Supreme Court Abolishes July 4th as Freedoms Day

I should be happy today. It is Americans 'Freedoms Day'. But it is no more.

As a member of the Supreme Court bar, I am horrified by the direction of the high Court I once revered. The Court has lost its legal compass.

The Supreme Court -- with its Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (women's reproductive freedom), Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist. (prayer in public schools, Carson v. Makin (government funding of religion), American Legion v. American Humanist Association (2019) (Christian cross on public property), etc. decisions -- has abolished major American freedoms and taken us back to the "bad old days."

I support expanding the Supreme Court to thirteen justices and appointing four justices that understand the virtue of freedom for all (not just Christians).

5 Worst Supreme Court Decisions

 

The Jefferson Madison Center for Religious Freedom's list of the five worst Supreme Court decisions:

#1 - Plessy v. Furgeson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896) - legitimized state laws re-establishing racial segregation under the guise of "separate but equal".

#2 -Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944) - imprisoned Japanese-Americans during World War II solely because of their ancestry.

#3 - Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, No. 19-1392, 597 U.S. __ (2022) - abolished a fundamental liberty for the first time -- women's reproductive freedom -- reversing long standing precedents Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992).

#4 - Van Orden v. Perry, 545 U.S. 677 (2005) - started tearing down the Wall of Separation of Church and State -- a bedrock American principle enshrined in the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment -- by allowing a Fraternal Order of Eagles Ten Commandments monument remain on the grounds of the Texas State Capitol. Thus, the Court advanced Christian nationalism by paving the way for American Legion v. American Humanist Association (2019) (Christian cross on public property), Carson v. Makin (2022) (funding religious schools) and Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (above) (conservative Christian morality).

#5 - Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. 558 U.S. 310 (2010) - injected corruption into U.S. elections by holding the First Amendment's free speech clause prohibits the government from restricting independent expenditures for political campaigns by corporations, including nonprofit corporations, labor unions and other associations. In other words, judicial alchemy turned corporations into people.

Supreme Court Enslaves Women, Terrorizes the U.S.

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Barrett should be charged with domestic terrorism, as well as, slavery in violation of the 13th Amendment. They have sentenced millions of women (in the future) to forced carrying pregnancies to term and for raising unwanted children. In addition to sentencing them to 9 months plus 18 years in jail, their pay checks should be garnished to pay for the unwanted children's upbringing, as well as, the financial losses that the women will suffer for lost education and job opportunities.

The Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (No. 19-1392, June 24, 2022) decision is putrid apple pie. Shameful. Impeach Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Barret for "b
ad behavior".

Supreme Court Guts First Amendment's Establishment Clause

The six Christian nationalists on the U.S. Supreme Court predictably violated their oaths of office and held today in Carson v. Makin that Maine cannot deny funding religious schools. Denying funding of religious institutions is the cornerstone of the First Amendment's establishment clause (made applicable to the States via the 14th Amendment): "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Barrett should be impeached as they have clearly exhibited "bad behavior." 

Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan dissented -- Justice Sotomayor writing: “This Court continues to dismantle the wall of separation between church and state that the Framers fought to build.”

Add two secularists to the Court if you believe in diversity

It is interesting that the White House seeks diversity in its judicial nominations. I assume that Judge Ketanji Jackson will make a fine justice. But I would point that when she takes a seat on Supreme Court after Justice Breyer's retirement, blacks will hold 22% of the seats while the U.S. black population is 12% (2020). That doesn't bother me much either. (Making up for lost time.) Rather, I am concerned 100% of the justices self-identify with a religion yet 23-26% of Americans self-identify as "nones". If America truly believes in diversity, it is time to put two non-religiously affiliated justices on the Supreme Court and end Christian privilege. While I'm at it, there are two justices on the Court who identify themselves as Jewish (22%), while Jews comprise 1.9% of the U.S. population. That is not overly concerning either, as many Jews are secular. Ah, but Justice Breyer (Jewish) blew it in 2005 when he was the deciding vote in Van Orden v. Perry which permitted a Fraternal Order of Eagles Ten Commandments monument to remain the grounds of the Texas State Capitol. I don't forgive him for that awful vote.

Supreme Court's Covid mandate is disgusting

 Six justices on the Supreme Court of the United States are wacko -- Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Barrett. STUPID. Federal law gives the Dept. of Labor's OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) the authority to protect workers from “grave danger from exposure to substances or agents determined to be toxic or physically harmful or from new hazards.” With over 800,000 Covid deaths, I would say that SARS-CoV-2 (Covid) is "physically harmful." Wouldn't you? The 6-3 in National Federation of Independent Business v. Dept. of Labor ruling against OSHA's mandate affecting employers with over 100 workers is senseless. And, why does OSHA have the authority to issue such a mandate? Two reasons. First, the federal government has the power under the U.S. Constitution to regulate interstate commerce. Second, Congress delegated its authority to regulate interstate commerce in the relevant area to OSHA. This case, from a legal perspective, should have been a no-brainer. Well, yeah, the no brains won.