It's not available yet, but I'm looking forward to the annual message from the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
I can preview it's content: "We're not corrupt. La-la-la-la."
It likely will hail the passage of internet censorship legislation as part of the NDAA that prevents publication of some information concerning the ethics of federal judges.
It likely won't mention that more than a hundred judges heard cases in which they had a financial interest.
It won't mention some of the court's biggest achievements, including blocking passage of legislation to make court records published on PACER available for free to the public and preventing online video of Supreme Court proceedings.
Nary a mention will be made of conservative efforts to covertly influence the court on abortion through the use of tactical donations to get close to the justices.
Nor will it hail the expanded use of the shadow docket or the capture of the court by the far right.
We might see a mention of a loss of public confidence in the court, but that will be blamed on those of us who don't spend the time to read their opinions, where they lay out all the facts and just call balls and strikes.
I wouldn't expect to see anything about Justice Thomas's connections to the far right insurrectionists that tried to topple the U.S. government.
All in all, it should be a pretty boring statement from a revanchist, far right judiciary rolling back constitutional rights.
Daniel Schuman
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