Opinion: Supreme Court justices show they have chosen a political agenda to defend

Re “Lawmakers urge action after report of other high court leak” (Nov. 20): If anyone believes today’s conservative Supreme Court majority is “just” and “non-partisan,” look no further than the recent participation of several Donald Trump-appointed justices at a gala dinner hosted by the Federalist Society.

The justices laughed and drank champagne with the same ultra-conservative lawyers who will soon argue cases before them.

Though the Federalist Society hides behind a façade of non-partisanship, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has expertly exposed them for what they are — a radical advocacy group funded by obscene amounts of dark money. Anti-regulation, anti-union, anti-environment and funded by shadowy corporations and billionaires, the Federalist Society, through it’s leaders and members, including John Eastman, Ted Cruz, and Josh Hawley, took direct and deliberate actions to overthrow our government on Jan. 6.

Carefully groomed by the Federalist Society, today’s conservative Supreme Court justices are a threat to America — unjust, unfit and corrupted by corporate special interests.

James McCord

Carlsbad

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