"The Supreme Court has scheduled arguments next term on Louisiana’s racially gerrymandered congressional map, and the court as early as next week may put on hold and set for argument a case in which the 8th Circuit held that private plaintiffs have no right to sue to enforce Section 2 of the act."

#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution
/4

"These pending decisions threaten to gut what remains of this once powerful statute, which has already been largely hollowed out by the Roberts court over the past decade-plus."

#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution
/5

Elie Mystal says that in giving Trump the power to decimate the Department of Education, the Supremes have once again crowned him king:

"That is not the power of a president, it’s the power of a dictator. More than granting Trump immunity, more than anything else this court has done, this ruling gives him the powers of a king."

#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution
/6

thenation.com/article/politics…

The Supreme Court Just Crowned Trump King—Again | The Nation

In ruling the president can decimate the Department of Education, the court took a key congressional power—and gave it to Trump.

^{The Nation}

"And the Republicans on the court did this while they were on vacation, in an emergency-docket ruling that didn’t even require them to explain themselves.

The Supreme Court is of no more use. It will not protect democracy, the rule of law, or even the constitutional order. The next Democratic president should use the powers granted to Trump to impound the court."

#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution
/7

"We are living through a time when Catholic identity is being hijacked by power. Through networks like Opus Dei, and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, far-right religious leaders have built an anti-democracy machine that frames cruelty as virtue and domination as divine will."

~ Shannon Vavich

#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
/8

shannonvavich.substack.com/p/i…

I Am a Gutter Catholic

Why I coined the term and why it matters now more than ever

^{Shannon Vavich}

"These forces, wealthy, secretive, and politically connected, have spent decades quietly embedding their ideology into American institutions.

Their goal is nothing short of a return to a feudalistic model of governance: hierarchy, submission, and clerical control. They speak of 'natural law' and 'order' but act out of ambition, not mercy."

#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
/9

"The installation of six Supreme Court justices tied to this movement, largely orchestrated by Leonard Leo, is no coincidence. It is a calculated campaign to undo democracy in the name of Christ."

#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
/10

The history that people concerned about the Supreme Court's destruction of democracy — destruction driven by theocratic ideas — need to know is the following:

When civil rights legislation was enacted by the Democrats in the 1960s, white evangelicals kicked and screamed. At this point, the US Catholic bishops allied themselves with white evangelicals.

#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
/11

That alliance has had fateful and lasting consequences. It led first to the formation of the Religious Right and eventually to MAGA and white Christian nationalism.

To make the Religious Right's crusade against the Democrats and human rights appear more morally acceptable than it was when it was born out of racism, the Catholic bishops focused on abortion.

#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
/12

White evangelicals, who had never said a peep about the abortion issue and couldn't care less about it, became gung-ho in the anti-abortion cause, with the U.S. Catholic bishops quietly engineering this response behind the scenes — and assisting Leonard Leo in the stacking the Supreme Court with hard-right Opus Dei-leaning Catholics.

#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
/13

The media have focused largely on white evangelicals as the big force intent on replacing democracy with theocracy, but behind the scenes, the U.S. Catholic bishops, who have done everything they can to make it appear their hands are not dirty, have pulled the strings, using white evangelicals while avoiding media scrutiny.

#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #Trump #corruption #democracy #RuleofLaw #Constitution #Catholic #HeritageFoundation #LeonardLeo #OpusDei
/14

The babies are up and galloping. Today's fun is leaping onto a footstool then leaping off it, pushing it further around the room each time. They rushed past Supervisor earlier, excited by the thought of brekky. She boofed up her tail, startled and has now retired to the safety of the bed.

I have to go into the office today, hopefully no tufts of fur on the floor when I get home.