UK Supreme Court Speaks

From the BBC, “Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled. … Lady Hale said the unanimous decision of the 11 justices meant that Parliament had not been prorogued – the decision was null and of no effect – and it was for the Speakers of the Commons and Lords to decide what to do next.” There are a couple of broader takeaways here. First, conservatives — everywhere in the world — seem only able to flex their power by breaking the law. Naturally! Because they often act contrary to the general will of the people they must break the law, bend the rules, and ignore their way to getting what they want. Second, the U.S. legal system is pathetic! The U.K. is in the middle of its own constitutional crisis and they managed to get to a decisive legal judgment from their highest court in the land in a matter of weeks. But not in America! Nope! At home, we don’t care. We have our own constitutional crisis with a president that flouts Congress’ constitutional right to oversight. Yet we have three layers of a slow, “stately” legal system while the country burns around us and the president does whatever he wants. This country is simply too stupid to survive. Seriously! It can’t agree on impeachment and it hopes to rely on the courts to eventually decide on matters that rise to a constitutional crisis when they get around to it. Un-f***ing-believable. The fact that the U.S. has no way to express cases brought by Congress is incomprehensible. But don’t worry. This is what a stupid country looks like! Welcome to stupid America where everything lands in court and justice is delayed until it’s too late.