The Supreme Court upheld Trump’s travel ban by pretending Trump isn’t the president. Scott Lemieux on the Supreme Court’s disgraceful decision on Trump’s travel ban. The travel ban decision echoes some of the worst Supreme Court decisions in history. It’s Donald Trump’s Supreme Court now. McConnell is a fraud: The Senate Majority Leader once warned about Trump’s Muslim ban — now he’s gloating about it. In hindsight, Democrats really mishandled that Merrick Garland thing. Chief Justice Roberts just proved why the courts won’t save us from Trump. Democrats must stop pretending the Supreme Court is apolitical: The party has largely avoided talking about the radical nature of the Roberts Court. Don’t count on history to judge wisely.
Thead: “In the last few weeks, this court has gone out of its way to condemn even a hint of bias against a Christian who refused to serve a gay couple, while going even further out of its way to ignore bias against African Americans, Latinos, and Muslims”.
