It’s Impossible to Overstate the Damage Done by the Supreme Court in This Term

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/supreme-court-term-consequences/

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  2. This is why we need to switch the ticket in such a way that assures a congressional trifecta.

    I guess we can’t say that anymore though because of Biden and his inner circle or something.

  3. It’s clearly not impossible because the democrats and rage-bait media overstate it every day.

  4. Presidential immunity for official acts has got to be one of the worst Supreme Court decisions in a LONG time, Mr. “Dictator for a day” is gonna abuse the shit out of that if he wins another term. Add in project 2025 to the mix, and you’ve got the perfect trifecta for ending American democracy.

  5. This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.thenation.com/article/society/supreme-court-term-consequences/) reduced by 94%. (I’m a bot)
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    > The just completed Supreme Court term will initiate a seismic shift in the distribution of power in the American republic.

    > The effects of the court's rulings in this term will have a bigger impact on the rule of law and our political future than anything the court has done since 1857's Dred Scott decision.

    > He, like so many others in his party, would rather allow the Supreme Court to be the only power that matters in this country, leaving the rest of us to squabble endlessly over the scraps of self-government the court lets fall from its table of real authority.

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  6. What has the Supreme Court ever done against us? Well, ok. Apart from giving the President immunity, making bribes legal, making being homeless illegal, taking away womens’ reproductive rights, and gutting government regulation… but apart from that…

  8. And if Trump wins SCOTUS will have 20-30 years to do even more damage. Nothing that isn’t a right wing fever dream will stand up to SCOTUS if Trump is reelected.

  10. “Absolute immunity” in a decision so close to the celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence – in which Jefferson’s first listing of grievances to “a candid world” includes “He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good” makes me think Roberts is compromised vs being stupid, or worse, a true believer, a Catholic fascist like those in the German church who moved the Catholic Centre Party out of the way of the Nazis, signed a nonintervention treaty for how the Jews were being treated, and celebrated the Fuhrer’s birthday from the pulpit across the country. It’s a laughable decision. Gorsuch confusing chemical terms the same week Roberts said judges are the experts, not the experts, is icing on the cake.

  11. However, it’s simple to summarize; the rich want a king they can grease to oppress the masses with impunity, the white supremacy thing is just a bonus.

  12. The constitution is just a piece of paper. It doesn’t mean anything if the people in this country don’t respect it, don’t see the deeper wisdom in it that is beyond the word and realized that we’re not bound to it if it doesn’t make any sense. So why should we even consider these ridiculous rulings by a corrupt, insane court. We shouldn’t. We should suspend the constitution, clear out the Supreme Court and find impartial jurors. We shouldn’t give it a second thought. If we can’t do that as a country, then let’s not be a country anymore. Let the states reorganized themselves and create constitutions and laws that they can live with. This country has fallen so far that I would find that preferable than to continue on like this.

  13. A strong president would have gotten the court into line. Remember guys, vote blue no matter who! 🙄

  14. A question not being given enough air time is, who is this court working for? What is the nature of the world and society desired by the Heritage Foundation and their ilk?

    I don’t just mean “moral” Christofascism. What is the state of society and the environment in their vision in 10, 20, 50, 100 years?

    Scratch the side and you get literal millenarian end times bullshit.

  15. Yeah well maybe we should fix the government. Just saying…

  16. I get why everyone is harping on presidential immunity. And the possible fall of democracy is a real existential threat (it should be noted that we are already mid-democratic backsliding). But the combination of overturning chevron and project 2025 is such a harrowing prospect in a much more immediate and real way.

    Not in a “we are no longer a democracy” kind of way.

    In a “is this milk I just bought going to kill me” kind of way.

  17. Clarence, Thomas ended the entire universe. Everyone died. Hopefully President Harris can bring us back from death.

  18. It’s sorta wild that people are tearing their hair out about this while clamboring to elect the useless fools who just sat on their hands and watched it happen for the entirety of the last 4 years. Wild shit.

  19. Trump knew exactly what he was doing when he appointed the Supreme Court justices that were beholden to him. It was the first step to the destruction of American democracy and making him king.

  20. I don’t see it as a big deal. Democracies as healthy and varied as Canada and France and <insert long list> have similar immunity not just for the top elected job, but for many other federal positions (such as parliamentarians).

  21. Our Supreme Court has been taken over by MAGA…. They serve another master and he’s not America.

    Disgusting traitors to the nation, our founding principles, and the cause of liberty and justice—if they had any morality at all, the conservative justices would resign. Alas, they are just getting started in their quest to dismantle the nation.

  23. We don’t need a court that finds ways to take away rights from the people. Abolish it. It’s a failed institution.

  24. The Cheveron overturn is going to be brutal. Products are going to become dangerous. Food is going to be tainted. Jobs are going to be perilous. Corporations will never allow a regulatory bill pass congress.

    This country will become the shithole Trump claims it is

  26. That’s what we get for not voting for Hillary.

    And it’ll be 50 more years of a conservative heritage foundation super majority if we don’t elect Biden.

    I hate it too but at this point preventing that is priority #1

  27. They don’t care about damage because they know there’s nothing that can be done about it. They couldn’t care less about the legitimacy of the SCOTUs, they only care about the power it wields to force others to adhere to their religious convictions.

  28. Regardless of what they ruled on, they stopped being reactive and became a proactive legislative body….an unelected one at that. This should terrify and enrage everyone

  29. If you can string words together and conclude the that President is above the law, then the supremes have lost their legitimacy. Why obey any law then?

  32. Protest. Go outside the Supreme Court and protest. Fight back.

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