The U.S. Supreme Court begins a new term amidst a collapse of legitimacy, historic corruption and scandal, conflict of interest, and efforts to obstruct investigations into right-wing billionaire purchasing of influence over the High Court.

[above image] : Abortion rights advocates protested the Supreme Court’s attack on women’s rights when it ended Roe. The Court is expected to intensify its attacks on democracy in the new term. Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP

  • Jax@sh.itjust.works
    32·
    1 year ago

    Let them take arms

    Yeah I’m sure he just meant like swords and sticks and stuff. Cuz that’s how we won the Revolutionary War!

    Everyone knows that.

    • VikingHippie
      22·
      1 year ago

      Fun fact: taking arms doesn’t necessitate personal ownership and use of said arms.

      • Jax@sh.itjust.works
        11·
        1 year ago

        Yes I’m sure Thomas Jefferson, a man whose ideas are literally strewn throughout the constitution, in the wake of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, just forgot about the 2nd Amendment when saying that.

        Think about what you just said.

        • VikingHippie
          11·
          1 year ago

          I’m sure he remembered the 2nd amendment just fine. The 2nd amendment that’s for protecting the state via militias with muskets and cannons, not personal ownership and use of firearms the likes of which they would have been unable to even IMAGINE at the time, let alone predict the consequences of.

          For someone pretending to speak for the founding fathers, you sure like to ignore the carefully decided on text of the amendment they wrote in favor of a completely hypothetical interpretation that people who sell guns came up with 🤦