SCOTUS: The last bastion of common sense in American justice

Without enforcement of the American constitution there would be chaos

Many people hate Donald Trump. I think he is a reprehensible character who was a good President. Sound odd? Not really, Winston Churchill was a reprehensible character in my opinion, but was the leader England needed during WWII. People are complex and identifying them as stereotypes leads to perverse conclusions.

Today’s unanimous Supreme Court decision that states cannot keep Trump off the November ballot is an example of how important it is that the U.S. Supreme Court enforces the law and eschews partisan ideology. The last and perhaps only Supreme Court decision that seemed to ignore the Constitution and reflect personal beliefs of the judges was the 1973 Roe v Wade decision, since overturned. If American women are to have a constitutional right to abortion, the electorate must take the needed steps to change the constitution. That route is open to the “pro-choice” left and the only reason they don’t attempt it is they know it will fail to be enacted in the hopelessly divided country, and the decision to apply the law and recognize the issue is one for state legislatures and not for federal law was not only wise but necessary to preserve the structure of the Republic.

I expect to see progressives now clamour for expansion of the size of the Court in the hopes they can “stack” the Court with judges who will making findings based on their ideological preferences. That would be the downfall of America, but in my opinion would never happen. What is remarkable about the Supreme Court is the clarity of its opinions both majority and in dissent. It is an excellent court.

The rest of American justice is in disarray. Letitia James, New York Attorney General, ran for office on a promise to “get Trump”. As the Wall Street Journal comments, she sacrifices the rule of law to get Trump. Alvin Bragg, New York district attorney, has no problem releasing a felon on his own recognizance without remorse for the outcome when the felon murders a young woman. Fani Willis and her lover Nathan Wade seem quite at home making what appear to be false statements under oath at the hearing of the charges Willis brought against Trump in Atlanta. Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon is at ease with the rise in crime triggered by his progressive policies that refuse to protect merchants from theft, making it no more than a midsdemeanour to rob stores in broad daylight and refuse to prosecute offenders who steal less than $999 on each episode of shoplifting. The homelessness, drug abuse in homeless camps, and related crime are direct outcomes of his policies.

In once reliable Delaware, Justice Katharine McCormack interfered with a shareholder approve compensation package for Elon Musk (under appeal) apparently just because she thought he was paid to much even though the options that gave rise to his good fortune were issues at the market, 100% of his compensation was “at risk”, and his leadership created billions of dollars for shareholders as well as for Musk.

In all this growing sea of nonsense, the Supreme Court of the United States remains a bullwark of sensible decisions which, while often unpopular on one side of the aisle or another, are true to the American Constitution. I wish we could say the same for the Supreme Court of Canada.