Supreme Court now 'politicians appointed by politicians'

Women’s rights are but one of countless linchpins of our political system to be dismantled by the U.S. Supreme Court. Others will be junked as time rolls by, the Court’s speed and glee determined by which political party is in charge, especially after 2024. The fact that the Court has become a political tool rather than a dispenser of justice, a club of toadies under the spell of one inept justice and his scheming lobbyist wife, should come as no surprise. The late beloved Marc Shields, longtime guest commentator on the PBS evening news, described the Court as “just lawyers appointed by politicians.” That was damning enough. Today it would be “just politicians appointed by politicians. A breed of elected anti-America politicians never before seen here — determined to replace democracy and the rule of law.”

TIM H. HENNEY

Sandpoint