SCOTUS is NOT SERVANTS OF THE LAW>!!!!!!

[Perky]

They are servants and protectors of the Constituion. THe Constitution always trumps the law.....That is why SCOTUS in necessary to protect the people from unconstitutional law and the unitary reach of despots.

[neoblues]

1. True, they are our only insurance that "the rule of law" conforms

to the Constitution--and without that protection, laws can be just as dictatorial/authoritarian as any edicts Nazi Germany ever experienced. Being a "Law" is not any kind of assurance that it's related to justice or fair play--unless it conforms to other rules, especially those found in the Bill of Rights and the rest of the Constitution.

On a related point, I was surprised to discover that the SCOTUS, unlike other courts in the land, has no standard of--much less a written statement of... ethics. They have no such rules of conduct applying to themselves (as just about every other group of professional people do). They can happily accept gifts from third parties--even those with business before the court. It may not "look" good or ethical, but who cares? We are to "trust" these people implicitly, apparently. So, there's nothing whatsoever acting as a guideline to prevent them from blatant displays of partisan political legal judgements. It may be egregious, but it's not only legal, it's not even cause for any kind of censure. They really are "supreme".