Thursday, March 7th 2024
It is common Knowledge that in the annals of History when Ruthless Dictators such as Hitler and Putin and so many others seek unlimited power in their countries one of their first orders of business is to take control of their courts and Justice system.
As we review the behavior and decisions of our nation's court system in the United States of America these days it is clear that we are in serious trouble with a Capitol T. T for Trump and T for Toxic.
We are currently living in a Nightmare of epic proportions that most of us wish we can wake up from. Those of us that do not wish to wake up from the nightmare are going to find out quickly if Donald Trump is Reelected that they made an incredibly horrible mistake. But it will be too late then to do anything about it.
We are lucky enough to still have a chance to save our country from Fascism but time is running out.
To be honest, I am truly hopeful that in November Donald Trump will have shown himself to be such a Frightening, Flawed and Horrendous Candidate for President and will have revealed his plans for the United States to be so awful that nobody in their right mind would be willing to vote for Trump.
But Unfortunately what we have seen in so many Republican Primary Elections so far is that despite Trump's obvious drawbacks he has still shown an ability to clear the decks of his other Republican opponents and capture what appear to be the increasingly Heartless Hearts of the American Republican Party.
Although I do not really trust Political Polls I do find it horrifying that there are some polls that show Donald Trump possibly winning the election for President in November.
Regardless of whether Trump wins or loses the Presidential Election in 2024 is there anyone alive who really expects Donald Trump to calmly accept defeat and just like every single Presidential Loser has done for Centuries congratulate Joe Biden for his win and back out of the picture.
I think Not.
What appears to be coming into focus more and more as this stunning Election Year continues is that Donald Trump knew what he was doing when he chose to ram through Congress as many "Conservatives" like Judge Aileen Cannon who has so obviously come to Donald Trump's defense in the Florida Documents Case like a lap dog.
Although Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell didn't see eye to eye on very much during the disastrous Trump Administration they both had their collective eyes on the prize when it came to stacking the Federal Courts with Right Wingers. We saw it with judgeships all over the country,
But where it was most obvious was with the Supreme Court.
To my mind even when I was a kid and didn't really know very much about The Supreme Court I knew enough about it to recognize that I should and did have a Great Deal of respect for The Supreme Court.
It was, after all, the highest court in the land and was responsible for keeping the United States of America Honorable and On The Right Track. The more I learned about the important Landmark decisions that the Supreme Court made, the more respect I had for The Supreme Court.
After all, The Supreme Court made some incredibly responsible decisions.
There was Brown Versus the Board of Education which integrated schools
There was Roe Versus Wade which gave women the right to choose whether or not to have a child.
There were decisions which gave Black Residents of the United States the right to vote as well as many other rights.
There were countless important decisions made by the Supreme Court over the years and although some decisions were wrong the great majority of those decisions were correct and worthy of the Great Deal of Respect that the Supreme Court received from most Americans.
Yes, for the most part during the Good Old Supreme Court Days most of us Americans genuinely respected the Supreme Court because it seemed that the members of the Court were genuinely Selected and Installed on the Supreme Court in a way that was mostly not political. In the good old days it was usually difficult to predict just how a Justice of the Supreme Court would rule because these honorable people listened to Supreme Court Cases almost always without letting political prejudice get in the way of the individual Justices judgements.
These days something terrible has happened to the Supreme Court. Although there are still some honorable people sitting on the Supreme Court there are also some individuals who are obviously Republican Political Shills who reek of Politics and Right Wing Corruption in nearly every decision they make.
Certainly Clarence Thomas should never have been appointed to the Supreme Court. His Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings clearly showed his lack of fitness for the job of Supreme Court Justice. In the Court he has continually been on the wrong side of judgements time after time. What has been exposed regarding his wife's inappropriate right wing activities and involvement in politics for any decent jurist would at least demand if not outright resignation from the bench, at least recusing himself from decisions concerning Donald Trump. Clarence Thomas has done neither of those things.
Although Donald Trump bears the brunt of Responsibility for appointing Right Wingers to the Court, certainly Mitch McConnell also bears some responsibility.
Following the death of Judge Antonin Scalia on February 13th of 2016 Mitch McConnell chose to refuse to allow the Senate to vote on President Obama's choice of Merrick Garland to replace Scalia because he said it was an election year even though there was almost a year to go before the election.
Following the 2016 Election Donald Trump appointed Neil Gorsuch to fill Scalia's Supreme Court Seat.
Next Trump appointed Brett Kavanaugh following Anthony Kennedy's resignation. Kavanaugh's Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing exhibited some of his flaws but he was still installed.
Next, following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18th, 2020 despite McConnell's previous willingness to stall Merrick Garland's appointment by Obama for 11 months he changed his mind in 2020 and rammed through the Trump appointment of Amy Coney Barrett just weeks before the November election.
Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Coney Barrett all testified during their Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings that they all viewed Roe Versus Wade as "Settled Law" but as soon as they all could they did away with Roe Versus Wade and it was "Settled Law" no more.
Todays Right Wing controlled Supreme Court has continued with nearly every decision to show the political stripes of the Republican party where they came from and obviously think they owe their robes to.
Since the Republicans on the Court have perjured themselves in their Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings regarding "Roe Versus Wade" being "Settled Law" I would like to see impeachment proceedings initiated against them immediately.
Since that is doubtful to happen, however, I would hope that Democrats in Congress and President Biden immediately take steps to add members to the Supreme Court before the present court destroys everything that Democrats have worked for over many years in The United States of America.
Oh, and Justice Thomas I think it might behoove you to consider the offer that John Oliver has made on his recent HBO show.
John Oliver has offered to contract with you in the event that you resign from the Supreme Court to offer you a million Dollars a year for the rest of your life along with a brand new top of the line Recreational Vehicle.
And all you have to do is resign. If I were you, Justice Thomas I would grab this deal before the 30 days are up when this deal will no longer be available.
It is time for all Americans to begin to pay attention to what the Supreme Court can do and does do.
The latest outrageous ruling by the Supreme Court is to force States like Colorado to keep Donald Trump on their ballot even though he clearly instigated an Insurrection.
It is difficult for those of us who have nearly always respected the Supreme Court to put up with the Corrupt Right Wing Smell of what used to be:
THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
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