If Marc Antony were alive, his speech would have to be changed to: “Friends, Americans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury the “supreme court” not to praise them. The evil that men [ and women ] do lives after them.”
But – it is too late to bury this “supreme court.” You’ve already buried yourselves – under a mountain of corrupt, cruel, incompetent decisions. The EVIL you’ve already done, will, unfortunately, LIVE. ON. AFTER. YOU.
Few Americans will say you’re noble people. Far from it, at least one analyst already said this “court” is “Corrupt and Clueless.” Many others say you ARE what “justice” Barrett claimed you weren’t: a bunch of partisan political hacks. For proof they merely cite your opinions.
The question to be asked: WHY are more and more Americans saying this? What reasons exist for saying “our” “supreme court” is comprised of partisan political hacks who are “corrupt and clueless?
Are they saying all nine are “corrupt and clueless”? NO, they are not. Only six of you, the six who were appointed after a DOCUMENTED partisan process, often funded by anonymous billionaires, to ensure only “strict constructionists” would be on this “court.”
BUT – the “strict constructionists” have made a MOCKERY of that claim. The “constitution” the Seditionist Six claim to represent is NOT what the real authors of the real 1787 Constitution intended and actually wrote. There are many 2005-2023 examples of this; the most notorious and egregious are the manipulations of Amendments One and Two for partisan political hackery.
Amendment One: “make NO law respecting an establishment of religion..” The Seditionist Six HAVE done that, numerous times. At Amendment One’s creation, several nations had “established” religions: England, Spain, Sweden.
An “established” church REQUIRES citizens follow church doctrine. Citizens obliged to pay taxes supporting it. The Founding Fathers, and ordinary citizens – by DOCUMENTATION – DID NOT WANT ANY OF THAT.
For remedial history lesson, examine 1776-1800 state constitutions for provisions on religion. Typical is 1776 North Carolina, Articles XXXIV: “There shall be no establishment of anyone religious church or denomination in this State…neither shall any person, on any pretense whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith..nor be obliged to pay, for..any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right..”
NOT ‘ON ANY PRETENSE WHATSOEVER”. these are the same people, in 13 states, who wrote Amendment One and Amendment Two. No “reasonable” person can possibly misconstrue this – unless determined to do so.
Compare grammar in Amendment One and language of 1776 North Carolina to Roberts “court” rulings FORCING Americans to follow doctrines of the “conservative” church the Seditionist Six were raised in; FORCING other Americans to financially support churches they do NOT attend or ‘BELIEVE RIGHT.”
The butchery of Amendment One is [so far] capped by the “reasoning” of the UN-AMERICAN, UN-CONSTITUTIONAL “Dobbs” abomination – a blatant FRAUD from its first paragraph; a monstrous historical LIE of unprecedented magnitude.
The Seditionist Six have so twisted “free speech” that it covers virtually everything, including bribing lawmakers with anonymous “campaign contributions.” One, perhaps. THE, fear of Founders was CORRUPTION – “Citizens United” stands as a “monument” to judicial ignorance, incompetence, malpractice, let alone abetting {DOCUMENTED] corruption, 20l0 – 20XX.
Amendment Two: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
The Roberts “court” flunked 9th grade English grammar with “Heller,” “McDonald,” and “Bruen.” Amendment Two is one sentence. The FULL MEANING of ANY one sentence is embodied only by considering ALL words, not just some.
People have “arms” to populate a “well regulated Militia..necessary to the security of a free State..” MILITIA and STATE are capitalized – “people” is NOT. Clearly, emphasis is on MILITIA and STATE.
The Roberts “court” is again historically ignorant. Both colonial and post-1789 states had REQUIREMENTS for 18-45 free, white, males providing MILITIA duty. The Seditionist Six, obviously, didn’t read the 1792 Militia Acts [May 3 & 8].-which require MILITIA duty; had military rules, colors, ranks; provided for wounded men in the MILITIA.
For over 200 years, through five Supreme Court rulings – THE interpretation of Amendment Two was the Militia meaning. A unanimous 1939 “Miller” ruling: the “obvious meaning” was a well regulated Militia. Nothing changed, except the “court” membership.
Chief Roberts: your “court” is also known for cruelty. Prime examples are “Ledbetter,” “Dukes,” “Dobbs,” and sentencing an INNOCENT man to do – for procedural reasons.
Few Supreme Court terms ever ended with such an UN-American, UN-CONSTITUTIONAL blow as the 2022 term. Your “court” violated 200 years of Supreme Court rulings and DOCUMENTED legislative intent, America”s “long standing history and tradition” on SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE; revealed egregious ignorance of Matthew 6:6-8; violated 50 years of Congressional intent to protect the environment; continued violating 200 years of American “history and tradition” on gun controls.
Among other damning evidence – your “court” track record for favored groups. Big Business have won 75% of their cases; the “religious right” 90% of their cases. During the Trump regime, the use of the “shadow docket” cases escalated far beyond the combined total for 16 years of Republican and Democratic administrations. The most favored winners: the Trump regime and the “religious right.”
The “shadow docket” is now coming under more criticism because it has all the trappings of a “Star Chamber”: secret meetings issuing blatant partisan rulings. What should a “reasonable person” think?
A distinguished historian, Erwin Chemerinsky, wrote an entire book on one topic: “Closing the Courthouse Door How Your Constitutional Rights Became Unenforceable.” Documented in detail is the “court” track record of three Republican dominated “courts” denying Americans access to courts. Your “court” the worst offender.
SHODDY CRAFTSMANSHIP: The “Dobbs” decision is a shockingly historically inept BIG LIE. Contraception and abortion are recorded for 2000 years in most civilizations. 1600s immigrants brought English common law on abortion. It was commonly, and openly, practiced. No state seriously regulated it until 1821.
The contrast between “Roe’ and “Dobbs’ craftsmanship is absolute. The author of “Roe” spent a WEEK in a MEDICAL library crafting it. The ruling is based upon MEDICAL practice – NOT religion – as “Dobbs’ is. the stupidity and cruelty of “Dobbs” is now daily becoming evident. Women are subjected to violations of world wide standard reproductive care. Doctors are leaving anti-abortion states, because they can’t practice sound medicine – the same reproductive care they gave women prior to “Dobbs.” Medical school graduates are considering NOT practicing in anti-abortion states.
More SHODDY CRAFTSMANSHIP: “Shelby County” said “the South has changed.” Within 24 hours, Texas proved the author a fool – as it reinstated a law previously ruled un-constitutional. Other Southern and Southern-minded states followed Texas. The South, OBVIOUSLY, had NOT. changed.
John Marshall, “Bank”[1809]: “A constitution, from its nature, deals in generals, not in detail. Its framers cannot perceive minute distinctions which arise in the progress of the nation; and therefore confine it to the establishment of broad and general principles.” [in itself – an absolute refutation of “originalism”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
the Roberts “court’: “we rule by cherry picking words, then twist and manipulate them to reflect our bias and prejudice.” In one Constitution violating decision the “court” dwelled on “any,’ deciding this was discriminatory [against a favored group!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]. Webster’s New World Roget’s A-Z Thesaurus: “any” l. [Without discrimination]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More Roberts “court’ ignorance of grammar, let alone law and history.
Prior to 2000, the universally recognized worst Supreme Court decisions were: “Dred Scott,” “Plessy,” “Korematsu.” Then came “Bush-Gore,” Since 2005, added to infamy: “Heller,” “Citizens United,” “Shelby County,” “Espinoza” and “Carson-Makin.” failure to rule against gerrymandering; “Dobbs,” “West Virginia-E.P.A.”
The Constitution’s Preamble states the U.S. Government exists to “..form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility..promote the general Welfare.”
Mr. chief “justice”: your “court” track record is violation of those four principles and requirements; has made America less safe; more corrupt; more divided; enabled more injustice; less able to promote the general Welfare.
Serious, scholarly, articles, studies, and books are now being written expressing the FEAR that the current U.S. “supreme court” run by the Seditious Six is now THE single greatest threat to American democracy. There has been criticism of many previous Supreme Court – but. NEVER was it seriously, across a broad spectrum in these terms. NEVER.
Because of all this, and MUCH, MUCH MORE – The Roberts “court” historical evaluation will include loss of respect for the Supreme Court as an independent, HONEST, FACT-BASED provider of wisdom and justice, as it had been known, 1789-2005. Unless the reactionaries “on a mission” change their behavior on and off the “court,” your “court” is heading for the distinction of. THE SINGLE WORST SUPREME COURT in all American history – damned by your own track record. You’re called a “court” only because polite discourse requires. Because of this “courts”. egregious un-American and un-Constitutional decisions and rhetoric, you are now called a “Catholic Court,: an “imperial court,” a “Star Chamber,” or a branch of the Republican Party – a bunch of partisan political hacks.
“The evil men do lives after them.”
With Justice For All 