2022's Crookies Of The Year: The Supreme Court Of The United States

By Frances Langum — January 1, 2023

It's not just that they took a fundamental right away from more than half the US population this year. But they did that, too.

2⃣In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, SCOTUS's conservative majority said its landmark Roe v. Wade ruling was wrongly decided and restored states' ability to ban abortions. About half of the states are expected to adopt new restrictions or begin enforcing existing ones 3/5 pic.twitter.com/I2tmAQs6WF

— Reuters Legal (@ReutersLegal) December 30, 2022

It's not just that the conservatives all lied in their confirmation hearings. Betcha Susan Collins is deeply concerned about that!

Geraldo, “Shame on Gorsuch, shame on Comey Barrett, shame on Kavanaugh” for saying they would uphold Roe in confirmation hearings and then doing the opposite, saying “they lied about.” Wow. pic.twitter.com/8SKaRX1GC8

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) May 5, 2022

It's not just that the wife of one of them was hella complicit with overturning a free and fair election. And talked to her husband about it. And he's the only one who voted to keep the text messages private.

"Trump lawyers saw Justice Thomas as 'only chance' to stop 2020 election certification" Of course they did because Ginni Thomas was a key part of the coup. https://t.co/j9niJFzATM via @politico

— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) November 2, 2022

It's not just that this court is illegitimate and corrupt. It's that we MUST fight back.

Well, there you have it. THEY know who paid off Kavanaugh, and they also know if it goes public he’s out of the SCOTUS. And they look corrupt as fuck for putting him on it in the first place. This is the tip of their Trumpian house of cards and they know it. https://t.co/nj21F7PbFM

— Joshua Parker (@JRRParker) December 20, 2022

It's everything. The Supreme Court of the United States is this year's Crookie of the Year.

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