The U.S. Supreme Court's Abominable Bias: Limiting Government Power To Help The Vulnerable [View all]

[meow2u3]

March 30, 2012 |
The Supreme Court is so full of it. The entire institution, as well as its sanctimonious judges themselves, reeks of a time-honored hypocrisy steeped in the arrogance that justice is served by unaccountable elitism.

My problem is not with the Republicans who dominate the court questioning the obviously flawed individual mandate for the purchasing of private-sector health insurance but rather with their zeal to limit federal power only when it threatens to help the most vulnerable. The laughter noted in the court transcription that greeted the prospect of millions of the uninsured suddenly being deprived of already extended protection under the now threatened law was unconscionable. The Republican justices seem determined to strike down not only the mandate but also the entire package of accompanying health care rights because of the likelihood that, without an individual mandate, tax revenue will be needed to extend insurance coverage to those who cannot afford it.

http://www.alternet.org/rights/154767/the_u.s._supreme_court%27s_abominable_bias%3A_limiting_government_power_to_help_the_vulnerable


My opinion is that the Supreme Court, especially the Fascist Five, have made themselves judicial tyrants. If they come up with another 5-4 special favoring the powerful at the expense of the little guy, this will prove that this court is no longer credible and impartial referees concerning the rule of law, but rather corrupt to the core, in bed with criminals in high places, and possibly even criminals themselves.
They'd better be careful or else face a serious, widespread backlash from people who have had enough of their corruption.