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In reply to the discussion: Adam Schiff on today's SC immunity decision [View all]GB_RN
(3,554 posts)Is as notoriously bad, or worse, than Chief Justice Roger Taneys. And Taney was responsible for Dred Scott v. Sanford, the decision that said that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts. The opinion also stated that Congress had no authority to ban slavery from a Federal territory. And Dred Scott is widely regarded as one of the absolute worst rulings in SCOTUS history.
Fuck you, Roberts. And a huge fuck you to Clarence (Uncle Slappy*) Thomas, Scammy Alito, Justice Beerbong, Goresuck and the Handmaiden.
*The late, great Bartcop (Bartcop.com) came up with this one. Meant to depict Thomas as a clown - and indeed, Bart had a photoshopped picture of Thomas in clown makeup.