No offense good Americans, but I do believe our Supreme Court has gone berserk!
The conservative majority appears to have abandoned any understanding of democracy and commitment to the Constitution. Several of its recent decisions seem to bear out the contention that this Court has become nothing but a pliable tool in the hands of the very rich.
At best they quibble, hem, and haw before making their decisions and at worst they side openly with the financial oligarchy and not the people.
This is truly a bourgeois Supreme Court in so many ways! It approves of unlimited spending in
campaigns by American billionaires; it limits every attempt by universities to
create diversity that reflects America
on their campuses.
It quibbles over recess appointments by the president but
turns a blind eye to the wars waged without a declaration from Congress, torture of human beings and denial of their access to legal representation, unlimited spending on campaigns by billionaires, and NSA spying that violates basic constitutional safeguards against secretive and unreasonable searches.
Ever so, the Judicial Branch covers up the unconstitutional war-making powers of the Executive Branch. True, the Court gets to decide which cases they will hear from among all the many appeals brought before them: nothing fairer that that, one supposes. It's mere coincidence they just happen to choose cases where they can confirm (or invent) a hard-line conservative interpretation to carve in stone.
This new social reality undermining democracy is emerging all around us, even while the nine Justices quibble and disagree over the cases they accept. It's odd to see Americans losing large pieces of their democracy year after year, in part due to judicial rulings, while this Court strives to maintain the fiction that it is protecting and preserving that democracy!
The Justices on the court appointed by conservative Republican Presidents are certainly serving their patrons well. Certain of the
right-wing Justices have all but given up on any pretense of fairness and justice for the individual as their highest priority, in
deference to the interests of the rich and politically
powerful.
This is a Court that needs to be
reformed and have term limits imposed upon it--perhaps 5-10 years per
Justice. It is time to clip the power of these nine persons to make law for over 300 million Americans. It is time to
stop these nine--(or just five, really)--from imposing their distorted and preconceived notions of what’s “good for the country” upon the rest
of us.
It’s time to protest this Court
and propose substantial changes to its composition and appointment duration. This Court is doing more to destroy the
fabric of American democracy than any other institution or social class in
recent memory; if we do not stop this Court, it will destroy American democracy!
Hark ye and mark ye, take this
warning not in vain!!!
