The US Supreme Court’s contempt for facts is a betrayal of justice
JVL Introduction
Scientific American is a US popular science weekly magazine with a substantial reach: 3.5 million print and tablet readers worldwide, 7 million global online unique visitors monthly, and a social media reach of 4+ million.
“It is committed to sharing trustworthy knowledge, enhancing our understanding of the world, and advancing social justice.”
In the article below it has made an extraordinary intervention into US politics.
Citing case after case, flawed judgement after flawed judgement, it argues that “recent decisions about homelessness, public health and regulatory power, among others, undermine the role of evidence, expertise and honesty in American democracy”.
It provides a sobering assessment of how just far US democracy has been hijacked by the right.
RK
This article was originally published by Scientific American on Wed 10 Jul 2024. Read the original here.
The Supreme Court’s contempt for facts is a betrayal of justice
- The Supreme Court majority’s recent decisions about homelessness, public health and regulatory power, among others, undermine the role of evidence, expertise and honesty in American democracy
Loading article text…
This is a sad situation. The UK and lots of other countries seem to have policies of absolute obeisance to the USA. This is ridiculous when the USA is under the control of a bunch of nutcases (including racist and demented ones). Perhaps, BRICS will get into top gear soon and show the world that it doesn’t have to be US dollar-dependent and can rid itself of this evil influence..
Donald Trump’s outright threats towards any who oppose him; the rise of the MAGA movement; the corruption of SCOTUS as exemplified by Alito and Scott; the propagandising of Project2025; the general push to the Right of the whole Republican Party; the tendency of the media to talk about Biden’s problems with ageing while by-and-large ignoring Trump’s increasingly arrogant and mendacious insanity; all these indicate very clearly that if the USA does not vote in Biden and the Democrats, themselves far from faultless, then the USA is heading towards becoming the world’s largest and most powerful fascist state. We are all in danger if that happens.
Hooray! The American people have woken up. The anti-abortion decision of the Supreme Court two years ago violated one of the rights in the US Constitution’s Bill of Rights, which the three pro choice women justices argued at the time but were ignored, in that it did not affect the ruling. Suddenly there’s a chance Trump will lose but not only because of questions about Biden’s fitness to stand!! And the sun is shining in London!!
“In the end, the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it.” Once again, George Orwell turns out to have called it right, three quarters of a century ago.
Our MSM is as dishonest as the US MSM. It’s difficult for the majority of the people to know the truth. The Lies and Propaganda are at full steam ahead. We here people/friends telling us what they’ve read in their newspapers or seen on their TV as the truth, it so frustrating, when you give them evidence, you know they still don’t believe you.
This deceit goes right to the top, Politicians are some of the worst liars.
The MSM is owned and/or controlled by the Billionaires, it makes it easier to fool the people. When someone comes along that tells the truth, ie Corbyn etc, the MSM pull together and attack them viciously and nastily, until the person has lost their persuasiveness and become the supposed villain. The US and UK are prime Countries where this is the norm. The Tories, ripped the Working Class for 14 years, not letting up, right to the end, because they knew their replacement wasn’t going to change anything. The US, are deciding between 2 of the worst Politicians to have walked on Earth. It’s totally insane but the people are totally oblivious to what the Super Wealthy are doing, they’ll be voting for one or the other. It really is frightening!!