SCOTUS Is Using The Constitution to Reinforce White Supremacy, Patriarchy, and Heteronormativity
A recent set of judicial rulings concerning gun control, reproductive freedom, and the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) as well as several cases set to be heard next year about voting rights and affirmative action all negatively impact or outright attack the freedoms of BIPOC and women in the US.
THE AUDACIOUS SUPREME COURT GRABS NEW AUTHORITY
After the Supreme Court struck down abortion, it turned its attention to the regulating agencies that issue rules to fight climate change, to ensure drugs are safe and effective, and to protect worker safety. For years, corporations have been losing to the regulators, but the Supreme Court has just taken away that authority, thereby threatening the health and safety of everyone. As Lincoln once said when facing another runaway Supreme Court: “(T)he people will have ceased to be their own rulers.”
THE SUPREME COURT’S CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST CAMPAIGN
Although America is not, nor has it ever been a Christian nation, one of the main goals of the Supreme Court’s MAGA supermajority is to create a theocracy here. This means imposing white evangelical views on all of us, even though the First Amendment explicitly prevents this and the majority of Americans disagree with these rulings. Between now and November, Democrats must fight—through actions, not words—to reverse this unrelenting attack on our religious freedoms by reasserting Congress’s power to restructure the Supreme Court and regulate its jurisdiction.
ON JAN. 6, TRUMP PHYSICALLY ATTACKED HIS SECRET SERVICE DRIVER WHO REFUSED TO TAKE HIM TO THE CAPITAL
Although America is not, nor has it ever been a Christian nation, one of the main goals of the Supreme Court’s MAGA supermajority is to create a theocracy here. This means imposing white evangelical views on all of us, even though the First Amendment explicitly prevents this and the majority of Americans disagree with these rulings. Between now and November, Democrats must fight—through actions, not words—to reverse this unrelenting attack on our religious freedoms by reasserting Congress’s power to restructure the Supreme Court and regulate its jurisdiction.
FRIDAY RECAP: JUly 1, 2022
This week, Indivisible Oregon prioritized three issues:
1.ABORTION AND GUN CONTROL GUTTED BY ILLEGITIMATE SUPREME COURT
2. ON JAN. 6, TRUMP PHYSICALLY ATTACKED HIS SECRET SERVICE DRIVER WHO REFUSED TO TAKE HIM TO THE CAPITAL
3. PASSING REVISED BUILD BACK BETTER ACT
All are extremely important for the future of our democracy. While Trump is no longer in office, the damage he’s caused will remain, unless Congress acts to protect our rights. His appointment of three Supreme Court Justices created an MAGA supermajority that’s imposing on the country its retrogressive policies. The most recent January 6 hearing demonstrates clearly Trump’s intention to use his armed followers to prevent certification of Biden’s win. And the economic problems exacerbated by Trump’s mishandling of COVID continue to hurt our citizens, requiring passage of a revised Build Back Better Act.
These clearly show how elections have consequences—which makes the upcoming midterms extremely important. Electing the right people will enable Congress to undo the policies imposed by the MAGA supermajority, ensure the peaceful transfer of power, and assist those in need.
Passing Revised BuilD Back Better Act
There is still time for Congress to pass a slimmed down version of the Democrats’ Build Back Better (BBB) proposal. But time is running out. In this period of soaring inflation and environmental disasters, Americans need help, and so do the Dems heading into the midterms. We are at a watershed. If Congress does not act quickly the damage, our nation may be irreparable.
abortion and gun control gutted by illegitimate supreme court
The lying, MAGA extremists now in control of the Supreme Court are misreading history and the Constitution, ignoring well-settled legal precedents, and imposing their personal, unpopular views on us all. In back-to-back rulings last week, they held that states can force women to birth unwanted babies but they cannot protect their citizens from deadly weapons. Welcome to the “Trump Court.” We cannot allow the tyranny of the minority to destroy our rights, our safety, and our multiracial democracy. SCOTUS must be structurally rebalanced to limit the power of this illegitimate supermajority—by adding 4 justices, limiting its jurisdiction and making it harder to find federal laws unconstitutional.
abortion and gun control gutted by illegitimate supreme court
The lying, MAGA extremists now in control of the Supreme Court are misreading history and the Constitution, ignoring well-settled legal precedents, and imposing their personal, unpopular views on us all. In back-to-back rulings last week, they held that states can force women to birth unwanted babies but they cannot protect their citizens from deadly weapons. Welcome to the “Trump Court.” We cannot allow the tyranny of the minority to destroy our rights, our safety, and our multiracial democracy. SCOTUS must be structurally rebalanced to limit the power of this illegitimate supermajority—by adding 4 justices, limiting its jurisdiction and making it harder to find federal laws unconstitutional.
FRIDAY RECAP: JUNE 24, 2022
This week, three issues rose to the top of our Indivisible Oregon priority list:
1. TODAY’S GOP PRESENTS A DANGER TO DEMOCRACY
2. TRUMP ATTACKED ELECTION OFFICIALS AFTER REALIZING HE LOST
3. JUNETEENTH: A FEDERAL HOLIDAY FOR ALL AMERICANS
Overshadowing everything, however, was the unfolding saga of how Donald Trump and his MAGA Republican co-conspirators almost succeeded in subverting the peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election—a conspiracy that began before November and continues until today.
As these hearings demonstrate, elections have consequences—which makes the upcoming midterms very important. Electing the right people will affect the peaceful transfer of power,..
JUNETEENTH: A FEDERAL HOLIDAY FOR ALL AMERICANS
Although Juneteenth became America’s newest federal holiday in 2021, many non-Black Americans are unaware of it and its celebration of the end of Black enslavement and hopes for a better future. To commemorate this new holiday Congress must push for that “better future” which, due to insidious racism, still eludes Black people in the United States.
TRUMP ATTACKED ELECTION OFFICIALS AFTER REALIZING HE LOST
During its fourth public hearing the January 6 Committee presented gripping testimony of the aggressive effort launched by Trump and his co-conspirators within weeks of the 2020 election to convince state election officials of their “mistaken” vote counting.
TODAY’S GOP PRESENTS A DANGER TO DEMOCRACY
GOP has become an “authoritarian cult movement.” It poses a serious danger to democracy. We should expect that Trump and his allies will attempt to invalidate free elections this November and in 2024 just as they on January 6 of 2020. We must defend democracy in the United States.
FRIDAY RECAP: JUNE 17, 2022
This week Indivisible Oregon focused on three ongoing issues:
• The need for rational gun control
• Our duty to combat insurrectionists at home and to continue helping Ukraine protect its fledgling democracy
• The Supreme Court’s continued assault on our rights and institutions.
Overshadowing everything, however, was the unfolding saga of how Donald Trump and his MAGA Republican co-conspirators almost succeeded in subverting the peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 election—a conspiracy that began before November and continues until today.
As these hearings clearly demonstrate, elections have consequences—which makes the upcoming midterms very important. Electing the right people will affect the peaceful transfer of power, whether Congress passes meaningful gun reform or is able to blunt the efforts of the Supreme Court’s ultraconservative supermajority to take us back to the 1950s.
ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES
After decades of legislative maneuvering, MAGA Republicans now have firm control over SCOTUS and much of the lower federal judiciary. Their appointees, largely nominated by minority Presidents and confirmed by minority-controlled Senates, are continuing their assault on our rights and institutions. By the end of June, women will likely lose their reproductive freedom, guns on the streets will become the norm, the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions will be restricted, religious groups will get greater access to taxpayer dollars and greater protection from government regulations. Elections have consequences.
DEMOCRACY UNDER ATTACK AT HOME AND ABROAD)
Democracy is under siege in both the United States and Ukraine. MAGA Republicans have tried to minimize the January 6th insurrection by redefining it as legitimate peaceful protest by Trump’s enthusiastic supporters. Trump’s ally in Moscow, Vladimir Putin, is engaging in the same chicanery, calling its invasion of Ukraine an effort to “liberate” Ukrainians from “neo-Nazi” rule. Both these “big lies” have had devastating consequences for the lives of millions. They must not go unchallenged.