Supreme Court, too slow & partisan
December 17, 2019
The Honorable <All Justices>
The Supreme Court of the United States
One First Street N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20543
Dear Justice <Name>;
Releasing the President’s tax records
On Friday, Dec 13, 2019, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of releasing President Trump’s tax returns to Congress. The press release stated that the ruling would be in June. I believe that six months is too long for something of this magnitude to linger. The United States of America is in the middle of a constitutional crises due to the countless crimes and improprieties committed by the President.
I beg the Supreme Court to review this matter over the Christmas holidays and render a verdict in early January of 2020. Our country is melting down as the President’s attacks our laws and our constitution. America simply cannot wait.
If there were any time to accelerate a Supreme Court review, now is the time. Please, please cut your review time to less than 30 days. We need a rapid response now.
Confidence in the Supreme Court
In 2010 the Supreme Court decided in Citizens United that vast amounts of dark money can flood into our political system. We don’t know where the money is coming from, it could be from foreign countries. Either way, unregulated money has polluted our political system. Our politicians are no longer representing “We the people.” They represent mainly the super-rich and corporations. Surely, this result was not your intention. Please overturn Citizens United.
The decision to allow both Brett Kavanaugh as well as Neil Gorsuch to sit as justices was a mistake due to the improper hearings and selection process. Due to brutal politics in Congress, the District Courts are now filled with many unqualified people who have no business presiding over trials. The Supreme Court should be able to police the entire judicial system, so the courts are fair and just. Please create standards for the court, as well as qualification criteria for becoming a judge, both Supreme Court judges as well as lower-court judges.
When the Supreme Court punted on the decision to stop Gerrymandering, I was disgusted. The majority said it was not the court’s place to get involved in politics. By 9–0, the court should have supported everyone’s right to be in a clean and representative voting district. But the Supreme Court let stand a century-old bizarre tradition of allowing politicians to choose their voters. Please overturn your decision on Gerrymandering.
In 2019, our court systems have failed to regulate themselves, and now stand deeply compromised. The American people no longer have confidence that the courts will be objective and fair. With the many 5–4 votes recently, the Supreme Court looks like a cabal of politicians voting along party lines — which is neither impartial nor unbiased.
The Supreme Court has swung towards corporatism. “Republican appointees [in the Supreme Court] have delivered for corporate or conservative interests in 73 partisan, 5–4 decisions during the Roberts era, with big Republican donor interests winning 73 out of 73 decisions.” *
These types of rulings are not only deeply political, but destructive to our delicate society. When American oligarchs run politics as well as the Supreme Court, our system is headed towards collapse. If the Supreme Court favors the elite and corporations above people and their day-to-day needs, then our American way of life will disintegrate into fascism and the country will become unbearable. It is your duty as jurists to support all Americans, not just the Federalist Society.
Sincerely,
Richard W. Ragan, Jr. Ph.D.
CC: JGR, CT, AMK, NMG, RBG, SB, SA, SS, EK, BK
*Slate, April 26, 2019, by Sheldon Whitehouse,
The Supreme Court’s Anti-Worker Rulings Are So Routine Now That We Hardly Notice Them.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/04/sheldon-whitehouse-roberts-supreme-court-lamps-plus.html
