TheWiseOldFart

It is an irrefutable fact that the current Supreme Court is corrupt. Six of the justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts, are biased towards right-wing extremism, and five are loyal to Trump. Not one of the six right-wing supporting justices is performing the jobs defined by the Constitution when they were sworn into office. When they committed the ultimate betrayal of their only purpose on one of the darkest days in American history, June 24, 2022, by repealing a 49-year-old decision by a legitimate Supreme Court, Roe v Wade, they prove that they are the most corrupt and unprincipled Court in history. Roberts is obviously ashamed of himself and his five corrupt associates. He also appears to be frightened, aware that our nation has become the most violent in the nation thanks to Trump and his fake Republican Party. No longer is violent reaction exclusive to the right-wing extremists who are loyal to Trump and his fascist policies. “There is of course no place for violence di...

I remember Republicans. As a 78-year-old lifelong Independent voter, I was offered a choice when I went to the polls. I admit that most of the time the Democratic candidate received my vote. The policies of most Republicans were too regressive, and my beliefs are more progressive. Change is always necessary, but sometimes change moves an entire nation in the wrong direction. Sadly, the once Grand Old Party took its final breath on the morning of January 20, 2017. It is an undeniable fact that between 2017 and 2021, the backwards policies of the Trump administration destroyed many of the accomplishments made over the previous 60-70 years. Hate crimes rose by 800 percent as Blacks, Hispanics, non-Christians, the LGBTQ community, and women in general were verbally and physically assaulted as your president continued to use rhetoric focused on fear, anger, and hatred. He encouraged violence in his name and his supporters eagerly responded. Domestic terrorism became the greatest threat to t...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart One of the darkest days in American history occurred on June 24, 2022. On this day a Supreme Court, stacked by Trump and Moscow Mitch McConnell, voted to repeal Roe v Wade. Women no longer received federal protection for their Constitutional right to choose how to protect their own physical and mental health. We knew that overturning a nearly 50-year-old decision by a legitimate Court would have serious repercussions, but the six justices who voted for the repeal of Roe v. Wade didn’t care and were woefully unfit to sit on the highest Court in the land. Just over two years later, the statistics are dismal, and statistics do not lie. One of these statistics voids the claims of one of the owners of today’s fake Republican Party, the Christian Religious Right. More babies are dying during childbirth or just after now that Roe v Wade is no longer federal law. About 247 infants are losing their fight for life each month. That is nearly 3,000 babies lost each year, an...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The Supreme Court of the United States is America’s monarchy. With lifetime appointments and no way to remove a justice from office other than the impeachment process, the nine members sitting in control of our nation’s future are virtually “bulletproof.” President Biden has a solution which I continue to strongly support. OUR FOUNDING FATHERS WERE NOT INFALLIBLE Most democracies have either term limits or mandatory retirement age requirements. Our Founding Father’s intent was to prevent a need for political involvement by removing the need to win elections. Northeastern law professor Michael Meltsner, who specializes in the Supreme Court, said the intent was to insulate justices from partisan politics. “That was put into the Constitution to preserve the total independence of the judiciary,” said Meltsner, the George J. and Kathleen Waters Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law. “Once a justice is confirmed and takes a seat on the court, they’re not ...

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Trump has finally become a Republican politician. He had already adopted several of their tactics, including lying constantly until their voters accept lies as facts, baseless conspiracy theories, and priority number one; hiding their crimes and corruption from the voting public. However, he recently added the final right-wing trick: flipflopping. After the current politicized Supreme Court wrongfully overturned a legitimate Court’s decision 49 years in the past, which offered protection for a woman’s right to make decisions about her personal mental and physical health known as Roe v Wade, on June 24, 2022, Trump rushed to the television cameras. “I was proudly the person responsible for the ending of … Roe v. Wade.” Donald John Trump His braggadocio was founded on his ability, in collusion with Moscow Mitch McConnell, to stack the Supreme Court of the United States in favor of the extremist right-wing politicians who support replacing democracy with a fascist ...

  Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart   Let’s take a look at something which I find extremely confusing. I understand t hat hardcore Republican voters are in decline: many of them are around my age. I am an original baby boomer. But this fact adds to my consternation.   Donald Trump lost the vote of America’s women in 2016 and 2020. I am fully aware that the right-wing began a war on women in 1981 with the inauguration of Ronald Reagan , but why are they escalating that war in the 21 st century?   I don’t believe that Reagan was a misogynist. What I do know is that he was a religious zealot, an extremist, and his faith surpassed the rights of women regardless of their relationships to him or his constituents.   MOSCOW MITCH LEARNED THAT DREAMS CAN COME TRUE   Nearly two years ago a major goal of the old, white men on the right side of the aisle became a reality. After a 4 9-year fight, the law protecting a woman’s right to decide the future of her own mental and ...