Ex-Judge: How I Lost Faith in the U.S. Supreme Court [View all]

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By Michael Fox

I’ve trusted the Supreme Court since I first began to understand what the law was about. I trusted the Court during the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Nixon administrations. I trusted the Justices appointed by Presidents Reagan, Clinton, Bush II, and Obama.

But I’ve lost that trust in the last year. I’m now suspicious of almost any decision they publish. The purpose of our judicial system is to interpret and apply the law to individual cases, both criminal and civil, in an even-handed manner so that those before the court will receive “Equal Justice Under Law,” as is emblazoned above the portico to the United States Supreme Court.

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But the U.S. Supreme Court was “different.” Over the years, I’ve felt that the Supreme Court Justices applied the law equally to all parties: injustices were undone; and the Court carried out its duties with clarity and dignity. But now, in 2024, all that has changed. The change has come gradually, but is now complete. Decisions in the past few weeks have shown that this Court will do virtually anything to enable Donald J. Trump to again take office as President.

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But then came Trump’s claim that his actions as President may not be the subject of criminal prosecution, because presidents, unique among all residents of the United States, are “immune” from criminal prosecution. This contention has no legal basis whatsoever, and is patently absurd. No one outside the Trump legal cabal has supported this idea.

https://www.postalley.org/2024/03/27/ex-judge-how-i-lost-faith-in-the-u-s-supreme-court/