And all this is part of why Biden must, to fulfill his oath to uphold and defend the Constitution, use his full authority to remove the possibility of a second Trump administration. It will only be worse.
It's still those billionaires who have the Justices in their pockets. It's just that they know Trump is their last hope and are ready to fast-track an end to democracy.
To be fair to you (and me), before this opinion I’d say SCOTUs wasn’t making any “I’ll do anything for Trump” moves — they didn’t intervene in the 2020 election and rejected some other outrageous demands. This was a huge huge jump in the depth of the tank they are in.
We live in a time when the foolish have traded what they called principles for something they perceived as power. Their followers fawn over 'sticking it to someone else' and soon enough will find they're among the 'stickees' too.
How much of this is because Democrats started investigated Thomas's ethics violations?
How much of this is Roberts going, "Well, I tried to uphold our legacy as respected jurists, but everyone hates us now, so we may as well be Lords."
The amazing part is that this has clearly changed over time--somehow they've all gotten much worse since 2020, when they ignored Trump's demands.
Even the seemingly saner of them are now all-in on embracing caudillo governance. This bodes very poorly for what happens next, even if Biden wins.
I thought at the very least these judges wouldn’t be so stupid as to stick their whole fuckin face in the leopard’s cage like he won’t eat it
Guess they really are that stupid
I don't know. I still believe that it's not his Supreme Court.
I believe that Trump thought that he gained enough grip and power over the party to get them in his pocket.
Because he managed to sideline McConnell. After the elections they reminded him who was the boss.
When I heard the hearing, my immediate reaction was that Roberts was on board with it. Then a lot of analysis convinced me I was wrong.
Should have trusted that instinct.
I was a naive fool, too. What the hell happened to our profession? Was it all just idealistic nonsense masking a cynical, corrupt system all along? Or has it become corrupted by patient fascists playing the long game? I'm 34, so maybe I just hadn't picked up on the true nature of things yet
Respectfully, a big problem with Americans in general is that they are way too optimistic and think the final outcome is always gonna be somewhat good. As an European, I tend to be the opposite and unfortunately these days, I’m often right to believe that the worst is yet to come.
