Post #1939168

2024-06-29 21:12 UTC

The U.S. Supreme Court is the most dangerous government institution right now. They’re on a right-wing power-grabbing spree that is completely out of step with the American public, and they do not care. We have no mechanism for holding them accountable, and it’s only going to get worse from here. This year’s presidential race should be about making the court accountable to be people: ethics investigations into the Thomas’s bribery and the insurrectionist leanings of the Thomas’s and Alito’s, and expanding the court to undo the disastrous effects of the Trump appointees. And in this messaging, you point to Trump who installed two far-right justices on the courts and is personally benefiting from their undermining of our rights. It’s We The People vs. The Supreme Court right now, and the deck is stacked in their favor.

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@dgregor79@sfba.social 2024-06-29 21:27

This should be an easy case to make in an election year: this court stripped away women’s rights that were “settled law” for 50 years. This court literally redefined the word “bribery” amidst an ongoing bribery scandal. This court has members who have monetarily and publicly supported the January 6th insurrection, yet won’t recuse from cases about it. They are so clearly corrupt, but unlike Trump, there’s no showmanship to mask the lies or the corruption. Target them, blame Trump for giving them power, and use that mandate to strip them of their power.

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@dgregor79@sfba.social 2024-07-01 19:15

And now they’ve effectively given presidents full immunity from prosecution for anything they do in office. Expand the court or remove the insurrectionists outright to reverse these disastrous decisions, or the U.S. Democracy falls to fascism. It’s going to take a Democratic sweep of Congress and the presidency come November to make it happen. Get. Out. And. Vote.

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@trainman@sfba.social 2024-06-29 21:28

@dgregor79 When the highest court is committing favoritism and ruling on the basis of its political bias it is no longer a fair court. An unbalanced court is a corrupt court by its nature and an insult to fair-minded Americans. It should be, without question, a balanced court rendering decisions on a justifiable consensus. Our Founders really screwed up on this.

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