From the Editor’s Desk: SCOTUS is a Danger to American Democracy

From the Editor's Desk:

This week the Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 in Donald Trump v. United States that sitting presidents are effectively immune from criminal prosecution, and therefore, above the law. This decision marks the most recent disaster in a multi-year catastrophe of the Robert's Court. The relentless aim of this Court has been to roll back democracy and install more authoritarian rule in the United States.

The time has come to radically alter our federal government so that democracy can be maintained. Nine unelected judges should not be able to rule our society so drastically and with no oversight. With the exception of a handful of decisions the Court has historically been a stumbling block to progress and human freedom.

We should no longer tolerate this. According to the Constitution, there is no constitutional right the Court has to judicial review. It is simply a power the Court seized for itself early in American history.

This grand delusion of judicial authority has been tolerated as long as the Court worked for the safeguard of democracy, and expanded human liberty.

Historically, the Court has failed in this regard. From cementing segregation, enshrining eugenics, permitting the interment of Japanese Americans, thwarting efforts to stop child labor, and siding with white supremacists and slave owners in the run up to the Civil War, the Supreme Court has been one of the most disastrous branches of American government.

The Robert's Court, sadly, has accelerated this history, waging a war against the progress of the 20th century.  From Citizen's v. United to Trump v. United States the Court has entered into a series of rulings that drastically hinder the ability of our society to thrive and exist as a modern democracy. Its most recent decision has thrown the United States into the very real danger of a dictatorship.

The Supreme Court can no longer be trusted as a body to uphold the Constitution and therefore is a danger to free people the world over. As a publication, North Meridian Review denounces the decision, the Robert’s Court, and call on law makers to radically alter its makeup before this handful of judges can do further harm to the United States.

Wesley R. Bishop

Managing and Founding Editor

North Meridian Press