Well, if we were being honest with ourselves we could find
many reasons not to respect the SCOTUS:
- No respect of authority: they continually step outside the Constitution.
- No respect of the law: they continually pronounce blatantly contraconstitutional law/regulation as fine.
- No respect of logic: read the very first paragraph of Thomas's dissent in Raich and you'll see just how ridiculous it is to consider non-commerse as regulable under the interstate commerce clause.
- No respect of the moral imperatives of the state [e.g. protect the innocent]: who was it that declared that states cannot outlaw abortion?
- No respect of the existential imperatives of the state [e.g. sovereignty]: who was it that invalidated AZ's SB1070?
- No moral backbone: their rejecting of CA's Prop 8 due to "standing" illustrates this.
- No respect of another's authority: their rejection of CA's supreme court certifying the people's standing to take the case to the USSC illustrates this.
The USSC is the most lawless and corrupt organization in government; they get a pass because they wrap their offal in
law
and take advantage of the misconception that
the Constitution is whatever the USSC says it is
.
They’re unelected political hacks in black muumuus. Yet we seem to grant them reverence and hold them in awe like they were holy shamans.
They’ve definitely got the political theatrics down pat.