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Rick N's avatar

Five of the justices were vetted by the Federalist Society. This change from the traditional ABA vetting was to avoid getting a Souter or Stevens or Kennedy who looked at issues based on precedent and the Constitution. The GOP has been pushing for some form of autocracy since the Reagan years (trickle down economics, moral majority). McConnell was very outspoken that the best way to assure it happens is to have our people on the courts because they will assure our policies stand, and by thwarting the Democrats when they have congress and presidency. I imagine that the turtle is gloating in his office every time SCOTUS makes a ruling that makes no sense but makes another cut to our freedoms.

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Russ Eborg's avatar

250 years of democracy washed down the drain by the once meaningful supreme court. I remember a justice that blamed an upside down flag on his wife. It seems as though the handwriting has been on the wall quite a while.

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Carol Sutherland's avatar

They are facilitators . And have not the slightest shred of humanity between the lot of them . Many avowed ‘Christians’ with bleak souls . Evil sycophants of their ‘king’!!!

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LuisA Diaz Jr's avatar

All 5 broke their oath to the constitution and should be removed by the people, not Congress or POTUS, since they too have been compromised. Our democracy and constitutional ideals have been destroyed by the power of money, the oligarchy, and like power that corrupts they have been corrupted to think they are what is best, and they are not. In the 1880s we had a similar laize faire and that oligarchy failed once the unions gained power in the 1920s. That is when we started to build a middle class that lasted 60 years until the break up of the unions by Reagan. So it’s time to rebuild our unions and middle class.

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menehune's avatar

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