If you think of Supreme Court justices as philosopher kings who care about holding the American republic in their trust, you will be perpetually surprised and disappointed. If, instead, you think of them as very similar to 6 Republican and 3 Democratic senators, then things make much more sense - ThreadSky

jonmladd.bsky.social • 19 days ago

If you think of Supreme Court justices as philosopher kings who care about holding the American republic in their trust, you will be perpetually surprised and disappointed. If, instead, you think of them as very similar to 6 Republican and 3 Democratic senators, then things make much more sense

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merrittkelly1.bsky.social•19 days ago

Disappointing, upsetting and corrupt. 6 of them.

gustavo64.bsky.social•19 days ago

That's so much more terrifying.

iwantyoustudio.bsky.social•19 days ago

jerrymcm.bsky.social•19 days ago

Senators for life.

gramini.bsky.social•10 days ago

Agree! Term limits!!

vaughnwolff.bsky.social•19 days ago

Democratic senators are largely not materially nearly as protective of people’s rights as the three progressive justices.

romansmith.bsky.social•5 days ago

True

exadyto.bsky.social•18 days ago

I would argue that they don’t have the power to be. The most moderate Dem of the last century, Bill Clinton, appointed justices who could do much more for people than the most progressive senators.

suannelqr.bsky.social•19 days ago

I view them as 6 cheap prostitutes and 3 union workers.

schroederlaw.bsky.social•19 days ago

I learned that in law school on December 12, 2000 at age 24. But back then it was 5 Republicans and 4 Democrats. It was like a 9 year old learning there was no Santa Claus.

quixoticism.bsky.social•19 days ago

Yep. There’s some unpredictable flips every now and then but the trend is strong

jikukeiseki.bsky.social•19 days ago

are you telling me it's not a coincidence that the chief justice always resigns during a Republican presidency

moodlesmix.bsky.social•19 days ago

I prefer to think of them as toadies put in place to do daddy Trump's bidding

gartmartin9.bsky.social•19 days ago

that's both sidesing the dishonesty and hypocrisy of the Opus Dei wing of the court.
The other three judges are upholding their oath and applying the law honestly.

georgeabington.bsky.social•19 days ago

100% right. The other 3 appointed Dem justices will not give immunity for a Democratic President if he committed treason by attempting a coup to stay in power after he lost his elections. But this guy wants to play the punditry favorite game, false equivalency and normalization of evil.

arspolitico.bsky.social•19 days ago

LOL! "Philosopher Kings"? How about this⬇️

chrismcneil.bsky.social•19 days ago

Maybe we should have more of them, with fixed term limits.

boulevaardvark.bsky.social•19 days ago

Politicians in robes.

sungura-mclever.bsky.social•18 days ago

Even tracks from the amount of lawyers and people with lawyer brain in the senate

captspotty.bsky.social•19 days ago

Unfortunately, quite a few were not chosen for having intelligence or philosophical ideals, but rather, for their alliance to the party....not the people.

dgreenshields.bsky.social•19 days ago

Party and not the people, or the law itself.

ronmexico007.bsky.social•19 days ago

🎯🎯

jdt1156.bsky.social•19 days ago

So sad and disillusioned. i used to have a high regard for this court. i naively believed this court defended the constitution regardless of political ideology. Sadly, i have to agree with you.

apollomax289.bsky.social•19 days ago

I think it’s a corrupt court that sold their souls for 30 pieces of silver and there needs to be a limit on their turn.

andy-parrish.bsky.social•19 days ago

The Rs are like House members who have to be to the right of the other alt-right candidates in a dark red district.

jamiahx.bsky.social•19 days ago

Would be nice if they were deprived of support for their partisan projects by regulating their clerks.

mpzrd.bsky.social•19 days ago

The thing is they think of THEMSELVES as philosopher kings, with the same result. Same with those senators you mention.

louisgordon.bsky.social•19 days ago

You have it in one. If there's any doubt, look at Bush vs. Gore. That says it all.

meyerson.bsky.social•19 days ago

Where are least two of the six Republicans are captured by billionaires paying them much more than their salaries.

bedparasiempre.bsky.social•19 days ago

A large percentage of law school is very smart people coaching you to accept the first account as a postulate and to dismiss the second account as primitive and dumb

hollyjoidaho.bsky.social•19 days ago

Let’s not forget that the six Republicans are open to bribery. Did I say open to? I meant have openly engaged in.

tedremington.bsky.social•19 days ago

Partisan lawyers in fancy robes.

patricia31now.bsky.social•19 days ago

The Supreme Court has already let states use government to control and hold hostage a woman’s uterus legally, so why does anyone think they will let the child born by that woman be an American citizen.

noanarcocapitalism.bsky.social•19 days ago

with the difference that they are there FOR LIFE.

stevezorowitz.bsky.social•19 days ago

Everything I know about the law, i learned in math class.

jordanahoward.bsky.social•19 days ago

Thomas - Grassley (hard to find a good counter)
Gorsuch - Rand Paul
Kavanaugh - Tuberville
Alito - Crapo
Roberts - McConnell
Barrett - Cross btw Graham & Collins
Jackson - Warren
Sotomayor - Duckworth
Kagan - Klobuchar

adamamerica.bsky.social•19 days ago

Roberts gets all shocked when people despise his high partisan court.

trishmcmillan.bsky.social•19 days ago

possibly one of the most disconnected people in american politics right now

anerdylawyer.bsky.social•11 days ago

Reminded of the story I heard that he was shocked by the blowback to the Trump immunity decision because he thought he could write such a well reasoned and logical opinion everyone would just be calm and concede he was right. Like what world are you living in John?

trishmcmillan.bsky.social•3 days ago

yup, absolute clown shit

georgeabington.bsky.social•19 days ago

You are right about 6 hyper partisan republican justices who will do everything to advance republican agenda including giving criminal immunity to Trump and destroying the foundation of the Republic. The 3 Dems appointed Scotus will never give a Dem president such a thing.

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