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Next, Rightwingers on the Court Want to Take Your First Amendment Rights
Next, Rightwingers on the Court Want to Take Your First Amendment RightsThe future of our nation is now at risk just as much as it was in 1800, only this time its a radicalized Supreme Court thats hell-bent on rewriting the American social and legal compact
Thom Hartmann
9 hr ago
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Ecclesiastes 1: 9
In that famous verse, Solomon could have been writing about the Republicans who control todays Supreme Court. Having helped blow up the Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch now want to dial the First Amendment back to 1798.
And, given that its the 4th of July and the day we celebrate actions by our Founding generation, its the perfect time to examine the behavior of the rightwingers on todays Supreme Court in the light of our Founders reactions to a similar effort when they were still alive. Youll find it both enlightening and shocking.
Last week the Court passed for the moment on a case from a hate group disputing the Southern Poverty Law Centers designation of them as a hate group, wanting instead to sue the Center into bankruptcy by claiming the hate designation was a form of libel.
Thomas dissented, whining that the media and commentators cast false aspersions on public figures with near impunity. ..............(more)
https://hartmannreport.com/p/next-rightwingers-on-the-court-want
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Next, Rightwingers on the Court Want to Take Your First Amendment Rights (Original Post)
marmar
Jul 2022
OP
How can this POS Thomas be removed? It is clear that he cannot deliver impartial decisions
tulipsandroses
Jul 2022
#1
For a while there, I thought we'd have to wait for the Constitutional Convention
no_hypocrisy
Jul 2022
#2
tulipsandroses
(5,123 posts)1. How can this POS Thomas be removed? It is clear that he cannot deliver impartial decisions
This court is a nightmare but Thomas especially, seems to be taking out his petty grievances on the public. I keep hoping there is enough evidence on his wife that will force him to resign. I wouldnt mind if a deal was done to not prosecute her if he resigns. It would be worth it to get to replace him.
no_hypocrisy
(46,080 posts)2. For a while there, I thought we'd have to wait for the Constitutional Convention
to get rid of the First Amendment. (I knew it would be a matter of time before the 6 would declare the Constitution unconstitutional.)
This is much more expedient.
Damn them all.
czarjak
(11,266 posts)3. Every accusation is a confession to their agenda...
Racism is dead. To John Bush BOY Roberts?