Cartoon Saturday

Happy Independence Day! It's just too bad we don't have national leadership equal to the occasion of our 250th birthday.

The United States and much of Europe continues to wilt under a historic heat wave; a 67-year-old Olympic canoeist was indicted by a grand jury for allegedly vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool - the "felony destruction of property" charge carries a potential 10-year jail sentence; rock star Taylor Swift and her fiancé Travis Kelce celebrated their royal wedding at New York's Madison Square Garden; the Catholic Church is embroiled in controversy as Pope Leo XIV excommunicated members of the traditionalist Society of St Pius X; and in Denver, Colorado, a pilot who was bitten by a swarm of bats that entered his hotel room during the night has spent over $100,000 for rabies treatments, but says the hotel is offering a "paltry sum" damage settlement, claiming that "these types of things happen at no one’s fault."

This week, in "honor" of the debasement of our system of justice - particularly the Supreme Court - we offer a Cartoon Saturday look at our courts ... 

The question we never thought we'd have to ask ...

Now, there's a personal lawyer who's setting himself up for a new job as Attorney General ...

It must be nice to have that kind of money ... and connections ...

The Supreme Court's law library seems to have a few books missing ...

I think that there are three associate SCOTUS justices who wish they could deliver their dissents from the bench in sign language ...

Quite an earthquake coming, especially when this is added to the shockwaves of the Founders turning over in their own graves ...

And the shore is stronger than a lot of people may think ...

The thumb on the scales of justice is at least as green as the water of the Poor reflecting Pool ...

Today's SCOTUS believes in the doctrine of sorry decisis ...

The people who are listening are not occupying positions in Der Furor's regime ...

So far, many of the lower courts are standing up for the rule of law that is being shredded by a deeply conservative and politically compromised Supreme Court. I hope they can continue to hold the line of justice long enough to matter.

Have a good day and a great holiday weekend. More thoughts tomorrow, when Poetry Sunday looks at the celebration of our national birthday. See you then.

Bilbo