On Thursday July 27 our Supreme Court issued a set of rulings that severely weakened the ability of Federal agencies to protect
\nU.S. citizens.<\/p>\n
On that day I thought up the slogan “Don’t Let SCOTUS OutVote Us.”<\/p>\n
This was actually one day before another Supreme Court ruling essentially set up Donald Trump to become a dictator in January 2025. I know that sounds crazy, but if you study the January 28 decision, you will see that it is quite literally true.<\/p>\n
That ruling will place Trump above the law and answerable to nobody for any act, no matter how venal or corrupt or harmful, as long as he can claim “I’m doing this in my official capacity as president.”<\/p>\n
So now it is even more urgent. U.S. citizens are likely to lose fundamental rights that they have never even questioned before, as we careen toward becoming a authoritarian state. Imagine that — six people just summarily took away the rights of 300 million people.<\/p>\n
To paraphrase Sinclair Lewis, it can happen here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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