Congratulations on submitting the manuscript—can hardly wait for the book!
John Roberts is right that Supreme Court justices should not live in fear. It’s a shame that he didn’t extend that concern to all public servants.
A happy new year to you and yours.
I would add that it's also a shame he didn't extend that concern to everyday Americans who want to shop, got to school, go to concerts, or practice their faith. Let's hope that one day those synapses fire in such a way that he connects the fear he feels as a Justice to the fear ordinary Americans feel while trying to live ordinary lives.
So start a letter campaign. You’ve got over 50 likes which is a pretty respectable following. Use the message in your post as a starting point. All of us who subscribe to HCR’s “Letters” should send a letter and convince two friends to do the same. Each of those friends should recruit two friends, etc. Get those SCOTUS synapses firing.
"On page 4 of your 2022 Year End Report, you write: “A judicial system cannot and should not live in fear.”
No one in America should live in fear. Because of your court’s expansive rulings on the 2nd Amendment, children at school, election workers at polling sites, suburban shoppers, worshipers practicing their faith, and even sitting governors are at risk of being murdered by an attacker armed with an assault weapon. Your court has made our society unsafe."
I don't think the Supreme Court can make laws to address these problems. A letter campaign would let the Justices know about (our) popular opinion, but presumably wouldn't sway their decisions regarding gun control, etc. Better to write letters to Senators and Representatives, and to vote the Republicans and any recalcitrant Democrats out of office.
You are probably correct. I have personally taken a New Year's resolution to try to get people to stop voting for all Republicans until they remove the taint of all Fascists from their Party's power structure! Again, I don't think there are any recalcitrant Democrats except maybe Joe Manchun and Kristin Sinama, and Sinama left the Democratic Party herself!
Roberts & the other justices need to face the real-life consequences of their rulings. I'm, sadly, convinced that this court will continue to reject sensible gun safety laws, no matter how narrowly worded. New York passed a law that seemed to fit within their restrictions; they rejected it.
No they the law will not be affected by writing letters. I don't think that is the purpose. I think the purpose is to get as many people as we can to write and express our frustration with who and what the court is today. Do these guys even read newspapers? Or comment sections? I don't think so, they insulate themselves from the average joe or jane out here in the real world that gets to live with their decisions.
I'm on board. And we now have an address to use. So who here wants to make a stab at composing the letter. I guess first question should be, what do we want to say?
I think we start perhaps asking a question: Why is there such a focus on denying women the right to choose their own health measures in order to save the “unborn” but once children are born no one protects them from slaughter by automatic military weapons?
On page 4 of your 2022 Year End Report, you write: “A judicial system cannot and should not live in fear.”
No one in America should live in fear. Because of your court’s expansive rulings on the 2nd Amendment, children at school, election workers at polling sites, suburban shoppers, worshipers practicing their faith, and even sitting governors are at risk of being murdered by an attacker armed with an assault weapon. Your court has made our society unsafe.
Poor Judge Roberts is moaning about his security. When, Oh When, will he worry about how hundreds of Capital Police feared for THEIR lives. Their urgent cries for help were rebuffed. They likely won't get any additional funding. When will you worry about the monumental, divisive destruction and bribery financed under the alleged guise of a PAC? All denounce Citizens United!!! Enjoy your limo and your driver and your bodyguard and your minions. Nothing more. For Mr. Roberts, you're nothing but an American. Just like those officers under siege. Just like me. Don't feel safe? The blame lies squarely on your associates to the right. Any desire to be a notable Chief Justice lies in your evaluation of that bloc (It disgusts me to have need to employ the word "bloc" when describing our Supreme Court makeup today.) Can you look your wife and your daughter in the eye, having been supportive of repealing 50 years' worth of protection for American women?
Yes we all should be writing to Justice Roberts as recommended earlier in the Comments about this, and the other parts of his summary of the 2022 term. He should be swamped w letters/phone calls to: Justice John Roberts
I wish there were a way to pipe into his bedroom every night this letter and all the comments being read aloud to him. Something like the three spirits visiting Scrooge. He’s in need of a few bad dreams!
The cost to Americans of prescription drugs, not reduced because of the positions taken by Republican Party; rights of Americans taken away by the Right-wing, fundamentalist religiosity of the Supreme Court, and hopes raised by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s, (Lula) defeat of the right-wing ally of former U.S. president Trump in Brazil were the issues that gave breath to today’s Letter.
Serious problems caused by The Republican Party and the Supreme Court, along with the importance of elections were highlighted in today's Letter because as HCR wrote, ‘…there are three things I didn’t want to let slip by, because they both sum up 2022 and point toward 2023.'
The system promotes the ill health of ordinary Americans, then practices extortion from the sick.
And people actually vote for this!
They call it "democracy", they believe they enjoy "liberty"...
Seems Americans enjoy masochism, having freedoms taken away from them and monopolized by their "betters", a self-chosen aristocracy whose privileges depend on the unstinting support of those who vote for them...
Congratulations!
Enjoy!
[Or, if you don't enjoy this pig-in-a-pokery, get up this year and work for redress, for a genuine Republic!
IN 2023, LET'S ALL PURSUE GENUINE, LASTING HAPPINESS!]
Peter, you are keenly aware of the propaganda convincing the aggrieved that they are 'enslaved' by the 'radical left' determined to control their lives. This campaign by the far-right has gone very deep into the marrow of about a third of America's population. We are not talking about Americans generally but a large slice of us. It is a tremendously difficult problem. The Supreme Court, which has become very unpopular, the defeat of deeply flawed candidates supported by Trump, the work of the House's 1/6 investigative committee and the likelihood of Trump being indicted by a state attorney general in either Georgia or New York or both and, perhaps, also by the DOJ all point to some improvement in America's very serious challenges.
Mr. Burnett, it seems to me that the problem is that we live in a republic rather than a democracy. Both the Senate and the Electoral College are thoroughly anti-democratic. The winner of the popular vote for President has not become president several times. Senators from states with whole populations the size of one or two large cities in other states overrule senators representing far larger numbers of people.
Thank you, Pilgrim RVW, but you are speaking of a very specific kind of republic, an oligarchic common-wealth and, in so doing, repeating the propaganda of the party that still calls itself "Republican".
People would do well to check the origin of the word "republic" in etymonline.com. RES, Latin for a thing, an entity, a concern + PUBLICA, making "respublica". Look up the word "public" while you're about it.
All this goes to show that a true republic is the people's thing.
There have, of course, been long-lasting and highly successful oligarchic republics like the Venetian and Genoese ones. I seem to remember that the Polish one in the 18th century was less successful.
For a while, Corsica had a true republic, led by Pasquale Paoli. One influence that inspired the founders of the American Republic.
The current G.O.P. conception of the public in re-public is a highly restricted and privileged minority, acting almost exclusively in what it imagines to be its own interest, while in effect undermining the interests of those who go to make up the very ground under the grand G.O.P. plinth... and so undermining the country and, of course, themselves...
The seven Republican senators who did vote for the insulin price cap to apply to private insurers as well as Medicare—who are they and did any of them lose seats in 2022 or are they retiring? Just wondering what happens to Republicans who serve their constituents?
"The seven Republican who voted with Democrats were Sens. Bill Cassidy (La.), Susan Collins (Maine), Josh Hawley (Mo.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (Miss.), John Kennedy (La.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Dan Sullivan (Alaska)."
I am surprised by many of the names on this list, but grateful.
Many lifesaving breakthroughs were for humanitarian reasons intended to be "given away" - early antibiotic breakthroughs, polio vaccines, etc.
Insulin was in the category originally, I believe.
Americans are only 4% of the global population and need to recognize variants of the novel coronavirus will emerge and threaten us if vaccines are not made available worldwide.
Paul Ehrlich wrote in his 1968 book The Population Bomb had the number of humans passed levels of sustainability when there were less than 4 billion humans on the planet. We are now over 8 billion.
See the 60 Minutes 1/1/2023 episode segment titled "The Vanishing Wild."
The current high court is both lawless and pathetic. Alito et. al are lawless. They are not "originalist." That term is made up bulls**t. They operate on the premise of "The law is but man's opinion." Translation: the law is whatever we say it is. John Roberts is a pathetic chief justice with little to no real influence. These people don't even try to avoid the appearance of wrong. They don' t think they have to. The Trump era, (which we are still in) has exposed for all to see what the Republicans have been doing under cover of cultural distractions for decades. They used to be stealthy; they are just brazenly open about their goals now. Their actions have exposed the flaws in our Constitution. Their actions are totally opposite of what the Constitution lays out. The lawless Republicans merely shrug their shoulders and say, "So what?"
They have been part of the "quiet coup" and I wish them painless, peaceful natural deaths - real soon. The damage done by this court, and the direction they are taking it, make Trumps adventure pale in comparison.
Roberts is a product of Citizen's United which, as far as I can tell, legalized the ability to bribe Supreme Court justices without us being disclosed to that fact.
It is not that Roberts is weak per se.
Rather, he is just a paid minion of the Federalist Society.
So, he looks weak, but, he is quite strong in delivering for that dark money provider.
You nailed it again, Mike. Roberts is "weak" because he isn't looking at life from our point of view? No, he is strong and resolute in delivering for his Oligarch Masters.
And he has fellow travelers who do the same. I can see six justices sitting around a lunch table - no need to talk. Just big shit eating smirks on their faces as they realize the fascist dreams of their puppeteers. The greatest judicial institution in history has been hijacked by an uber extreme Catholic society. This is the very antithesis of what our founders intended. They are not "originalists". They are part of a coup to make America "religious" - an America that by a large majority does not want any single religious view applied to them.
My hope is that two of them will die. Soon. And we can begin to shift the court gradually back to some sense of honor and respect for the people. I don't wish death on people (Putin an exception). It's not good karma. But the damage done to America by these six throwbacks to an America of an abusive past is no less horrible than that of wars and major conflagrations. They are core evil.
Mike, it lends credence to my statement that he may have had something more sinister in mind. I hope that reason and sanity prevail, and this corrupt, bought and paid for, controlled court leads to a reform of the judiciary.
Justice Roberts could and should have extended the right to every citizen of America including school children. If he and the radicals of SCOTUS do not understand that, they do not deserve their places on the court. Every time I think of under-the-desk drills, I feel sick. Justice Scalia’s deadly décision lives on.
The school district where my children attended, has approved that teachers can have guns in the classroom. Not locked up safely, but holstered on them at all times.
We’re not expected to hide under desks. We’re expected to fight against armed active shooters. My district has armed officers on every campus. But I never signed up to be a soldier in education. It’s gone too far a long time ago!
Last week in Texas not certain exactly where. A maintenance man was shot while inspecting pipes at an apartment complex. The resident that shot the man said he thought the guy was breaking in. It’s become the Wild West!
So hundreds of trained police officers in Uvalde were unable to open a door to confront one murderer, but strapping guns on teachers will solve the problem?
The Texas pat answer is always the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Uvalde showed the world that that isn’t true. Maybe a brave good guy but that’s not who showed up. Then the idiots clogged up the area so horribly that ambulances couldn’t get to the victims. How many times did I tell my own children you should be in school after an awards ceremony last week of school? So very sad it’s just beyond my coping mechanism! I’m so sorry for the parents and families and friends! They set up a Dias de la muertos tribute with children’s desks at the governor’s mansion.
Denise, I met with the teachers from Creslane Elementary School after Sandy Hook several times. I did a variety of things with them, one was a generalized information presentation along with frank conversation about the security of the building and visitor protocols. There were several school staff who really believed that carrying handguns would make their classrooms safer, and others who were terrified that they would be asked to carry a gun. In the end, I think that one custodian got his CHL and a letter from both the Superintendent and the Sheriff and he only carried it for about a month.
One of the concepts I have always talked with people (most often burglary victims who want to arm up to protect their stuff) about getting and using a gun is that not only is it a physical skill which must be practiced, there is also the mental and emotional preparation that has to take place before coming to grips with using deadly force. I would NEVER ask someone who, by inclination, disposition, and belief to carry a gun and expect them to kill someone regardless of the circumstances.
Asking teachers to kill the shooter in this situation is ridiculous.
Abbutt spoke about gun control and how it could have been worse to Uvalde victims then went to Houston to an NRA convention. At the convention he spoke about the need to sell more guns.
How about the rest of the population? Why should children and parents and grandparents have to live in fear while the SCOTUS strips us of all our rights…except to bear arms?
Or young girls forced to live in fear of having to carry a rapist baby to term. Then what? The extreme irony and contradictions of false arguments Justice Roberts attempts to make really pisses me off. What an asshole! He should be shunned and ridiculed by all of society. Go back to Appalachia Johnny.
It's a shame that Roberts didn't extend his concern for the safety of his own skin, to safety for all the people his court's decisions impact and for the safety of our democratic institutions his court is bent on destroying.
It's a shame he singled out his own cohort! No one !! should live in fear in a civilized society that has available - that knows - other means to resolve disagreements.!!!!!! L&B&L and J*oy! meaning that every Joy contains an OY!
Congratulations on submitting the manuscript—can hardly wait for the book!
John Roberts is right that Supreme Court justices should not live in fear. It’s a shame that he didn’t extend that concern to all public servants.
A happy new year to you and yours.
I would add that it's also a shame he didn't extend that concern to everyday Americans who want to shop, got to school, go to concerts, or practice their faith. Let's hope that one day those synapses fire in such a way that he connects the fear he feels as a Justice to the fear ordinary Americans feel while trying to live ordinary lives.
So start a letter campaign. You’ve got over 50 likes which is a pretty respectable following. Use the message in your post as a starting point. All of us who subscribe to HCR’s “Letters” should send a letter and convince two friends to do the same. Each of those friends should recruit two friends, etc. Get those SCOTUS synapses firing.
"On page 4 of your 2022 Year End Report, you write: “A judicial system cannot and should not live in fear.”
No one in America should live in fear. Because of your court’s expansive rulings on the 2nd Amendment, children at school, election workers at polling sites, suburban shoppers, worshipers practicing their faith, and even sitting governors are at risk of being murdered by an attacker armed with an assault weapon. Your court has made our society unsafe."
I like the idea of an ‘action’ to address this. Sometimes we talk too much and do too little.
To whom/where should the letters be sent?
I believe this is still correct.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/contact/contactus.aspx&ved=2ahUKEwjoxNK7hqn8AhUhMVkFHR4YAwEQFnoECBwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0_jC2BThnff2qCTeCWlcB8
I don't think the Supreme Court can make laws to address these problems. A letter campaign would let the Justices know about (our) popular opinion, but presumably wouldn't sway their decisions regarding gun control, etc. Better to write letters to Senators and Representatives, and to vote the Republicans and any recalcitrant Democrats out of office.
You are probably correct. I have personally taken a New Year's resolution to try to get people to stop voting for all Republicans until they remove the taint of all Fascists from their Party's power structure! Again, I don't think there are any recalcitrant Democrats except maybe Joe Manchun and Kristin Sinama, and Sinama left the Democratic Party herself!
We can do both.
Roberts & the other justices need to face the real-life consequences of their rulings. I'm, sadly, convinced that this court will continue to reject sensible gun safety laws, no matter how narrowly worded. New York passed a law that seemed to fit within their restrictions; they rejected it.
No they the law will not be affected by writing letters. I don't think that is the purpose. I think the purpose is to get as many people as we can to write and express our frustration with who and what the court is today. Do these guys even read newspapers? Or comment sections? I don't think so, they insulate themselves from the average joe or jane out here in the real world that gets to live with their decisions.
Excellent idea. And letters to the editor.
I'm on board. And we now have an address to use. So who here wants to make a stab at composing the letter. I guess first question should be, what do we want to say?
I think we start perhaps asking a question: Why is there such a focus on denying women the right to choose their own health measures in order to save the “unborn” but once children are born no one protects them from slaughter by automatic military weapons?
On page 4 of your 2022 Year End Report, you write: “A judicial system cannot and should not live in fear.”
No one in America should live in fear. Because of your court’s expansive rulings on the 2nd Amendment, children at school, election workers at polling sites, suburban shoppers, worshipers practicing their faith, and even sitting governors are at risk of being murdered by an attacker armed with an assault weapon. Your court has made our society unsafe.
Thank you. My point exactly.
@StacyEstrella Very well said, thank you and happy new year. 
Poor Judge Roberts is moaning about his security. When, Oh When, will he worry about how hundreds of Capital Police feared for THEIR lives. Their urgent cries for help were rebuffed. They likely won't get any additional funding. When will you worry about the monumental, divisive destruction and bribery financed under the alleged guise of a PAC? All denounce Citizens United!!! Enjoy your limo and your driver and your bodyguard and your minions. Nothing more. For Mr. Roberts, you're nothing but an American. Just like those officers under siege. Just like me. Don't feel safe? The blame lies squarely on your associates to the right. Any desire to be a notable Chief Justice lies in your evaluation of that bloc (It disgusts me to have need to employ the word "bloc" when describing our Supreme Court makeup today.) Can you look your wife and your daughter in the eye, having been supportive of repealing 50 years' worth of protection for American women?
"Poor Judge Roberts is moaning about his security."
I am not worried about Roberts safety. He can always buy an AK 47 and open carry it to work. What could be better for his security?
Right? Roberts and the court have set up a society where open carry IS supposed to be SECURITY. Why is he worried about his safety?
Is Roberts just stupid? Open carry in no way makes society more secure.
So, he has the Society he wants. Now, deal with it.
Yes we all should be writing to Justice Roberts as recommended earlier in the Comments about this, and the other parts of his summary of the 2022 term. He should be swamped w letters/phone calls to: Justice John Roberts
Supreme Court of the United States
1 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20543
Telephone: 202-479-3000
Will do
I wish there were a way to pipe into his bedroom every night this letter and all the comments being read aloud to him. Something like the three spirits visiting Scrooge. He’s in need of a few bad dreams!
Wow!!! JP.....you nailed it!!!
Agreed. It’s a shame Roberts failed to extend his safety concern not only to all public servants but to all American citizens.
Happy New Year.
There are six members of the allegedly-"supreme" court who SHOULD live in fear. In fear of "getting theirs" for their crimes against their country.
The cost to Americans of prescription drugs, not reduced because of the positions taken by Republican Party; rights of Americans taken away by the Right-wing, fundamentalist religiosity of the Supreme Court, and hopes raised by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s, (Lula) defeat of the right-wing ally of former U.S. president Trump in Brazil were the issues that gave breath to today’s Letter.
Serious problems caused by The Republican Party and the Supreme Court, along with the importance of elections were highlighted in today's Letter because as HCR wrote, ‘…there are three things I didn’t want to let slip by, because they both sum up 2022 and point toward 2023.'
The system promotes the ill health of ordinary Americans, then practices extortion from the sick.
And people actually vote for this!
They call it "democracy", they believe they enjoy "liberty"...
Seems Americans enjoy masochism, having freedoms taken away from them and monopolized by their "betters", a self-chosen aristocracy whose privileges depend on the unstinting support of those who vote for them...
Congratulations!
Enjoy!
[Or, if you don't enjoy this pig-in-a-pokery, get up this year and work for redress, for a genuine Republic!
IN 2023, LET'S ALL PURSUE GENUINE, LASTING HAPPINESS!]
Peter, you are keenly aware of the propaganda convincing the aggrieved that they are 'enslaved' by the 'radical left' determined to control their lives. This campaign by the far-right has gone very deep into the marrow of about a third of America's population. We are not talking about Americans generally but a large slice of us. It is a tremendously difficult problem. The Supreme Court, which has become very unpopular, the defeat of deeply flawed candidates supported by Trump, the work of the House's 1/6 investigative committee and the likelihood of Trump being indicted by a state attorney general in either Georgia or New York or both and, perhaps, also by the DOJ all point to some improvement in America's very serious challenges.
Mr. Burnett, it seems to me that the problem is that we live in a republic rather than a democracy. Both the Senate and the Electoral College are thoroughly anti-democratic. The winner of the popular vote for President has not become president several times. Senators from states with whole populations the size of one or two large cities in other states overrule senators representing far larger numbers of people.
Thank you, Pilgrim RVW, but you are speaking of a very specific kind of republic, an oligarchic common-wealth and, in so doing, repeating the propaganda of the party that still calls itself "Republican".
People would do well to check the origin of the word "republic" in etymonline.com. RES, Latin for a thing, an entity, a concern + PUBLICA, making "respublica". Look up the word "public" while you're about it.
All this goes to show that a true republic is the people's thing.
There have, of course, been long-lasting and highly successful oligarchic republics like the Venetian and Genoese ones. I seem to remember that the Polish one in the 18th century was less successful.
For a while, Corsica had a true republic, led by Pasquale Paoli. One influence that inspired the founders of the American Republic.
The current G.O.P. conception of the public in re-public is a highly restricted and privileged minority, acting almost exclusively in what it imagines to be its own interest, while in effect undermining the interests of those who go to make up the very ground under the grand G.O.P. plinth... and so undermining the country and, of course, themselves...
Socialism for the ultra-rich...
A conspiracy against the public.
Propaganda works, even on the intelligent and the educated. Sad but true,
The seven Republican senators who did vote for the insulin price cap to apply to private insurers as well as Medicare—who are they and did any of them lose seats in 2022 or are they retiring? Just wondering what happens to Republicans who serve their constituents?
"The seven Republican who voted with Democrats were Sens. Bill Cassidy (La.), Susan Collins (Maine), Josh Hawley (Mo.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (Miss.), John Kennedy (La.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Dan Sullivan (Alaska)."
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3592005-these-seven-gop-senators-voted-to-keep-35-insulin-cap-in-reconciliation-bill/
I am surprised by many of the names on this list, but grateful.
Many lifesaving breakthroughs were for humanitarian reasons intended to be "given away" - early antibiotic breakthroughs, polio vaccines, etc.
Insulin was in the category originally, I believe.
Americans are only 4% of the global population and need to recognize variants of the novel coronavirus will emerge and threaten us if vaccines are not made available worldwide.
Paul Ehrlich wrote in his 1968 book The Population Bomb had the number of humans passed levels of sustainability when there were less than 4 billion humans on the planet. We are now over 8 billion.
See the 60 Minutes 1/1/2023 episode segment titled "The Vanishing Wild."
The current high court is both lawless and pathetic. Alito et. al are lawless. They are not "originalist." That term is made up bulls**t. They operate on the premise of "The law is but man's opinion." Translation: the law is whatever we say it is. John Roberts is a pathetic chief justice with little to no real influence. These people don't even try to avoid the appearance of wrong. They don' t think they have to. The Trump era, (which we are still in) has exposed for all to see what the Republicans have been doing under cover of cultural distractions for decades. They used to be stealthy; they are just brazenly open about their goals now. Their actions have exposed the flaws in our Constitution. Their actions are totally opposite of what the Constitution lays out. The lawless Republicans merely shrug their shoulders and say, "So what?"
They have been part of the "quiet coup" and I wish them painless, peaceful natural deaths - real soon. The damage done by this court, and the direction they are taking it, make Trumps adventure pale in comparison.
Natural deaths yes; painless and peaceful no - let them have a taste of final stage Parkinson's or something equally awful. They deserve every minute.
James,
Roberts is a product of Citizen's United which, as far as I can tell, legalized the ability to bribe Supreme Court justices without us being disclosed to that fact.
It is not that Roberts is weak per se.
Rather, he is just a paid minion of the Federalist Society.
So, he looks weak, but, he is quite strong in delivering for that dark money provider.
You nailed it again, Mike. Roberts is "weak" because he isn't looking at life from our point of view? No, he is strong and resolute in delivering for his Oligarch Masters.
And he has fellow travelers who do the same. I can see six justices sitting around a lunch table - no need to talk. Just big shit eating smirks on their faces as they realize the fascist dreams of their puppeteers. The greatest judicial institution in history has been hijacked by an uber extreme Catholic society. This is the very antithesis of what our founders intended. They are not "originalists". They are part of a coup to make America "religious" - an America that by a large majority does not want any single religious view applied to them.
My hope is that two of them will die. Soon. And we can begin to shift the court gradually back to some sense of honor and respect for the people. I don't wish death on people (Putin an exception). It's not good karma. But the damage done to America by these six throwbacks to an America of an abusive past is no less horrible than that of wars and major conflagrations. They are core evil.
Maybe not dead but unable to do their job would be good :)
Agree!
Mike, it lends credence to my statement that he may have had something more sinister in mind. I hope that reason and sanity prevail, and this corrupt, bought and paid for, controlled court leads to a reform of the judiciary.
Actually started with Powell. Roberts and Alito are just the continuation of the memo.
Much more reasoned and socially acceptable than my somewhat rude and profane assessment.
Agreed, 100%. Chief Justice Roberts appears to be spineless.
I think you are on target with that comment.
Not perhaps, IS
Justice Roberts could and should have extended the right to every citizen of America including school children. If he and the radicals of SCOTUS do not understand that, they do not deserve their places on the court. Every time I think of under-the-desk drills, I feel sick. Justice Scalia’s deadly décision lives on.
The school district where my children attended, has approved that teachers can have guns in the classroom. Not locked up safely, but holstered on them at all times.
We’re not expected to hide under desks. We’re expected to fight against armed active shooters. My district has armed officers on every campus. But I never signed up to be a soldier in education. It’s gone too far a long time ago!
It is sad is it not?
That "security" in the United States has somehow been equated with "Open Carry".
Nothing could be farther from the truth. The more a bunch of people "Open Carry" the more everyone feels that everyone is a threat.
REAL security is making sure weapons of mass destruction are not available on a one second notice.
Last week in Texas not certain exactly where. A maintenance man was shot while inspecting pipes at an apartment complex. The resident that shot the man said he thought the guy was breaking in. It’s become the Wild West!
Yep. When you carry a gun then Everton is a threat instead of a neighbor.
So hundreds of trained police officers in Uvalde were unable to open a door to confront one murderer, but strapping guns on teachers will solve the problem?
The Texas pat answer is always the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Uvalde showed the world that that isn’t true. Maybe a brave good guy but that’s not who showed up. Then the idiots clogged up the area so horribly that ambulances couldn’t get to the victims. How many times did I tell my own children you should be in school after an awards ceremony last week of school? So very sad it’s just beyond my coping mechanism! I’m so sorry for the parents and families and friends! They set up a Dias de la muertos tribute with children’s desks at the governor’s mansion.
Denise, I met with the teachers from Creslane Elementary School after Sandy Hook several times. I did a variety of things with them, one was a generalized information presentation along with frank conversation about the security of the building and visitor protocols. There were several school staff who really believed that carrying handguns would make their classrooms safer, and others who were terrified that they would be asked to carry a gun. In the end, I think that one custodian got his CHL and a letter from both the Superintendent and the Sheriff and he only carried it for about a month.
One of the concepts I have always talked with people (most often burglary victims who want to arm up to protect their stuff) about getting and using a gun is that not only is it a physical skill which must be practiced, there is also the mental and emotional preparation that has to take place before coming to grips with using deadly force. I would NEVER ask someone who, by inclination, disposition, and belief to carry a gun and expect them to kill someone regardless of the circumstances.
Asking teachers to kill the shooter in this situation is ridiculous.
Denise....and so the NRA increases its power and continues to increase its influence....
Abbutt spoke about gun control and how it could have been worse to Uvalde victims then went to Houston to an NRA convention. At the convention he spoke about the need to sell more guns.
Disgusting.
How about the rest of the population? Why should children and parents and grandparents have to live in fear while the SCOTUS strips us of all our rights…except to bear arms?
Am sure Roberts missed the irony of kvetching about feeling unsafe when the SCOTUS decision he voted for with makes all of us less safe
And the Chief Justice chose not to assert that society generally should not live in fear—in fear of deadly weapons or of authoritarianism.
Or young girls forced to live in fear of having to carry a rapist baby to term. Then what? The extreme irony and contradictions of false arguments Justice Roberts attempts to make really pisses me off. What an asshole! He should be shunned and ridiculed by all of society. Go back to Appalachia Johnny.
It's a shame that Roberts didn't extend his concern for the safety of his own skin, to safety for all the people his court's decisions impact and for the safety of our democratic institutions his court is bent on destroying.
And doesn’t extend that right to all citizens…
It's a shame he singled out his own cohort! No one !! should live in fear in a civilized society that has available - that knows - other means to resolve disagreements.!!!!!! L&B&L and J*oy! meaning that every Joy contains an OY!
Mary,
Do you know the title or subject of the forthcoming book??
No, I don’t.
OK,
Thank you.
Excellent response