Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan warned that the Supreme Court’s decision in the Texas redistricting case will lead to a “violation of the Constitution” of voter rights.
The Supreme Court issued an unsigned decision in favor of freezing the initial 2-1 U.S. federal court ruling against Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s proposed redistricting map, a stay that could help Republicans pick up five additional U.S. House seats in next year’s midterms.
“This Court’s stay ensures that many Texas citizens, for no good reason, will be placed in electoral districts because of their race,” Kagan wrote in her dissent. “And that result, as this Court has pronounced year in and year out, is a violation of the Constitution.”
The Supreme Court is illegitimate
I don’t understand why the liberal justices stay there. It’s clearly a kangaroo court, issuing unsigned rulings that have no basis in law. Sure, if the liberal justices resigned, they’d just get replaced with MAGA flunkies. But that would have no material affect on rulings, and by staying, the liberals are lending the court legitimacy. Take away that fig leaf, and the illegitimacy will be even more obvious than it already is.
Resigning would be counterproductive, short-term and especially in the long-term, but I’d be delighted if one or two sane members of the SC went on strike, by ditching the legal lingo and issuing plain-English dissents.
Because in 5-15 years there’s a sliver chance the court could be Dem majority/normal. If they all resign that goes to 30 to 40 years.
In the absence of a resignation, justices are appointed for life. That is ridiculous. The only way to remove a justice is procedurally impossible or requires violence. Either option means that we’re doomed.
Fuck RBG for not retiring when she should have
In the meantime, they’re lending their good names to prop up an illegitimate court and support the rise of fascism. So, you know, tradeoffs. 🤷
Oh yeah just better have it for the next 50 years when no one else cares about their names or blames them if they do. This is peak lemmy.
My point isn’t that they should be concerned about their reputations. Rather, that by staying on the court, they’re lending the legitimacy of their names and reputations to an illegitimate court—thereby helping prop up an authoritarian regime. The sooner people broadly agree that the court is illegitimate, the sooner its power to support the regime crumbles.
No they aren’t lending legitimacy, and no they are not helping prop up, and no its power won’t crumble. And no, they will think about the big picture rather than throwing a tantrum and quitting which won’t accomplish anything. Scratch that, not only will it not accomptlish anything, quitting will set back the country another 50 years. The intelligent thing to do is to stay, for alllll the reasons I have already outlined. I’m just repeating myself and you are not absorbing anything so I’m out.
Bye!
I think they should be leaking the votes for these unsigned orders and also releasing conversations the court is having over these issues.
Just going with the motions does nothing, but they are in a position where they could make a difference by drawing attention to the clear bias and partisanship of the court.