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Never forget the bribery of the criminals serving on the Supreme Court.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/11/clarence-thomas-undeclared-vacations-gifts-rightwing-donors
It is a shit show from top to bottom.
https://jacobin.com/2022/06/chief-justice-john-roberts-supreme-court-extremism-campaign-finance-corruption
The moment I found out that that court is answerable to no one, I lost any faith in it. How many "Who watches the Watchmen?" scenarios do we have to go thru before it becomes apparent that an actual system of checks and balances is always necessary?