The Roberts Court, April 23, 2021
Seated from left to right: Justices Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor
Standing from left to right: Justices Brett M. Kavanaugh, Elena Kagan, Neil M. Gorsuch, and Amy Coney Barrett.
Photograph by Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States
When I was a kid, I was taught that the supreme court of the U.S. was the highest court in the country. What I’ve learned in the years since is that nine people who have lifetime appointments can end one of our rights – to privacy. It overturns the right to abortion, the right to marry who you want, perhaps even interracial marriage. And no telling how far all that can be turned back.
Just look at them. Of the 4 at the back, only the shortest woman is a dem – Ellen Kagan.The other 3 are helping to overturn abortion. In the front row, the middle dude is the chief justice, looking rather smug. On his right is Clarence Thomas, whose wife Ginnie was texting Mark Meadows before and during the insurrection on Jan. 6. Has she been called in to testify before the committee? And oh, how come Mark Meadows hasn’t been indicted? Also in the front row, the woman at the end is a Dem, Sotomayor. Thanks to trump appointing 3 of these judges, the court is stacked against rights of any kind.
Will women soon find that they can’t open a bank account without their husband’s consent? Will they find themselves banned from driving, like Saudi women, without a man beside them? Will they be banned from holding jobs? Just how far will the supremes try to go? Will they try to revoke the 19th amendment that guaranteed women the right to vote?
Will they end up like Salvadorian women, charged with homicide for a miscarriage? Don’t believe me? Read this article from The Guardian.
This evening, I read that Florida senator Marco Rubio is proposing a bill that could prohibit employers from deducting expenses related to their employees; abortion travel costs or “gender affirming care” for young children of their employees. From Rubio’s website:
“Our tax code should be pro-family and promote a culture of life. Instead, too often our corporations find loopholes to subsidize the murder of unborn babies or horrific “medical” treatments on kids. My bill would make sure this does not happen.” His bill is called
No Tax Breaks for Radical Corporate Activism Act.
Some name, huh? Radical Corporate Activism Act.
“Rubio’s bill responds to recent announcements from several large corporations, including Amazon, Disney, Citigroup, Lyft, Yelp, Uber, Bumble, and Salesforce. “ You know, the corporations that have already come out and said they would support their employees travel and medical expenses.
Rubio is up for re-election in 2022. Because I’ve written him scathing emails in the past that are never read, I’m on his office mailing list. The either day I received an email saying his team would be at our public library to talk about “our concerns.” My reply? The only time I wanted to see him was when he was defeated by Val Demmings, the Democrat running against him.
Val Demings. She was Orlando’s first black female police chief and was a cop for 27 years. She was appointed to serve as an impeachment manager in the first senate trial of trump. She was on Biden’s short list of potential running mates. Florida desperately needs politicians like this.
Right now, the state is run by Ronnie boy DeSantis, a trump wannabe who may be more dangerous to democracy than trump was. His mantra? C’mon down here to sunny Florida, trumpies with money. But not you, Elon Musk. You might take the spotlight off me. No state taxes. No Covid mandates. Pretty soon, all you cowboys and cowgirls can carry concealed – or unconcealed – weapons without licenses. And oh, I’ve taken on Disney, did you hear? Even trump didn’t do that!
Yeah, that’s our gov.
Welcome to Florida.
