The Fascist Four Know Not What They Do - Digby's Hullabaloo
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Adam Serwer with an interesting observation on the Supreme Court's decision in the Texas border case which Gov. Abbott and 25 other red state extremist Governors are openly defying:There are many factors that led to this point. One is the reigning Republican ideology of Trumpism, which holds that only conservative electoral victories, conservative laws, and conservative governments are legitimate
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Published by digby on January 30, 2024
Adam Serwer with an interesting observation on the Supreme Court's decision in the Texas border case which Gov. Abbott and 25 other red state extremist Governors are openly defying:
There are many factors that led to this point. One is the reigning Republican ideology of Trumpism, which holds that only conservative electoral victories, conservative laws, and conservative governments are legitimate and must be obeyed—the ideology that led a mob to ransack the Capitol to overturn an election. Another is the steady drumbeat of catastrophizing right-wing propaganda about the recent rise in migrants at the border, which seeks to validate extreme responses, including violence and lawlessness. But even accounting for those two elements, the most significant proximate reason for Abbott's response may be that four Supreme Court justices sent Abbott an implicit message that they agreed with him.
When the Court sided with the Biden administration, it was a 5-4 split, with Justices John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett joining the three Democratic appointees. This should have been a unanimous ruling; for more than a century, the Supreme Court has held that the federal government has jurisdiction over immigration law in most cases and that the states cannot usurp that jurisdiction just because they disapprove of federal policy. Abbott is now thumbing his nose at the federal government and, by extension, the authority of the high court itself, and four Republican appointees—Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch—are saying: Go right ahead.
That's certainly how the right wingers interpreted it. Roberts and Barrett are RINO squishes and might as well be Nancy Pelosi's bffs. The only ones who count are the Fascist Four and they said that defying the federal government was just fine.
Serwer points out that this is actually stupid on their part:
The four justices' little act of sympathy with Abbott's antics has created a problem for the Court. If states can openly defy Supreme Court orders, then the justices no longer have influence. All of the justices grasped this dilemma last September, when they smacked down an attempt by Alabama Republicans to refuse to follow a Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act. Abbott's reaction should give them some perspective: Their decision was not merely symbolic; it undermines their own power and legitimacy.
Conservatives may believe that they are the only ones entitled to play constitutional hardball and ignore the law if they don't feel like following it. But the more the Supreme Court allows Republican politicians and GOP-run states to get away with defying the law, the less obligated their Democratic counterparts will feel to follow their dictates. And at that point, they won't have any power at all.
They don't believe that any Democratic state would dare to do that because their voters aren't inclined to the kind of extremism that would lead to civil war. But things can change. They're pushing it.
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Sorry JR, but the pathetic and weak attempts by the leftists to cast the blame for the border invasion on Abbott and the "25 extremist" Red State governors is not working.
Everyone and I mean everyone knows that Biden and his band of flunkies won't even enforce existing law regarding the border crisis., let alone new legislation.
The article is about the Supreme Court, not whatever you seem to think it is.
This is a big loser for democrats.
Everybody gets it.
Seems this is much ado about a nothingburger. The court ruled that the feds could cut the concertina wire, NOT that Texas couldn't put it up or needed to remove it. So as it is cut, it can legally be reinstalled leading to a stand off. Good for Texas and Governor Abbott
Abbot is enforcing US immigration laws, and Texas laws (that are directly in the Texas Constitution) to defend their borders from invasion.
Tell Brandon to do his damn job securing our borders and enforcing our immigration laws as written; and none of this will be necessary. I am sure the border states would love to be using their tax payer money for anything else.
As for Fascists look no further than Democrat bastions of stupidity trying to keep Trump off of the ballot.
This is propaganda. Texas is not defying a Supreme Court order.
just more left wing gaslighting.
It all is, saw 4 broadcasts that last few days on how republicans don't want to fix immigration, not one of the liberal nazi propagandist mentioned that the republicans have passed a bill already. It's no longer news, only propaganda.
The right wingers flood the seed and none of them talk about the point being made by the article.
The article is pointless bullshit by a lying propagandist, That is the point.
This article was specifically wriiten to attract morons and TDS suffering fools.
Only a fucking moron with no grasp of reality would call the rise of illegals crossing the border propaganda, the fucking worthless piece of shit Biden administration sets records every month for illegal crossing, you have to be a Biden dick sucker to call this propaganda.
An outright fucking lie, they are not preventing the border patrol from cutting the wire, this authors credibility is now zero.
This line is laughable at best, how many of the retarded liberal states have legalized narcotics like mushrooms and LSD in open defiance of federal law, fuck this piece of shit writer with his outright bullshit.
How is that John? did I address this piece of shit article to your satisfaction?
The article is about the implications of having governors defy the Supreme Court.
Another fucking LIE John. why do you always believe liars and propagandist when a simple search can show they are fucking liars?
Here is a link to the Scotus Blog, show anywhere where it says Texas cannot put up razor wire, it only says that the Border patrol can cut and move it if necessary to aid people or perform their jobs.
Court allows Border Patrol to cut Texas’ razor wire along Rio Grande - SCOTUSblog
We can't even get them to admit to the most basic facts.
What was denied? Did Abbott stop anyone from cutting any wire?