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Gene Weingarten notes that historians consider the Taney court the worst Supreme Court in US history. But:

"Now consider the John Roberts court. It is politically fractured. It has dispensed hell from day one, almost unfailingly enforcing a right-wing activist political agenda. It is absurdly partisan and morally corrupt."

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https://geneweingarten.substack.com/p/is-this-the-worst-supreme-court-ever

Is This The Worst Supreme Court Ever?

Historians and legal experts are pretty much in agreement that the worst U.S.

#callais #samuelalito #votingrights #whitesupremacy #johnroberts #corruption #supremecourt #republicans

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 hours ago

"It has ushered in a nearly constant descent into our darker past. ...

No Supreme Court in history has been so blatantly morally compromised — this is the first ones whose actions were stinky enough to lead to Congress creating a code of conduct for them."

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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 hours ago

"In effect this is the first time that a Supreme Court — the ultimate authority on what constitutes proper, legal, ethical conduct — required a nanny to police their own selves. Primly, deferentially, the code was declared 'voluntary' and 'non-binding.'"

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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 hours ago

"Much of this court’s corruption involves judges accepting favors and gifts from wealthy benefactors with matters that did — or might — come before them. This is a court that, it would seem, can be bought."

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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 hours ago

"This court has been a shameful court ... I used to argue before the Supreme Court and I read the opinion. It's shit. I mean, it's just bullshit. The whole thing is bullshit. …It is all politics and it is all — this notion of neutral justice is now,
for everybody to see, absolute bullshit."

~ Robert Reich

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https://robertreich.substack.com/p/is-this-the-shittiest-supreme-court

Is This the Shittiest Supreme Court in History? | The Coffee Klatch for Saturday, May 2, 2026

With Heather Lofthouse and Yours Truly, Robert Reich (and special guest Ben McKenzie)

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