It was odd to hear Scott Walker, lackey AG Brad Schimel and
Dumb Ron Johnson all declare “victory” over the Supreme Courts actual split 4-4 non-decision
over Obama’s executive order on immigration.
After all, the Republican blockade
to nominate a new justice created the courts deadlock.
But the weirdest, most honest and detached from reality reaction
was from Ron Johnson. Latching on to the dangerous notion that the Democratic left
is an actual enemy of the state, hell bent on destroying American exceptionalism,
Johnson laments not having a politically tilted conservative court with 8 “originalist”
activist justices all deciding the same thing.
I know, crazy isn't it. Johnson made the claim like it was just commonly accepted
public sentiment:
Johnson Responds to Split Court Ruling Blocking Obama’s Executive Immigration Order“I’m pleased the lower court’s decision that effectively blocked the president’s executive action granting legal presence and immigration benefits for up to 4 million illegal immigrants has been upheld. President Obama clearly exceeded his legal authority.
The fact that this decision was split speaks to a larger, more depressing issue — the politicization of the Supreme Court.
Here's Johnson's mind blowing authoritarian one-party illogic:
If the court contained only judges instead of super-legislators, today’s ruling would have been 8-0. This split political decision demonstrates why the American people need to decide the direction of the court through their votes for president and Senate in November."That's the new thinking; we're not talking about impartial justices anymore. Instead, we're supposed to be choosing the direction of the entire court...politically.
Doubly odd to hear Walker talk about "executive overreach" when he just got slapped down by the righties on the Wisconsin Supreme Court by trying to override State Schools Superintendent Tony Evers.
ReplyDeleteWhat a bunch of partisan goose-steppers. They all must go
Jake formerly of the LP