Seriously, Steven, the answer to your question is… I have to believe that Justice can triumph. It’s the only wormhole that we have now. It is the place we can all gather to actively pool our collective grief and rage into some kind of transformative experience. For now, I will cast aside my cynicism and doubt in favor of a childlike faith in Justice. We cannot allow it to be disfigured by this regime. Let’s pray for its restoration as an ideal and do the ongoing work its implementation requires. “Justice, Justice, you shall pursue.”
I think that justice can triumph, but once we are through the crisis of the next two years we will need to make changes even more sweeping than anyone's currently talking about.
In the words of Theodore Parker, “I do not pretend to understand the moral universe, the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways. I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight; I can divine it by conscience. But from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice." Yesterday we saw a glimpse the moral universe in action, for which we may have renewed hope. In addition to being thankful for those judges standing up for the rule of law, we can also be thankful for the handful of Republican members of Congress who are willing to break ranks with Trump and stand against the fruits of his towering ego. And thankful, too, in an ironic way for Trump’s idiocy that causes us to see what we lose when we do not make character the deciding factor at the ballot box.
I keep trying to have optimism, but the members of this regime just ignore rulings they don't like, and they're not enforced. Who else gets to do that? Certainly not any of us lowly peasants.
The felon should have been hauled off to jail on January 6. Instead, he got put into office a second time. Crikey, a felon was not allowed to run for mayor of Scranton, for heaven's sake.
For instance and in contrast, I pay my taxes and my bills, my cars are registered, inspected, and insured, I license and leash my dogs, and I don't steal things.
I believe that all these decisions upholding the laws will serve as the stone in Trump's shoe and drive him over the edge into making more and more outrageous, dangerous, and mentally disturbed decisions. We need to be prepared for that. He will eventually self-implode.
Ok these are good steps in the right direction. Let’s hold up the Kennedy Center as an example of the man baby. He has said: if I can’t have my name on it, the American people cannot have it either. This screams: this man is in power only for himself. He doesn’t give a crap about the people.
This should be one of the messages of the fall campaign for Congress. Why should we not use Shame as a motivating tool to get people to act correctly?
It may come down to the Supreme Court finding the courage to do the right thing. A long shot, I know
It's been an uphill battle since the founding of the Republic, with some victories (like the post–Civil War amendments, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts of the mid-1960s, Roe v. Wade) and plenty of setbacks (like Jim Crow, the anti-"Red" hysteria after World War I [has it ever ended?], Executive Order 9066 [internment of Japanese Americans during World War II], the election of Ronald Reagan [has *it* ever ended?], Citizens United v. FEC, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization). I think justice *can* triumph, but whether it *will* is open to question. Much depends on whether we keep working and fighting for it.
Justice MUST triumph if we are to survive as a nation. But will it, having been sorely tested by the majority on the highest court in the land who are complicit with the corrupt, venomous traitor whom they have permitted to be installed as our President?
The short answer is that justice will prevail if enough of us rise up in abhorrence.
Yes, I do believe that justice can triumph. This is a letter (below) I wrote to the Supreme Court Justices of the state of Kansas last year in April. I never got a response from any of them and really didn't expect too, but it doesn't matter I voiced my opinion. My gut tells me the justices do not like what they are seeing within the legal community and are doing the right thing. I can't speak for the SCOTUS justices, but I know not all of them are onboard with what is transpiring within their profession. If the majority of justices across the land abandon the citizens and law, then we will have lost the country and lawlessness will prevail...........I don't think we or they are ready for that and I sure as hell hope not.
Your writing makes me think I should reach out to them again with my opinion.
I have never written to a Judge in my life and certainly not to the group of Kansas Supreme Court Justices, until now.
I am writing today to express my gravest concern for the rule of law and what I’m witnessing unfold with the President of the United States and the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his deportation to the El Salvadoran Cecot prison with no due process. I fear for him as if I were in his shoes, because if he can be yanked off the street and ferreted out of the country then I or any one of us could be. If he has no justice, then we are soon to have no justice either as a people or nation.
I don’t know what you can do about this injustice, but impeachment of the President would be a just remedy I would support and recommend. My hope here is that you are getting like responses to this crisis by other constituents here in the State of Kansas and I wanted to be on the record of saying this is not justice served.
As a 76-year-old veteran I cannot be silent because I took an oath in 1967 to defend this country and what it stood for, not this.
I was thinking about this very question on my walk this morning. When you consider how numerous and well installed the Epstein class is, the notion of being able to bring all these criminals to justice seems impossible. And I believe that it is, because they pervade everything. That doesn't mean that some justice will not be meted out, however, but only some. Not enough, not ever, unfortunately.
Hope in our Judicial system is all I’ve had for some time now, Steven. But, it seems, as long as further manipulation of the courts that continue to keep persons such as our fearless Grifter, (and all those complicit in the shameful foolishness that plagues our world these days) out of prison, that which once was HOPEful, now has to be seen to believed.
Justice is triumphing, by and large. It is not universal, but what is? The flood the zone with malignant nonsense is designed to overwhelm a slow moving (by design) system. And the top court is obviously an issue.
Eventually it will…the burning question…when and how effective will it be??? There has been substantial damage done…damage that cannot be reversed overnight. The rot caused by tDump et al will be very difficult to root out. Bear in mind, if it wasn’t for the Federal Judges we all would have drowned in the “iDump cesspool” by now!
It’s unfortunate there is no way…we the American people… can express our heartfelt thanks for their (Judges’) efforts on our behalf. What’s left of our Government hasn’t done much other than talk and point fingers. Although not a History Buff…in the first 250 years…I’d be willing to say, “tDump” (only a “shill”) is the first real serious challenge America has faced!” So far we’ve not been very good at defending against his (Their) assault! How do we change that moving forward??? A People must learn from their mistakes or….most know the rest of this old saying!
Next to the Judges, our next line of Defense will be the “Midterms!” If we don’t thoroughly strip tDump of his majority…the battle to take the next Hill…becomes exponentially more difficult…as well as…costly!! In addition…a victory will introduce the American Electorate as a force (smarter?) to be reckoned with! Probably one of the most difficult tasks facing us!! Most of us would not hire a contractor to do an important job on or about our property and never complain…or pay for… shoddy workmanship. Hiring a Workman isn’t very different than electing a politician for the job of running our Country…is it?? Take a close look at the president’s cabinet confirmers! Before answering!
Seriously, Steven, the answer to your question is… I have to believe that Justice can triumph. It’s the only wormhole that we have now. It is the place we can all gather to actively pool our collective grief and rage into some kind of transformative experience. For now, I will cast aside my cynicism and doubt in favor of a childlike faith in Justice. We cannot allow it to be disfigured by this regime. Let’s pray for its restoration as an ideal and do the ongoing work its implementation requires. “Justice, Justice, you shall pursue.”
I think that justice can triumph, but once we are through the crisis of the next two years we will need to make changes even more sweeping than anyone's currently talking about.
how will the decisions be enforced?
In the words of Theodore Parker, “I do not pretend to understand the moral universe, the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways. I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight; I can divine it by conscience. But from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice." Yesterday we saw a glimpse the moral universe in action, for which we may have renewed hope. In addition to being thankful for those judges standing up for the rule of law, we can also be thankful for the handful of Republican members of Congress who are willing to break ranks with Trump and stand against the fruits of his towering ego. And thankful, too, in an ironic way for Trump’s idiocy that causes us to see what we lose when we do not make character the deciding factor at the ballot box.
I keep trying to have optimism, but the members of this regime just ignore rulings they don't like, and they're not enforced. Who else gets to do that? Certainly not any of us lowly peasants.
The felon should have been hauled off to jail on January 6. Instead, he got put into office a second time. Crikey, a felon was not allowed to run for mayor of Scranton, for heaven's sake.
For instance and in contrast, I pay my taxes and my bills, my cars are registered, inspected, and insured, I license and leash my dogs, and I don't steal things.
What kind of fool am I? Hmm. Could be a song.
I believe that all these decisions upholding the laws will serve as the stone in Trump's shoe and drive him over the edge into making more and more outrageous, dangerous, and mentally disturbed decisions. We need to be prepared for that. He will eventually self-implode.
Ok these are good steps in the right direction. Let’s hold up the Kennedy Center as an example of the man baby. He has said: if I can’t have my name on it, the American people cannot have it either. This screams: this man is in power only for himself. He doesn’t give a crap about the people.
This should be one of the messages of the fall campaign for Congress. Why should we not use Shame as a motivating tool to get people to act correctly?
It may come down to the Supreme Court finding the courage to do the right thing. A long shot, I know
It's been an uphill battle since the founding of the Republic, with some victories (like the post–Civil War amendments, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts of the mid-1960s, Roe v. Wade) and plenty of setbacks (like Jim Crow, the anti-"Red" hysteria after World War I [has it ever ended?], Executive Order 9066 [internment of Japanese Americans during World War II], the election of Ronald Reagan [has *it* ever ended?], Citizens United v. FEC, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization). I think justice *can* triumph, but whether it *will* is open to question. Much depends on whether we keep working and fighting for it.
Justice MUST triumph if we are to survive as a nation. But will it, having been sorely tested by the majority on the highest court in the land who are complicit with the corrupt, venomous traitor whom they have permitted to be installed as our President?
The short answer is that justice will prevail if enough of us rise up in abhorrence.
Thanks for another report that gives your readers renewed hope, Steven!
Yes, I do believe that justice can triumph. This is a letter (below) I wrote to the Supreme Court Justices of the state of Kansas last year in April. I never got a response from any of them and really didn't expect too, but it doesn't matter I voiced my opinion. My gut tells me the justices do not like what they are seeing within the legal community and are doing the right thing. I can't speak for the SCOTUS justices, but I know not all of them are onboard with what is transpiring within their profession. If the majority of justices across the land abandon the citizens and law, then we will have lost the country and lawlessness will prevail...........I don't think we or they are ready for that and I sure as hell hope not.
Your writing makes me think I should reach out to them again with my opinion.
Ref: Justice for Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Justice Stegall, Justice Rosen, Justice Wilson, Justice Wall, Justice Luckert, and Justice Standridge,
I have never written to a Judge in my life and certainly not to the group of Kansas Supreme Court Justices, until now.
I am writing today to express my gravest concern for the rule of law and what I’m witnessing unfold with the President of the United States and the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his deportation to the El Salvadoran Cecot prison with no due process. I fear for him as if I were in his shoes, because if he can be yanked off the street and ferreted out of the country then I or any one of us could be. If he has no justice, then we are soon to have no justice either as a people or nation.
I don’t know what you can do about this injustice, but impeachment of the President would be a just remedy I would support and recommend. My hope here is that you are getting like responses to this crisis by other constituents here in the State of Kansas and I wanted to be on the record of saying this is not justice served.
As a 76-year-old veteran I cannot be silent because I took an oath in 1967 to defend this country and what it stood for, not this.
Thank you for listening to my concern.
Sincerely,
Willaim & Susan Corbett
I was thinking about this very question on my walk this morning. When you consider how numerous and well installed the Epstein class is, the notion of being able to bring all these criminals to justice seems impossible. And I believe that it is, because they pervade everything. That doesn't mean that some justice will not be meted out, however, but only some. Not enough, not ever, unfortunately.
Hope in our Judicial system is all I’ve had for some time now, Steven. But, it seems, as long as further manipulation of the courts that continue to keep persons such as our fearless Grifter, (and all those complicit in the shameful foolishness that plagues our world these days) out of prison, that which once was HOPEful, now has to be seen to believed.
The words "lawfare" and "narcoterrism" need to be consigned to the garbage dump!!
Justice is triumphing, by and large. It is not universal, but what is? The flood the zone with malignant nonsense is designed to overwhelm a slow moving (by design) system. And the top court is obviously an issue.
Eventually it will…the burning question…when and how effective will it be??? There has been substantial damage done…damage that cannot be reversed overnight. The rot caused by tDump et al will be very difficult to root out. Bear in mind, if it wasn’t for the Federal Judges we all would have drowned in the “iDump cesspool” by now!
It’s unfortunate there is no way…we the American people… can express our heartfelt thanks for their (Judges’) efforts on our behalf. What’s left of our Government hasn’t done much other than talk and point fingers. Although not a History Buff…in the first 250 years…I’d be willing to say, “tDump” (only a “shill”) is the first real serious challenge America has faced!” So far we’ve not been very good at defending against his (Their) assault! How do we change that moving forward??? A People must learn from their mistakes or….most know the rest of this old saying!
Next to the Judges, our next line of Defense will be the “Midterms!” If we don’t thoroughly strip tDump of his majority…the battle to take the next Hill…becomes exponentially more difficult…as well as…costly!! In addition…a victory will introduce the American Electorate as a force (smarter?) to be reckoned with! Probably one of the most difficult tasks facing us!! Most of us would not hire a contractor to do an important job on or about our property and never complain…or pay for… shoddy workmanship. Hiring a Workman isn’t very different than electing a politician for the job of running our Country…is it?? Take a close look at the president’s cabinet confirmers! Before answering!