John Roberts and the Death of Rule of Law in America
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The debate rages on about the state of the rule of law in America, with a recent Guardian article sparking discussion around Chief Justice John Roberts and the Supreme Court's trajectory. Commenters are dissecting a dissenting opinion, with some clarifying its origin and context, while others weigh in on the court's ideological leanings. A heated exchange ensues when one commenter suggests that judges on both sides of the ideological spectrum are to blame, prompting a strong rebuke from another user. As the conversation unfolds, it becomes clear that the thread is grappling with the implications of the Supreme Court's actions on the broader justice system.
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> In a broader sense, however, today’s ruling is of a piece with this Court’s recent tendencies. “[R]ight when the Judiciary should be hunkering down to do all it can to preserve the law’s constraints,” the Court opts instead to make vindicating the rule of law and preventing manifestly injurious Government action as difficult as possible. This is Calvinball jurisprudence with a twist. Calvinball has only one rule: There are no fixed rules.[6] We seem to have two: that one, and this Administration always wins.
* https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/25a103_kh7p.pdf
Are you fucking kidding me?
One possible example, Texas is now redistricting in the middle of the decade to remove some congress people to give the GOP more seats. California started doing the same to offset Texas. You can bet if this redistricting gets to the Supreme Court, Texas will be allowed to continue, Calif. will be banned.
Everyone in the US knows that will happen. So this is on Roberts, allowing this court to do what it wants, not what is legal.