What Can We Do if Supreme Court Justices are Not Truthful


At various times opinions by Justices are at odds with well known facts. That is, there are photos, videos and legitimate studies showing something much different than what a Justice claims it the basis for a decision. 

One the comes to mind is abortion. Justice Kennedy, while voting to make abortions legal, said it was with reservations because women suffered from mental illnesses because they had abortions. This statement was based on nothing but right wing religious propaganda. We now know through the only known legitimate research, the Turnaway project, there is no basis for this propaganda.

The latest is the case of the praying football coach. Gorsuch said in his opinion the coach was sort of praying by himself and players were not paying attention to him. Videos of the impassioned prayer sessions show something entirely different. Gorsuch made up a scenario.

The same thing is going on in the judicial system today. It's called the "Heartbeat bill." Justices are agreeing there is a heartbeat a few weeks after conception. If there was a heartbeat it would not by itself prove a fetus is a human being. But there is not a heartbeat at the advertised time because there is no heart. It's impossible to have a beating heart if there is no heart. Nerves are firing and political opportunists are calling the nerve impulses "heartbeats." Truthful judges would not stand for such dishonesty. 

The Christian right has been so successful at foisting falsehoods and getting them into law at least temporarily it is astounding. That "traditional marriage" has been between one woman and one man is false. That the U.S. was founded as a "Christian nation" is another. It's like in some church basement there is a falsehood factory that operates 24/7.  

Supreme Court judges each has staff members. One would think staff would have the knowledge to and effectiveness to persuade thier Judges not to include false statements in their opinions. 

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