Over the last few years both political parties have referenced the US Constitution in various situations. So we thought we’d take a “deep dive” (sorry about the lingo) into just one aspects of the document. The Supreme Court was established by the Constitution (Article III). After the Roe v. Wade (Dobbs Case) reversal, after three new justices perjured themselves by saying they wouldn’t overturn “ROE” until they did overturn it, after Justice Thomas’ wife documented her support for obstructing the peaceful transfer of power, after Justice Thomas was the only justice to try to help Trump conceal essential documents and after Chief Justice Roberts’ wife was found to have fed lawyers to her husband’s court–all serious breeches of ethics–we checked Article III. It is interesting to note that-while there are no age/term limits–the Article does use the phrase “shall hold their offices during good behaviour” (Old English spelling). If we interpret that to mean a standard of ethics is involved, members of the court should be vulnerable to censure and or removal. Now that a sound case of political bias can be made–the question is: who would bring such an action? Who indicts, tries and possibly convicts members of the Supreme Court? We see this remedial failure as just another example of mismanagement in government. The Founding Fathers never expected this bunch of liars and frauds to dominate SCOTUS rulings. And we all suffer for that oversight when the Constitution was drafted. As you know we have addressed other peculiarities in the “Quickie” posting earlier.
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