by Bill Blum
December 19, 2022
Extract:
Read more here: https://www.alternet.org/supreme-court ... -revenge/(Alternet) The Dobbs decision (overturning Roe v Wade) is deeply unpopular, with 60% of respondents in recent rolls disapproving of the ruling. According to a June Gallup survey, Americans’ confidence in the court has plummeted to a new low. A mere 25% of respondents told Gallup they had “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the Court.
And more bad decisions are on the horizon. In his concurring opinion in Dobbs, Thomas called upon his benchmates to revisit such privacy-based precedents as the right to contraception (Griswold v. Connecticut, 1965), the right to engage in same-sex intimacy (Lawrence v. Texas, 2003), and the right to same-sex marriage (Obergefell v. Hodges, 2015). Thomas and Gorsuch are also on record as favoring reconsideration of New York Times v. Sullivan (1964), another product of the Warren Court that shields the media from potentially crippling defamation lawsuits. Reaching even farther into the future, originalist academics such as the University of San Diego’s Rappaport have questioned the constitutionality of Social Security and Medicare.
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There’s no denying the future of the Supreme Court looks grim. Still, as the successful fight against Bork long ago demonstrated, hope should never be abandoned. With enough public pressure and effective organizing, the court can be reformed and brought to serve the nation’s needs in the 21st century.
caltrek’s comment: Here is yet another example of a clear difference between Democrats and Republicans. This is why arguments based of the sentiment that they are both equally right-wing are nonsensical. In addition to noticing the results of a Court dominated by Republican appointed right-wing zealots, voters should also pay attention to what the Democrats are trying to accomplish in their legislative program. Things like at least beginning to address the growing problem of greenhouse gas emission related to climate change, the need for a clean environment, and even the growing inequality of wealth, at least as it leads to the impoverishment of a segment of the U.S. population. So please folks, beware of false equivalency arguments.