In the fall of 2005, at John Roberts’s confirmation hearing, the future Supreme Court Chief Justice told the Senate , “I believe that no one is a

The Corrupt Supreme Court is the Logical Result of Neoliberalism

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2024-07-03 01:00:03

In the fall of 2005, at John Roberts’s confirmation hearing, the future Supreme Court Chief Justice told the Senate , “I believe that no one is above the law under our system, and that includes the president.” Of course, now, in July of 2024, we understand this perspective has either changed or never existed.

It deserves noting, however, that Roberts was responding to a question from Senator Patrick Leahy regarding the infamous torture memos of the George W. Bush Administration. These reprehensible opinions, cooked up by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, were designed to validate unthinkable “official actions” in the prosecuting of the illegal War on Terror.

Like many, I was disgusted by the Bush Administration’s behavior and the support it received from both Republicans and Democrats alike, including current president Joe Biden, and citizens of all different ideological stripes. For any discerning person, it was not just counterproductive and strategically stupid, but immoral and repulsive. How that period of time played out was both predictable and disastrous, leading many of us to see the activities of the powerful in a different light.

It is through this lens that Monday’s monstrous 6-3 Supreme Court decision in Trump v. United States begins to make some semblance of sense.