USSC has done a catch and kill (rather, catch and delay so it can be killed) operation on Trump's January 6th case. They took it to delay it, much like David Pecker bought negative stories about Donald Trump to "kill" them so that they were never published.
We hear cries that liberals will "pack the court!". But the truth is, the US Supreme Court is already packed with right-wing political operatives in robes put there by the Federalist Society, Koch Brothers, et al, to protect Republican/MAGA politicians and leaders, and to protect and impose extreme right-wing ideology on a public that does not want it -- not to dispense justice.
Specifically, they were pushed there (And I do mean pushed. By creating then violating made-up on-the-spot 'rules' by a minority in the Senate which represents only a minority of America) to overturn Roe, abolish affirmative action, destroy the VRA and the Civil Rights Act, protect extreme right-wing Republican ideology, protect Republican political figures, protect their Republican leader (Trump) from any accountability no matter what he does, and to protect corporations & billionaires and their private profits from taxes and regulations that might curb their predatory natures. Finally, the last 3 appointees were installed by Donald Trump to assist him and MAGA in changing our form of government.
The only legal precedents from the past 50-100 years they have left to destroy are the Civil Rights Act, the right to contraception and medication abortion, and LGBTQ rights. And they will.
TWO THINGS:
1. They took the January 6th case to DELAY IT. That is all. When they take indisputably criminal cases (no disagreement from any courts or juries on the way to the USSC) just for the delay, that's a clue. Otherwise, they'd have not taken that case.
2. When they take previously decided cases to overturn them and cases intended to impose ideologies that are very unpopular with the general American public, that's a clue. Such cases are being massively shoveled up to this court by the Koch/Federalist Society (on orders from the same) for MAGA to finally get what it wants from this court because they can't get it legislatively or at the ballot box.
Roe v Wade: overturned. Affirmative Action: overturned. VRA: destroyed. COMING SOON: LGBTQ rights: soon to be destroyed. Access to and use of birth control and medication abortion: on their list. Civil Rights Act: soon to be destroyed.
Rep. Jamie Raskin said that the USSC offices should be moved to RNC HQ. At this point, at least six of the so-called "justices" should move there to allow six actual justices to be installed in their place. Of course, that won't happen but functionally, it should.
It should be clear to anyone and everyone why those six conservative justices -- and particularly the last three appointed -- are there. Donald Trump and his team celebrated when the USSC took the January 6th case, and he called them "my justices". There is no pretending that any concern for justice, the rule of law, or integrity exists on the part of that court those six justices occupy.
They are very obviously not there to dispense justice under the law. They were put there to create the government, economy, and society the Federalist Society/Koch/MAGA want, and to do so from that bench to subsequently impose it on an American public that largely disagrees with those extreme right-wing ideologies. And they were put there to help Donald Trump transform America's form of government from a Democratic Republic to an Authoritarian Dictatorship.
What’s to stop them? Voters. YOU. If you’re not registered to vote, get registered now. If you don’t have the necessary ID or you’re not sure, check and get it now. Check your registration regularly and clear up any issues with it early. And vote on election day in November 2024, or vote early. Nobody else is going to save our Republic. It’s all on voters to ensure they will continue to be able to vote in the future and that their votes will matter.
Fail to vote in this next election and you may never be able to vote (or do a lot of other things your current rights allow you to do), ever again.
Get on it. Today.