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kentuck

(111,155 posts)
Mon Jul 18, 2022, 09:33 AM Jul 2022

When anybody can become a US Supreme Court Justice... [View all]

...then we end up with a Court like we have today.

For most of our lives we expected a certain balance and a certain bipartisanship that prevented such predictability as we now have on the Court.

It required a certain type of leadership and an innate intelligence to keep the justice system from falling apart.

It required justices that were not married to their political ideology.

We no longer have that.

We no longer have the intelligence or the partisan separation that is needed to maintain trust in our Court system.

The Supreme Court has been corrupted.

It is no longer a legitimate voice for justice in this country.

Just my opinion.

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Unfortunately the rest of the world is watching it play out.supposed to be a beacon for human rights Walleye Jul 2022 #1
Apparently you have a problem with ... NanceGreggs Jul 2022 #2
Yea, you would think they could have done a little better? kentuck Jul 2022 #4
I recently left a place which was staffed by specialists in their fields... Hugin Jul 2022 #8
Business execs. plimsoll Jul 2022 #14
Now why didn't I think of that? Hugin Jul 2022 #17
Yes, and it is showing us that it does not Quakerfriend Jul 2022 #3
Agreed. And you didn't even mention the one who referenced... brush Jul 2022 #5
Let's be perfectly clear: RW "think tanks" are picking these justices ... Novara Jul 2022 #6
EXACTLY! ShazzieB Jul 2022 #13
And on their obedience. FoxNewsSucks Jul 2022 #15
They've been working it for decades IronLionZion Jul 2022 #21
Here's an idea: Novara Jul 2022 #24
AGREED YoshidaYui Jul 2022 #7
Look behind them. This court is the result of dark money buying its own justice for its own ends, ancianita Jul 2022 #9
Requirements to become a Supreme Court Justice: 3825-87867 Jul 2022 #10
Your opinion is CORRECT, 100% Escurumbele Jul 2022 #11
That's all quite true but it's not such a change from the norm. jaxexpat Jul 2022 #12
100% Agree. Bluethroughu Jul 2022 #16
The Chinese have an adage for that: AverageOldGuy Jul 2022 #18
So let's fight fire with fire EnergizedLib Jul 2022 #19
SCOTUS rulings will be ignored, and this damages the rule of law bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #20
John Roberts was never qualified to be Chief. Xoan Jul 2022 #22
I think the CJ should always come from an existing Justice Polybius Jul 2022 #27
EXACTLY! It has forfeited all legitimacy. RobertDevereaux Jul 2022 #23
Corruption runs throughout cilla4progress Jul 2022 #25
I always seem to agree with you NQAS Jul 2022 #26
It is a Subversive Court, fashioned by Moscow Mitch to destroy the federal government. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #28
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