class citizenship afj.org/article/new-af…
Inferior Conservative Justices /5
Brett Kavanaugh Disqualified Himself From the Supreme Court
In..angry &vengeful tirade, he lashed out at American left &Democratic lawmakers
Amy Coney Barrett Is the Least Experienced Supreme Court Nominee in 30 yrs
Barrett has never tried a case to verdict or argued an appeal in any court, nor ever performed any notable pro bono work,even during law school
..an astonishing 30 percent of Republicans believe that “true American patriots may have to resort to violence” to save the country.
Far Right GOP /3
.. the culmination of three decades of dynamic interaction among white supremacists, far-right organizations and populists within the Republican Party..
#IDedicateThisWeekTo Jeannette Pickering Rankin, American politician &women's rights advocate, the 1st woman to hold federal office in the U.S.
Elected to the U.S. House of Reps as a Republican from MT in 1916 &again in 1940. She is still the only woman ever elected from Montana.
I want to be remembered as the only woman who ever voted to give women the right to vote.
Jeanette Rankin
Not only was Jeannette the 1st woman to hold a seat in Congress but, she was elected for this position 4 yrs before women nationally had the right to vote.
We’re half the people; we should be half the Congress.
SCOTUS Abortion Argument /1
MS Solicitor Gen Scott Stewart exhibits rudeness and disrespect toward Justice Sotomayor in response to her questions.
Viability ?
Science ?
Feh….They’re not in The Constitution
SCOTUS Abortion /2
Justice Barrett—is Stare Decisis truly involved?
Stewart—Not really. Other cases won’t be affected.
Stewart shows deference to a male Justice Breyer.
Sotomayor—Aren’t you arguing your religious view, not science?
Stewart—Return this decision to “The People”
SCOTUS Abortion /3
CJ Roberts—What is different today in applying Stare Decisis than years ago?
Stewart—Wrongly decided is wrongly decided.
Justice Kavanaugh—So, if you prevail, some states will still be able to prohibit abortion?
Stewart—Yes
Joseph Rosenbaum—Suicide by juvenile vigilante
He battled bipolar disorder, was homeless &was discharged from a hospital earlier that day after a suicide attempt
“He'd make you laugh out of nowhere.He wasn't down there as a rioter or a looter..”
He had no gun &shouted,”Shoot me!”
Anthony Huber 3/4
Huber spotted the armed man &ran toward danger..
He reached for Rittenhouse's gun w/his hand while holding his skateboard in the other.
Rittenhouse fired one round.
“Anthony was an incredibly intelligent person..He knew exactly what was at risk for him..”
Missed in much of the discussion of The Rittenhouse trial is the part it plays in America’s Culture War.
Gun Regulation
Wisconsin allows open carry.
Kenosha is in love with its Guns.
We see what American life will be like without gun regulations.
Rittenhouse Culture War /2
Watching videos of Kenosha, we get the impression that everyone there carries a gun.
It’s just normal.
Judge Schroeder is pro-gun. He commented on the record that abysmal judgment should not be assigned to Rittenhouse for bringing a gun to a riot.
Rittenhouse Culture War /3
The default by the police department to AR-15 carrying vigilantes for law enforcement is not discussed. It’s accepted as a normal backdrop.
No one asks why a 17 year old was allowed by police to patrol the streets with an illegally possessed AR-15.