Millions of Evangelicals have “anointed” Trump as their modern day King Cyrus, despite his deeply UN-Christian lifestyle. Why? Because he promised them to end legal access to abortion in the US, which is all they care about as a fast-track toward Christian theocracy in the US… Six of the nine SCOTUS justices are devout, ideological Catholics, which comprise 20% of the US population. McConnell’s fear and devotion to Trump has given this minority outsized influence on our judicial system, with Alito and Thomas abusing their legal standing to make the US a Christian Theocracy, and Trump President-for-Life
The US Supreme Court has an integrity problem, freshly illustrated by their decision to allow a clearly racially motivated South Carolina re-districting map to stand. Led by Justice Sam Alito, they argue that the redistricting map gives Republicans an advantage, but is NOT racially motivated! Have they seen the South Carolina Republican Convention? When six legal scholars refuse to acknowledge the direct connection between “partisan” and “racism,” and how one fuels the other; they are engaging in verbal parsing to favor Donald Trump, upend Constitutional protections, and their own precious “originalist intent.” As if Republican ideology and policy since Ronald Reagan has nothing to do with racism. “Justice Samuel Alito suggested in his majority opinion, the legislature was merely seeking to make the seat safer for Republicans — a goal that does not violate the Constitution.” The decision is of a piece with Justice Alito’s “ethics” problem, for the brazenly partisan and white nationalist flags he flew at his homes on the Jersey Shore and Northern Virginia.
Previously, I argued for the impeachment of Justice Clarence Thomas based on his own ethical reckless and brazenly partisan behavior. Justice Alito wears his political sentiments on the flagpoles of his two homes. Trump-appointed Justices Brett Kavanagh, Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch all lied during their confirmation hearings, about their devotion to preserving Roe v. Wade. So five of the six-person majority in this decision have demonstrated serious ethical lapses, and expressed contempt for Congress. Chief Justice Roberts, appointed by George W. Bush, has run interference for all of them. Senator Mitch McConnell broke Senate rules, and used legislative sleight-of-hand to stack ALL the US courts with Republican appointees, while sabotaging appointees of President Barack Obama.
Alito and Thomas should be legally compelled to recuse themselves from any cases involving Trump or the January 6 defendants….
https://www.juancole.com/2024/05/supreme-christian-nationalism.html
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Alex Ross: How American Racism Influenced Hitler / The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law
‘Christian nationalism’ in American politics: the Republican hotline to Jesus
The American Christian Right’s Flirtation with Political Violence and Far-Right Extremism
After the truth-shower 