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Justice Elena Kagan Isn't Mincing
— M Meerkat (@kackbro.bsky.social) 2026-04-29T19:38:58.259Z
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Spazito
(55,977 posts)the Nazi era, imo. They are despicable.
DemocracyForever
(133 posts)No one should ever forget that this nightmare started with the Rehnquist 5's anti-democracy, unconstitutional Bush vs Gore ruling on 12/12/00. That's what put our country on the path to dictatorship.
Spazito
(55,977 posts)He, along with the other 5 traitors, have gone much further in dismantling US democratic principles and inserting autocratic rule by fiat instead. Just like the German judges during the nazi era, they are hiding their rulings behind excuses and that's when they don't use the 'shadow docket' to avoid ANY discussion, excuses or otherwise.
pat_k
(13,828 posts)Black-robed traitors all: Rehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas, Bush v. Gore... and every criminal so-called SCOTUS "conservative" since.
None Dare Call It Treason
Five Supreme Court Justices are criminals in the truest sense of the word.
Vincent Bugliosi
February 5, 2001
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/none-dare-call-it-treason/
Spazito
(55,977 posts)than Rehnquist, sadly. The Dred Scott decision of 1857 has been described as the worst in the history of the Supreme Court. I would posit that the Roberts court will be considered the worst in the history of the Supreme Court considering the collective decisions made starting with Citizen United (or possibly even earlier) to this latest travesty of justice and we know for certain this treasonous group of six has more to come, they are far from finished, imo.
pat_k
(13,828 posts)... whatever long-overdue reforms we can enact.
I continue to believe in people-power, even when we face such an uphill battle.
Imagine If This Moment Was Not About The Ascent of Authoritarians, But About A New Birth Of Global Freedom...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221186840
Spazito
(55,977 posts)The citizens of Minnesota are proof that the power IS in the hands of the people when they choose to exercise it as was done there.
The mid-term elections and whatever comes next will be a pivotal point in what direction the country will go, imo.
DemocracyForever
(133 posts)Never before 2000 had the SCOTUS interfered in a disputed U. S. Presidential election. The SCOTUS never interfered in the disputed U.S. Presidential elections of 1824 and 1876. The reason for this is the fact that the U.S. constitution gives the elected U.S. House of Representatives the authority to settle a disputed Presidential election and not 5 unelected SCOTUS judges. This fact alone is why the Bush vs Gore ruling is blatantly unconstitutional. I recommend that you google the U.S. constitution to see this fact for yourself. I would also suggest that you look at where the U.S. constitution gives the states the authority to run elections. That's the 2nd reason the Bush vs Gore ruling is unconstitutional. I learned these facts in American history class.
Spazito
(55,977 posts)a positive by-product. Their real goal was to finish destroying the Civil Rights Act which goes far beyond election stealing, imo. Just as their destruction of laws regarding a woman's right to choose, Conservative Supreme Courts are anti-Democratic, pro-autocrat, at best, and go back much further than this one.
DemocracyForever
(133 posts)No offense but I really don't appreciate someone from Canada who's never taken an American history class trying to impose their factually incorrect claims about the SCOTUS in an American political forum because you don't have the American history schooling that clearly explains American history and the U.S. constitution that's taught in American schools. You clearly don't know the real facts of what has happened with the SCOTUS throughout its history and it shows with your replies... Again, the U.S. constitution gives the elected U.S. House of Repre3sentatives the authority to settle a disputed Presidential election NOT 5 unelected SCOTUS judges. Again, never before 2000 had the SCOTUS interfered in a disputed U.S. Presidential election because doing so was unconstitutional. You further don't understand that the Roberts 6 would not now exist if it wasn't for the Rehnquist 5's shredding of the U.S. constitution with their unconstitutional Bush vs Gore ruling in 2000 in order to stop the legal Florida vote count and install Bush against the will of the people. It was the Rehnquist 5 appointed Bush who then appointed 2 of the Roberts 6, Roberts and Alito. Kavanaugh and Coney-Barrett were appointed by Trump because of their involvement on the Bush side of the unconstitutional Bush vs Gore ruling and Thomas was also part of the Rehnquist 5.Again, the current Roberts6 would not exist without the Rehnquist 5. It's time for you to stop ignoring this fact.
Spazito
(55,977 posts)You might be surprised at what I understand and why. Your assumptions are in error but I will leave you with them.
DemocracyForever
(133 posts)came before the Roberts 6 with the unconstitutional Bush vs Gore ruling by the Rehnquist 5 which created the Roberts 6. You also fail to understand that the SCOTUS NEVER interfered in a disputed Presidential election before 2000 because they knew doing so was unconstitutional. The Rehnquist 5 shredded that with the unconstitutional Bush vs Gore ruling and that led to the nightmare our country is now facing. These are the basic facts that you clearly don't understand.
DemocracyForever
(133 posts)with their blatantly anti-democracy, blatantly unconstitutional Bush vs Gore ruling. The U.S. constitution gives the U.S. House of Representatives the authority to settle a disputed Presidential election, not 5 unelected GOR SCOTUS judges. The U.S. constitution gives the states the authority to conduct elections which is what Florida was doing in 2000. Because of the Rehnquist 5, 160,000 legally cast Florida votes located in the largest and most heavily democratic voting counties in Florida sit uncounted in the Florida archives as I type this email. That's a ruling that only the Nazis could love. It was the SCOTUS appointed Bush who appointed 2 of the Roberts 6, Roberts and Alito. Trump chose Kavanaugh and Coney-Barrett for helping Bush steal the 2000 election. There would be no Roberts 6 today without the Rehnquist 5 in 2000.
pat_k
(13,828 posts)Five Supreme Court Justices are criminals in the truest sense of the word.
Vincent Bugliosi
February 5, 2001
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/none-dare-call-it-treason/
DemocracyForever
(133 posts)
pansypoo53219
(23,157 posts)pat_k
(13,828 posts)DemocracyForever
(133 posts)AverageOldGuy
(4,116 posts). . . the South has won the Civil War.
Dave Id
(318 posts)Their racism spread throughout the country and is nationwide,
ColoringFool
(986 posts)I am 100% serious.
RetiredParatrooper
(217 posts)All state and federal representatives as well. And the planter class stripped of their land and wealth.
ColoringFool
(986 posts)DemocracyForever
(133 posts)
ShazamIam
(3,184 posts)Last edited Thu Apr 30, 2026, 05:28 PM - Edit history (1)
Edit to correct typo, leagal to legal
DemocracyForever
(133 posts)pat_k
(13,828 posts)Louisiana Advances One of the Cruelest Anti-Homeless Bills in the Country
https://invisiblepeople.tv/louisiana-advances-one-of-the-cruelest-anti-homeless-bills-in-the-country/
End Plantation Prisons
https://promiseofjustice.org/epp
Whatever state you are in, start lobbying electeds and candidates to commit to end partisan gerrymandering. And that means Republicans too, however long you think the odds. As the national and global damage of the felon's criminal war on Iran escalates week-by-week, some will actually be looking for ways to break with the toxicity of the trumpublican party. Those who condemned the gerrymandering war need to commit to Do Something to end the insanity.
More in Freedom to Vote Act 2027
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221208984
Pinback
(13,637 posts)Thank you, Justice Kagan.
johnnyfins
(3,943 posts)Valkyrie.
DemocracyForever
(133 posts)
Passages
(4,464 posts)Shown Here:
Introduced in House (04/15/2021)
Judiciary Act of 2021
This bill increases from 9 to 13 the number of Justices on the Supreme Court.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2584
DemocracyForever
(133 posts)gives Congress the authority to regulate the Supreme Court. Any cases involving elections in any way need to be taken away from Supreme Court and given to a non-partisan commission to rule on.
Passages
(4,464 posts)Cha
(320,334 posts)💔💙 ☮️🌻🕯️🕊️💜
orangecrush
(30,969 posts)
Cha
(320,334 posts) 
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Clouds Passing
(8,157 posts)
Farmer-Rick
(12,773 posts)the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution?
The Amendments have the same "decades-old data" and "eradicated practices" that justify "extraordinary" federal intrusion into state affairs. The Amendments are why the voting rights act was passed.
Next up overturning the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Now the Dancing Supremes are overturning and rewriting the US Constitution. How special.
LudwigPastorius
(14,944 posts)But, only if we crush the Republican Party in November.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221208977
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,502 posts)And with Trump and his insane, incompetent cabinet we could be bombed back to the Stone Age.
spanone
(142,020 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(181,602 posts)Justices should consider not only why most believe the high court is motivated by politics, but also their own role in fueling the problem they find offensive.
Why John Roberts’ defense of the Supreme Court was so wildly unpersuasive www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
— Philly Joe (@joehick58.bsky.social) 2026-05-07T22:39:16.924Z
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/john-roberts-defense-supreme-court-unpersuasive
“I think, at a very basic level, people think we’re making policy decisions, we’re saying we think this is how things should be, as opposed to what the law provides,” he said. “I think they view us as purely political actors, which I don’t think is an accurate understanding of what we do.”
His remarks to a conference of judges and lawyers from the 3rd U.S. Circuit in Pennsylvania came at a time of low public confidence in the court, and about a week after the court handed down a decision that hollowed out the Voting Rights Act.
As part of the same remarks, Roberts went on to argue that sitting justices are not “part of the political process … and I’m not sure people grasp that as much as is appropriate.”.....
Why does the public see the justices, as Roberts put it, as “political actors”? It might have something to do with far-right justices issuing regressive and reactionary rulings. And far-right justices getting caught up in indefensible ethics controversies. And far-right justices elevating the presidency above the law.
But I suspect one of the main reasons so many people see justices as “political actors” is the frequency with which they act like political actors. Right around the same time that the public was learning about Roberts’ remarks, Justice Neil Gorsuch, who has a track record of chatting with conservative media personalities, appeared on a conservative podcast, talking about his belief that “young conservatives must have courage to stand by their beliefs.”....
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut argued five years ago, “Judges turning into political actors, giving speeches attacking journalists, is terrible for the court and terrible for democracy.” Justices proceeded to ignore the warning.
The tarnishing of the Supreme Court — its credibility, its integrity and its reputation — has unfolded episodically over the course of several years. If Roberts and his brethren want to whine about public reactions to their work, that’s their right, but if they want to help restore the institution’s standing, they have an enormous amount of work to do. To date, they have shown no willingness whatsoever to even acknowledge the causes of the Supreme Court’s problems, much less take steps to address what ails it.
Roberts is a racist asshole who has been plotting to overturn or gut the Voting Rights Act since Roberts' days in the Reagan DOJ. I still remember reading the Shelby County opinion and dissent where Roberts gutted Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. That was NOT a legal opinion but a policy decision based on Roberts' belief that there was no longer racial prejudice. Alito's opinion is merely a continuation of the racist policies of the six asshole SCOTUS justices.