FOCUS: Considering the Supreme Court and its recent decisions

U.S. Supreme Court

By Ashley Herndon

OCEANSIDE, Calif.  |  Our Supreme Court SMOTE us with various verdicts this summer.  With each, another nail hit the coffin of our democracy.  The attack was led and controlled by the ultraconservative theocratic religious right.  If you do not feel helpless in halting this fast-moving train wreck, then “you just might be one.”

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Eddie Tabash, a knowledgeable attorney and board member of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, advises how to neutralize the Supreme Court is simple…not easy but simple:

“Encourage more people to vote, most of whom have no interest in a theocracy.  The majority of our country is no longer affiliated with the religious right.  Convince these voters that their/our freedom is in the balance.  Every vote is extremely important … or they could live in a country run by ultraconservative, unyielding un-Christian laws.”

Let the courts know that no form of abortion would be acceptable. Supporting abortion will invite prison and/or fines.

Here are other thoughts that could happen if the courts are not stopped from making laws:

1. Marriage between a man and a woman…only!
2. Gay and transgender people could be imprisoned or executed.
3. Women may not be allowed positions of leadership and must be submissive to men.
4. Children must be obedient to their fathers or be institutionalized.
5. Enforced specific Christian only prayers could be instituted in all schools, before all public meetings, and maybe even before private ones.
6. All stores, businesses, sporting events, and entertainment venues will be closed on Sunday.
7. Other religions and many mainstream Christian denominations would not be tolerated.
8. Books, movies, and television shows would be censured.
9. Police could arrest non compliers with authoritarian theocracy with exposure to prison/fines.
10. There would be restricted travel for nonbelievers, both leaving and entering the country.
11. Neighbors, friends, and families would be encouraged and rewarded for turning in those who do not comply. {Stalinist betrayals}
12. Immigration would be severely limited.

Doesn’t this sound like Brave New World?

By the way, this is just the start if the crowd that doesn’t respect democracy comes to power!

If one thinks this is not possible, tune in to Iran, China, Russia, Egypt, Hungary, Uganda, or the other 40 or so dictatorships currently active on our planet.

Tabash suggests SCOTUS could be neutralized ‘simply by voting for the right people,’ locally, since  our Supreme Court has power only because Congress gives it to them to interpret the law. Congress needs to resolve issues and ratify equitable laws. 

What should you do: vote only for people who believe the following:

1. Liberty and justice is for all.  Do not let the judicial system  make laws.
2. Women should have absolute control of themselves and their bodies.
3. There is a codified total separation between the church and the state.
4. Revamp the immigration system.
5. Recognize the LGBTQIA+ community has all the rights and privileges of every other citizen.

All this can take place at the polls if the electorate understands the problems we are facing.

Your job, therefore, is to make others aware of these problems, and act at the polls.