Sunday, December 12, 2021

History that John Roberts "Forgets"

Surber points out that John Roberts has a very selective memory.  

He notes that Roberts rends his garments over the ruling which allows Texas' anti-abortion law to stand (while the lawsuits work their way through the courts.)

...Writing for himself and the Three Liberal Stooges on the court, Roberts said, "The clear purpose and actual effect of S. B. 8 has been to nullify this Court’s rulings. It is, however, a basic principle that the Constitution is the 'fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and it is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.'"...

Surber then details the ways in which a Court ruling can be changed.

So happens that 'what's Constitutional' is not as permanent as Popinjay Roberts would have you believe.

...The only way to overturn terrible decisions such as Plessy v. Ferguson (which enshrined the separate but equal doctrine of the Democrat Party) is to sue again 50 years later and hope a new court will overturn the earlier decision.

Unfortunately, good decisions can be overturned as well. In 1971, Baker v.  Nelson stated the Constitution allows states to ban gay marriage. In 2015, the court decided that all 50 states must recognize gay marriages. Roberts voted against that, by the way. But the Three Liberal Stooges all voted for it....

Roberts would have you believe that SCOTUS possesses unlimited wisdom and understanding.

Sure.  And pigs flew yesterday, too.

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