If you look at some of the recent rulings by the ‘Roberts’ Court…..
You see a string weaving thru …..
Mostly the Alito 5 are moving to give legislative power on the state level over Fedral law and even State Law….
Thus making things even more divided throughout the country….
It IS an attempt to take the country BACK to when minorities and women had little voice in their countries affairs….Political parties become ‘winner take’s all’?
Abortion….
Guns….
And could we see in the future sexual identity …..
Even woman’s and minorities voting and other ‘Rights’ abolished by just 6 human beings?
Any serious voting ‘rights’ effort across America is just about gone….
“The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will consider what would be a radical change in the way federal elections are conducted, giving state legislatures sole authority to set the rules for contests even if their actions violated state constitutions and resulted in extreme partisan gerrymandering for congressional seats,” the Washington Post reports.
Vox: “The case is perhaps the gravest threat to American democracy since the January 6 attack. It seeks to reinstate gerrymandered congressional maps that were struck down by North Carolina’s highest court because they ‘subordinated traditional neutral redistricting criteria in favor of extreme partisan advantage’ for the Republican Party.”
Rick Hasen: “Pause on that for a moment: the theory in its extreme is that the state constitution as interpreted by the state supreme court is not a limit on legislative power. This extreme position would essentially neuter the development of any laws protecting voters more broadly than the federal constitution based on voting rights provisions in state constitutions.”
“And this theory might not just restrain state supreme courts: it can also potentially restrain state and local agencies and governors implementing rules for running elections.”
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“The Supreme Court issued a decision limiting the power of regulatory agencies within the federal government, saying the Environmental Protection Agency overstepped its authority in 2015 when it tried to limit greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“The EPA powers at issue are central to Mr. Biden’s climate agenda. With fragile majorities in the Senate and House, Democrats have limited ability to advance their platform through new legislation.”
HuffPost: Supreme Court delivers big blow to climate crisis.
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Historian: SCOTUS sending ‘anti-progressive’ message to the American people
A top presidential historian is making the case the Supreme Court is purposely sending an anti-progressive message to the American people.
“Case by case, the new majority on Supreme Court is straining to make certain that you hear the roar of its anti-progressive message,” Michael Beschloss wrote in a tweet on Thursday…