E. Faye Williams: Our Supreme Court…Hard to believe

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(TriceEdneyWire.com)—I listened to every word of the United States Supreme Court Hearing in the past few days. My mind went back to years ago when people seeking justice would say the words “We will take this to the Supreme Court” because we truly believed we would receive some measure of justice there. The last place we want to go today to think we’re going to get justice for women, for Black people,& poor people, for Liberals! I couldn’t believe what I was hearing from the male justices—not even the Chief Justice. As much as I hate to say it, there was no doubt they did not deserve to be called Justices.& There was not a word about preserving our Constitution. If it were not for the four women on the Court—Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (who was brilliant); Justice Sonia Sotomayor (who was awesome), Justice Elena Kagan (also brilliant) and I will give Justice Amy Coney Barrett her props (who gave a little bit of hope with her questions). As for the men, they didn’t assure us they were sitting on that bench to protect the American people.& They made it clear they were there to be more interested in protecting...

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