by William A. Jacobson at legalinsurrection.com
“Color Revolution” is a term that has been around for a while and doesn’t have a single clear definition. But the term most famously was used as to the “Orange” Ukraine 2004 civil unrest that allegedly was manipulated by western intelligence agencies to topple a pro-Russia regime. A color revolution then, is a form of manipulated mass civil disobediance meant to accomplish regime change.
We saw it used against Trump after the 2016 election, where manipulated and hysterical claims of Russia collusion were used to attempt to paralyze the Trump administration under the umbrella of “The Resistance” – and it worked well in stymying many of Trump’s planned initiatives. It all was highly organized and manipulated. What has been happening in Israel regarding judicial reform also is a form of color revolution, where organized mass protests against the recently-elected right wing coalition led by Benjamin Netanyahu paralyzed the country, and even the military, all with the purpose of overthrowing the democratically elected goverment.
There also is a type of color revolution being waged against the Supreme Court now that it has a conservative majority. Michael Waller tweeted:
“A full-blown Color Revolution-style attack on the US Supreme Court as an institution is now in its early stages.”
I agree that Color Revolution probably is an appropriate term for the years-long and accelerating attempt by Democrats to delegitimize the Supreme Court. You could trace the history back to the “Borking” of Reagan nominee Robert Bork, but certainly to the savaging of Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearings.
Democrats are launching a campaign to reopen and revisit the Kavanaugh confirmation. They can’t do that legally, but they want to further increase the pressure on Kavanaugh — the person who was almost assassinated due to Democrat and media incitement.
Among the SCOTUS-related stories that major outlets have broken in the last few weeks:
– Washington Post discovered that Clarence Thomas has been declaring income from “Ginger Holdings LLC” instead of “Ginger Limited Partnership” since 2006.
– CNN discovered that a company Harlan Crow’s family had a minority interest in was involved in a case that SCOTUS declined to consider. Crow & his company had no involvement in the case.
– Politico discovered that Justice Gorsuch correctly declared the sale of his portion of an LLC that sold property to a partner at a law firm. That partner never met Gorsuch and is a big Dem donor.
– Business Insider discovered that Justice Roberts’ wife is a successful recruiter for major law firms. None of her recruits have ever argued before SCOTUS.
If you don’t realize this is an intentional and coordinated campaign aimed directly at delegitimizing the SCOTUS majority, I don’t know what to tell you.