Regardless of any ideological concerns, real or imagined, the revelation that the court is fundamentally corrupt (like the rest of our government) and that several of the justices have absolutely no personal integrity whatsoever is a rather significant development. It turns out the one branch of government that a person could still have …
Regardless of any ideological concerns, real or imagined, the revelation that the court is fundamentally corrupt (like the rest of our government) and that several of the justices have absolutely no personal integrity whatsoever is a rather significant development. It turns out the one branch of government that a person could still have some level of faith in is just as much of a circus as the other two branches. Unless major ethics reforms are instituted they have opened the door for the court to participate in completely unbridled corruption.
The Dobbs decision and, more broadly, Thomas' stated dislike for well established precedents is also an extremely significant development. I say this because, 'yunno, it undermines the entire basis of our legal system and stuff. Regardless of the current court's dearth of issues they are ideologically split on, they have opened the door for the court to be a nakedly partisan entity which can reverse course whenever ideology swings the other way. Republicans are all excited about this now, but wait until the court swings liberal and a major gun rights case comes up. We'll be buying our ARs and providing them to the government to grind up every time there's an appointment.
There's also the fact that this decision on gay marriage and free speech is based on a case that does not actually exist. The court allowed a theoretical issue to be decided based on a nonexistent case brought by an activist. We can be sure we will see more of that in the future.
Regardless of any ideological concerns, real or imagined, the revelation that the court is fundamentally corrupt (like the rest of our government) and that several of the justices have absolutely no personal integrity whatsoever is a rather significant development. It turns out the one branch of government that a person could still have some level of faith in is just as much of a circus as the other two branches. Unless major ethics reforms are instituted they have opened the door for the court to participate in completely unbridled corruption.
The Dobbs decision and, more broadly, Thomas' stated dislike for well established precedents is also an extremely significant development. I say this because, 'yunno, it undermines the entire basis of our legal system and stuff. Regardless of the current court's dearth of issues they are ideologically split on, they have opened the door for the court to be a nakedly partisan entity which can reverse course whenever ideology swings the other way. Republicans are all excited about this now, but wait until the court swings liberal and a major gun rights case comes up. We'll be buying our ARs and providing them to the government to grind up every time there's an appointment.
There's also the fact that this decision on gay marriage and free speech is based on a case that does not actually exist. The court allowed a theoretical issue to be decided based on a nonexistent case brought by an activist. We can be sure we will see more of that in the future.