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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYou want an interesting read? Look at what Republicans/Conservatives say about the SCOTUS today and
compare that to what they said about the SCOTUS in the past...
Their respect for the judicial branch and proclaiming it to be a sacred institution is what we in sociology call an "invented tradition", I'm old enough to remember when the "other side of the aisle" considered them to be "nine black-robed tyrants", let's look at the footage, shall we?
Conservatives today:
Next we go after Obergefell v Hodges and then the rulings banning Christianity from public schools, white nationalist Vincent James told his followers on Telegram last Tuesday afternoon, less than 24 hours after a draft opinion authored by Justice Samuel Alito indicated that the Supreme Court was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.
James was among a chorus of far-right and Christian nationalist activists looking forward to using the SCOTUS decision to implement their theocratic agenda. Not satisfied with simply removing the right to abortion protected in Roe, theyre eager to pass a total abortion ban, dismantle the right to same-sex marriage, and institute their ultraconservative version of Christianity on others. They see an ally in the Supreme Court, and theres reason to believe that theyre right.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/first-roe-then-obergefell-far-right-activists-are-eager-to-turn-back-the-clock/
James was among a chorus of far-right and Christian nationalist activists looking forward to using the SCOTUS decision to implement their theocratic agenda. Not satisfied with simply removing the right to abortion protected in Roe, theyre eager to pass a total abortion ban, dismantle the right to same-sex marriage, and institute their ultraconservative version of Christianity on others. They see an ally in the Supreme Court, and theres reason to believe that theyre right.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/first-roe-then-obergefell-far-right-activists-are-eager-to-turn-back-the-clock/
And conservatives in the past:
Yesterday on Newsmax TV, Ben Carson said that the federal government does not need to recognize a Supreme Court decision on gay marriage because the president is only obligated to recognize laws passed by Congress, not judicial rulings.
First of all, we have to understand how the Constitution works, the president is required to carry out the laws of the land, the laws of the land come from the legislative branch, Carson said. So if the legislative branch creates a law or changes a law, the executive branch has a responsibly to carry it out. It doesnt say they have the responsibility to carry out a judicial law.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/ben-carson-federal-government-doesnt-need-to-recognize-gay-marriage-scotus-ruling/
First of all, we have to understand how the Constitution works, the president is required to carry out the laws of the land, the laws of the land come from the legislative branch, Carson said. So if the legislative branch creates a law or changes a law, the executive branch has a responsibly to carry it out. It doesnt say they have the responsibility to carry out a judicial law.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/ben-carson-federal-government-doesnt-need-to-recognize-gay-marriage-scotus-ruling/
Conservatives today:
Now three Republican senators have unveiled a bill that would hold future Supreme Court leakers accountable with a $10,000 fine and 10 years in prison for releasing information about pending decisions.
The recent leak was an attempt to publicly intimidate justices and undermine the integrity of the Courtall while putting lives at risk, the main sponsor, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, said in a statement.
My bill holds leakers accountable and takes away any hopes of profiting off their crimes.
Marco Rubio, a co-sponsor, said: You shouldnt receive a badge of honor or financial reward for leaking confidential documents from one of our nations most sacred institutions - you should face serious penalties.
https://news.yahoo.com/roe-v-wade-supreme-court-202705380.html
The recent leak was an attempt to publicly intimidate justices and undermine the integrity of the Courtall while putting lives at risk, the main sponsor, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, said in a statement.
My bill holds leakers accountable and takes away any hopes of profiting off their crimes.
Marco Rubio, a co-sponsor, said: You shouldnt receive a badge of honor or financial reward for leaking confidential documents from one of our nations most sacred institutions - you should face serious penalties.
https://news.yahoo.com/roe-v-wade-supreme-court-202705380.html
And conservatives in the past:
This past Saturday, Phyllis Schlafly hosted former House GOP Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Eagle Forum Live to discuss the alleged threat of gay marriage. Schlafly segued into the topic of gay marriage by describing an open letter to the Supreme Court, signed by conservative pastors and politicians, pledging to defy any Court decision which strikes down state bans on same-sex marriage.
DeLay lamented that people dont understand the constitution. We havent taught our children now for three or four generations what the Constitution is, and the separation of powers, and what our Founding Fathers had in mind as this brilliant understanding of how you can limit government and limit the tyranny put on us through people or oligarchies.
Because of this supposed constitutional ignorance, DeLay claimed, right now, the American people dont understand that the Supreme Court, when it makes a ruling, its just an opinion if no one enforces that ruling. The Supreme Court doesnt have a police force; the Supreme Court doesnt have an army; the Supreme Court doesnt have people that can enforce their ruling. Therefore, if conservatives stand up to them and invoke the Constitution, then we dont have to accept a ruling on marriage that redefines marriage. And thats basically what this ad is all about. Were sending a message to the Supreme Court that, number one, its illegal that they have this case before them; its not in their jurisdiction.
Proving his Constitutional prowess, DeLay argued that its not in their authority to write law by ten unelected, unaccountable people, lawyers, and if this is a red line that were drawing. If they rule against marriage, we will all defy them.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/tom-delay-urges-americans-to-defy-the-ten-justices-of-the-supreme-court/
DeLay lamented that people dont understand the constitution. We havent taught our children now for three or four generations what the Constitution is, and the separation of powers, and what our Founding Fathers had in mind as this brilliant understanding of how you can limit government and limit the tyranny put on us through people or oligarchies.
Because of this supposed constitutional ignorance, DeLay claimed, right now, the American people dont understand that the Supreme Court, when it makes a ruling, its just an opinion if no one enforces that ruling. The Supreme Court doesnt have a police force; the Supreme Court doesnt have an army; the Supreme Court doesnt have people that can enforce their ruling. Therefore, if conservatives stand up to them and invoke the Constitution, then we dont have to accept a ruling on marriage that redefines marriage. And thats basically what this ad is all about. Were sending a message to the Supreme Court that, number one, its illegal that they have this case before them; its not in their jurisdiction.
Proving his Constitutional prowess, DeLay argued that its not in their authority to write law by ten unelected, unaccountable people, lawyers, and if this is a red line that were drawing. If they rule against marriage, we will all defy them.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/tom-delay-urges-americans-to-defy-the-ten-justices-of-the-supreme-court/
Conservatives today:
While overturning Roe has been an intense focus and will be a massive victory for the religious right and right-wing legal movement, reversing Roe is just one part of a much broader agenda that has been promoted by the right-wing Federalist Society and allied political operatives who have worked with it to pack the federal courts. Trump basically outsourced his judicial picks to the groups activists. Now, with the Trump justices cementing a hard-right majority on the Court, Federalist Society lawyers and judges and their political allies can move even more aggressively to reverse a centurys worth of precedents, pulling the constitutional rug out from under the New Deal and Great Society anti-poverty programs like Medicare and Social Security; further gutting voting rights in favor of states rights; weakening the separation of church and state; and undermining the federal governments ability to regulate corporations and protect workers and communities.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/overturning-roe-is-just-the-beginning/
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/overturning-roe-is-just-the-beginning/
And conservatives in the past:
The goal of court-stripping legislation is to simply declare that federal courts are no longer allowed to hear the claims of citizens that their rights are violated. Family Research Council President Tony Perkinsdecrying the judicial activism behind the Supreme Court decision finding unconstitutional Bushs military commissions to try Guantanamo detaineesencourages court-stripping, along with right-wing judicial nominees, as a long-term strategy, citing two court-stripping bills in the works:
Congress needs to resist this judicial activism. One way to constitutionally check the courts is with measures like the Pledge Protection Act sponsored by Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) and another way is Cong. John Hostettlers (R-IN) Public Expression of Religion Act (PERA). Finally, we can give a fair up or down vote to judicial nominees like William J. Haynes.
Now, even as the House vote on the anti-gay marriage amendment looks to fail, Human Events endorses a court-stripping bill to circumvent the Constitution on the issue of marriage:
Unfortunately, the (marriage) amendment failed in the Senate last month, receiving only 49 votes. It is also destined to fail in the House: In the last Congress, it received only 227 votes, more than 60 shy of the super-majority needed. But there is a way Congress can act this year to protect state marriage laws from activist liberal judges. Rep. John Hostettler (R.-Ind.) has proposed a bill that would strip all federal courts, including the Supreme Court, of jurisdiction to hear any challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/unable-to-find-votes-right-looks-to-court-stripping/
Congress needs to resist this judicial activism. One way to constitutionally check the courts is with measures like the Pledge Protection Act sponsored by Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) and another way is Cong. John Hostettlers (R-IN) Public Expression of Religion Act (PERA). Finally, we can give a fair up or down vote to judicial nominees like William J. Haynes.
Now, even as the House vote on the anti-gay marriage amendment looks to fail, Human Events endorses a court-stripping bill to circumvent the Constitution on the issue of marriage:
Unfortunately, the (marriage) amendment failed in the Senate last month, receiving only 49 votes. It is also destined to fail in the House: In the last Congress, it received only 227 votes, more than 60 shy of the super-majority needed. But there is a way Congress can act this year to protect state marriage laws from activist liberal judges. Rep. John Hostettler (R.-Ind.) has proposed a bill that would strip all federal courts, including the Supreme Court, of jurisdiction to hear any challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/unable-to-find-votes-right-looks-to-court-stripping/
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You want an interesting read? Look at what Republicans/Conservatives say about the SCOTUS today and (Original Post)
ck4829
Jun 2022
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underpants
(182,763 posts)1. First of all, we have to understand....
Something went terribly wrong to Ben Carson
Nice research!
Talk radio used to dismiss the SCOTUS too but now they love it.
jimfields33
(15,768 posts)2. Of course they love the Supreme Court and we don't particularly
Ten years ago we loved the Supreme Court and they didnt. Who knows what the court will look like ten years from now. We may love it again.
Lucid Dreamer
(584 posts)3. Jim, you picked my brain and worded it better. nt
jimfields33
(15,768 posts)4. Thanks. It's rare. Lol.
ck4829
(35,045 posts)5. I doubt it
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