Is the Supreme Court an arm of the Republican Party?

[kentuck]

From yesterday's ruling, it is rather obvious that they did not examine the issue of "abortion" very closely. All they knew was that they were against abortion and for states rights, so if Texas passed a "medieval" anti-abortion law, then they saw no need to look more deeply.

They put partisan politics above common sense and the very Constitution that they are supposed to interpret. What kind of incompetent grade-school assholes are sitting on our Supreme Court?

It cannot be allowed to stand. But, how did such an unconstitutional issue get by the Supreme Court?

Maybe we do need to do something about a Court that has become so political?

[sakabatou]

1. Since there's a right-wing majority, yes, I believe so.

[jimfields33]

10. We'd never have gay marriage without the Supreme Court

I appreciate the court for a number of rulings. Not all obviously.

[Runningdawg]

15. That will be overturned shortly also.

[TwilightZone]

16. Unlikely.

Even this SC understands that that ship has sailed.

[Hortensis]

18. The court's ideological balance has changed big since then, though.

The majority are not just conservative now but very strongly conservative. And absolutely the decision legalizing gay marriage could be reversed. This conservative majority is very activist and fine with overturning precedent.

[Runningdawg]

23. Exactly! They want to undo ANYTHING done by Dems.

Anything not currently supported by a Constitutional Amendment is fair game.

[Hortensis]

24. Absolutely, Dems as in liberalism right back to the adoption of

our constitution. That and strengthening the role of conservative Christianity.

[StarryNite]

2. It apparently is now.

[Corgigal]

4. Roberts is pretending it's not,

but of excuse me for not buying his cover.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

5. Without a doubt... Joe needs to push Congress to put more Justices on the Court, pronto!!

[lagomorph777]

22. Everything is at stake if we don't get that done.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

25. So true... just hopin Joe will get on board & push this.

[Marius25]

6. Yes. They're insanely partisan.

That's why Moscow Mitch stacked the federal courts, to make the Judiciary a permanent arm of the Republican party.

[pwb]

7. Next men will demand clitoris removal?

Just because they can.

[Jose Garcia]

8. They certainly showed their partisan colors when Trump tried to

overturn the 2020 election.

[Hekate]

9. Well, yes. I think we need to realize the extent to which those who push the RWNJ Agenda...

… are, in fact, not morons. They strategize. They don’t give up.

Their base is stupid. They are not. They are evil.

[Hortensis]

19. Yes. The new hard right conservative majority are political agents

who've been placed by RW powers on the court. Even more dangerously, they share and work toward RW ideological and political goals with wealthy conservatives and both Republicans in congress and in red state governments.

It was NEVER meant to be this way. It's an attack on representative government, a major corruption of the judiciary, and destruction of the system of checks and balances created to protect us from takeovers by one faction.

[LakeArenal]

11. It's been pretty obvious for some time.

[hamsterjill]

12. Yes.

Any other questions? It was patently obvious that this was going to happen when Trump got three appointments who were picked for the very reason that they would end abortion.

[Stinky The Clown]

13. "What kind of are sitting on our Supreme Court?"

Answer: The incompetent grade-school assholes kind.

[Hortensis]

20. For sure, but a particularly dangerous subset of incompetent assholes?

Political activists with a strong far-right economic, social, and religious agenda, placed on the high court to carry out a RW judicial revolution.

[tavernier]

14. Yes.

[Kid Berwyn]

17. Built that way by Mitch McConnell and the Bush Crime Family.

Property über Alles making less than a million per.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

21. Yes.

[Crunchy Frog]

26. They have the potential to become a dictatorial entity in their own right.

According to the system that exists today, if they say that something is constitutional, it's constitutional.

There is no higher authority in this country. At least not until we reach the point where other powerful entities refuse to recognize that authority.

They're not accountable to anyone. Not even the R party. If a major division were to develop between the two entities, the Rs would likely clip their wings pretty quickly.