Over the years, among other disastrous rulings, this right-wing court has given us Citizens United, which created a corrupt, billionaire dominated political system. [More recently] it overturned Roe v. Wade, removing women’s constitutional right to control their own bodies. Last week, the Court chose to criminalize poverty by banning homeless encampments in public spaces – forcing more poor people into the cycle of debt and poverty. With the Chevron case, they have made it far more difficult for the government to address the enormous crises we face in terms of climate change, public health, workers’ rights, and many other areas. And, today, the Court ruled in favor of broad presidential immunity, making it easier for Trump and other politicians to break the law without accountability.
These are just some of the dangerous rulings from a right-wing, corporate-sponsored Supreme Court that continues to serve an extremist agenda. If these conservative justices want to make public policy, they should simply quit the Supreme Court and run for political office.
At a time of massive income and wealth inequality, billionaire control of our political system, and major threats to the foundations of American democracy, it is clear to me that we need real Supreme Court reform. A strong, enforceable code of ethics is a start, but just a start. We’ll need much more than that.
Related Off-site Links:
Supreme Court Says Trump Has Absolute Immunity for Core Acts Only – Nina Totenberg (NPR News, July 1, 2024).
Right-Wing Supreme Court Rules Trump Has “Absolute Immunity” for Official Acts – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, July 1, 2024).
The Supreme Court Just Turned Trump Into the First American King – Thom Hartmann (Common Dreams, July 1, 2024).
“The President Is Now a King Above the Law,” Sotomayor Warns in Chilling Dissent – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, July 1, 2024).
Justice Jackson Warns New Ruling Could “Devastate” Federal Regulators – Brett Wilkins (Common Dreams, July 1, 2024).
“Power Grab”: Supreme Court Overturns 4 Decades of Federal Regulatory Control and Hands Power to Courts – Democracy Now! (July 1, 2024).
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Vows to File Articles of Impeachment After Supreme Court Trump Ruling – Brett Wilkins (Common Dreams, July 1, 2024).
How the Supreme Court’s Chevron Decision Benefits Big Oil and Gas – L. Delta Merner (Union of Concerned Scientists, July 1, 2024).
We Just Witnessed the Biggest Supreme Court Power Grab Since 1803 – Eli Mystal (The Nation, June 28, 2024).
“Gift to Corporate Greed”: Dire Warnings as Supreme Court Scraps Chevron Doctrine – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, June 28, 2024).
Progressive Democrats Call for Codifying Chevron After “Dangerous” Supreme Court Ruling – Olivia Rosane (Common Dreams, June 29, 2024).
Don’t Let the Supreme Court Get the Last Word on Housing Justice – Fran Quigley (Common Dreams, June 29, 2024).
UPDATES: “A King Above the Law”: Supreme Court Rules Presidents Have Broad Immunity from Prosecution – Democracy Now! (July 2, 2024).
Bernie Sanders: Right-Wing Supreme Court “Out of Control” and Must Be Stopped – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, July 2, 2024).
Supreme Court Furthers Right-Wing Agenda of Deconstruction of the Administrative State – Marjorie Cohn (TruthOut, July 2, 2024).
A Vicious Right-Wing Supreme Court Helps the Neoliberal Empire Strike Back – Chuck Idelson (Common Dreams, July 2, 2024).
“Screaming the Quiet Part”: Trump Advisers Say He’s Ready to Embrace King-Like Powers – Jake Johnson (Common Dreams, July 2, 2024).
Ex-CIA Director Says What “Appalls And Worries Me Most” About Trump Immunity Ruling – Lee Moran (The Huffington Post, July 5, 2024).
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Robert Reich Presents Five Facts About Donald Trump’s Indictments
• Sean O’Grady: Quote of the Day – August 15, 2023
• Why Trump’s Case Is Unique
• Chauncey Devega on the Ongoing Danger of the Trump Cult
• Progressive Perspectives on the Overturning of Roe v. Wade
• Dan Rather on America’s “Moment of Reckoning”
• Donald Trump’s Open and Shameless Criminality
• Insurrection at the United States Capitol
• Trump’s Legacy
• Republicans Don’t Care About American Democracy
• Progressive Perspectives on Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee, Amy Coney Barrett
• “We Have an Emergency On Our Hands”: Marianne Williamson On the “Freefall” of American Democracy
• “Fascism Is Upon Us”
• Laura Bassett: Quote of the Day – October 5, 2018
• Insightful Perspectives on the Kavanaugh/Ford Hearing
• Adam Serwer: Quote of the Day – May 23, 2018
• On International Human Rights Day, Saying “No” to Donald Trump and His Fascist Agenda
• Progressive Perspectives on the Election of Donald Trump as President of the United States
• Progressive Perspectives on the Rise of Donald Trump
• In a Blow to Democracy, U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Corporate Personhood
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