Small Town Therapist on What Happened to the SCOTUS?

 

During the Obama administration after Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died, the reason given for not allowing President Obama to nominate a new justice was insulting. Said Senator Mitch McConnell,  "It's too close to the election." It was nine months away. 

When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg died during the Trump administration, the GOP announced that they were going to push ahead with a nomination immediately.  After Ruth died, the Republican senate approved a Supreme Court nominee ONE month before the election. The Republican hypocrisy produced the rage that so many of us felt. This was yet another demonstration of the Republicans complete lack of  integrity. Then Trump appointed Amy Coney Barrett, an ultra conservative member of the Federalist Society and a law professor at Notre Dame University. Gross unfairness and hypocrisy is what we faced and continue to face. The current Supreme Court's ultra conservativism is making a mockery of the constitution. For example, SCOTUS claimed, in effect, that the president is above the law. No, he is not. This is a cornerstone of the rule of law. This includes government officials and any leaders. It's to prevent abuse of power. No one is above the law. 

We used to trust the Supreme Court. We had a president who made excellent intelligent choices. Barak Obama chose Ketanji Brown Jackson, a brilliant legal mind. Then, with the Trump administration, we were given Amy Coney Barrett who was a big slap in the face and contrary to just about everything Ruth stood for. If that wasn't bad enough, we then were inflicted with Brett Kavanaugh, again by Trump. This man was accused of sexual harassment and, as is typical of the Republicans, the women were not believed. He is one of the justices who decreed that the president was immune from prosecution. The felon and pedophile will walk free. 

When Ruth Ginsberg was on the court, we had a group of excellent Supreme court judges, principled, courageous, fair, who fought for equal justice for all.  Now, what have the conservative members of the Supreme Court done? There's no preventing abuse of power and upholding justice. Trump is dangerous and creating hardships all over the country with his tariffs and his illegal deportations, in violation of the constitution. God help us, because apparently the Supremes won't.

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