Dept. of AAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaa

[kaffy_r]

Supreme Disgust

The next time I hear the phrase "5-4" I am seriously going to start hoping that one or two of the current "five" on the Supreme Court ... aaargh; no. I can't, I can't wish for bad things to happen to someone, not even Scalia, Alito, Roberts, or Thomas - but I can and do wish to slap anyone who suggests that these miserable people have anything but the basest of political motives when they make the majority of their decisions.

And yes, this is about the goddamned Hobby Lobby decision. I can't even bear to look at it, at least not now.

Hey, guys - thanks for reminding me how little you think of women. Oh, and how much you're turned on by sexy, sexy corporations.

You slimy excuses for decent human beings.

Comments

[masakochan.livejournal.com]

Those folks in Supreme Court need to be replaced, and there needs to be an established balance between how many of them are Democrats & Republicans.

[eve11]

There are nine of them, most usually split 5-4 in one direction or the other as regards political ideology. You can't get "fairer"-- the point is that they are not supposed to be beholden to political whim, hence appointment for life. Seems they nearly always vote on party lines anyway though.

[kaffy_r]

One of the problems is that they are appointed for life, or until they choose to retire. And in theory, they aren't supposed to be interpreting law with specifically Democratic or Republican motives in mind.

Although, to be fair to them, the majority that decided this particular case were being either Democratic or Republican, they were bowing to the unholy creature that is the merged Corporatist-Tea Party.

What I mean by that is that socially, they're extreme conservatives, a la the Tea Party. In terms of supporting democratic rights for any actual human beings, they are Corporatists: the rights of business always come before the rights of humans. And when those interests merge, as they did in this case ... well, you see what happens.