But donât just take my word for it. Hereâs Roberts in his own words: âThe most important thing for the public to understand is that weâre not a political branch of government. They do not elect us. If they do not like what we are doing, itâs more or less just too bad.â www.c-span.org/video...
"too bad"
The Roberts court is historically unrepresentative of the American people, and unsurprisingly, also historically unpopular and polarizing.
Itâs not unusual for a Supreme Court to rule in favor of the wealthy and powerful. But the Roberts Court has created a ratcheting death spiral for democracy unlike any weâve seen.
These plutotheocratic interests fund the Federalist Society, which over the last three decades has literally planned and executed an unprecedented transfer of unchecked political power to its own loyalists.
But the six members of the Roberts majority DO owe their positions to a cabal of 1) plutocrats, who directly benefited from rulings like Citizens United and Loper Bright, and 2) theocrats, who have a fierce ideological commitment to outcomes like Dobbs and Hobby Lobby.
Think of it this way: The justices on the Warren and Burger Courts who gave us Brown, Roe, and Gideon did not come out of a multibillion dollar pipeline constructed by civil rights activists, feminists, or indigent prisoners.
Apologists for the Roberts Court say that other courts have also overturned major precedents. But other courts were not specifically installed for that purpose.
But, as much as we worry that Trump will follow through on his pledge to be a âdictator on day one,â we have allowed Robertsâs âinstitutionalistâ sheen to blind us to the fact that his majority has operated as an unaccountable dictator for nearly 7,000 days now. www.weekendreading.n...
The Roberts Majority: Dictators Since Day One
Many are wondering whether the Roberts majority will intervene in the election to âselectâ the next president, a la Bush v. Gore. As if they havenât already intervened repeatedly and profoundly on behalf of Trumpâshielding him from prosecution via delays, the unjustifiable immunity ruling, etc.