Don’t look now, but the Supreme Court has gone rogue.
Sure, abortion is likely headed back to states. And I wouldn’t hold my breath if LGBTQ rights were squared against the rights of the freedom-to-pray-you-burn segment of America.
But consider what the high court has done in its first term since Amy Coney Barrett was packed into the court like a travel bag of weed:
- Ignored nearly five dozen Republican appeals to toss the election.
- Upheld Obamacare — again.
- Ruled LGBTQ employees should be afforded the same civil protections as any group.
- Ruled that DACA dreamers can stay.
- Ruled AGAINST two traditional authorities — a school board seeking to punish a student outside of class and a California police department trying to enter a man’s house without a warrant.
- Ruled that college athletes can make money off their name and likeness, overturning an NCAA rule as old as this country.
Remember, this court was to be Donald Trump’s Dunce Confederacy. And it still may be.
But like the January 6 insurrection, like the Jan. 20 electoral vote count, like the March surprise QAnon-ers predicted would bring a red tide of change, the Supreme Court decisions underscore just how unmoored Trump’s base — which continues to helm the Republican Party — has become from reality. Trump spent much of this week taking to friendly news outlet to excoriate his judicial appointees, particularly for their decision on the Affordable Healthcare Act.
But what Trump never understood about his divisive brand of politics is that it forces the legal system into principled opposition against its followers.
America used to be a two-party system. Now it’s a two-ideology nation: fascism or socialism. And fascism has never been too keen on paperwork, particularly the legal type. None that can sway in a room full of attorneys.
I’d say if you want proof, just ask Trump’s lawyer. But Rudy Giuliani been banned from practicing. Maybe the Big Lie is out there after all.