It's official, the Supreme Court of the United States is no longer unbias or impartial.
In fourth grade, or so, my teachers gave us a civics lesson, and they explained that the reason Supreme Court justices receive life-time appointments was so they didn't have to be beholden to a political party, president or even the electorate and thus could make decisions completely based on the law. What a load of you know what!!!!!!!
We have seen just how political and contentious a Supreme Court selection has become. We have even seen Mitch McConnell hold a Supreme Court justice seat open for six months - in complete violation of the U.S. Constitution - to prevent a moderate justice from being appointed by Barack Obama. Obama appointed Merrick Garland, who was a member of U.S. District Court of Appeals for D.C. Garland was confirmed to D.C. Court by the Senate in 1997 by a 76-23 vote, but yet he did not even receive a judicial committee hearing in 2016, let alone a vote. Mitch McConnell swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States and again is in violation.
We are all old enough to remember just what a debacle the Brett Kavanaugh hearing was. I'm not going to go into further detail about this hearing because I can not say definitely whether Kavanaugh was guilty or innocent of the charges of sexual assault, but what a mess those hearings turned out to be regardless or your opinion on Justice Kavanaugh.
All that being said, the Supreme Court today ruled on yet another decision that boggles the mind and they did it strictly on a party-line vote. The conservative justices voted 5-4 that the federal courts DO NOT have a role to play in terms of Partisan Gerrymandering.
For those of you who do not know, Gerrymandering is when the party in power in a given state redraws the congressional district lines in such a way to ensure that they remain in power. So if you think you live in a democracy, surprise, you do not. The Supreme Court should rule on this and make Gerrymandering unconstitutional. FULL STOP! This seems clear as day to me, and it transcends party, because both sides have used this to stifle democracy. Yet the Supreme Court does nothing.
Unfortunately, this is not a isolated incident for the Supreme Court. They have failed time and time again on issues that 90 percent of the electorate would think are no brainers - Citizens United comes to mind. The Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (2010) decision basically allows people with a lot of money to contribute as much as they want to a political campaign because according to the court, that person, or corporation, which the court deemed a person, has the right to freedom of speech. WHAT? Thanks to Citizens United, if I contribute $100 to a candidate, they are less likely to listen to my thoughts, when person B or corporation B gives that candidate $100,000. Citizens United did not level the playing field, it minimized my first amendment right, because I do not have $100,000 to give to a candidate.
If you think Citizens United was not partisan, than you have not been paying attention. The conservative justices, seeing their party shrink and their influence wane, decided to give some of their pals more influence. Almost as disgraceful as America's biggest Congressional disgrace, Mitch McConnell.
In fourth grade, or so, my teachers gave us a civics lesson, and they explained that the reason Supreme Court justices receive life-time appointments was so they didn't have to be beholden to a political party, president or even the electorate and thus could make decisions completely based on the law. What a load of you know what!!!!!!!
We have seen just how political and contentious a Supreme Court selection has become. We have even seen Mitch McConnell hold a Supreme Court justice seat open for six months - in complete violation of the U.S. Constitution - to prevent a moderate justice from being appointed by Barack Obama. Obama appointed Merrick Garland, who was a member of U.S. District Court of Appeals for D.C. Garland was confirmed to D.C. Court by the Senate in 1997 by a 76-23 vote, but yet he did not even receive a judicial committee hearing in 2016, let alone a vote. Mitch McConnell swore to uphold the Constitution of the United States and again is in violation.
We are all old enough to remember just what a debacle the Brett Kavanaugh hearing was. I'm not going to go into further detail about this hearing because I can not say definitely whether Kavanaugh was guilty or innocent of the charges of sexual assault, but what a mess those hearings turned out to be regardless or your opinion on Justice Kavanaugh.
All that being said, the Supreme Court today ruled on yet another decision that boggles the mind and they did it strictly on a party-line vote. The conservative justices voted 5-4 that the federal courts DO NOT have a role to play in terms of Partisan Gerrymandering.
For those of you who do not know, Gerrymandering is when the party in power in a given state redraws the congressional district lines in such a way to ensure that they remain in power. So if you think you live in a democracy, surprise, you do not. The Supreme Court should rule on this and make Gerrymandering unconstitutional. FULL STOP! This seems clear as day to me, and it transcends party, because both sides have used this to stifle democracy. Yet the Supreme Court does nothing.
Unfortunately, this is not a isolated incident for the Supreme Court. They have failed time and time again on issues that 90 percent of the electorate would think are no brainers - Citizens United comes to mind. The Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (2010) decision basically allows people with a lot of money to contribute as much as they want to a political campaign because according to the court, that person, or corporation, which the court deemed a person, has the right to freedom of speech. WHAT? Thanks to Citizens United, if I contribute $100 to a candidate, they are less likely to listen to my thoughts, when person B or corporation B gives that candidate $100,000. Citizens United did not level the playing field, it minimized my first amendment right, because I do not have $100,000 to give to a candidate.
If you think Citizens United was not partisan, than you have not been paying attention. The conservative justices, seeing their party shrink and their influence wane, decided to give some of their pals more influence. Almost as disgraceful as America's biggest Congressional disgrace, Mitch McConnell.
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