An Oil Painting by a High School Student was on Display at the Portland Public Library Last Year Showing How the Supreme Court Has and Continues to Divide This Nation by its Power Grab Decisions that it is Not Qualified to Issue.

Emboldened by the arrogance and ignorance of Donald Trump, the Supreme Court has been making decisions that disregard the expertise of the medical, scientific and legal professions  in its power grab rulings from the bench in Washington, D.C.

Most notable of course is its arrogant and ignorant overturn of Roe vs. Wade just over two years ago.  The painful fallout from that ignorance is incalcuable as the medical profession is outlawed from exercising its training and knowledge for its patients.  Settled law be dammed!

Yesterday the Supreme Court reversed a long-standing legal precedent by reducing the decision making power from federal agencies to the court.  This change is bound to impact the regulation of the “environment, health care and consumer safety” as described in a front page article in “The New York Times” by Adam Liptak today.  The legal precedent is called the Chevron Doctrine.  According to the same Liptak piece:  “There have been 70 Supreme Court decisions along with 17,000 in the lower courts” based on the Chevron Doctrine.

“The conservative majority of the Supreme Court – bolstered by former President Trump’s nominees – has again taken on activist positions saying the court should be allowed to interfere with the judgment of experts and meddle in, if not outright impose their own agendas on all kinds of public policies.  This decision represents a stark judicial overrech that erodes the ability of the Federal government to protect the health and safety of the American people, the health of our environment and much more.  At nearly every turn, from striking down Roe v. Wade to today’s decision, the conservative members of the Supreme Court is taking extreme positions, overturnig decades of precedent and striking down longstanding rights – decisions that have devastating and dangerous consequences for people across Maine and across America,” wrote Governor Janet T. Mills (D) in a statement issued yesterday.  Governor Mills is the state’s first woman Attorney General.

What protections will the Court take away on Monday?