I have begun saying Chief Justice John Crow Roberts. My mother used to tell me not to name call but I don’t consider this name calling, just descriptive.
Thanks, Sherrilyn, as always for writing so clearly about the shameless political intervention of the racist, ethically compromised majority of this Jim Crow 2.0 Supreme Court Majority. 🤯
They arrogantly overturned their own precedents and lower courts’ factual findings to help racist Alabama legislators disenfranchise voters of color.
What an outrage! Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, and Coney Barrett will “live in infamy.” 😱😡
All Americans 🇺🇸should denounce this Court, and plan to expand it, impose an enforceable ethics code, term and age limits.
Our thanks to Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Brown Jackson for calling out the disgraceful, indefensible conduct of the Robert’s majority.
The Alabama and Louisiana rulings make it clear, red and canceling the Black vote is the goal. Look at how Virginia was denied the same right the SC gave to other southern states. We are seeing pre 1960s again y'all. People died for change, the right to vote and civil rights as well. Our mirror moment is before us to take on the next battle. And what is most diabolical of all, one person named clarence, born in 1946, who benefitted from the CRA and VRA, he has removed the ladder he was offered and climbed to enjoy his honey and the money. See Loving and See Affirmatiive Action.
"I remind myself always that the collapse of repressive systems is almost always precipitated by the overreach of those who believe that they will always be in power."
Your optimism and determination are always inspiring, Miss Ifill. The Democrats can no longer run status quo candidates. They have to be filled with the same fire for drastic change that Mayor Mamdani has brought to NYC. SCOTUS has lost all legitimacy, just as our current White House has. We need to prioritize democracy and the rule of law, which have been completely eradicated over the past decade.
First and always, very much appreciate a "Call to Action" and self-care. For us to persevere, there has to be time healing and rest.
Your legal analysis, (I'm not an attorney) I believe plants seeds for any possible legal recourse. Last, we absolutely must, once we regain congress and the executive branches, pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. And reform SCOTUS by adding two additional justices.
"We are now facing the most consequential loss of Black political power since the end of Reconstruction." I agree, and this is absolutely dreadful. I am so very glad that after this terrifying summation, you added your list of four things for us to do now. And we must get after it (as my friend's grandmother used to say), and accomplish all four of those tasks, or we are lost. I will not think about getting lost, but rather about not going back. We cannot and will not go back.
We must stop this evil! We will not go back! Watching these corrupt judges disgrace our country and our freedom is intolerable! Now, more than ever, we need every honest believer in freedom and justice for all to fight this destructive cancer in our government! We have been fighting against the stain of racism in our country’s soul for too long to let these evil monsters win!
Thank your Sherrilyn for always giving the facts, straight up. Money is the only thing in our cultrue that speaks and make a change.
From a democratic perspective, economic pressure is a legitimate and nonviolent form of participation when it is exercised lawfully and transparently. Whether one is advocating for voting rights, environmental protection, labor rights, or other causes, consumers can use their purchasing decisions to express values and encourage institutions to act differently. Putting the pressure on corporations to join the movement with a focus on Voting Rights to change their tune.
Examples include:
• The colonial boycotts of British goods before the American Revolution.
• The Montgomery Bus Boycott during the Civil Rights Movement.
• Divestment campaigns against apartheid in South Africa.
• Modern consumer movements focused on environmental, labor, or social concerns.
As the saying often attributed to activists across many movements: every dollar is a vote for the kind of world we wish to create. Spend your money wisely.
If the midterms wave against them, the next shoe drops. The principle of one person/one vote is derived of XIV and XV. The "logic" is the same. Partisan advantage in elections is beyond federal reach, so jamming the entire Democratic constituency in a single district of any size is just the natural extension and solves the dummymander problem definitively.
I am calling this “Clarence Crow” instead of Jim Crow now.
And Clarence Crow acts like adopted son of Harlan Crow.
Together, they pick the rights and prospects from the hands of Americans, particularly Americans descended from slaves.
We will mourn but we won’t go back!
Get Up, Stand Up!
I have begun saying Chief Justice John Crow Roberts. My mother used to tell me not to name call but I don’t consider this name calling, just descriptive.
Thanks, Sherrilyn, as always for writing so clearly about the shameless political intervention of the racist, ethically compromised majority of this Jim Crow 2.0 Supreme Court Majority. 🤯
They arrogantly overturned their own precedents and lower courts’ factual findings to help racist Alabama legislators disenfranchise voters of color.
What an outrage! Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, and Coney Barrett will “live in infamy.” 😱😡
All Americans 🇺🇸should denounce this Court, and plan to expand it, impose an enforceable ethics code, term and age limits.
Our thanks to Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Brown Jackson for calling out the disgraceful, indefensible conduct of the Robert’s majority.
The Alabama and Louisiana rulings make it clear, red and canceling the Black vote is the goal. Look at how Virginia was denied the same right the SC gave to other southern states. We are seeing pre 1960s again y'all. People died for change, the right to vote and civil rights as well. Our mirror moment is before us to take on the next battle. And what is most diabolical of all, one person named clarence, born in 1946, who benefitted from the CRA and VRA, he has removed the ladder he was offered and climbed to enjoy his honey and the money. See Loving and See Affirmatiive Action.
Keep The Faith!
"I remind myself always that the collapse of repressive systems is almost always precipitated by the overreach of those who believe that they will always be in power."
Your optimism and determination are always inspiring, Miss Ifill. The Democrats can no longer run status quo candidates. They have to be filled with the same fire for drastic change that Mayor Mamdani has brought to NYC. SCOTUS has lost all legitimacy, just as our current White House has. We need to prioritize democracy and the rule of law, which have been completely eradicated over the past decade.
First and always, very much appreciate a "Call to Action" and self-care. For us to persevere, there has to be time healing and rest.
Your legal analysis, (I'm not an attorney) I believe plants seeds for any possible legal recourse. Last, we absolutely must, once we regain congress and the executive branches, pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. And reform SCOTUS by adding two additional justices.
"We are now facing the most consequential loss of Black political power since the end of Reconstruction." I agree, and this is absolutely dreadful. I am so very glad that after this terrifying summation, you added your list of four things for us to do now. And we must get after it (as my friend's grandmother used to say), and accomplish all four of those tasks, or we are lost. I will not think about getting lost, but rather about not going back. We cannot and will not go back.
Disgrace, disgusted, but defiant.
This is shameful. Initially, I was against expanding the court but now 100% for it
We must stop this evil! We will not go back! Watching these corrupt judges disgrace our country and our freedom is intolerable! Now, more than ever, we need every honest believer in freedom and justice for all to fight this destructive cancer in our government! We have been fighting against the stain of racism in our country’s soul for too long to let these evil monsters win!
Thank your Sherrilyn for always giving the facts, straight up. Money is the only thing in our cultrue that speaks and make a change.
From a democratic perspective, economic pressure is a legitimate and nonviolent form of participation when it is exercised lawfully and transparently. Whether one is advocating for voting rights, environmental protection, labor rights, or other causes, consumers can use their purchasing decisions to express values and encourage institutions to act differently. Putting the pressure on corporations to join the movement with a focus on Voting Rights to change their tune.
Examples include:
• The colonial boycotts of British goods before the American Revolution.
• The Montgomery Bus Boycott during the Civil Rights Movement.
• Divestment campaigns against apartheid in South Africa.
• Modern consumer movements focused on environmental, labor, or social concerns.
As the saying often attributed to activists across many movements: every dollar is a vote for the kind of world we wish to create. Spend your money wisely.
If the midterms wave against them, the next shoe drops. The principle of one person/one vote is derived of XIV and XV. The "logic" is the same. Partisan advantage in elections is beyond federal reach, so jamming the entire Democratic constituency in a single district of any size is just the natural extension and solves the dummymander problem definitively.