CORRUPTION. The #1 fear of the Founders. The destructive decisions of the HERETIC Roberts “court” have made corruption more likely. The infamous “Citizens United”, “Shelby County”, and the refusal to declare gerrymandering a corrupt practice [something which has been KNOWN for over 200 years] are but the tip of a huge, ticking time bomb waiting to explode and destroy American democracy.
1] Google: corruption is “dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those n power.” #2: “The process by which something, typically a word or expression, is changed from its original use or meaning to one that is regarded as erroneous or debased.” #3 What is the exact meaning of corruption? “Corruption erodes trust, weakens democracy, hampers economic development and further exacerbates inequality, poverty, social division and the environmental crisis.”
2] dictionary/thesaurus definitions, corrupt: debased in character, tainted, made inferior by errors or alterations, as a text; to alter [a language, text, etc] for worse. Corrupt: dishonest, fraudulent unethical, fallacious, , misleading; unreliable: wrong. [to debase] degrade, adulterate, depreciate, taint, ruin, undermine, subvert, impair, deform, misuse, lower, weaken. [o render inaccurate] falsify, misrepresent, misstate, alter, gloss over, fabricate, invent, twist, warp. Corruption: corrupt or dishonest proceedings; debasement or alteration, as of language or text. fraud, misrepresentation, breech of trust.
*** Now – think of the 2005-2023 activities and rhetoric of the Heretic Roberts “court. “Breech of trust; “to alter [language, text, etc.] for worse,” “something..a word or expression, is changed from its original use or meaning..”, “weakens democracy,” further exacerbates inequality, poverty, social division and the environmental crisis; “unethical,” “fabricate,” “wrong,” “undermine,” “subvert,” “invent,” “twist,” “warp,” “misrepresent.” Legal scholars, Supreme Court Justices have accused the Heretic Roberts “court” of doing ALL this – with SPECIFIC reference to SPECIFIC decisions
*** “Corruption comes by degrees.” [Juvenal]
3] “Corporate-Friendly Courts Were the Real Plan”, Sorab Ahmari, Patrick Deneen, Chad Pecknold, New York Times, 6/19/22
– “..the Federalist Society appears poised for a triumph..an economic revolution..on behalf of corporations and other powerful market actors..The Society was one of many institutions nurtured by the right wing of the donor class to roll back the legal and material achievements of U.S. workers..and to elevate economic deregulation law and clear congressional intent to expand the use of commercial arbitration. to employment and consumer contexts..despite the manifest imbalance of power.”
3]b] Professor Erwin Chemerinsky, in “Closing the Court-House Door” has written an entire book on “How Your Constitutional Rights Became Unenforceable” because “The Court has restricted who has standing to sue, expanded immunity of governments and government workers, limited the kinds of cases the federal courts can hear, and restricted the right of habeas corpus.”
*** “Whenever there is power, greed, and money, there is corruption>”. [Ken Poirot]
4]. Chris Hedges: “American Fascists. The Christian Right And The War On America”
– “..nearly 25 years ago..Dr. James Luther Adams, my ethics professor at Harvard Divinity School, told us..when we were his age..we would all be fighting the “Christian Fascists.”…The warning came at a moment Pat Robertson and other radio and televangelists began speaking about a new political religion that would direct its efforts at taking control of all institutions..Its stated goal was to use the United States to create a global Christian empire.
“He was in Germany in 1935 and 1936..He saw in the Christian Right, long before we did, disturbing similarities with the German Christian Church and the Nazi Party..Adams had seen how the mask of religion hides irreligion.
“The call to obliterate the public and private wall that keeps faith the prerogative of the individual means the obliteration of democracy. [***THE OBLITERATION OF DEMOCRACY] ..in the totalitarian world, there are those worth of love and those unworthy of it..the private sphere becomes the concern of the state. This final restriction of freedom to love..heralds the death of the open society..
“We must, Adams told us, watch closely what these new fascists accuse their opponents of planning. For radical movements expose their own intentions and goals by tarring their enemies with their own nefarious motives…Adams knew that resentments and bigotry lurk below the surface of all democratic societies and can be roused..to promote a creed that calls for the destruction of democracy.
“Adams told us to watch closely what the Christian Right did to homosexuals. The Nazis had used “values” to launch state repression of opponents. Hitler, days after he took power..imposed a ban on all homosexual and lesbian organizations..{and} was largely cheered by German churches. But this campaign legitimized tactics, outside the law, that would soon be employed against others.”
[** read this VERY carefully, Adams warning HAS occurred right in front of YOU, is happening RIGHT NOW***]
*** “As a nation, we began by declaring that all men are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created equal except Negroes. When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read, all men are created equal except Negroes and foreigners and Catholics. When it comes to this I shall prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.” [Abraham Lincoln, 8/24/55]
5] “Examining Justice Alito”, Jamelle Bouie, New York Times, 11/27/22
– “..the most striking detail is the extent to which a number of Republican justices, Alito included, appear to have been the targets of a sophisticated and well-funded influence operation design to notch as many legal and constitutional victories for moneyed and conservative interests as the justices are willing to give..Jodi Kantor and Jo Becker, describe a kind of revolving door, where wealthy donors to conservative causes invite the justices to meals, vacation homes and private clubs..contribute money to the Supreme Court Historical Society for the purpose of meeting with and influencing the justices..where the former head of one such operation, Faith and Action, went so far as to purchase a building across the street from the court so that he could cultivate the people who worked there.”
*** “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” [Lord Acton]
6]. “High court grants blanket immunity to feds”, Anya Bidwell, Patrick Jaicomo, USA Today, 6/13/22
– The Supreme Court just dealt a huge blow to federal police accountability..it held that a Border Patrol agent is entitled to blanket immunity from lawsuit simply because he happens to work for the federal government. The court’s ruling in Engbert v. Boyle means that nearly all [if not all] federal officials are effectively above the law. If they violate your constitutional rights – even intentionally – there is absolutely nothing you can do about it unless and until Congress gives you a permission slip to enforce the Constitution…the reason..in Justice Clarence Thomas” words, no court is ever “competent to authorize a damage action” against Border Patrol agents..This decision is just the most recent blow to federal accountability..2017 ruling in Ziglar v. Abbasi..its 2020 ruling in Hernandez vs. Mesa…Enbert v. Boule is the latest in the Court’s death-by-a-thousand-cuts approach to federal accountability.”
*** “Corruption is like a ball of snow, once set rolling it must increase.” [C.C. Colton}
7] “Police Officers Can’t BE Litigated for Miranda Violations, Justices Rule.”, Adam Liptak, New York Times, 6/24/22
– “Justice Alito acknowledged that Miranda rights had constitutional roots. But he wrote that “a violation of Miranda does not necessarily constitute a violation of the Constitution..”Allowing the victims of a Miranda violation to sue a police officer for damages..would have little additional deterrent value, and permitting such claims would cause many problems.”.. In dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote..”Today, the court strips individuals of the ability to seek a remedy for violations of the right recognized in Miranda.”
*** “Power does not corrupt men; fools however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.” [George Bernard Shaw]
8]. “Powers of EPA limited.”, Robert Barnes, Dino Grandoni, Washington Post Weekly, 7/3/22
– “Capping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will force nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity may be a sensible “solution to the crisis of the day,” Roberts wrote, referring to a court precedent. “But it is not plausible that Congress gave EPA the authority to adopt on its own such a regulatory scheme.”…The case deeply divided the business community. Many companies and other firms in the coal sector urged the court to rein in EPA..major tech and retail firms investing in renewable energy..told the court that “stable, nationwide rules” are needed to avert climate disaster.”
*** “Why sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” [Alice in Wonderland]
9]. “The court’s Thomas family problem”, Jesse Wegman, New York Times, 3/29/22
– “And that’s precisely the problem: We shouldn’t have to wonder. The Supreme Court is the most powerful judicial body in the country, and yet, as Alex Hamlin reminded us, it has neither the sword nor the purse as a means to enforce its rulings. It depends instead on the American people’s acceptance of its legitimacy, which is why the justices must make every possible effort to appear fair, unbiased, and beyond reproach. The most obvious way for justices to demonstrate their independence in practice..is to recuse themselves from any case in which their impartiality might reasonably be questioned. It does not matter whether there is, in fact, a conflict of interest: the mere appearance of bias or conflict should be enough to compel..any member of the court to step aside. Thomas has paid lip service to this ideal..the brazenness with the Thomases have flouted the most reasonable expectations of judicial rectitude is without precedent..”
*** “A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.” [William Shenstone]
10] WARNING: YOU should NOT just examine the Heretic Roberts “court” alone. Context matters. YOU should be asking WHY are THESE 6 Republican activists on the Supreme Court??? There were millions spent to get them there – WHY??? AND – WHO spent that money??? Investigate the post-2005 Republican mantra for the Supreme Court: “No more O’Connors” and “No more Souters”. exactly WHAT is being said here??? WHY is it that Republicans don’t want any more justices like O’Connor and Souter – THEIR OWN nominees????? What did O’Connor and Souter do on the Supreme Court that was “wrong” in Republican eyes??? ***THIS. IS. A. BIG. QUESTION. – that unlocks much of what current right-wing “justice’ is all about.
Numerous legal scholars and Supreme Court justices have said: “people on a mission”. – what does THIS mean?????
Remember among “corruption” definitions were “breach of trust,” debasement or alteration, as of language or text; unethical, misleading, wrong, undermine, subvert, fabricate. Have YOU seen any examples of this???????????????
How do the rulings of this Heretic “court” honor or dishonor the Founding Generations KNOWN intents??? How do they or don’t they honor the 27 Amendments? Has this “court” formed a “more perfect Union, establish[ed] Justice, insure[d] domestic Tranquility, promote[d] the general Welfare?????????????????
Has this “court” sincerely practiced and illustrated “the better angels of our nature” ?
With Justice For All 