Justice Alito's Crusade Against a Secular America Isn't Over

[markpkessinger]

If you haven't yet read Margaret Talbot's very long but very revealing article in The New Yorker about Sam Alito, it really is a must read! It's too long and too detailed for me to begin to summarize here, but here's the link:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/09/05/justice-alitos-crusade-against-a-secular-america-isnt-over

My takeaway: Sam Alito has been a cultural misfit his entire life, and he has built up 72 years' worth of resentments over it. And now he is looking to exact his revenge!

[brush]

1. He exacted revenge all right with the Dobbs decision...

and women will exact their own revenge right back against him and the SCOTUS Taliban 6 and republicans in the upcoming election.

[Sky Jewels]

10. Yep. They have unleashed the MOTHER of all backlashes ...

and I use the word "mother" intentionally.

I have an overwhelming hunch that we are about to experience one of the biggest political upheavals and realignments in US history.

Enter Millennials and Gen Z to make the GOP go the way of the Whigs ...

[Bettie]

2. He is really a horrible

vicious person.

And he's doing his level best to destroy our society.

[Buckeyeblue]

3. His decision did seem more like he had an axe to grind than a rational legal argument

But there is no check to 5 deplorables who control the court. I guess the check would be to increase the number of justices. I would love to see deplorables reaction to that.

And while I was on the fence about such a move, it might be the best way forward.

But I wouldn't just bump it to 13. I would increase the size to 21. I would prefer 99, with the justification that the country is over 10 times the size that it was when we landed on 9.

[empedocles]

4. Angry old far righter, who likes the far right circuit

. . . The justice has made speeches to the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, a rabidly free-market think tank for which he helped raise $70,000; the libertarian Manhattan Institute; and the Federalist Society. He’s also spoken at fundraisers for the American Spectator, a conservative magazine that, among other things, drove the character assassination of Anita Hill. . . '

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2013/06/justice-samuel-alito-why-hes-so-rude.html




[New Yorker doing signficiant work in their piece here]

[modrepub]

5. All Things Are Fleeting

Nothing lasts forever. Without deep seated agreement, Alito is only temporarily deviating the path our country and future generations will take. Personally, I really don't care what happens after I die, nor do I think it's my right to dictate what direction others will eventually decide to go. This is astroturf in the truest form. Baring a great religious revival, I don't see the majority of people in this country reverting back to some "religious" plurality that probably didn't exist back at the country's founding.

That said, there may be some collective generational teachings in religion that are probably helpful. For example, do unto others as you would have others do unto you. It's just common sense really but following this only helps us collectively carry on with our lives with minimal intrusion into our decisions.

[markpkessinger]

6. All things may indeed be fleeting . . .

. . . but while they are present, an awful lot of real, flesh-and-blood human beings can get ground up by them.

[Initech]

7. There really isn't much difference between MAGA Christians and ISIS, is there?

[Casady1]

8. What a whiny POS

A vengeful man whom snitched on people smoking weed at school.

[nuxvomica]

9. I just read some of the article

And it sounds like his misfit opinions trace back to his dad having to create legislative maps after an SC ruling, and the noise of his dad's adding machine kept him awake. How inspiring! I also just read an old Borowitz column showing that Alito's opinion saying the EPA cannot regulate carbon monoxide contradicts his vision of preserving fetal life at all costs, as CO greatly reduces fetal health and viability. I think Borowitz stumbled onto a key argument in his humor, as he often does.

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

11. Thanks.

Will read later.