The Supreme Court has just responded to the request of the Special Prosecutor, Jack Smith, to ‘’expedite’’ the ruling on whether or not Trump has any immunity, concerning the alleged crimes he committed on January 6, 2021, at the time of the so called ‘’insurrection’’ in Washington.
This is to say that Smith was trying to bypass the D.C. Court of Appeals. That Court is scheduled to hear ‘’oral arguments’’ on the matter, in early January. Regardless of the ruling, it will no doubt be appealed to the Supreme Court, so such a request is completely reasonable.
The Supreme Court responded with a simple, one sentence statement of denial, without giving any reason. Chalk one up for Trump! He has succeeded in delaying that trial, yet again! Thanks to the Supreme Court, which is now being referred to as ‘’The Dancing Court’’! In the finest tradition of the bourgeois, they are once again, ‘’passing the buck’’. Not making any decisions! Or at least delaying any decisions! This is also referred to as ‘’kicking the can down the road’’!
The journalists, who work for the mainstream press, are resorting to ‘’verbal gymnastics’’, in an attempt to report the news, without offending those for whom they work, the billionaires. They are referring to this court case as a ‘’legal landmine’’, in a country that is ‘’deeply divided’’, involving a ‘’critical legal question’’, one which is ‘’so fraught with politics’’, to be decided by a ‘’deeply divided court’’. Hogwash!
The ‘’deeply divided country’’, to which they refer, is nothing other than a country divided by class conflict. It is now so fierce, it is approaching open class warfare! The working class, the proletariat, versus the monopoly capitalist class, the billionaires, the bourgeoisie! Further, the ‘’legal landmine’’ is not a ‘’critical legal question’’, nor is it ‘’fraught with politics’’. It is a matter of Constitutional law, to be decided upon by the Supreme Court! Whether or not that Court is also ‘’deeply divided’’, is not the issue! It is their duty! It is just that simple!
The fact that the corruption, which is characteristic of all capitalist countries, has spread to all branches of the government, including the Supreme Court, does not change that fact.
Now this completely corrupt class of monopoly capitalists, the billionaires, are determined to establish a fascist society. They must be stopped! It is not reasonable to expect the corrupt state apparatus, which is in the service of the billionaires, to oppose the plans of those same billionaires, to establish a fascist society.
Yet outside the government, the opposition to this proposed state of fascism is broad and deep. With good reason! It is characteristic of fascists, to persecute certain minorities. This persecution may be based upon race, religion or ethnic background. Even great wealth may not save them! As well, anyone whom they perceive to be ‘’enemies’’, is ‘’fair game’’! ‘’Vermin’’! To be ‘’liquidated’’!
For that reason, an anti fascist coalition should not be strictly ‘’Leftist’’. It should include all of those who believe in a democratic republic. Such people may, or may not, be a member of one of the two mainstream political parties, Democratic or Republican.
In the interest of preserving our democratic republic, it is necessary for those who consider themselves to be ‘’Leftists’’, including anarchists, socialists, democratic socialists, independent socialists and Communists, among others, to work with those who are considered to be ‘’Ultra Right Wing’’.
As for those who consider themselves to be ‘’Ultra Left Wing’’, and object to working with such disagreeable people, may I suggest that there are times when such temporary alliances, with those who are highly unreliable, are necessary! According to Lenin!
Truly, ‘’politics makes for strange bedfellows’’! Besides, bear in mind that they hate us, just as much as we hate them!
The only qualification, is that any Communist who works within such a coalition, must be free to express those Communist beliefs. That includes the necessity of Scientific Socialism, through revolution, and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat. Without such an understanding, any such coalition, is out of the question.
This proposed coalition should take the form of a Society, one which is non profit, focused only on opposing fascism. It should have no opinion on any outside issues. It should neither support, nor oppose, any causes. The one and only goal, of that Society, should be that of opposition to fascism.
There are various ways to oppose fascism. One of these methods involves court challenges. One of those court challenges, which I am proposing, is considered to be ‘’forbidden’’! That is to challenge the ‘’sacred’’, ‘’Two Party System’’! Sacred or not, it is Unconstitutional!
It may well be objected, that the American Two Party System, is thought to be, ‘’at the heart of our democratic republic’’. That may well be. That is not the issue. At issue is the law. That law is referred to as the Constitution.
It may further be objected, that I am not an expert on Constitutional law. True! Guilty as charged! I am not even a lawyer! I am merely expressing my opinion. Not that my opinion matters. The one and only opinion that matters, is the opinion of the Supreme Court! They have never expressed an opinion on this subject, because the Two Party System has never been challenged!
As I have mentioned in previous articles, the Twelfth Amendment lays out the procedure, to be followed, for all federal elections!I have deliberately stressed the word ‘’federal’’, as it is now the custom to refer to this as a ‘’presidential’’ election. It is not presidential. It is federal! As it is so important, I have chosen to reproduce it, in full:
Twelfth Amendment
The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;–the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;–The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. [And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.–]The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
Clearly, there is no mention of any ‘’Two Parties’’! Nor is there any mention of any ‘’Popular Vote’’, ‘’District’’, or ‘’Running Mate’’!
The argument can also be made that the states do not have the right to ‘’meddle’’ in any federal election. This is to say that forcing the Electors, by state law, to vote for a particular candidate for the Presidency, or of the Vice Presidency, of either the Republican Party, or of the Democratic Party, is Unconstitutional!
There is a reason that no federal election has ever been challenged in court. Because the experts on Constitutional law are well aware, that the Two Party System is Unconstitutional! They do not want to ‘’open that can of worms’’! To challenge the 2020 federal election, on the grounds that it did not follow the procedures laid out in the Constitution, would almost certainly result in the Supreme Court ruling in their favour. Effectively, such a ruling would establish the fact that Biden is a fraudulent President, and Harris is a fraudulent Vice President!
Such a Supreme Court decision would also mean that all federal elections, dating back to the days of the Civil War, were illegal! All of those Presidents, and Vice Presidents, were fraudulent!
Further, it would also mean that the upcoming federal election of 2024, would have to follow the procedures laid out in the Constitution. No popular vote! Any such vote would be meaningless! Only the states can appoint Electors, and all state laws, requiring those Electors to vote for the candidates of a major political party, would be struck down as Unconstitutional!
For that reason, it would not matter if Trump was the candidate of the Republican Party, or not. Each and every Elector would be able to vote for the individuals of their choice! Such individuals may, or may not, be the candidates of a particular party! As per the Constitution!
That is the anticipated result of such a Supreme Court challenge, to the Two Party System. Such a ruling, that the Two Party System is Unconstitutional, would ‘’throw a monkey wrench’’ into the plans of the billionaires, to set up a fascist society, with Trump as the dictator.
May I suggest, to the most avidly ‘’Right Wing’’ anti fascist people, that our options are limited. We can stop the ruling class of billionaires, from setting up a fascist state, with Trump as the dictator, or we can do nothing. Doing nothing is not an option!
Bear in mind that Trump has made it clear that all of his opponents are vermin! To be placed in huge concentration camps! To start! Guess what happens to all such vermin after that! Expect a Second Holocaust! That is the plan of Trump!
As well, no doubt such an Anti Fascist Society will attract numerous professional people, including ’’celebrities’’. It is such celebrities, especially those who are seen as ‘’Movie Stars’’, who have great power! Spiritual power! Possibly far more than they realize! For reasons which defy any rational explanation, working people pay strict attention to anything they say! To such people, I say, use that power! To oppose Trump and the fascists!
My suggestion is that professional writers can prepare a script, to be read by those considered to be Movie Stars -the more popular and beautiful the better!- recorded in video form, and then placed on the internet. Better yet, a series of videos, written in a popular, entertaining manner. Watch how fast they go ‘’viral’’!
These videos do not have to be ‘’Leftist’’. They have to be anti fascist. We can expect their effect on the common people, to be immediate and dramatic. Watch how fast working class people abandon Trump and the fascists, and embrace the ‘’Movie Stars’’, along with a democratic republic!
Bear in mind that working class people are avid readers. They also pay strict attention to the news. So the videos should make reference to current events, while being presented in an entertaining manner, without being condescending.
The success of these videos, will further enhance the careers of all involved in their production.
By contrast, the success of Trump and the fascists, is not to be considered.
Gerald McIsaac Science Project 