Another ruling has caused more people to question the frequent claim that the U.S. Supreme Court has a solid conservative majority:
Roberts dissents. Yet the media will tell you with a straight face that there is a 6-3 conservative majority.
— Yo Gamma Gamma The Infrastructure Flufferbot (@Flufferbot2) April 10, 2021
Chief Justice John Roberts got another chance to prove that the “6-3 conservative majority” claim the media often reports doesn’t come without frequent exceptions:
BREAKING: By 5-to-4 vote, the Supreme Court lifts California's Covid restrictions on prayer meetings in homes.https://t.co/mnALf5cdqQ
— Adam Liptak (@adamliptak) April 10, 2021
That margin is frighteningly narrow:
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4 Justices, including one nominated by a GOP President, believe that the government can stop you from having a prayer meeting in your own home. https://t.co/unFEskUgJH
— The Partyman (@PartymanRandy) April 10, 2021
We are one judge away from the commies being completely unrestricted by the Constitution. https://t.co/dIPL3b88fo
— The Partyman (@PartymanRandy) April 10, 2021
Also, the number of people who seem to think arbitrary decrees from state and local politicians along with unelected bureaucrats qualify as “laws” is chilling.
4 Supreme Court justices think the government can dictate what happens in your home. https://t.co/vDD6SY9UWM
— Sonza the Gnome (@Sonza_the_Gnome) April 10, 2021
How in the world do 4 justices believe that the government can stop you from having a prayer meeting in your own home? https://t.co/wtxysmBff2
— Brandon Leonard (@BrandonLeonard3) April 10, 2021
And one of them is John Roberts, who is often counted among the “conservative” justices.
Someone has something on Roberts.
— june harris (@juniemoon35) April 10, 2021
Should have been 9-0, how compromised are they https://t.co/vsuEH0TaiA
— WHAT COUNTRY IS THIS???? (@jojodan11592387) April 10, 2021
One vote away from the idea of a free people being reduced to mythology.
Untether. Reboot. https://t.co/c11Bl1ajjX
— Mulder’s Unapologetic Trailer Park Dispatches (@proteinwisdom) April 10, 2021
This last year really helps you understand why private property itself has been seen as such a defender of liberty. Without saying so explicitly we keep diminishing the concept by allowing the state to make whatever rules it wants for land it doesn't own. https://t.co/3tdpmF0fTF
— David Shane (@david_shane) April 10, 2021
The comments are something else. And a 5-4 decision means our precious liberty is comatose on life support. https://t.co/Dfs6XOOu9r
— NeoVoltairian (@Neovoltairian) April 10, 2021
Far too many people are willing to gladly give away all their rights for the illusion of safety and security.
