In an article in the Sunday September 11, 2022 Lansing State Journal titled, ‘Chief Justice defends legitimacy of Court’, Chief Justice John Roberts asserted the legitimacy of the Supreme Court in interpreting and ruling in accordance with the Constitution. His need to do so comes after the disastrous ruling nullifying a woman’s right to decide what happens when she gets pregnant and upending 50 years of what these Judges said was previously settled law. The rights of every woman of child bearing age in America, gone in an instant, and with it the trust of the people. This is a ruling that will threaten the very existence of the Court. The American people deserve better of their Judges.
Talk about missing the point! This is closing the barn door after the horse is already gone! The Court lost all integrity when it seated the four religious idealogues, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Comey-Barrett and Alito. All are Catholic educated idealogues who lied in their Congressional Confirmation hearings asserting that Roe v Wade was settled law and should stand. All four are guilty of lying in a Congressional Confirmation Hearing which is perjury. It’s a felony to lie to a Congressional hearing, which is lying to the American people. The Roe decision is the proof of their lies.
The very first things done by these four Judges, and I use the term Judges lightly, were to take away the right of a Woman to decide what happens when she gets pregnant, weaken the ability of the EPA to regulate emissions from coal fired power plants, ruled the Government should fund private schools and allowed for demonstrations of faith by teachers in public schools! All dreams of the Republican base. The Roe ruling was based on the writings of a 17th century prosecutor who believed witches should be burned at the stake!
Never mind the loss of integrity, the picture of a court that is so obviously politically partisan is a problem too. The Roe decision is one that would be laughed out of a freshman law class! It’s just another nail in the coffin of the Courts integrity.
During the next session this Court could have a ruling that would enable State legislators to nullify an election if they did not like who won! This would be the end of our Democracy as you would not elect your representative, the Legislature of your State would. Talk about a radical Court, it’ something those on the right have been accusing the previous Courts of for years.
What can be done about it? The ideal thing would be for Roberts to persuade the four to step down and resign, but that is highly unlikely. President Biden could ‘pack’ the Court to neutralize their influence, but He is reluctant to do so. There is not a whole lot that can be done.
Until these corrupt Judges resign, are impeached or are somehow removed, the Supreme Court’s continued existence will be as a corrupt and partisan Court, a sad and dangerous situation that needs to be rectified as quickly as possible.