Science fiction has long dabbled in the idea of time travel, both forward and backward—ask kindly “Doc” Brown about his plutonium-powered DeLorean. In 1978, when Superman flew so fast around the Earth to reverse its rotation and save Lois Lane’s life, cheers erupted in the theater. As intriguing as the prospect seems, most of us believe that day is as far off as Krypton. The Republican party seems enamored with the past, or is it the advantages it afforded white Christian males? Arizona Republicans decided that women have no right to determine the future of their lives and health. The Biden campaign is running an effective political ad that encapsulates the sheer hubris and ignorance of a woman’s needs by pro-life zealots.
Anyone watching Amanda Zurawski and her husband Josh agonizing over the death of their fetus, the possible death of his wife, and the future jeopardy of any future child without compassion and rethinking their position needs a brain if not a heart. The politicians and judges, most without medical training, who are making these decisions all over red states need to be reminded this is not a Holiday Inn commercial, and they cannot play doctor when they feel God-like. Arizona’s Supreme Court based its ruling on an 1864 law. Republicans have proposed rolling back child labor laws, excused insurrectionists marching through the United States Capitol with Confederate flags, and are contemplating making contraceptives and same-sex marriage illegal. All these things fly in the face of America, making herself a more perfect union.
More stunning is that the Court is taking rights away for the first time. What should have been summarily dismissed by the Supreme Court instead is actually under consideration whether America should have a king immune from criminal law. The basis for American law is that no man is above it. The banning of books such as the books on the lives of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks is an abomination. The supposed reason for banning the book on Rosa Parks was because it identifies her as a black woman instead of just a bus rider.
Listening to Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) stumble around trying to avoid the apparent one-word answer, NO! and devolving the argument into the semantical use of the word BAN should be embarrassing to her. Unfortunately, the GOP has dismissed honor, embarrassment, and fairness as just stumbling blocks in their zeal for unfettered white male Christian power. Moving toward what was—in place over what could be is just fine with the GOP. Yesterday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R- LA) led a contingent of wayward Republican impeachment managers, including Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), into the Senate chambers to perform a task not seen since 1876: the impeachment of Cabinet member William Belknap. This slim Republican majority wants to be rid of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. This is not because of high crimes or misdemeanors as prescribed by the Constitution and as read into the record by Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) but because they disagree with the opposition party’s policy.
The 1860s, 1950s, or even 2024 is not a picnic for many female Americans or Americans of color who want to believe in the promise of America striving “to form a more perfect union.” Donald Trump told us that a temporary dictatorship is a good idea and that Confederate sympathizers are “very fine people.” So, while we stand back and standby, how many of our liberties are we willing to chance on a philandering, classified documents thief who has been impeached twice, criminally indicted in four jurisdictions, and just went to court for the first of 88 counts against him?
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