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MAGA Supreme Court threaten American lives and freedom

The Court’s right-wing MAGA majority is shredding the Constitution and denying our rights.

By Paul Gordon 

The Supreme Court begins its new term today. This happens every year. But this year is different. We live in a very different country than the one that existed a year ago.

During Donald Trump’s second term, his administration and allies have been using the force of government to intimidate the American people into surrendering our constitutional rights. So in a system based on checks and balances, that means the Supreme Court has never been more important.

With Congress under the control of ultra extreme forces, it’s been up to the courts to stop Trump from becoming a tyrant. Across the country, district and some circuit judges nominated by both Democratic and Republican presidents have shown themselves up to the task.

However, their patriotic work is all too frequently undone by Trump’s collaborators at the Supreme Court. As we prepare for a new Supreme Court term, we should be aware of how the far-right justices have already chosen to help Trump take our democracy apart, piece by piece.

Most notoriously, before the 2024 election, they infamously ruled that he cannot be prosecuted for illegal actions he takes as president. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

In the Trump v. CASA case last June, they severely cut back on the ability of courts to effectively block enforcement of even the most blatantly unconstitutional policies. In that case, the Court’s MAGA majority allowed Trump and his administration to carry out policies that are likely unlawful during the months or years it takes for the merits of the case to be decided.

The CASA case was about stripping Americans of their citizenship based on their parents’ immigration status, so-called birthright citizenship. But the dangerous principle applies to the violation of any constitutional right.