Not because of the powers it can wield, but the kind of people hog places on Supreme Court.
The concept of Supreme Court in the United States is flawed to begin with. When you have Supreme Court justices who are openly republican or democratic, there is no way to expect an unbiased outcome to cases it deals with. Any Tom Dick and Harry can predict what the Supreme Court is going to rule just by looking at the affiliation of the justices and the nature of the case. To top of it the Supreme Court refuses to rule on cases that may broadly change the landscape of the country – things like gay marriage. It takes a piece meal approach as evident from the California ruling.
But my fear of the Supreme Court has nothing to do with all this either.
I was watching the HBO original movie ‘Mohammad Ali’s Greatest Fights’ which deals with the Boxers case, of stripping him of the heavy weight title and sending him to jail for refusing to serve in the military. Watching the 70 and 90 year old justices’ grapple with the problem was bemusing. These guys could barely stay alive, suffered from dementia, all kinds of sickness – at best they should be staying in their hospital beds, not even making decisions on their household groceries! And here they are making decisions that dictates how a country rules!
Given their age, these men come with wealth of experience, I agree. But they are reluctant to change, have stone engraved beliefs that are etched into their character. I found these gentlemen to be out of touch with the reality of the modern world – their judgments on issues of race and marriage is always going to be flawed.
The recent Supreme Court ruling scrapping the Voting right act, is a good example how the Supreme Court is not free of bias. Citing that we live in a modern world, where the old social issues don't exist, the Supreme Court has aptly demonstrated exactly the opposite.
The US needs a retirement age of 60 for the justices and young blood in the highest court in the land + fire any judges who are hardcore party people.
Need more proof on insanity?
Need more proof on insanity?
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said he believes in the Devil as a living entity, “a real person,” and that the Devil is “smart” and “successful” in today’s world by convincing people to not believe in him or in God.
“I even believe in the Devil,” and “yeah, he’s a real person,” Scalia told writer Jennifer Senior in an interview for New York magazine published on Oct. 6.
