Supreme Court Justices: Travesty and Tragedy

I once read that the most prestigious job in the world was that of a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. These people were the closest thing we had to Plato’s wise philosophers whose rule he thought would be the best form of government. For any person of quality, being invested for life with such power, authority, and respect was ne plus ultra.

I don’t think any of the nation’s founders imagined that anyone who attained this pinnacle would abandon it for the sake of twisted religious beliefs, authoritarian political ideologies, or free trips to billionaire-owned fishing camps. In any event, no guardrails are in place to protect us against our corrupt highest court. I don’t approve of flying flags upside down, but perhaps all American flags should be flown at half mast.