Letter to the editor: Partisan Supreme Court is restricting our freedoms

For the first time in our history, the Supreme Court is restricting our freedoms and rights rather than expanding them.

A ban on abortions would be a dystopian nightmare of state-enforced pregnancies. This abortion ruling, while egregious, is just one of the latest in a series of Supreme Court decisions that undermine our freedoms. The Roberts’ court’s move will result in our reproductive freedom being taken away, with devastating consequences for women.

Past decisions impacted our voting rights with Shelby County vs. Holder and Bush vs. Gore, our health care rights with NFIB vs. Sebelius, our consumer rights with AT&T Mobility vs Concepcion, and our labor rights with Cedar Point Nursery vs Hassid. The latest ruling against the EPA in essence says we don’t have the right to clean air, but corporations have the right to pollute. This is only a partial list of freedoms restricted by this radical court that seems determined to destroy our democracy.

The highest court in our nation has lost all legitimacy. No longer do we have major decisions that are unanimous, but 6-3 decisions split along party lines. The justices are not neutral arbiters, but party partisans. We are supposedly a government of, by and for the people. However, the Supreme Court decisions go against what the majority of Americans want and upholding the Constitution they pledged to protect.

Make sure your voice is heard by voting for a candidate in November who respects individual freedoms and reflects the desires of the people, not a particular minority or special-interest group.

Katie Forsythe

North Huntingdon