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Justice Denied - Why the failures of our Judicial System just might be the Death of American Democracy

Let's quickly review what is currently transpiring in the courts:

1) SCOTUS Justice Alito has refused to recuse himself in current cases involving Jan.6th and the issue of Presidential Immunity even though he clearly has a conflict of interest.

2) Florida federal Judge Canon refuses to set a trial date in the document possession case and has blocked any attempts by Special Council Jack Smith to gag Trump's corrupting public attacks.

3) The Arizona Supreme Court has refused to challenge attempts to declare vote counts independent of election boards - thus insuring majority rule does not apply to final delegate count.

4) Two standards of Justice in the case of Trump's 11 gag orders are apparent. Who else would be able to be out on bail pending trial while attacking the courts, judges and members of the jury? The failure of the Federal Justice Department to utilize the tools written as a means to stop Trump's attacks underscores that our 'titans of industry' are treated differently than the common public.

The spectacular failure and collapse of our Justice systems in light of a concerted effort on the part of MAGA congresspersons to use the system against itself (endless appeals, delay tactics and smear campaigns) highlights the vulnerability by bad actors to exploit the courts.

Regardless of a Trump conviction in New York, the damages to America's belief in equal justice under the law has been shattered. That damage will show up at the polls this November.

The Maypole

Weaving and winding, it starts at the Crown
Colors of All Shades - like wild hair thrown about in a Thunderstorm
Down and down these shards of cloth travel
encasing the towering shaft that embeds itself into the Earth
a Zigot to Shake the Universe

Those interplay of colors and - yes - emotions seemed
to be a vertical sail, scintillating and very light,
a luxurious backdrop
suspended in the morning sky to dazzle, distract and hypnotize

There is room enough under all those ribbons
to shelter the homeless, to feed the starving
To welcome the Lost and listen to your Story:

One ribbon anchors you to a hope that propels you forwards
Another - the silver one - weaves together your memories around the past and the oh-so-many failures
while the common Heartbeat
that central note in your Dance of Life
pounds out another second slipping past,
another experience (oh Please! Let this be one of Joy!)
that sustains everyone for another Year

So place flowers at the Maypoles foot
Sing the Songs of Aphrodite and Pan
Feel the grasses tangle underfoot and hop like mad bunnies
We are lashed to the Miracle of our own existence
Be it storms or drought, feast or famine
we are witnesses to our own eventual demise
tied up into a neat bow at The End

- 2024 B. B. Blank

Saying goodbye to 2023, I cannot escape the gravity of what this next year will bring to America - challenges to our Democratic Republic on a scale never experienced in my Lifetime. I'm going to step up to the task to the best of my abilities, as I hope all of you feeling this same way will do. It is not a time to sit on the sidelines... because our collective house is on fire.

In case you missed this month's Atlantic magazine headline: “A vote for Donald Trump may mean the last election that you ever get to vote in," - Liz Cheney (R)