"... The Roberts court has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way. In a matter of months, the court’s 6–3 GOP-aligned majority has permitted a long list of lawless actions, including firing independent agency commissioners, using racial profiling in immigration sweeps, disappearing immigrants to authoritarian and war-torn nations, and defying Congress’ power of the purse. But the court’s acquiescence to an antidemocratic America didn’t start in 2025. Roberts has been embedding white-dominant authoritarianism into the country’s source code for two decades. It’s impossible to imagine today’s crisis without the Roberts court having first undermined the foundations of our democracy.
“'You really can trace, in so many ways, the moment we’re in to critical
decisions surrounding our law of democracy,” says Ryan Doerfler, a
Harvard Law professor who studies the judiciary’s role in a democratic
system..." -- Pema Levy and Ari Berman, writing in Mother Jones, about the lawless Republican Supreme Court and its Chief Justice's role in undermining democracy to favor the Malignant Fascist. Its fate now tied to the MF's authoritarian movement, the Republican Supreme Court will continue to rule in favor of the autocrat until, in time, the pendulum will swing back and their work will be undone. That process has already begun and needs to accelerate in November 2026. Then we'll need leaders who will take the bold actions necessary to rebuild the rule of law in this country, starting with the Supreme Court.
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