From a distance, viewing the constant stream of blunders and back stabbings characterizing republican representatives and senators, the continual attacks on the President of these not-so-united states, and the endless insertion of the judiciary into every possible area of the President’s activities, one may think it a modern-day Comedy of Errors. But is it funny? Or are we witnessing a thinly disguised tragedy whose denouement leads, we pray, to a happy ending?
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In light of the diverse judgments being handed down by the judiciary, one could be forgiven for thinking that Justices and judges are amazing, accomplished polymaths, experts in such diverse areas that their expertise knows no bounds.
So far, in President Trump’s second term, the public has witnessed them assert expertise in international relations, espionage, and finance, as well as national and international economic structures, and what they, laymen all, consider constitutes a national emergency based largely on classified information, to which I assume they have no or limited access. They are also experts on building procedures and renovations, White House security, and even on what name one is allowed to call what. These are incredible people, or so they think.
Graphic: Truth Social Post
The Republican Senate continues to obviously block Trump appointments, election integrity (the Save America Act), and seemingly anything else that may impede the President’s (aka the voting public’s) agenda. Motivated by what appears to the innocent bystander, petty vindictiveness and unstated motives, the Senate has lately devolved into a revenge factory intent on payback for losing a seat or generally rocking the boat. Hilariously, they expect the public not to notice.
In the recent South Carolina redistricting scandal, a Senator told me that his colleagues who blocked the elimination of racially gerrymandered districts feel secure in the thought that their constituents will surely forget about what they have done to undermine their voters and the President. Therefore, they’ll all be voted back in, and that, after all, is the purpose of being a Senator. “They can’t be serious,” say I. “In today’s world of X, Truth Social, and Trump endorsements, that seems a little removed from reality. They’re joking, aren’t they?” They laughed a little. “No,” said the senator’s chief of staff.
The entire national political play appears to be a species of competition between characters who have private ambitions and secret political deals. It is better than the movies, more intriguing and convoluted than any Hollywood script. One can barely keep up with the interlocking themes. And it keeps revealing itself as a turgid interplay of villains, many of whom a vast swath of the country believes are verging on or actually criminal, while the FBI fumbles for evidence. When the receipts finally emerge, public speculation on the script is invariably proved right.
Only days ago, the Speaker of the House declared that insider trading is essential because the reps and senators aren’t paid enough. Maybe they should ask their bosses (the public) what their true value is. The public has observed and objected to the fortunes made by politicians through questionable investments for years, yet the subject was always relegated to the realm of fantasy by the powers that be. Now, they’re admitting it is a fundamental necessity of political life. Funny, that.
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Ordinary Joes watch, somewhat mystified by managed decline. Despite massive outcry from a united public, the Save America Act is continually being thwarted by Senators who apparently know better. Or, like a game of thrones, are there obscured and sinister forces at play? The public certainly thinks so. The word “corruption” is now bandied about as a synonym for “senator.”
A decision to void the President’s ability to issue tariffs as a leverage for international security and trade relationships forces the government to pay hundreds of billions of dollars to companies intent on a questionable money grab, as well as weakening the US’s ability to put pressure on countries that have been acting against the well-being of the USA, whilst conveniently diminishing the President’s negotiating hammer to stop the many wars raging around the globe. And we are asked to believe that a constructive decree by the court?
Graphic: X Post
Legal arguments notwithstanding, to the layman, it seems apparent that the courts in general and, unimaginably, the Supreme Court, are not neutral interpreters of the law. Instead, in these days of instant communication and ‘X’, they have revealed themselves as a useful weapon, used to further political ends. The Chief Justice himself could have been seen as lying when he asserted that there were no left-or right-leaning judges. Maybe that was his judicial sense of humor, just a part of the comedy of errors, as we see further proof of partisan judges almost daily, and certainly the Supreme Court displays that very divide.
The ‘get Trump at any cost’ mentality seems to play the courts like a well-tuned orchestra, from global security issues, to personal vendettas, to the most trivial lawsuits like the color of Trump’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Grounds reflecting pool!
And we watch as if it’s a Monty Python movie, but without the sense of humor. It is a most complex and compelling plot, with villains and heroes, with whole countries at stake in the fight to survive or destroy, and the destiny of a nation in the hands of actors who have lost the distinction between a bumbling, confused comedy and a civilizational tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.
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