Mounting calls to protect kids from ‘harmful’ information online, and laws that try to do that, are being challenged in the United States.

There are privacy concerns and constitutional challenges with each idea and way of protecting minors. And soon, the Supreme Court will review a Texas law requiring porn sites to block underage users.

theconversation.com/is-childpr…
#socialmedia #parenting #privacy #scotus #uspolitics

[thread] John Thune
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thu…

* politician serving as senior U.S. senator from South Dakota 2005+
* will become the Senate majority leader in Jan 2025
* 2024 elected Senate Republican leader, succeeding Mitch McConnell

Comment: McConnell known for filibuster (frustrating Obama), working with Leonard Leo to secure SCOTUS conservative supermajority

#JohnThune #MitchMcConnell #SenateRepublicans #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #SCOTUS
#Project2025 #billionaires #libertarianism #Christofascism

⬆️ @dangillmor

>> Criminal #Trump nominates monstrous #Gaetz to oversee criminal justice in America.

We can call it Trump's #viceSignaling, which is the exact opposite of #Biden's #virtueSignaling that had led him to make #Garland "whole" by appointing him as AG because #Republicans had stolen the latter's #SCOTUS seat.

Now Trump signals to his constituents that rape — whether statutory with underage kids, or otherwise — is just fine, and the DOJ won't prosecute them.

#YourBodyMyChoice #YBMC

#WompWomp until somehow Trump interferes with state cases

#SCOTUS on Tuesday dealt a setback to former White House chief of staff Mark #Meadows in his defense against 2020 election interference charges in #Georgia, turning away his attempt to transfer his case from state to federal court.
nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-c…

Supreme Court rejects Mark Meadows' appeal in Georgia election interference case

The Supreme Court dealt a setback to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in his defense against 2020 election interference charges in Georgia, turning away his attempt to transfer his case from state to federal court.

^{Lawrence Hurley (NBC News)}

#Trump was originally to be sentenced in July. Then came the 1 July #SCOTUS ruling granting presidents broad #immunity for ofcl acts.

Merchan agreed & pushed back the proceeding until 18 Sept…

Trump’s attys in Aug asked for still more time…

Merchan on 6 Sept delayed Trump’s sentencing yet again until 26 Nov – after the election

Trump’s lawyers argued over the weekend that there are “strong reasons for the requested stay, & eventually dismissal of the case in the interests of justice.”

#law

Trump pressures candidates for #Senate #GOP leader to fill his Cabinet right away

US Senate has not allowed presidents to make recess appts since a 2014 #SCOTUS ruling limited the president’s power to do so.

He's not even been sworn in, so he's not even POTUS yet, but - true to form - Trump wants to break that rule. Big time.

Hm. Wonder why. arabnews.com/node/2578824

#Election2024 #Elections2024

Trump pressures candidates for Senate GOP leader to fill his Cabinet right away

WASHINGTON: Days before Senate Republicans pick their new leader, President-elect Donald Trump is pressuring the candidates to change the rules and empower him to appoint some nominees without a Senate vote. Republican Sens.

^{AP (Arabnews)}

From the it has to happen but never will file.

The United States will never have an independent #SCOTUS unless it scraps the current court and justices and starts a new with a non-political appointment process and new justices. I might suggest a process similar to this.

fja.gc.ca/scc-csc/2022/questio…

Ben Wittes:

"In contemplating the dangers of the second #Trump term, the damage he can do with perfect legality actually looms more ominously than his ultimately-inevitable criminality... the simple truth is that if we are going to protect #democracy, the actions of the state matter more than the criminal actions of the man."

lawfaremedia.org/article/no-re…

#election2024 #scotus #maga #harris #project2025

The Situation: No Recriminations, Just Democratic Survival

The big danger is what Trump can do lawfully.

^Default

youtube.com/watch?v=fweFvpLbTE…

#BrianTylerCohen

#SCOTUS #SonyaSotomayor

Fine. But here's my question: Why aren't Americans pushing #farright #Alito and #ClarenceThomas out? They are older than she is, and are riddled with scandals. Get them out.

@Beachbum

#USpol #Elections2024

*The Clear Shape of Things To Come during #Trump's 2nd term in office*

(1/n)

I don't think there are any significant guardrails left
but the Constitution.
Let me explain why:

#SCOTUS will, however, be interpreted by an all-but #MAGA-controlled #SupremeCourt.
Regarding the #JusticeDepartment and the rest of the #Judiciary, I strongly recommend reading this summary I wrote about the #DeutschesReich regarding this...

Tagging @si_irini

@VeroniqueB99

#WompWomp Yes, another rare #SCOTUS #Wompage moment.

“Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday rejected a request from Cornel West to direct #Pennsylvania election officials to post notices informing voters at polling locations statewide on Election Day that West is a presidential candidate and his name can be written in on ballots.”

cbsnews.com/news/cornel-west-p…

Alito denies Cornel West bid for intervention in Pennsylvania ballot access dispute

As the Nov. 5 election draws near, the Supreme Court has been asked to intervene in a growing number of disputes.

^{Melissa Quinn (CBS News)}

Unpopular rulings on #elections, #abortion, presidential #immunity, #guns & other issues — as well as the #criminal cases against #Trump, which will likely move forward if he loses — have driven down public #trust in #SCOTUS & the #justice system.

That decline may be hard to reverse no matter which candidate prevails — especially if the courts play a role in deciding the winner.

#law #judiciary #courts #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

Even as the #election will shape the #judiciary, the judiciary may also shape the election. As in 2020, #Republicans & #Democrats have already asked federal #judges, including those on #SCOTUS, to resolve disputes about ballots before Election Day. Their rulings could determine the outcome of a close race.

Perhaps related, Americans’ faith in the #courts has eroded in the #Trump era.

#law #courts #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

In the lower #courts, #judges can serve for life. So the more a president appoints, the more he or she can shape the country. #SCOTUS hears only about 80 cases per year, meaning that lower courts are often the final arbiter on many issues. They set #precedent on #criminal #justice, #bankruptcy proceedings, #corporate disputes & #antitrust enforcement, & on whether federal #laws & rules are #constitutional.

#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

#Harris also wants to enact #TermLimits & an #ethics code for #SCOTUS, given the revelation that Thomas & Alito accepted luxury gifts w/o disclosing them. That’s unlikely if #Republicans control the #Senate — & maybe even if #Democrats do, thanks to the #filibuster.

#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

#Trump appointed 3 #SCOTUS justices as president. If he wins, he may get more appointments than #KamalaHarris would have.
In recent years, judges have retired in time to let the president they prefer fill their seats. The oldest justices today— #ClarenceThomas, 76, & #Samuel Alito, 74—are #Republican appointees. If they retired during a 2nd Trump admin, he could choose young replacements to cement #conservative control of the court for decades.

#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #HarrisWalz2024

On Tues, Americans will elect the next #POTUS & hundreds of #Congress members. In doing so, voters will also shape the 3rd branch: the #judiciary.

Federal #judges — whom the #president picks & the #Senate confirms — have become even more powerful in recent yrs as a #polarized Congress has failed to pass major #laws on many issues. As a result, the judiciary has shaped #policy on #abortion, #immigration, #guns, #VotingRights & more.

#law #SCOTUS #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
nytimes.com/2024/10/31/briefin…

#WompWomp… & #SCOTUS #Wompage is a rarity!

“The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to let #RFKJr. withdraw his name from ballots in #Michigan and #Wisconsin, battleground states where votes for his now suspended campaign could cut into support for #Trump”

cnn.com/2024/10/29/politics/rf…

Via Josh Gerstein:

JUST IN: 17 former GOP House members file amicus at #SCOTUS AGAINST #Virginia voter purge & arguing NVRA was supposed to prevent it during quiet period

supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/…

Make it stop.

Via Elie Mystal:

Jesus fucking Christ

Ian Millhiser:

The Independent State Legislature Doctrine is back before #SCOTUS, in case you're wondering why every election lawyer you know will be drinking heavily tonight vox.com/scotus/380170/supreme-…

A new Supreme Court case could change the result of the presidential election

Republicans ask the Supreme Court to disenfranchise thousands of Pennsylvania voters.

^{Ian Millhiser (Vox)}