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Over the summer, I finished three books I only read when I treat myself to breakfast at a favorite local pancake house on the weekends. Needless to say, I don’t read as much as I should.

• Nine Black Robes: Inside the Supreme Court’s Drive to the Right and Its Historic Consequences (Biskupic, J., 2023)

• The Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court Uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic (Vladeck, S., 2023)

• Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism (Chemerinsky, E., 2023)

I just so happened to have read these books in increasing order of interest and significance. The first book by Biskupic was interesting, but I didn’t learn much new. Oh, sure, some of the backgrounds of the justices and the intrigue among the nine that she examines was elucidating, but all in all, it was mostly information with which I was already familiar — or lived through. The author is a legal journalist for CNN, so she wrote a book in the journalist mode, not offering much of an opinion or having much of a perspective on the justices and the issues. Moreover, it was more biographical than I would have liked, not diving into the legal intricacies of the high-profile cases she discusses. The book was written for the layman. If you are interested in the law and don’t know much about SCOTUS, then this would be an appropriate primer. But if you can name all nine justices, identify the chief justice, recognize the most consequential case names, and could only choose one of the three to read, then it would not be this one.

Vladeck’s book was far more fascinating and enlightening because it covered a subject I had some knowledge about beforehand but not much. Plus, he goes into the history of the shadow docket, and anyone who knows me understands that I prefer to read about economics, the law, and history, so a book about the law and history is always a winner for me. This author definitely had a point of view coinciding with my own, namely that RepubliKKKlans have abused and distorted the shadow docket by using it to significantly alter society without judging the merits of cases. Instead, they have relied on the shadow docket to set law through technicalities or, worse still, through orders that provide no reasoning or rationale. Often, some of the most important questions of law are allowed to take effect with little more than a paragraph of “explanation.” Think of Texas’ S.B. 8, whereby the Court allowed the law to take effect through the shadow docket before hearing the merits of the case when common practice would be to enjoin the law while contemplating the merits. See Chapter 7, which is ironically titled “‘Read the Opinion.'” Ultimately, the Court did rule on the merits of Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson a few months later, but the fact that they allowed the law to take effect is the entire point for demonstrating SCOTUS’ abuse of the shadow docket.

Last, I come to Chemerinsky’s work, which is a must-read. For those interested in judicial theory, this is a great starter, and the subject matter could not be more germane to the state of SCOTUS today. As the title suggests, the author warns of the dangers of originalism being used by the conservative justices on SCOTUS. One point in particular — among others — is that conservative judges and justices abuse originalism to meet their desired ends, using it when necessary and abandoning the theory when it leads to unwanted outcomes. I have long suspected that this collection of six theocratic justices begins with the end in mind when adjudicating a case; indeed, they have the end in mind by virtue of the cases (issues) they select for certiorari. Once the case has been taken up, then they twist the facts, laws, and legal theories to achieve their judicial ends. This book is proof.

Let me preface my forthcoming rant by reminding readers that I have never knowingly voted for a RepubliKKKlan in my life, and I never will. I’m not an idiot. And I understand that when faced with a choice between two evils — which Biden versus traitor trump is not, but many f***tards believe it to be — then always select the lesser of the two evils. So, no matter my polemics against Biden and Democrats, I would sooner put another hole in my head than not vote for Biden. But I will say this, though. Democrats (and Biden) never seem to pass up the chance to f*** things over for their political party and the country. This is nothing I haven’t already said on numerous occasions. Needless to say, Democrats are still playing politics the old way and losing. But of course!

I think Charles Blow states the case well when he writes in The New York Times, “But not only are most of Trump’s Republican rivals avoiding attacking him over his various indictments, so is his Democratic one. Joe Biden refuses to comment on them. He and his campaign have chosen to keep their distance from the chaos and not feed into Trump’s false assertion that his legal woes originate from political animus. This idea of a dignified silence has a long political history, but its utility and efficacy is unclear in a modern context. It feels a bit like a ‘Happy Days’ nostalgia in a ‘Walking Dead’ reality. And yet the Biden campaign plows ahead with it. Just last week, the Biden campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond reiterated the strategy: ‘We’re not going to focus on Donald Trump’s legal problems.’ But Trump’s legal problems aren’t about parking tickets or child support payments; they’re about an ongoing assault on our democracy, and it is hard to square having the candidate who is campaigning on protecting our democracy not address the great threat to that democracy. And that threat isn’t simply about what has happened, but what could yet happen. … Still, Biden adheres to a dignified silence approach, clinging almost religiously to the notion that voters will recognize and appreciate the difference between a restorer and a destroyer. That may well be the case. The continuity of the Republic as we know it may hang on it. But it’s perfectly reasonable to question the wisdom of that approach and to be apprehensive about it. … During a Labor Day speech, one that some saw as the president beginning to ratchet up his attack on Trump, Biden didn’t even mention his predecessor’s name, instead repeatedly referring to him as ‘the last guy.’ Most of Trump’s opponents, both Republican and Democratic, are placing a risky bet, one that completely depends on the discernment of the American voter. That may, in the end, prove to be a brilliant tactical assessment, but I worry that it’s just as likely to be a tragic miscalculation.”

Bingo! Bingo! Bingo! Once again, dumbass Democrats continue to sleepwalk into losing because they are weak and still have no f***ing clue how to fight. One thing that absolutely drives my bat-sh*t-crazy with Biden is his refusal to call out traitor trump by name. This “last guy” routine is so f***ing frustrating and annoying. How can you take on someone if you can’t say their name? You can’t. I’m not sure why f***tard Democrats can’t apprehend this. And then there is this notion from dumbass Democrats — Biden in particular — that the “average” (idiot) voter can discern between saving democracy by voting for Biden versus voting for traitor trump, who, in his own words, wants to destroy our form of government. I’m here to tell you Americans are not smart; do not trust them to make the right decision, let alone twice in a row. That’s how we got traitor trump in the first place. In 2016, the choice was between an eminently qualified candidate in Hillary Clinton or a “businessman” who became a household name through a reality T.V. show. It should have been an easy — dare I say no-brainer — choice. Look what happened. I will never trust f***tard Americans to consistently make the right choices again, especially when our democracy is on the line. Yet dumbass Democrats seem to be resting assured that voters are intelligent enough. Again, this is the party of morons who somehow convinced themselves they actually won the House because they lost by a much slimmer margin than expected. I can’t! I just f***ing can’t anymore with the stupid. Maybe I’ll change my tune when I see Dark Brandon on the campaign trail every day, but that will never happen because Democrats are just f***ing weak, and Biden doesn’t have the fire in his belly. Welcome to stupid America! The end is here! Get ready!

From CNN, “Most Americans say they think President Joe Biden was involved in his son’s business dealings with Ukraine and China while he served as vice president under Barack Obama, according to a CNN poll conducted by SSRS. A majority, 61%, say they think that Biden had at least some involvement in Hunter Biden’s business dealings, with 42% saying they think he acted illegally, and 18% saying that his actions were unethical but not illegal. Another 38% say they don’t believe Joe Biden had any involvement in his son’s business dealings during his vice presidency. Just 1% believe Biden was involved, but did not do anything wrong. A 55% majority of the public says the president has acted inappropriately regarding the investigation into Hunter Biden over potential crimes, while 44% say that he has acted appropriately.”

Granted, this poll has an oversampling of RepubliKKKlan and RepubliKKKlan-leaning Independents, which is manifest in the results. And let’s not even get into CNN’s purposefully wandering into RepubliKKKlan talking points. Nonetheless, a country this f***ing G.D. stupid cannot survive! I read poll results like this, and I hate Americans all over again. I don’t even know where to f***ing begin, but I will reiterate that America is very truly and most certainly the dumbest f***ing nation on the planet. A country of unadulterated f***tards. America is the essence of stupidity. It is an idiocracy boiled down and refined to its purest form. I would love to understand how and why morons of America think Biden is corrupt — that’s the real underlying question intended by this survey. What proof exactly has convinced people that Biden was involved in Hunter Biden’s business dealings? RepubliKKKlans have been trying to dig up evidence since January. And what have they found? Not a f***ing G.D. thing! And they won’t because it doesn’t exist. Yet, people believe what they “feel” because RepubliKKKlans have achieved precisely what they intended to do all along — sully Biden’s reputation based on nothing but smoke and mirrors. They are taking a page right out of Russia’s propaganda playbook. Just like with Hillary Clinton in 2016, it is a smear campaign. And guess what? It’s working. It’s working because Americans are morons of the highest f***ing order and believe anything. Just ask traitor trump. Speaking of whom, if Biden’s “corruption” was so f***ing blatant, pervasive, and damaging, then why didn’t traitor trump discover it while he was president? Why didn’t his Justice Department prosecute Joe Biden’s underhanded dealings? Because there wasn’t anything to investigate and prosecute.

And how exactly has Biden “acted inappropriately regarding the investigation into Hunter Biden over potential crimes?” Last I checked — thanks (not!) to idiot-boy Garland — Hunter Biden is facing prosecution on frivolous gun charges. Lord knows what investigations and prosecutions the special prosecutor will be allowed to unleash on Biden’s son — again, no thanks to Garland. I guess this hands-off approach by Biden is inappropriate in the eyes of f***tards. Are you f***ing kidding me with this sh*t? This country is just f***ing lost and stupid beyond repair. If the average American can’t discern fact from fiction, fact from opinion, and fact from feelings, then there is no hope left. The end is here, and this poll result is just another data point to support my thesis. The plan by RepubliKKKlans has always been to turn the public against President Biden as they did with Hillary to get traitor trump elected, and right on cue, it’s working because Americans are f***tards! I live in stupid hell with no way out! Once again, America will sleepwalk right into another traitor trump presidency, and the end of our democracy will be complete. And no one f***ing cares. Oh, well! Welcome to stupid America!

From Salon, “At the sentencing hearings for the five Proud Boys convicted for some of the most serious crimes related to the January 6 insurrection, the crocodile tears were flowing. Perhaps hoping for mercy from the Donald Trump-appointed federal judge, Timothy Kelly, one member of the neo-fascist gang after another claimed to have seen the error of their ways and promised to walk a better path from here on out. … There’s plenty of reason to be skeptical of a single word of remorse offered by any of these men, however. Pezzola, after getting sentenced to 10 years, raised his fist in the air and yelled ‘Trump won!’ While the other Proud Boys were less dramatic, it was also not so hard to see how few, if any, genuinely feel bad about what they did. After being sentenced, Biggs called into a vigil held by pro-insurrectionists outside the jail and declared that his 17-year sentence was ‘insanity,’ even though it was half what prosecutors had asked for. ‘They can kiss my ass. We’re still fighting all the way to the end,’ he told the crowd, imploring them to ‘never give up.’ He also called into ‘Infowars’ to insist, ‘We didn’t do anything wrong. … Tarrio’s sentence of 22 years — so far, the longest of any January 6 insurrectionist — speaks to how skeptical the judge was of his ‘remorse.’ This lack of real contrition is the norm with insurrections top to bottom, from Trump to the lowliest window-smasher.”

This is what a dying country looks like. To be sure, this traitor trump-appointed judge uniformly gave sentences less than half of what prosecutors asked for with these convicted insurrectionists. These traitors to the country were found guilty of taking up arms against the government in the hopes of overthrowing it to install a dictator, yet their prison sentences were merely slaps on the wrists. The absolute length of time does not matter; it’s the difference between what was asked for and what they received. When a judge determines that time in prison should be half of what the government believes is justified, then the single to the rest is that the crime — these criminals — is not as bad as one should perceive it to be. All these guys could be back on the streets after serving 85 percent of their sentences and still be young enough to plan and participate in another insurrection.

Furthermore, these guys who cry in front of the judge while begging for mercy and then turn around to reassert they’d do it all over again in public should be hauled back into court and their sentences revised upward — it can be done. But not with this traitor trump judge. His leniency and looking the other way only empower enemies of the state and, in a way, condones their behavior. Mind you, Tarrio’s sentence included a terrorism enhancement of what? Four years? Pathetic. Perhaps I’m being too optimistic altogether. Traitor trump will pardon all these people during his inauguration speech anyway. So, I guess none of this matters, for in the end, the population will totally forgive all these guys’ actions because I live in f***ing hell, and no one cares! I always thought we executed traitors to prevent these problems from re-occurring. Drug dealers go away for life, while enemies of the state get another chance to do it again. Whatever! Welcome to stupid America! The end is here; you morons just haven’t realized it yet.

According to Florida Politics, “For the moment, Florida voters still support the job Gov. Ron DeSantis is doing — including his war on Disney. New polling from the Florida Atlantic University Mainstreet PolCom Lab shows Floridians remain positive about DeSantis’ work as Governor. About 54% of voters say they approve of ‘the way Ron DeSantis is handling his job as Governor of Florida.’ A strong plurality, 41%, say they strongly approve. By comparison, 43% disapprove of his job performance, with 34% of voters strongly disapproving.” That poll is from July, and there is no reason to believe opinions have changed since.

Then there is this from Politico, “President Joe Biden is offering one of his White House challengers hundreds of millions of dollars to spend in his state. The only problem: that opponent is refusing to take it. The Inflation Reduction Act makes Florida eligible for some $350 million in energy efficiency incentives. But Gov. Ron DeSantis has rejected the funding and other measures, creating the most prominent blockade by any Republican governor against Biden’s economic agenda. … Through a veto of his legislature’s request, DeSantis turned down $5 million to set up the rebate program for consumers who buy energy efficient appliances and retrofit their homes. It also effectively blocked $341 million to fund the program because the state would need the administrative money to apply for the program, according to people familiar with Florida’s budget process. However, federal Energy Department rules allow a state to accept the second pot of money even if they don’t take the first. If Florida doesn’t apply for the full $346 million by next August, the law allows DOE to provide Florida’s money to other states.”

Look, f***trads! This is what people want; this is what they voted for when they re-elected DeSantis, and they love him for it because why not? People love their a**hole dictator governor who makes their lives worse as long as the gays are punished. Make no mistake, idiots! This is an intentional snub to own the libs and Biden at the expense of Flori-DUH residents (as well as any other red state refusing to participate in the IRA programs). And one wonders why idiots of America can’t seem to feel the economic benefits of Biden’s policies and legislation. It’s all part of the plan by RepubliKKKlans to evince morons of America that Biden has failed on the economy. Yet, people eat up conservatives’ B.S. hook, line, and sinker no matter how much Biden touts (repeatedly) the strong economy. People are too dumb not to believe their lying eyes. Moreover, Americans’ dim view of Biden’s success regarding the economy is just more proof that f***tard voters always punish Democrats for cleaning up RepubliKKKlans’ (traitor trump’s) economic and fiscal messes. It never f***ing fails! Every f***ing time! Welcome to stupid America! I give up!

From CNN, “Russian and Belarusian swimmers and divers will be allowed to compete at World Aquatics events as individual neutral athletes after new criteria was set by the sports’ governing body on Monday. In a statement on its website, World Aquatics said a maximum of one neutral athlete from Russia and one from Belarus would be allowed to compete per event. Athletes will not be permitted to show active support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, nor be represented by the country’s flags or national anthems. The new rules align with the International [Olympic] Committee’s recommendations to allow for athletes from the two countries to compete, paving the way for Russian and Belarusian swimmers and divers to take part in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.”

Nothing matters! There is no such thing as consequences. People are never punished. Countries and their citizenry are never held accountable. In the world of sports, it’s business as usual, and let’s just all get along. Never mind the athletes from countries that illegally invaded and took land from another sovereign nation. It’s all good. Everything is fair game in today’s world. It’s appeasement all over again. And we all know how that turned out. I live in stupid f***ing hell!

Once again, I was right! According to The Hill, “A poll from The Wall Street Journal released Saturday found that 59 percent of Republicans prefer the former president as the 2024 nominee. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis takes second with 13 percent support and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley in third with 8 percent support. Trump’s two most recent criminal cases, both over allegations that he attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, did not appear to have a negative impact on the former president’s campaign. In fact, the indictments may have slightly boosted the former president, as the poll found that 60 percent of Republicans said the charges are political in nature and 78 said Trump’s actions after the 2020 election were legal. Just 16 percent said that conduct was illegal, the Journal found.”

I’m the only one who has consistently predicted that traitor trump’s indictments would only make him more popular. See my most recent post on the subject. With each new indictment, I always stressed that he would get more popular with RepubliKKKlans. Lo and behold, he does. How shocking! Not! Of course, this is the moment for me to lambast dumbass Democrats and the MSM for being so G.D. stupid; this collective group of morons kept expecting and wish-casting that traitor trump would be damaged by all of his legal troubles. Hello, f***tards! What planet are you f***ing living on? Have you not been alive and a witness to history for the last seven years? What part of the recent past are you f***tards not understanding? Naturally, traitor trump would only get more popular because I live in stupid f***ing hell where half the country wants a crime as president. How many times must I keep saying it before idiots finally understand? Whatever! Welcome to stupid, stupid f***ing America. Home of morons and the land of the brain dead.

Occasionally, I revisit my writings — to find, most frustratingly, typos and garbled thoughts (thanks for nothing, Grammarly) — and think to myself, “Wow, that’s a lot of f***ing b*tching from one person.” But I must remind myself that this is my therapy. If tens and tens of readers want to commiserate with me, then all the better. Then I think to myself, “Wow, does this writer sound conceited, basically calling everyone a f***tard all the time.” It is this point that I must qualify my perspective. To be sure, 40 percent of Americans are f***ing G.D. morons of the highest f***ing order. Full stop! I make absolutely no apologies for this claim (truth). Indeed, the vast majority — if not the entirety — of the 40 percent are exclusively RepubliKKKlans, MAGA morons, evil evangelicals, and QAnon kooks. I will concede dumbass Democrats and myself wander into stupidville, but only temporarily and occasionally, unlike 40 percent who are always stuck on stupid. (And I will concede that I am wrong half of the time, right half of the time, and neither right nor wrong a third of the time.) Because I view this benighted percentage so dimly, I tend to generalize the f***tardedness to the whole population, which may or may not be appropriate. I contend that calling all of America stupid is deserved because of the 40 percent who are the hard-core traitor trump supporters.

Allow me to defend my point by referring to the well-known bell curve for grading. Anyone who went to high school understands that getting 40 percent wrong (60 percent correct) on a test or paper is a D-, which, although “passing,” is not the achievement with which one should be complacent, unless, of course, you are one of those morons. (Even I’ve “earned” a D on a test — once.) Indeed, outside of high school (aka everywhere else in life), a D of any sort is failing. Certainly, no one will graduate college with a 1.0 GPA. You’d be on academic probation and fail out of college long before being allowed to graduate with that GPA. In fact, anyone who went on to graduate school will find that having a 2.0 GPA means academic trouble. Life doesn’t reward and will chew up and spit out — so to speak — such underperformers. These people, my friends, are the aforementioned RepubliKKKlans, MAGA morons, evile evangelicals, and QAnon kooks who attract life’s failures. Why else do you think traitor trump can lure the hoards of aggrieved morons who feel life is so unfair to them? So, to collectively “grade” all of America on the same curve means that a 40 percent stupid country does, indeed, define the whole as a country of f***tards. Welcome to stupid America!

From RawStory, “Wisconsin Democrats are urging the U.S. public to pay close attention to the Republican Party’s maneuvering in the key battleground state, where GOP lawmakers are floating impeachment proceedings against a recently elected liberal Supreme Court justice if she doesn’t recuse herself from cases related to the state’s gerrymandered legislative maps. ‘We’ve been sounding the alarm bells on the dangerous threats from Republicans to impeach justices who don’t follow their orders. And yesterday, they doubled down,’ Wisconsin Senate Democrats wrote in a social media post on Wednesday after state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-63) left open the possibility of an impeachment push against Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz.” Of course, RepubliKKKlans are going to take advantage of their impeachment supermajority. I would expect nothing less from this party of traitors, cheats, and fascists.

Why is this a problem? Because voters in Wisconsin are f***ing G.D. morons of the highest f***ing order. This is a perfect example of f***tard Americans being completely unable to save themselves from their own stupidity. What happened exactly? Voters went to the polls to elect a Democratic-leaning (technically, these are non-partisan judges) state supreme court justice in a highly consequential election that tipped the court’s balance in favor of liberals. They got that vote right — congrats! (Note that this was a state-wide election.) But what did Wisconsinites simultaneously do in the same special election? Elect a RepubliKKKlan state Senator (Dan Knodl) to an open seat, thereby giving them a supermajority — a supermajority that allows RepubliKKKlans to impeach the newly elected Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Protasiewicz. So with that election, they f***ed everything up — naturally! But that’s what idiot voters did to themselves because, of course! You can’t make this sh*t up! But here we are! Only in stupid f***ing America does this happen. Only in a stupid f***ing country like this do people vote against their own best interests — constantly, often, and wittingly or unwittingly. I would really love to know which f***tards voted for both Protasiewicz and Dan Knodl. Those morons are out there — in force. Why even bother voting if your choices are so f***ing G.D. incomprehensible and contradictory? I want to know how people like this actually function in everyday life. I want to know how these people are so f***ing clueless. But whatever! I live in stupid f***ing hell. Welcome to stupid America — as dumb as you would expect it and more!

According to CNN, “Alabama’s Republican attorney general said in a court filing that he has the right to prosecute people who make travel arrangements for pregnant women to have out-of-state abortions. In a court filing Monday, attorneys for Attorney General Steve Marshall wrote that providing transportation for women in Alabama to leave the state to get an abortion could amount to a ‘criminal conspiracy.’… ‘Alabama can no more regulate out-of-state abortions than another state can deem its laws legalizing abortions to apply to Alabama,’ the Yellowhammer Fund lawsuit argues.” But of course! Nearly two years ago, I predicted that once Roe was gone, then states would start restricting women from traveling out of state to obtain an abortion. (See me post First Abortions, Then Freedom of Movement.) That was a no-brainer prediction given the zeitgeist of extremism flourishing in America today, but I failed to foresee that RepubliKKKlans would prosecute people for helping women seeking legal abortions in other states. Stupid me! Yet, I am not surprised, only frustrated that I failed to imagine the most extreme government overreach from RepubliKKKlans. Oh, well. People get the government they deserve and desire.

Look, f***tards! I’ve said this countless times and often: Let it happen! Let all these restrictions happen. Let RepubliKKKlans prosecute women seeking abortions and jail people helping them. Let red states try to sue citizens of blue states for assisting legally permissible abortions. Moreover, Democrats should bar women from red states seeking abortions in blue states. I say let women in RepubliKKKlan-led states suffer the consequences of abortion bans! Oh, yes! You heard me correctly. I say these women are on their f***ing own! How can I be pro-choice yet insist women in red states seeking abortion access should be denied help in blue states? Because these red-state citizens need to fix their own f***ing political mess at home instead of fleeing to another state to regain their right to privacy and healthcare. I am so f***ing sick of people in red states running off to blue states to solve their problems instead of voting for Democrats at home. Because, again, people get the government they deserve and desire! Either throw RepubliKKKlans out of office or move to a blue state, but don’t come to a Democratic-lead state with your hand out looking for help only to return home to your red state to re-elect RepubliKKKlans hell-bent on taking away your freedoms! F*** that! Stay home and use a coathanger. I f***ing mean it! Welcome to stupid America!