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Amy Coney Barrett wants us to believe the Supreme Court isn't partisan. Good luck with that
This "lady" is a partisan religious nut case hack
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Even worse is that the ruling was made on a procedural question without the court even hearing argument on the merits of the Texas law. In a rare public comment, Breyer one of the four justices who voted to block the Texas law at least temporarily called the ruling very, very, very wrong. And Breyer is very, very, very right to be upset, because even if the ruling is technically just about procedure, it has concrete and dramatic impact on any Texas woman who is or becomes pregnant and doesnt want to be. Moreover, other states with Republican-controlled state legislatures are rushing to draft copycat laws. If the Supreme Court wants to let states ban abortion, it should just go ahead and reverse Roe v. Wade.
I see no reason to believe the courts conservative majority will stop short of doing just that. Thomas and Alito have long made clear that they are raring to do just that. And while the three justices appointed by former president Donald Trump Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett all claimed deep respect for precedent at their confirmation hearings, their votes to let the Texas law go into effect say otherwise.
The conservative Federalist Society, which has become a crucial gatekeeper on the right and vetted a list of acceptable Supreme Court candidates for Trump to choose from, did its job well. The result is a solid five-vote and sometimes six-vote majority that opposes abortion, supports gun rights, questions affirmative action, doubts existing federal protection of voting rights, doesnt see the influence of big money in politics as a problem... in short, a majority that agrees with the Republican Partys position on issues the party most cares about.
What can Democrats and progressives do about all the terrible, reactionary, wrongheaded decisions that look likely to come in the next months and years? On voting rights, they could pass strong new federal legislation, like the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act or the For the People Act. On other issues, they should prepare to battle at the state level and to bring the same legislative creativity and tenacity that Texas conservatives brought to bear on the abortion law.
And they should ignore Barrett and others who claim this courts decisions are nonpartisan at least until and unless we see evidence to the contrary.
I see no reason to believe the courts conservative majority will stop short of doing just that. Thomas and Alito have long made clear that they are raring to do just that. And while the three justices appointed by former president Donald Trump Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett all claimed deep respect for precedent at their confirmation hearings, their votes to let the Texas law go into effect say otherwise.
The conservative Federalist Society, which has become a crucial gatekeeper on the right and vetted a list of acceptable Supreme Court candidates for Trump to choose from, did its job well. The result is a solid five-vote and sometimes six-vote majority that opposes abortion, supports gun rights, questions affirmative action, doubts existing federal protection of voting rights, doesnt see the influence of big money in politics as a problem... in short, a majority that agrees with the Republican Partys position on issues the party most cares about.
What can Democrats and progressives do about all the terrible, reactionary, wrongheaded decisions that look likely to come in the next months and years? On voting rights, they could pass strong new federal legislation, like the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act or the For the People Act. On other issues, they should prepare to battle at the state level and to bring the same legislative creativity and tenacity that Texas conservatives brought to bear on the abortion law.
And they should ignore Barrett and others who claim this courts decisions are nonpartisan at least until and unless we see evidence to the contrary.
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Amy Coney Barrett wants us to believe the Supreme Court isn't partisan. Good luck with that (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
Sep 2021
OP
twodogsbarking
(9,302 posts)1. The more she professes her honesty the more inclined I am
to count the silver.
LetMyPeopleVote
(143,999 posts)2. For this thread
lees1975
(3,718 posts)3. I'll say it. Put the pressure on Senate Democrats until they vote to
break the filibuster and PACK THAT COURT!
Barack Obama should be the first nominee.