We should not be shocked by the latest leak from the Supreme Court that indicates the Conservative majority intends to strike down Roe, because they went after voting rights first.
Judge James Dannenberg Resignation Letter to John Roberts,March 2020
The Court, under your leadership and with your votes, has wantonly flouted established precedent. Your “conservative” majority has cynically undermined basic freedoms by hypocritically weaponizing others. The ideas of free speech and religious liberty have been transmogrified to allow officially sanctioned bigotry and discrimination, as well as to elevate the grossest forms of political bribery beyond the ability of the federal government or states to rationally regulate it. More than a score of decisions during your tenure have overturned established precedents—some more than forty years old– and you voted with the majority in most. There is nothing “conservative” about this trend. This is radical “legal activism” at its worst.
The US Supreme Court should has becoming nothing more--or less--than the judicial wing of the Republican Party. It is bidden to uphold and enforce Republican laws and overrule any laws which are seen to support Democrats (or their voters). You are 100% correct that the gutting of the VRA was but a precursor to what is to come.
"Make no mistake, the argument that the US Supreme Court is not a political animal, capable of impartiality and favor, is a relic theory and continues to be mocked each time this slim majority issues another opinion."
Well stated and unfortunately the mockery comes from both sides of the aisle. Republicans are hell-bent on rolling back every civil right we've fought for and Democrats are hell-bent on letting them do so. I'm disgusted by both sides.
Judge James Dannenberg Resignation Letter to John Roberts,March 2020
The Court, under your leadership and with your votes, has wantonly flouted established precedent. Your “conservative” majority has cynically undermined basic freedoms by hypocritically weaponizing others. The ideas of free speech and religious liberty have been transmogrified to allow officially sanctioned bigotry and discrimination, as well as to elevate the grossest forms of political bribery beyond the ability of the federal government or states to rationally regulate it. More than a score of decisions during your tenure have overturned established precedents—some more than forty years old– and you voted with the majority in most. There is nothing “conservative” about this trend. This is radical “legal activism” at its worst.
The US Supreme Court should has becoming nothing more--or less--than the judicial wing of the Republican Party. It is bidden to uphold and enforce Republican laws and overrule any laws which are seen to support Democrats (or their voters). You are 100% correct that the gutting of the VRA was but a precursor to what is to come.
Our society has become a complete dystopia.
"Make no mistake, the argument that the US Supreme Court is not a political animal, capable of impartiality and favor, is a relic theory and continues to be mocked each time this slim majority issues another opinion."
Well stated and unfortunately the mockery comes from both sides of the aisle. Republicans are hell-bent on rolling back every civil right we've fought for and Democrats are hell-bent on letting them do so. I'm disgusted by both sides.