In 1776 we declared our independence against a Monarch that was above the law. I wonder what John Adams would think about what the Supreme Court just ruled. I believe, what the Supreme Court just ruled is contrary to what the intention of the men that wrote and approved our Declaration of Independence.  This Fourth of July it would be a good idea if everyone would start out by reading the Declaration of Independence. The words that always have always stuck with me are “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” Do those words still hold true? The three branches of the Government get their just powers from the people. Not the rich people. Not the Republicans. Not the Democrats. It is by the consent of the people, all the people. We are the governed. We are the one that gives them not the power, but our consent to govern. What has made the words of our Declaration of Independence seem less important is the fact too many politicians don’t want to listen to those that gave them the consent to govern. The undermining of the consent of the people, in the quest for power, is just the opposite of the vision that was our forefathers.

Voter suppression, by the use of gerrymandering, is done for the quest of power and undermines the consent of the governed. It is also how the ones with their quest for power take away the rights and liberties of the people that are suppose to give the consent to govern. The Supreme Court has raised the bar when it comes to proving gerrymandering. This is not the vision of our forefathers. This is voter suppression that is being sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Our vote is the very voice that our fore- fathers wanted us to have and the Supreme Court in diminishing our vote is silencing many of our voices. Too many elected officials, because of voter’s suppression and gerrymandering, no longer serve by the consent of the governed.

The truths that Thomas Jefferson believed in when he authored the Declaration of Independence are disappearing. The Supreme Court has continued to rule against the rights of the governed in favor of the ones that wish to corrupt the very words that our forefathers wrote. All men are not equal if some have immunity that the governed don’t have. The Supreme Court has given the President of the United States powers they never had since the writing of the Constitution. No other President ever needed to have this type of immunity with the exception of Nixon. Basically, if this court was in existence when Nixon was President there would have been no Watergate. If this court was in existence for Reagan there would have been no Iran-Contra investigation. Trump broke the law. Trump sent a mob to the Capitol in an effort to burn our Constitution. We all saw it live on TV including the Supreme Court. Trump has intentionally undermined the rights of the governed to choose by trying to steal the last election with pressure applied to elected officials with the Fake Electors and the insurrection. The Supreme Court looks like it is actually aiding and abetting criminal behavior.

Don’t you begin to think that Biden now has some power he didn’t have before. He will not be able to wheel dictator’s power because the Supreme Court has left itself the sole power to decide the immunity issue. What is really going on is a power grab by the people that own our Supreme Court. Millions have been spent so billionaires can control the courts and in turn control the government. Bribery used to be illegal but today it is common place throughout our Government, not just the Supreme Court, including the Supreme Court. It is proving to be a very cheap investment buying a Supreme Court Justice. I have written many times when the Supreme Court becomes a tool of the suppressors this country is in for a very bad time. Look at the things that the Supreme Court has protected. First of all they have protected their own ability to accept bribes. Just because Clarence Thomas calls them gifts from friends doesn’t change what they are, favors given, expecting favors in return. No one gives what Clarence Thomas has gotten expecting nothing in return. I would be willing to bet that we don’t have any idea how much all of them have gotten for favors in return. They have protected voter suppression that in turn silenced many minority voices. They have warped the Constitution when it comes to guns. They have turned the 2^nd Amendment into the most twisted sentence in the Constitution and our children are dying for it. Our 2^nd Amendment was never intended to be used the way it is being used today and the writers of the Constitution could never have imagined how that one sentence is being used today. They have overturned Roe vs. Wade taking away the rights and liberties from women to have control of their own bodies. To me it looks like the Supreme Court is working hard to destroy the very document they have sworn to protect and the very visions of consent of the governed. This Supreme Court we have now is not about Rights and Liberties.

During Justice Roberts’ confirmation hearing he stated that “No person was above the law including a President”. Was this just a lie he told to get confirmed? Three of the Conservative Justices stated the Roe vs. Wade was the law of the land at their confirmation hearings. Again, was that a lie they told just to get confirmed. “We hold these Truths” has no meaning if our Supreme Court is allowed to lie and not be held accountable for those lies. These lies are meant to manipulate the governed for purposes that are contrary to the oaths that they took when they were sworn in. These lies just weaken and divide our nation which, if we continue in the direction we are going will lead to our own destruction.