This is going to be the actual legacy of the Roberts Court, dismantling civil rights laws that frustrate their Jim Crow ideology - ThreadSky

elienyc.bsky.social • 47 days ago

This is going to be the actual legacy of the Roberts Court, dismantling civil rights laws that frustrate their Jim Crow ideology

Reposted from Balls & Strikes

The prevailing Republican consensus about civil rights laws is that they can't be constitutional anymore because Racism Is Over, Actually

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jailhouse-dog.bsky.social•47 days ago

Just like we don't need vaccines because measles, mumps and rubella aren't killing or maiming millions.

jaxson17.bsky.social•47 days ago

Got to love it when people who have never faced racism, get to tell you that racism is over.

clarissalv.bsky.social•46 days ago

luful.bsky.social•47 days ago

We have elected literal Nazis in the White House so no racism is not over

queenthiab.bsky.social•47 days ago

Not me. Just duped mind controlled MAGA

lululove19.bsky.social•47 days ago

Didn’t we expect this after President Obama was elected? I recall all of the “post racial” America rhetoric as the first black President received death threats for being black. Racism is a mental health issue and until it is designated as such, we will continue to witness this craziness.

haveyouanywool.bsky.social•45 days ago

No, no it’s not. It’s a willful bigotry issue, which can be overcome, only if the bigot wants to, tho

claire1.bsky.social•45 days ago

So what do white supremacists consider racist?

denismcdowell.bsky.social•47 days ago

I've heard this exact sentiment from people I know regarding civil rights and LGBTQ rights. "They've gotten everything they wanted...what else do they want?"

bluesky411.bsky.social•45 days ago

𝔦𝔣 𝔧𝔦𝔪 𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔴 𝔦𝔡𝔢𝔬𝔩𝔬𝔤𝔶 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔲𝔢𝔰 𝔴𝔢 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔰𝔢𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔞𝔣𝔣𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔪𝔲𝔫𝔦𝔱𝔶 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔲𝔰𝔞. 𝔥𝔬𝔴 𝔫𝔞𝔦𝔳𝔢 𝔠𝔞𝔫 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔪𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔱 𝔟𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔦𝔱 𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔬𝔭 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔲𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔯𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔞𝔠𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔩𝔢𝔡𝔤𝔢 𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔭𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔯 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔩𝔞𝔴 . 𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔣𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔫 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔬 𝔫𝔲𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔦𝔠𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔲𝔰𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔯𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔤𝔦𝔬𝔲𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔢𝔣 !

leu2500.bsky.social•47 days ago

Don’t forget to mention Sandra Day O’Connor (& probably Kennedy)

Didn’t she write wrt to some civil rights case that the need for affirmative action, etc would expire at some point? I think she did

oldbrownshoe.bsky.social•47 days ago

If our Founders would have just let us follow the metric system, none of this would be happening.

photodog.bsky.social•46 days ago

Add corruption and ultra right activism to that list.

hyperbolee.bsky.social•47 days ago

History will NOT be kind... then again, why should they care at the moment, right?

Rich/white/men are riding high, living their best lives at the moment, so -- phuck legacy!

lorilogic.bsky.social•47 days ago

Grrrrrrr! It's shameful.

jkahnesq.bsky.social•47 days ago

It was so frustratingly easy for him to proclaim, with the stroke of a pen, that the exceptional circumstances leading up to the VRA no longer exist. It was and is more than willful ignorance.

marcashrsn.bsky.social•47 days ago

James B. Crow indeed. How did the Democrats get so far out of position? How do we get back in the game?

mkverson.bsky.social•46 days ago

📌

ab9rf.bsky.social•47 days ago

"This law is unconstitutional because having laws like this hurts my fee-fees"

nancyannn.bsky.social•47 days ago

And how that skewed election results - because that was the point.

jamessteel2008.bsky.social•47 days ago

Biden should’ve packed the court in his four years, too late now.

leu2500.bsky.social•47 days ago

2 years. Rs controlled the House the last 2 years of his term

& you know Manchin & Sinema would have come up with some reason not to support it

jamessteel2008.bsky.social•46 days ago

Yeah that’s true, he never had a true trifecta 21-23

ameleh.bsky.social•47 days ago

Y’know. I really just cannot with all the lauding of him.

vegaskat.bsky.social•46 days ago

Consolidation of Power, legalization of bribery, taking away your right to sue, and deconstructing the administrative state is their goal

Stripping women & minorities of rights is secondary to Oligarchy and permanent 1-party rule

jsheehan901.bsky.social•45 days ago

Awww, but Roberts is a white guy with a sheepish little boyish grin, so how can he possibly be the evil troll he obviously is?

nicklawless52.bsky.social•44 days ago

JOHN ROBERTS is about as "cloak and dagger" KKK as they come. He had so many people fooled that the was the moderate on the Supreme Court. Way back when he gutted MLK's Civil Rights Act, we should have been paying attention, but MOST of America did not!

marybschneider.bsky.social•47 days ago

One of the legacies, along with granting almost unlimited power to presidents and declaring corruption for Supreme Court justices just a job feature we have to accept.

susharma.bsky.social•47 days ago

Didn't Roberts work on something like this way back in the 80s? I can't recall the source from which I read that many years ago.

fionataylor.bsky.social•47 days ago

Yes, he worked for the DOJ under Reagan to dismantle the VRA.

n1ghtmarica.bsky.social•44 days ago

That can be battled if folks are willing to stand up and fight.

mikusa.bsky.social•47 days ago

Racism isn’t over but the window for us to catch up from it’s generational harm IS over and the door is closing on the catch-up inclusionary policies. We have not achieved equality, equity or unity because we erred by thinking we had as much time to RECOVER as the amount of time we had SUFFERED

blessyourheart32.bsky.social•47 days ago

Yes, racism is over.
That's why there's at least one animal rescue in my city that refuses to adopt to Black people, among so many other things.

ynot1989.bsky.social•47 days ago

Worst Chief since Taney.

russianhacker.bsky.social•46 days ago

I'd argue that Fuller is up there too for overseeing the undoing of most of the postbellum achievements after the Civil War, but between him and Taney, it's hardly a contest.

nunesuberdriver.bsky.social•45 days ago

The Supreme Court must be what people have in mind when they complain about "unelected bureaucrats" having too much power in Washington, DC.
#SCOTUS #SCROTUS

tgfe.bsky.social•47 days ago

The same people who yelled at little black girls going to integrated schools are still alive and in government/roles of power.

Racism is still very alive and thriving in America.

haveyouanywool.bsky.social•45 days ago

Always has been thus. We are a racist, misogynist, white supremacist nation. The end.

justicedntmatters.bsky.social•47 days ago

nancyspantsbelt.bsky.social•45 days ago

Oh really, just declare it over when we have the whitest political group coming in ever!🙄🙄🙄 Trump trotted out his 'Blacks for Trump' but notice not too many actually hired by his administration.👹👹👹

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