The Roberts court is arguably the worst since The Taney court (before the Civil War). It’s Calvinball and whole textbooks probably have to be rewritten after this term. Several justices are openly corrupt. Half their decisions just cause chaos for lower courts because they’re too chickenshit to even be bad in a clear way and define a simple test. (What is an “official act”? Only the Supreme Court knows for sure but they’ve decided to let lower courts try to decide so they get a menu of options.)
Just open hostility to the rule of law. There’s been worse decisions but bribed judges deciding “gratuities” aren’t bribes is top 5 for most shameless.
The reason for this is both terrible and simple. It’s because they don’t want to be caught in obvious contradictions when “If a republican does it, it’s fine. If a democrat does it, it’s wrong”.
This is absolutely so that if a Democrat president decided to do exactly what trump did, they’ll allow prosecution because “inciting a riot to steal an election is obviously not an official act.” This leaves the door open for Ken Star style witch hunts against their political opponents.
The Roberts court is arguably the worst since The Taney court (before the Civil War). It’s Calvinball and whole textbooks probably have to be rewritten after this term. Several justices are openly corrupt. Half their decisions just cause chaos for lower courts because they’re too chickenshit to even be bad in a clear way and define a simple test. (What is an “official act”? Only the Supreme Court knows for sure but they’ve decided to let lower courts try to decide so they get a menu of options.)
Just open hostility to the rule of law. There’s been worse decisions but bribed judges deciding “gratuities” aren’t bribes is top 5 for most shameless.
The reason for this is both terrible and simple. It’s because they don’t want to be caught in obvious contradictions when “If a republican does it, it’s fine. If a democrat does it, it’s wrong”.
This is absolutely so that if a Democrat president decided to do exactly what trump did, they’ll allow prosecution because “inciting a riot to steal an election is obviously not an official act.” This leaves the door open for Ken Star style witch hunts against their political opponents.
We have a fascist supreme court.