SCOTUS Term Ends: Saves Trump; Harms Democracy; Wipes Fed Agency Rules

SCOTUS Makes Fed Agency Work Harder

(Will inflict harm on public health & safety)

Back-to-Back BFF's

(Worse two in American History)

Watch an excellent MSNBC short video – then the main post points follow (video Show Host Joy Reid refers to is here)

[Click here for the MSNBC video] as I said it’s excellent:

Following the Supreme Court's July 1, 2024 decision in Trump v. United States here in .pdf format 119 pages that the ruling says in no uncertain terms: “there are virtually no limits on what Trump or any future president can do and then call it an official act or duty.”

President Biden about that ruling: “I know I will respect the limits of the presidential power, as I have for three and a half years. But any president, including Donald Trump, will now be free to ignore the law.”

Among some of the steps Trump intends to take upon assuming office on Monday January 20, 2025, if he were to win, include in his own words: (1) Setting up vast camps deport millions of people; (2) Moving or firing potentially 50,000 Federal civil servants and replace them with “pre-vetted Trump loyalists;” (3) Centralizing power over the DOJ; all of which Trump has repeatedly threatened to wield against his political opponents; and (4) Gutting the EPA and any of the other 14 Federal Agency rules — which the Supreme Court targeted the EPA in their Enron ruling reversal — thus Trump could ram through climate-wrecking drilling projects, moves backed by the powerful oil and gas industry who hand over millions to finance him and his campaign, etc. (e.g. quid pro quo) and much, much more. 

Perhaps the very worse in that decision: Trump could openly take a bride (say $1M or more) for giving a government appointment or pardon to someone – no questions asked – his official duty, right?

Thanks to all that that from SCOTUS, Trump could pursue his plans without fear of punishment or restraint across the entire Federal government including all 15 Agencies and offices therein that suit him, but possibly harm to the public's health, education, safety, food and water, and much more.

My 2 Cents and F/N: In the course of its most recent term the most-conservative supermajority (6-3) SCOTUS has created a monarchical presidency, awarding the chief executive (namely Trump) near-insurmountable immunity from accountability for any and all crimes committed during a term in office.

It has seized power from Congress, strictly limiting lawmakers’ ability to write broad laws that tackle the major crises of the moment. 

And it has hobbled federal agencies’ authority to apply existing statutes to problems on the ground, substituting the expert opinions of civil servants with the (often partisan) preferences of unelected judges.

All the while, the court has placed itself at the apex of the state, agreeing to share power only with a strongman president who seeks to govern in line with the conservative justices’ vision.

How to reverse this awful SCOTUS ruling: Vote against Trump to ensure he never gets back in the Oval Office … “We the people must prevail and voting against him is our power.” Hope you will. 

Our entire future is on the line and that’s not hyperbole. It’s my honest assessment based that SCOTUS opinion and Trump’s own words and PROJECT 2025 plans.

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