The American Dream didn’t die a natural death – it was murdered – by R-W plans.
Put Alito’s anti-abortion bomb in context – with “trickle-down” reverse Robin Hood tax cuts for the rich; deregulation; Borked; “freedom fighters”; Willie Horton; “weapons of mass destruction”; Social Security privatization; birthers; Tea Party; “draining the swamp”; “election integrity”; the “stolen election”; “indoctrinating” school kids; originalism….
The “conservative” [reactionary fundamentalist] war against America just reached another marker.
The R-Ws declared war decades ago – in their own words, many times:
– 1992 Republican Convention, Pat Buchanan: “There is a religious war going on in this country..a cultural war.. for the soul of America.”
– billionaire Warren Buffett: “There’s a class warfare, all right, but its my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.”
The reactionary R-Ws have said, many times, they intend to take America back – to pre-1950, if not pre-1900, or pre-1850. They have said, many times, the goal is to create a theocratic plutocracy – run by Puritans and plutocrats.
The history of anti-abortion politics in America is laced with female subjugation and white supremacy – fears that women and non-whites would “leave their place” – and be “uppity.”
Don’t just read this – take every one of the BIG LIES above – do real historical/factual research – which means beyond the internet. Find the true reality. What happened from the Repub’s 1980s, 2000s, 2017 Reverse Robin Hood tax cuts? They blew up the National Debt. Nearly all benefits went to the rich and corporations.
Reagan’s Budget Director told America: it was all a FRAUD they invented. When Reagan took office, the 1789-1980 U.S. national debt was under $1 trillion – now around $30 trillion!
Money that COULD have been put into public schools, infrastructure, safety net programs, R & D, public health, 21st century energy independence – instead went into the pockets of billionaires – who have used that money to live like royalty, and sabotage the American Dream and political system.
Deregulation gave YOU the 2008 Crash – which gave the lower 95% misery. For a few years, post-2008, ALL increased American wealth went into the hands of the top 1% – not counting the Wall Street bonuses from YOUR tax dollars.
“Weapons of Mass Destruction” gave YOU the immoral Iraq War – which damaged American credibility around the world – and which led to death and life-changing injuries for lower 90% Americans; and also drove up the debt.
And so it goes – R-W “talking points”, post-1970, are virtually all BIG LIES, usually crafted by Madison /avenue skills and plausibility, usually appealing to YOUR emotions, always. LIES.
Immediate analysis of Alito’s Anti-Abortion Abomination described it thus”
– Bret Stephens: “Overturning Roe Is Not Conservative”
– Jesse Wegman: “The Court is Out of Step With the Country”. [what polls said]
– Adam Liptak: “Decades-Old Arguments From Right Finally Find a Majority to Adopt Them”
– Elizabeth Weise: “Pregnancy-related Deaths could soar 20%”
– Duke law professor Neil Siegel: “It reads like it was done by people on a mission.”
Ask YOURSELF: WHY did they say these things? Look up their arguments. What did Siegel mean. by “people on a mission”? What does Liptak mean by “decades-old arguments from the right”? WHY does Wegman say “the court is out of step with the country”? WHY does Stephens say “overturning Roe is not conservative”? WHY did Weise say more women – maybe YOUR wife, sister, daughter – are going to die?????
Put Alito in context. WHY is he on the “court”??? What did some of his pre-“court” colleagues say about his judicial conduct? What has been the IMPACT of Alito’s votes, on REAL people?
The Constitution’s Preamble states “WE the people [made this Constitution] to “establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility..promote the general Welfare..”
If you examine “justice” Alito’s “supreme court” rhetoric and votes – in what ways has he “established Justice and promoted the general Welfare”? Or – has he been destructive of the same?
“justice” Alito has voted for enabling political corruption [Citizens United], has voted against fair elections [Shelby County], enabled a corporation to discriminate because of its religious beliefs [Hobby Lobby], voted to increase “gun rights” twice [Heller}, voted to force YOU to subsidize a church YOU don’t attend [Espinoza].
How does ANY of this “promote the general Welfare” of all 332 million Americans???
The general PATTERN of the McConnell/Roberts “court” has been one of rewarding the “wish list of the Repubs voter base. Invalidating “Roe” is just the most sensational of that PATTERN.
The McConnell/Roberts “court” is authoritarian. Fiver committed literalist authoritarians on it are now poised to do ANYTHING THEY WANT. And – they don’t want to hear any complaints while they go about “their work.”
A remaining question: when will women be forbidden to drive, walk around i public without a proper male escort, go out in public without a burqa? When are ALL contraceptives banned? When does the McConnell/Roberts “court” say YOU have NO right to privacy? When are gays going to be declared untermenschen? When is ALL sex outside marriage banned? When is sex only for conceiving children?
When do the “morality police” arrest YOU for your illegal behavior???
Invalidating “Roe” is to cross the Rubicon. It’ll be easier for the McConnell/Roberts “court” to accomplish other things on the “pro-life”, corporate agenda. The hints are there in earlier failed attempts at “reforms” [*** ‘reforms’ is another R-W BIG LIE; these ‘reforms” usually are a step back to repression].
After “Roe” is gone, so is an entire line of earlier Supreme Court rulings about personal rights. The ENTIRE American arc of freedom is based on being “let alone.” If. YOU. don’t control YOUR private sex life – YOU have NO rights. As in any other dictatorship – the “state” will OWN. YOU. Just like in the days of slavery, YOUR. master owned YOUR children, as he owned YOU.
“Dred Scott” ruled slaves weren’t people. The McConnell/Roberts “court” is poised to say YOU aren’t free.
With Justice For All 