​The United States Supreme Court currently has at least two members who are, at best, sympathetic to the insurrectionists who tried to overturn the 2020 Election, and at worst, are insurrectionists themselves. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has flown flags at two of his properties that are used by right-wing zealots and insurrectionists (Alito, like the coward he is, later blamed his wife for flying the flags). Then there is Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas who was credibly accused of sexual harassment by Anita Hill. Together, the two of them have aligned themselves with the insurrectionists cause. Notably, Thomas’ wife, Ginni Thomas, attended the January 6th “Stop the Steal” rally outside the U.S. Capitol and encouraged Trump Administration officials to overturn the 2020 Election.
 
This court, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, has lost all credibility. Disgraced, twice impeached, and convicted felon Donald Trump’s first appointment to the court, Neil Gorsuch, was given his seat after Republicans prevented the nation’s first Black President from filling the vacancy. Trump’s second pick, Brett Kavanaugh, was credibly accused of sexual assault, and his last pick; Amy Coney Barrett, was rushed on to the court in the middle of a presidential election and belongs to a religious fundamentalist group. This court is made up of five justices who were appointed by Republican Presidents who lost the popular vote.
 
Roberts, himself, is a staunch opponent of Civil Rights legislation. He declared that racism no longer exists in America as he gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act - ushering in a new age of voter restrictions that have targeted Black voters and has allowed states to legally disenfranchise Black voters.
 
Like most of the other systematically racist institutions in America, the Supreme Court has done more to impede the equal rights of the most marginalized Americans than it has to expand those rights. For instance, it was the Supreme Court who ruled that African Americans, whether free or enslaved, could not be citizens. It was the Supreme Court who prohibited racial discrimination in public accommodations. It was the Supreme Court who upheld involuntary sterilization. It is the current Supreme Court that protects a criminal president, ended Affirmative Action, and took away reproductive rights from women.
 
The judicial branch was envisioned to be the least dangerous branch of government out of the three (legislative, executive, & judicial). Judges are supposed to interpret the law without prejudice or bias, and while the judicial branch has always been political, the judges on the court used to care about public perception and respect, but it seems as though this is no longer the case. The Roberts Court has acted with disdain towards legal precedent, ruled in ways that fit their own religious and political beliefs, and could clearly care less about their reputation. This court has given itself unlimited power and operates above any codes of ethics or restraint.
 
To the Republican majority on the court, they are above reproach, and no person or entity can stop them. Through their rulings, they have shown not to be impartial jurists, but instead radical partisans – Republicans in robes who are hell bent on entrenching Republicans in power and forcing their radical agenda on the country. This court does not deserve the respect of the populace and should be viewed as another corrupt, public institution. Everyone who cares about democracy and the future of this country should agree that court reform is essential. If not, this court and its radical judges will take this country down, past a place of no return.

​During the 1980 presidential campaign, the evil Ronald Reagan asked Americans, “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” And based off the 1980 election results, Americans responded with a resounding no, as Reagan would defeat incumbent President Jimmy Carter in a landslide election. Now, 40 years later, ex-president and con man Donald Trump is asking Americans the same question. So, are you better off today than you were in 2020?
 
Though not reflected in polling, by nearly every metric, the country is in a better place today than it was four years ago. In the last four years, America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan has been brought to an end, the American economy has grown, unemployment has been historically low, wages have increased, violent crime is down, $146 billion in student loan relief has been issued, and serious efforts to combat climate change has been implemented.
 
Even with those accomplishments, many voters have said that they have been hurt by Biden’s policies compared to Trumps’. Apparently, these voters have completely memory-holed 2020. Maybe because 2020, Trump’s last year in office, was an awful year! 2020 was a culmination of Trumps’ failed leadership and policies that resulted in a wave of death and economic ruin throughout the country. Trump ignored warnings about COVID and allowed it to wash over the country – killing 400,000 Americans (including my Uncle Anthony) by the time he left office.
 
During COVID, there were food shortages, businesses closed, and no toilet tissue! Schools were shut down leading to a learning gap that is still affecting children today. The U.S had three million less jobs on Trump’s last day than it did on his first day, making Trump the worst jobs president in modern U.S. History. 2020 was easily one of the worst years in U.S. history and the president who mismanaged that moment was Donald Trump. You do not have to like President Joe Biden or his policies, but anyone saying that 2020 was a better year than 2024 is lying to you.

​Despite former President Donald Trump’s ongoing legal woes and his disastrous first term – a large number of the electorate has vowed to support Trump and Republicans (aka authoritarianism) this fall. Many of these voters have stated that they support Trump because of his policies. So, it got me thinking, what exactly are Trump and the Republican Party policies?
 
During his presidency, Trump’s major policy achievement was a tax cut for the rich that added trillions to the National Deficit. In 2020, Republicans did not even bother presenting a party platform – their plan was, and still remains, whatever Trump wants. And Trump wants to be a dictator.
 
One does not have to look far to see what Trump and the Republican plan for the country is.  States under Republican control from Florida to Arizona have implemented strict abortion bans, restricted the teaching of Black History, demonized immigrants, and rolled back LGBTQ+ rights.  If elected, Trump and National Republicans, given the opportunity, would enact a national abortion ban, erect mass deportation camps, focus on “anti-white racism”, replace federal employees with Trump loyalist, use the Justice Department to punish their political enemies, hand the Ukraine over to Russia, withdraw from NATO, and of course,  provide more tax cuts to the rich.
 
As far as addressing any of the challenges that Americans are facing today, the Republicans have no policy solutions. There is no plan to make college more affordable. There is no plan to raise working class wages. There is no plan to address climate change. There is no plan to make childcare or housing more affordable. There is no plan to address the issues at the Southern Border. There is no plan to address gun violence (unless you count putting more guns on the street).
 
Trump and the Republicans want to distract you with DEI, Woke-ism, Critical Race Theory, crime, and other hot button issues in hopes that you never ask what their plan is to fix the actual things that are afflicting Americans. They have no solutions, and in November, it is our responsibility to make sure that they don’t have a job.