The End of US Rule of Law
Ed Gurowitz
Master Coach, Diversity and Inclusion (DEI) Specialist, Strategy Consultant, Executive and Leadership Consultant & Coach
It’s the bottom of the ninth, a run behind, no one on, and two outs for the American ideal of democracy and equality under the law. We need a couple of runs, fast.
The Supreme Court has handed down one of the worst decisions since Dred Scott, and for this court that’s saying something. The court that:
·???????? Killed Roe v. Wade,
·???????? Allowed partisan redistricting to continue unchecked,
·???????? Upheld Trump’s travel ban on Muslims,
·???????? Ruled that corporations can deny contraceptive coverage to employees on religious grounds,
·???????? Allowed unlimited corporate spending in elections,
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·???????? Gutted the Voting Rights Act
Has now firmly established the imperial presidency and killed the ideal that no one is above the law. On its face, the ruling seems innocuous enough – it makes sense that the President should be free to act in his official capacity, particularly in emergencies, and if POTUS oversteps, that can be adjudicated later in an impeachment. However, by failing to define what is “official capacity,” and sending that question back to the lower court, SCOTUS left Pandora’s box wide open, and only faint hope is left.
This is not about Trump, though in the immediate case it is, but about a very important principle. The United States was founded as a nation under the rule of law, as a reaction against the British system which was that of the rule of a person, the King. That one principle is what has distinguished the US from 1776 to the present – it is the heart of the Declaration of Independence that we will (wistfully) celebrate on Independence Day, and the soul of the Constitution.
Should Trump be elected, I have no doubt he will enshrine this evisceration of the American Ideal into practice, and after 4 years (if he lives that long) the rule of law will be dead – he will already have the power to pardon himself and others who commit crimes, and now he will have “official capacity” to hide behind. If Biden is elected, there is a chance to reverse this calamity, but that’s an “if” right now.
Other than electing Biden, holding the Senate, and taking the House, we have no recourse, and the US will be, effectively, an autocracy. Trump has already said he will “be a dictator on Day One,” and if you believe it will end after Day One, I have a bridge I’d like to interest you in.
de Tocqueville famously said that in a democracy, the people get the government they deserve. My question is, what the hell did we do to deserve this court?
Founder/CEO at BLISSinHEALTH
4 个月The President is NOT King; and the SCOTUS justices are NOT Gods! In his core justification for presidential immunity, Chief Justice John Roberts disingenuously conflates “separation of powers” with “presidential immunity.” The first phrase is simply a matter of semantics and terminology. The second phrase injects a brand-new concept, and principle, into the Constitution. Similarly, it doesn’t take a lawyer to see Roberts' allusion to “fear mongering on the basis of extreme hypotheticals” of the Dissenters, as upside-down logic.?“Shooting someone in broad daylight” and “immunity for ordering the Seals to murder a political opponent” are specific acts articulated (not imagined) by former President Trump (who will be perhaps the first president protected by this ruling) and his lawyers. To the contrary, it is Roberts' pious fears of “presidents cannibalizing past presidents” which are hypothetical and imaginary – given that it has not occurred in some 250 years, without this ruling. Click below for more: https://bit.ly/SCOTUS-is-BROKEN_let-s-FIX-it
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4 个月Ed, thanks for sharing! Would love to learn more...
CPA Corporation, Checkbox. Accounting
4 个月and yes, but didn't they take his head off in the end.
Hi Ed, You know I love you. Trump didn't create the corruption and decline of the rule of law. He exposed it... and his own corrupt nature does not exclude his guilt. The rest of the world see the US for what it is. The US red vs blue divide just keeps America blind to the truth of justice. I hope you will reflect on this. Dave
Retired
4 个月It was an experiment, and it looks like it has failed. It’s been trying to since The French sent us the statue with conditions we didn’t meet and reneged on; since the constitution was rewritten to appease greed and other sins, but we kept trying to pull a rabbit out. Maybe the rabbit is just too tired and is giving up. The experiment seems to conclude that we really don’t want democracy we want this hot mess instead.