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via Raw StoryThe Supreme Court may be within a few months of ending democracy in the United States and turning the White House over to a group of billionaires who’ve already funded the GOP takeover of multiple state legislatures.
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Of the six-vote hard-right majority on the Supreme Court, only one of them was appointed by a president who actually won his election (Thomas: Bush Sr.). The other five were appointed by George W. Bush (lost in 2000 by about a half-million votes) and Trump (lost in 2016 by over 3 million votes).
The urgency and ferocity with which they’re ripping our Constitution to shreds seems driven by their knowledge of their own illegitimacy.
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The most concerning case right now, however, is Moore v Harper which considers the bizarre theory Trump was pushing Pence to accept, that voters don’t determine who becomes president via the Electoral College but that individual state legislatures can simply award their Electoral votes to whichever candidate strikes their fancy.
It’s loosely based on language in the Constitution, but defies two centuries of precedent and turns pretty much every part of elections over to state legislatures with no oversight whatsoever by either governors or the people, and can’t be appealed to any court, including the Supreme Court.
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A review of SCOTUS decisions since 2000: - Handed the 2000 election to George W. Bush. Bush v. Gore
- Radically cut back the rights of unions to organize and represent workers. Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council
- Declared that billionaires buying politicians is merely “free speech” Citizens United v. FEC
- Gutted the power of the EPA to regulate planet-destroying carbon pollution West Virginia v EPA
- Ripped the heart out of both the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. Merrill v Mulligan
- Remove from US citizens who move to (or live in) Puerto Rico the right to receive certain Social Security benefits. US v Vaello-Madero case.
- Ended the 6th Amendment right of prisoners to challenge convictions when their lawyers were demonstrably corrupt or incompetent Shinn v Ramirez
- Took away Miranda rights to remain silent, avoid self-incrimination, and know you have access to a lawyer. Vega v. Tekoh
- Decided in two cases, Garland v. Gonzalez and in Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez, that noncitizens often are not entitled to bond hearings or class-wide injunctive relief when screwed by the feds.
- Ripped away 4th Amendment privacy rights against unreasonable search and seizure for all persons living within 100 miles of an ocean or our borders with Mexico or Canada (that’s two out of three American citizens Egbert v Boule
- Overturned 50 years of precedent, the power to overrule states’ and tribes’ rules against pollution of their waterways. Louisiana v American Rivers
- The Court allowed a coach to impose prayer on public school students because “religious liberty.” Kennedy v. Bremerton School District
- The Court held that the Constitution of the United States does not confer a right to abortion. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
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That sounds like NEW business, not "business as usual".
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That sounds like NEW business, not "business as usual". ...as Issy used to write: Your mileage may vary. 
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It's starting... Alleged voter intimidation at Arizona drop box puts officials on watch“There’s a group of people hanging out near the ballot dropbox filming and photographing my wife and I as we approached the dropbox and accusing us of being a mule,” said the report, which was written by a voter in the Phoenix suburbs and obtained by The Washington Post. “They took … photographs of our license plate and of us and then followed us out the parking lot in one of their cars continuing to film.” “Camo clad people taking pictures of me, my license plate as I dropped our mail in ballots in the box,” the complaint said. “When I approached them asking names, group they’re with, they wouldn’t give anything. They asked why I wanted to know, well it’s because it’s a personal attack.” Starting out relatively low key. Give it time.
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It's like Trump said: if we let everybody vote "you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again". So they are doing whatever it takes to remain competitive.
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The Supreme Court may be within a few months of ending democracy in the United States And they may not be within a few months of ending democracy. I guess we'll know in a few months, right? Are SCOTUS Republicans in on a plot to end Democratic presidencies forever? Probably not. That looks like some of the QAnon conspiracy theories we used to laugh at here. Like the pizza parlor. The conservative justices will make conservative decisions that are going to piss you off for a decade or more. Because they are in the majority. It's a democracy thing...sucks don't it. Did you think this Supreme Court was going to make many decisions that would make you happy? Maybe it's the end of democracy, maybe it's not. Maybe the jackbooted thugs will come, maybe not. I'm betting against both. But that doesn't mean they couldn't happen. That's an ugly horse that I'm not gonna bet on. I'm betting on America.
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...That looks like some of the QAnon conspiracy theories we used to laugh at here... Did you skip over this post with its very important argument for why a Republican SCOTUS majority will end democracy? Their rulings are already leaning that way. By-the-way, the reference to "a few months" is the case currently before them considering Trump's elector scheme. The SCOTUS will rule by the end of June 2023 on it. Ergo the "a few months" quip. - Handed the 2000 election to George W. Bush. Bush v. Gore
- Radically cut back the rights of unions to organize and represent workers. Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Council
- Declared that billionaires buying politicians is merely “free speech” Citizens United v. FEC
- Gutted the power of the EPA to regulate planet-destroying carbon pollution West Virginia v EPA
- Ripped the heart out of both the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. Merrill v Mulligan
- Remove from US citizens who move to (or live in) Puerto Rico the right to receive certain Social Security benefits. US v Vaello-Madero case.
- Ended the 6th Amendment right of prisoners to challenge convictions when their lawyers were demonstrably corrupt or incompetent Shinn v Ramirez
- Took away Miranda rights to remain silent, avoid self-incrimination, and know you have access to a lawyer. Vega v. Tekoh
- Decided in two cases, Garland v. Gonzalez and in Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez, that noncitizens often are not entitled to bond hearings or class-wide injunctive relief when screwed by the feds.
- Ripped away 4th Amendment privacy rights against unreasonable search and seizure for all persons living within 100 miles of an ocean or our borders with Mexico or Canada (that’s two out of three American citizens Egbert v Boule
- Overturned 50 years of precedent, the power to overrule states’ and tribes’ rules against pollution of their waterways. Louisiana v American Rivers
- The Court allowed a coach to impose prayer on public school students because “religious liberty.” Kennedy v. Bremerton School District
- The Court held that the Constitution of the United States does not confer a right to abortion. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
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Probably not. That looks like some of the QAnon conspiracy theories we used to laugh at here. I don't remember laughing at people forcing their way into a family restaurant with high powered rifles looking for nonexistent child sex slaves. I don't ever remember LAUGHING about it. Also...not laughing at the three dozen or so candidates for various offices including a couple in the House and Senate who have said that they are fully on board with Qanon either. Which part of this is funny? Oh I know, the part where everyone else is "hysterical", right? Till it happens on your block.
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Full Qanon. Democratic Party elites "dine on the blood of children during wild satanic rituals". Half of the Republican Party now believes SOME FORM of Qanon whacko conspiracy garbage. https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1583069972267696134
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