MSNBC Discovers Judicial Authoritarianism, Ignores Its Enablers
MSNBC, the same outlet that often normalizes corporate power and endless war, is now concerned that the Supreme Court is veering towards unaccountable rule. They lament the 'originalists' acting like 'monarchists,' (MSNBC Opinion, March 23, 2022) but fail to connect this to the decades of corporate-funded legal organizations like the Federalist Society, which systematically groomed these very
judges. These pipelines, largely ignored by corporate media for years, built the foundation for the judicial takeover we're now, apparently, allowed to notice. It’s fascinating how 'judicial activism' becomes 'monarchical tendencies' only when the right-wing agenda is fully realized. One might wonder where this concern for unchecked power was when the court consistently ruled in favor of corporate
interests or eroded civil liberties. Perhaps the monarchy is less about 'originalism' and more about the consistent triumph of capital, regardless of which way the judicial winds blow – a inconvenient truth for those who profit from the status quo.