Close, but this time Mike Luckovich (one of my favorites) misses the mark a bit. It is not so much that Roberts (and the other conservatives on the Roberts Kangaroo Cult) are blind, but that they are intentionally trying to use the lifetime positions for which they were carefully groomed, guided and selected to drive an ideological agenda. Their eyes are wide open. They know exactly what they are doing.
Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito and Clarence “Uncle” Thomas all lied under oath when they swore their allegiance to established precedent including, explicitly, Roe v Wade. (Kavanaugh and Thomas also lied under oath about previous sexual wrongdoings, but that’s a different story.) Chief Justice Roberts also lied under oath about merely calling balls and strikes; determining questions only of constitutionality, not based on viewpoint.
After Republican Eisenhower appointed William Brennan, and Nixon appointed Harry Blackmun and George HW Bush appointed David Souter, all of whom became among the most liberal of justices, extreme right-wing conservatives with funding from the Kochs, Mercers and other right-wing billionaires, created the Federalist Society, to vet potential candidates for judicial appointments and ensure that there be no more Brennans, Blackmuns or Souters. In the course of that, ginormous amounts of funding in bribes (excuse me, I mean “contributions”) to Senators (who confirm appointments) and Republican presidents who appoint them as well as to potential nominees themselves, especially after they get appointed as justices (such as has been uncovered regarding lavish gifts to Thomas and Alito and awards and invitations to lavish galas).
Close, but this time Mike Luckovich (one of my favorites) misses the mark a bit. It is not so much that Roberts (and the other conservatives on the Roberts Kangaroo Cult) are blind, but that they are intentionally trying to use the lifetime positions for which they were carefully groomed, guided and selected to drive an ideological agenda. Their eyes are wide open. They know exactly what they are doing.
Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito and Clarence “Uncle” Thomas all lied under oath when they swore their allegiance to established precedent including, explicitly, Roe v Wade. (Kavanaugh and Thomas also lied under oath about previous sexual wrongdoings, but that’s a different story.) Chief Justice Roberts also lied under oath about merely calling balls and strikes; determining questions only of constitutionality, not based on viewpoint.
After Republican Eisenhower appointed William Brennan, and Nixon appointed Harry Blackmun and George HW Bush appointed David Souter, all of whom became among the most liberal of justices, extreme right-wing conservatives with funding from the Kochs, Mercers and other right-wing billionaires, created the Federalist Society, to vet potential candidates for judicial appointments and ensure that there be no more Brennans, Blackmuns or Souters. In the course of that, ginormous amounts of funding in bribes (excuse me, I mean “contributions”) to Senators (who confirm appointments) and Republican presidents who appoint them as well as to potential nominees themselves, especially after they get appointed as justices (such as has been uncovered regarding lavish gifts to Thomas and Alito and awards and invitations to lavish galas).