Uh, oh. This does not bode well. SCOTUS is coming apart at the seams, and that is the *last* thing we need, considering what else is going on, and that’s a lot. We’ve never heard something like this, although my memory may be faulty. But seriously, who expects such a thing to happen with the highest court in the United States? It’s a problem, is what it is. I respect Raw Story:
The Supreme Court’s infighting has spilled out into public view, and it paints an ugly picture of the judicial body, according to a political analyst. The New York Times opinion columnist Jesse Wegman believes recent activity from Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Brett Kavanaugh, and Clarence Thomas highlights the trouble brewing inside the Supreme Court.
Wegman wrote, “We’ve come to expect diatribes against entire swaths of the country from the Trump administration, but to hear a Supreme Court justice do it is somehow more chilling.
“All Supreme Court justices are at risk of huffing their own fumes. It comes along with the lifetime appointment, the endless cosseting and flattery.
It’s easy for them to forget that they play a unique role in American life and are held to a higher standard of behavior than the rest of us.
Oh, hail yes to all of it. The infighting is being made public. That’s absolutely chilling. It’s the Supreme Court, after all. Sure, we know they’re only human. But geez, people, don’t make your fights public! That kills their image in the eyes of the people of America. It makes them look like schoolyard kids having a battle of insults on the playground. These are grown men and women. They should damn well know better. They *are* held to a higher standard. But they’re failing in the eyes of the public. Just another thing to embarrass America in the eyes of the world.
“These days, the Supreme Court sometimes feels as if it is slowly coming apart, the victim of both its own members’ arrogance and the hardball politics that Senate Republicans used to pack the court with right-wingers over the past decade.”
Thomas, earlier this month, delivered a scathing critique of progressivism during a speech at the University of Texas Austin Law School, characterizing the political philosophy as fundamentally incompatible with American constitutional principles.
Thomas argued that progressivism seeks to replace the foundational premises of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution itself.
“Progressivism seeks to replace the basic premises of the Declaration of Independence and hence our form of government,” Thomas stated. “[Progressivism] holds that our rights and our dignities come not from God, but from government.”
Ugh, Clarence Thomas. One of the two most blatantly corrupt members of the Supreme Court. We knew all the way back from that get-go that he was going to be slime. His confirmation hearing was a farce. He was accused of sexual harassment during the Senate hearings and *still* got in. Now he’s hard, hard right, and it shows. He can’t be impartial anymore, if he ever was. Conservatives are one thing, but this? Oh heck no.
Sotomayor also made headlines earlier this month for a scathing put-down of Kavanaugh. Speaking at the University of Kansas School of Law earlier this month, Sotomayor said Kavanaugh “probably doesn’t really know any person who works by the hour” in response to a question about a recent case concerning immigration law.
In the case, Kavanaugh argued that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents should be allowed to conduct what’s known as “roving stops” to check someone’s immigration status.
Sotomayor publicly apologized to Kavanaugh a week later.
In her statement, Sotomayor said, “At a recent appearance at the University of Kansas School of Law, I referred to a disagreement with one of my colleagues in a prior case, but I made remarks that were inappropriate. I regret my hurtful comments. I have apologized to my colleague.”
Heh. Kavanaugh really likely does not know anyone who works hourly. Roving stops are ridiculous, especially if you’re handicapped and get dragged out of your car, that making the handicaps worse. He’s been a problem from the beginning. Sotomayor was the better person by apologizing publicly. That’s going to bring her more support. 99% of the time, Kavanaugh is a lost cause. He very occasionally does the right thing in SCOTUS decisions. Of course, we’re liberals, so we don’t cut people like Kavanaugh any slack. He doesn’t deserve any. Most of the court doesn’t deserve any slack. Not after they overturned Roe vs Wade. So, SCOTUS has a lot of infighting going on. That’s going to make them even worse in their decisions for the upcoming cases. Wonderful. Not.
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