Who's Afraid of a SCOTUS Term?

Ruth Marcus urges the Court to Slow Down

As if the country has not been harmed for decades, awaiting decisions from above about what is stewing in American society...

It's time, Ruth.  It's time for change.  For the men and the boys, as well as the women and girls.  For the queers and non-conformist singles, as well as for heterosexuals and married families.  For the whites and the blacks, the documented newcomers and the non-citizen workers.  For all of us in America, Ruth.

Not just the ones -- like yourself -- who have been benefitting for years based on the rules put in place that favor your identity groups. 

[F]or now, the Court is marching on toward fresh territory, taking on race, gay rights and the fundamental structures of democracy — this even as the shock waves of the abortion ruling reverberate through our politics and lower courts grapple with a transformed legal regime. And there’s every indication that the court intends to adopt changes nearly as substantial — and as long-sought by conservatives — as those of last term.

You see, when the laws are turned back on us -- when the People have more input into their own representation, where their dollars are spent and the policies that affect their daily lives -- we are a stronger country.  We respect one another as individuals, not favored parties always in conflict.

United we once stood, divided we are falling.

Don't be afraid of change, Ruth. It's what got us all here as a nation.  E Pluribus Unum.  In the end, we stand stronger together when more of us are represented -- and that happens through the Legislative branch, not the judicial.  Rights are not awarded from above, but earned with like-minded others. Fellow citizens.

SCOTUS is going to turn it back to us is all, and make us do the work:  decide these issues more fairly, amongst ourselves, in ways where more voices are represented -- minorities working within the system too;  never doubt that we can compete with you on our own merits w/o your "help".  It will take time, but in the end, building upon a more stable and equitable legal foundation makes all of us stronger, "minorities" included (especially considering how immigration, medical technologies and self-awareness are reshaping demographics in America, as we speak...)

Fair is fair is fair is fair.  In 21st Century America too.

Bring on the next SCOTUS term then... foot on the gas, eyes on the far horizon.  All drivers: in.

America really is ready for this change, Ruth.  Your generations dictated for too long, and now the younger people -- much more individualistic than the boomers and the ones they've artificially boosted -- are going to step up as the Court clears more paths for the American people to represent their own interests.  It's not a bad thing, Change -- even Change that comes faster than you can control.  Really.

Some of us, you might say, have spent our lives waiting for it -- these great legal shifts portending true Change for our Americas -- and getting prepared to physically on board.  We've waded through the muck to get here and we're not going away.  If you are one of those that got too big and heavy in the waiting years, don't expect to throw your weight around for much longer, holding back progress in America.  We've got the numbers now;  we're not waiting anymore.

“They’re impatient,” Harvard Law School professor Richard Lazarus said of the conservative justices, especially the longest-serving, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. “They’ve spent a lot of time waiting for this majority to happen and they don’t plan to waste it.”

Damn straight, and sexual preference has nothing to do with it, Ruth.  Really.