Its the simple things in life I enjoy

[ripcord]

I was the one who got to share the SCOTUS decision not to block the Maine vaccine mandate with the incredibly conservative area I live in and got to watch heads explode. The best comments were of course the most ignorant including a couple of people who claimed SCOTUS doesn't have the right to decide what is constitutional. Am I petty, yes, but I do enjoy myself.

[niyad]

1. We have to take our joys and pleasures wherever we can find them these days.

[2naSalit]

2. Good on you!

Brings to mind a federal hearing on Clinton's Roadless Initiative years ago, I was in eastern Idaho and a bunch of out of work for other reasons loggers were glomming the room with picket signs and sabre rattling. Near the end of the public comment session, one of them yelled out, "I guess next you're gonna tell us the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) has been taken over by the federal government!"

I was there with a group from grad school, polisci, and we just looked at each other, incredulous, trying not to burst out in laughter. I noticed, also, that the fed guys making the presentation were momentarily speechless as well.

Willful ignorance and proud of it.

[Ocelot II]

3. Like the teabaggers who demanded that the government keep its hands off their Medicare.

[pandr32]

4. Gawd, I remember that!

[2naSalit]

6. It was exactly like that.

At every public hearing I went to in that area, for every environmental protection imitative that came along. They were especially vicious about the wolf reintroduction.

[Evolve Dammit]

10. The ignorance, mis-information, dis-information and propoganda is unreal. They have no idea. Like

little kids, really. Even when mine were in pre-school they were smarter than what we have in Cult 45. Seriously.

[Upthevibe]

5. ripcord....

I also enjoy the simple things....

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Who does their wacky theory say does have the right? (if SCotUS doesn't)

[TNNurse]

9. I always want to ask such people if they dress themselves and tie their shoes.

[ripcord]

12. It is interesting that they refuse to accept anything that they don't agree with

Several of them are claiming the article from CNN is fake because the Supreme Court can't handle civil cases, it is honestly mind boggling.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

14. Republican Jebus.

The GOP keeps him on permanent retainer........

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. As interpreted for the sheeple by the slobfather. . . nt

[Snackshack]

8. I wouldn't make too much of this.

The SCOTUS is just throwing a bone to the narrative that it is not a bias court now. This way when it gives coal companies more room to pollute and does away with Roe it can say but look we at our decision on masks….

The Supreme Court of The United States has been irrevocably broken by the machinations of McConnell/ GOP/DT and several outside conservative groups.

Garland should be giving life to his federalist society dogmas as a justice on SCOTUS not as an AG.

Kavanaugh should have never been confirmed just based in his performance at his confirmation hearings alone IMO but the testimony of Professor Ford, the 4000+ tips the FBI (Wray) received about Kavanaugh and quietly sent to the WH where they were swept under the rug and the dubious disappearance of his ~$150k debt should certainly ended his chance. Not to mention the equally dubious retirement of Kennedy and the connection of his son as a bank loan officer at Deutsche Bank that gave DT millions in loans. When no one else would touch him.

As for Barrett…that entire episode of ramming a SCOTUS nomination start to finish in 30 days, her testimony the ABA saying she was not qualified for the seat…etc.

The only way fix the court to have a chance at it getting back the respect it had of being a true non biased arbiter of the law would be to expand the number of justices to either 13 or 15, enact term limits for the justices of 15-20yrs and codify the process for replacing a justice so a corrupt majority leader cannot hold a seat open for a year until his party hold the WH. A candidate refusing to answer a question at a confirmation hearing should also be a disqualifying event.

[Evolve Dammit]

11. Excellent post.

[Skittles]

13. very decent analysis

thank you