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Always remember the 1st Amendment is FREEDOM FROM RELIGION.
I’m genuinely intrigued by the position of Alito wanting to return America back to a time of “godliness”
Because if you look at the history of this country, from the time it was established to present… when was it ever godly?
Alito's remarks are deeply troubling and betray a disturbing disregard for the principles of democracy and pluralism. Suggesting that one side must triumph over the other and advocating for a return to specific religious 'laws" undermine our constitution.
Alito's corrupt bias is in direct opposition to the first amendment and the principle of religious freedom.
This country is founded on the idea of freedom of religion, and freedom from religion, not the imposition of a religious code.
The very first words of the First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.
I am available to give remedial Constitutional law class to the corrupt #Alito & company.
Justice Alito Caught on Tape Discussing How Battle for America ‘Can’t Be Compromised’
In a new, secret recording, the #supremeCourt justice says he “agrees” that the U.S. should return to a place of godliness. #scotus #alito
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/samuel-alito-supreme-court-justice-recording-tape-battle-1235036470/
Samuel Alito Rejects Compromise, Says One Political Party Will ‘Win’
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in a new recording says the battle for America "can't be compromised," and that one political party will "win."Tessa Stuart (Rolling Stone)
#Trump plans to claim sweeping #authority over #federal #spending
In a 2nd term, Trump will look at unilateral funding cuts for the #WHO & #green #energy initiatives.
He is vowing to wrest key spending powers from #Congress & to assert more control over the federal #budget than any president in #US #history.
#law #Constitution #SCOTUS #power #government #extortion #EconomicPolicy #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #democracy #BidenHarris2024
https://wapo.st/3XekhX4
The required annual reports, covering activity in 2023, also show 3 justices — Brett #Kavanaugh, Neil #Gorsuch & #KetanjiBrownJackson — received 6-figure book payments.
#law #ethics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/07/supreme-court-financial-disclosures-gifts-thomas/
NEW: Justice Clarence Thomas Acknowledges He Should Have Disclosed Free Trips From Billionaire Donor
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The trips include vacations in Indonesia and at the exclusive, men’s-only Bohemian Grove retreat, which were first reported by ProPublica last year.
#News #SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #SupremeCourt #Law #Courts #Government #Politics
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-gift-disclosures-harlan-crow
Gift link wasn’t available. Sigh.
Justice #ClarenceThomas discloses two 2019 trips paid for by Harlan Crow
2023 financial disclosure reports for Supreme Court justices also show six-figure book payments for Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Jackson #SCOTUS
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/07/supreme-court-financial-disclosures-gifts-thomas/
CLARENCE THOMAS MUST GO!!!
#SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #SupremeCorruption #JohnRoberts
Thomas has accepted $4M in gifts during career: Watchdog
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4708390-thomas-has-accepted-4m-in-gifts-during-career-watchdog/
#USpol #SCOTUS #ExpandTheCourt
I'd love to participate 😇
#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112570238798990241
Via Kyle Griffin:Reps. Jamie #Raskin and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are hosting a roundtable next week on the ethics crisis at the #SCOTUS.
The roundtable will feature panelists — including Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse — to examine how "Justices beholden to right-wing dark money networks and unencumbered by any binding code of ethics are imposing an extremist agenda that undermines American democracy, deprives Americans of basic civil rights, and guts environmental protections."
Via Kyle Griffin:
Reps. Jamie #Raskin and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are hosting a roundtable next week on the ethics crisis at the #SCOTUS.
The roundtable will feature panelists — including Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse — to examine how "Justices beholden to right-wing dark money networks and unencumbered by any binding code of ethics are imposing an extremist agenda that undermines American democracy, deprives Americans of basic civil rights, and guts environmental protections."
Via #LindyLi
#MikeJohnson let slip #SupremeCourt→upset over Trump’s verdict
#Trump expected #Alito 2 overturn #2020election 4 him
His lawyer said #Kavanaugh would protect him
Folks— #SCOTUS ain’t a court anymore
It’s an arm o Trump campaign
Important 2 note MAGA Johnson & #AmyConeyBarrett have been close friends since hi-school
Same #CoathangerAmy who belongd 2 religious cult #PeopleOfPraise & whose hsbnd now shills 4 #RupertMurdoch’s #Fox propaganda empire
And there we go. #Speaker Johnson saying the corrupt and bias #SCOTUS should overturn the results of a trial that is widely known as being extremely fair and just
Mike Johnson Suggests Supreme Court Intervene In Trump Hush Money Case
The House speaker says he thinks some justices are “deeply concerned” about the former president's trial and conviction.Jonathan Nicholson (HuffPost)
Alito uses his position to platform ideology. Would we have better chance using a lottery to gain an audience with the court? The Heritc Foundation gets through the door, unions don't. Women can fly flags. Yes. Women can have autonomy over their person. NO.
Call your senator then leave a message. https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
Dick Durbin could use a lot of support on this one. So much is riding on all of us voting, but demanding impartiality and accountablity is also a duty.
“Alito has behaved not like a responsible, sober jurist, but a dime-store political hack.”
There are reasonable remedies to the SCOTUS arrogance and integrity crisis.
Like so much, the bottom line is wholesale court reform, which comes down to the election.
It’s up to us.
#SCOTUS #ethics #election2024 #GiftArticle
https://wapo.st/4egjwCS
Perry Stein to Richard Lui/#MSNBC:
This is a state crime, so Trump's appeal of the Bragg convictions wld go up thru the state judicial system to NY Supreme Court & not the Federal system to #SCOTUS.
Hwr, a decision inTrump's #PresidentialImmunity case currently before SCOTUS cld impact it.
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So what the heck is all the yadda yadda about the FEC? It's always been my understanding he's not charged under FEC law. He's charged under NY State election law.
Looks like a red herring to me.
Neighbors say Alitos used security detail car to threaten them after dispute
Emily Baden says after a disagreement over political lawn signs with the US supreme court justice’s wife, a black car began parking at her mother’s home #Alito #SCOTUS
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/31/samuel-alito-flag-neighbor-interview?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Blather, wince, repeat.
“Chief Justice John #Roberts on Thursday declined an invitation to meet with Democratic senators to talk about Supreme Court ethics and the controversy over flags that flew outside homes owned by Justice Samuel #Alito.” #SCOTUS
https://apnews.com/article/dc879158dd42050a9a52c850abfb90b9
Chief Justice Roberts rejects Senate Democrats' request to discuss SCOTUS ethics and Alito flag controversy
Chief Justice John Roberts has declined an invitation to meet with Democratic senators to talk about Supreme Court ethics and flags that flew outside Justice Samuel Alito's homes. Roberts’ response came in a letter to the senators Thursday.MARK SHERMAN (AP News)
"the case is notable because Fox Corporation—the parent company of Fox News— is directly paying the family of a Supreme Court justice, which neither Barrett nor her husband are required to disclose."
The rot in the court is a feature of the Federalist Society, not a bug. As long as there is a pipeline for FedSoc to put right wing activists into the court, you'll have this corruption.
#USPol #SCOTUS #supremecourt
https://newrepublic.com/post/182040/amy-coney-barrett-husband-new-client-fox-lawsuit
Amy Coney Barrett’s Husband Has a New Client—and It’s Disturbing
A new report raises serious questions about the Supreme Court justice’s conflicts of interest.The New Republic
#protest #ContentiousPolitics #podcast #SCOTUS #abortion #ReproductiveRights https://ash.harvard.edu/articles/episode-three-the-scotus-marches/
Supreme Court Thursday cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against a former New York state official over claims she violated its free-speech rights.
The unanimous opinion reverses a lower court decision tossing out the gun rights group’s lawsuit against ex-New York State Department of Financial Services Superintendent Maria Vullo. #SCOTUS #NRA
https://apnews.com/article/953424f3fd33f279b0cc2ce050069d48 https://apnews.com/article/953424f3fd33f279b0cc2ce050069d48
Supreme Court clears the way for the NRA’s free speech lawsuit against an ex-New York official
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against an ex-New York state official over claims she violated its free-speech rights.LINDSAY WHITEHURST (AP News)
"Let’s remember that #SCOTUS was packed by the Federalist Society to support the Koch brothers’ desire to install an oligarchy controlled government. Part one and two have already been achieved by packing the #SCOTUS and having Citizens United which legalized political bribery." -GeorgeVotesBlue
#election #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica
[Gift Article] Justice Alito tells Congress he will not recuse from Jan. 6-related cases
“My wife is fond of flying flags. I am not,” [...] “My wife was solely responsible for having flagpoles put up at our residence and our vacation home and has flown a wide variety of flags over the years.”
“…the Supreme Court has no army. You have no police; you lack all mechanisms of enforcement. Your authority depends on America’s trust in the rule of law, which you are allowing Justices Alito and Thomas to mock.”
Letter from Sabrina Haake, a 25 year litigator specializing in 1st and 14th Amendment defense, to Chief Justice Roberts.
#SCOTUS
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/28/2243237/-Letter-to-Chief-Justice-Roberts-from-a-disillusioned-trial-lawyer
Letter to Chief Justice Roberts from a disillusioned trial lawyer
Sabrina Haake, Attorney at Law Chicago, Illinois xxxxx 312-xxx-xxxx May 26, 2024 Hon. John Roberts, Chief Justice Supreme Court of the United States 1 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20543 Dear Chief Justice John Roberts; This is your moment of...Daily Kos
Our political 'ethics' problem is primarily from Rs/#TFG, but at #SCOTUS it's🚨
Smith wrote: Post's “cautious & deferential” approach toward the Alitos reflected “a pre-Dobbs world.” He meant: the 2022 Dobbs decision caused fewer journalists to treat the SCJs as if they were above politics. The SC's key rulings in recent decades -handed Rs:
Bush v Gore, Citizens United,
2019 pro-gerrymandering ruling...
Needed now: full accountability for: SC/news outlets that cover it. https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/the-medias-supreme-court-coverage
The media’s Supreme Court coverage is a long-running scandal
What’s needed now is accountability for both justices and journalistsMark Jacob (Stop the Presses)
#SCOTUS declines to decide if 12-person juries shd be req'd for state felony cases
States eg #Florida have used 6-person juries since 1977. They have 5,000 cases now on appeal to show for it.
It's #Florida. Common sense not a strong suit.
Ditto constitutionality or justice.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/28/politics/supreme-court-juries-state-felony-cases/index.html
2 SCOTUS judges openly supported the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Alito and Thomas should be impeached if they don't recuse.
It won't happen because the GOP and their backers gamed a broken system.
#SCOTUS #Alito #Jan6 #Insurrection #ClarenceThomas
Senate Democrats request a chat with Justice Roberts about Alito’s antics
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's antics have been so egregious that leading Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats have requested a meeting with Chief Justice John Roberts.Steve Benen (MSNBC)
Alito is in the tank for the criminal former president and the decimation of democracy. Not that his legal opinions have ever left much room for plausible deniability on those fronts, but now it is out there flying in plain sight.
But we can also fly our own flags, ones that support #democracy and freedoms, writes @andreagrimes
https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/05/28/justice-alitos-politics-are-literally-flying-in-our-faces/
Justice Alito’s Politics Are Literally Flying in Our Faces | Dame Magazine
There’s a rule at my parents’ tony lake house neighborhood in deep East Texas, that you’re not allowed to fly “political” flags or even put “political” signs in your yard.Andrea Grimes (Dame Magazine)
The flags outside of #SCOTUS Justice Alito's homes are symbols that fuel white nationalism.
Throughout U.S. history, Americans have been warned that anti-Black #racism is deeply embedded in the fabric of our society and institutions... and has always been a threat to #democracy. Real progress will require racism to be confronted within Americans' minds, homes, and communities first, not just Washington D.C. https://www.axios.com/2024/05/24/alito-censure-flag-jan-6-democrats
"That helps explain how #Republicans have held a majority of seats on the #SupremeCourt for 55 consecutive years despite losing the popular #vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections: The #Republican majority on the Supreme Court interceded in an election to put a Republican loser in the White House where he could appoint two more Republican Supreme Court justices, perpetuating the Republican majority on the Court."
- @foser
https://www.findinggravity.net/p/a-brief-history-of-sam-alito
#SCOTUS #Alito #Corruption #USA
![Text from article:
In December of 2000, the Supreme Court’s Republican majority prematurely stopped a recount of ballots cast in Florida, handing the White House to a Republican presidential candidate who lost the national popular vote and, we would later learn, received fewer votes in Florida, and who would go on to appoint two more Republican Supreme Court justices, including Sam Alito.1
[photo: Bush behind podium
caption: No good will come of this]
Alito’s presence on the Supreme Court is thus the result of a fundamentally anti-democratic quirk of our constitution and of a fundamentally anti-democratic decision by his fellow Republicans on the Supreme Court. That helps explain how Republicans have held a majority of seats on the Supreme Court for 55 consecutive years despite losing the popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections: The Republican majority on the Supreme Court interceded in an election to put a Republican loser in the White House where he could appoint two more Republican Supreme Court justices, perpetuating the Republican majority on the Court.](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/2745977 "Text from article:
In December of 2000, the Supreme Court’s Republican majority prematurely stopped a recount of ballots cast in Florida, handing the White House to a Republican presidential candidate who lost the national popular vote and, we would later learn, received fewer votes in Florida, and who would go on to appoint two more Republican Supreme Court justices, including Sam Alito.1
[photo: Bush behind podium
caption: No good will come of this]
Alito’s presence on the Supreme Court is thus the result of a fundamentally anti-democratic quirk of our constitution and of a fundamentally anti-democratic decision by his fellow Republicans on the Supreme Court. That helps explain how Republicans have held a majority of seats on the Supreme Court for 55 consecutive years despite losing the popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections: The Republican majority on the Supreme Court interceded in an election to put a Republican loser in the White House where he could appoint two more Republican Supreme Court justices, perpetuating the Republican majority on the Court.")
A brief history of Sam Alito
From the origin of his appointment to his home decor, the insurrectionist Supreme Court justice is an affront to democracyJamison Foser (Finding Gravity)
My reason for moving: When Trump got in, I said to Mr. Laffy, "He'll now have the courts. We can't overcome a lot of that." This is what I was referring to:
#BREAKING: #SCOTUS upholds #SouthCarolina's congressional map, reversing a lower court decision that struck down the map for racial gerrymandering.
The Court also makes it harder to fight against future racial gerrymandering. https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/south-carolina-redistricting-challenge/
Court Cases - South Carolina Redistricting Challenge (SCOTUS) - Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket tracks lawsuits across the country that will impact the future of voting rights. Learn more about what’s on the docket.Democracy Docket
So, what’s up with these supposed leaders taking responsibility for absolutely nothing?
For example, #SCOTUS Justice Alito blamed his wife for the flag hanging upside down outside of his home after January 6.
Justice Alito's home flew a U.S. flag upside down after Jan. 6, a report says
The upside-down flag is a symbol associated with Trump's lies about election fraud. The New York Times says the flag was outside Alito's Virginia home days after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol Jan. 6, 2021, carrying similarly inverted flags.PBS NewsHour
EFF Urges Supreme Court to Reject Texas’ Speech-Chilling Age Verification Law
A Texas age verification law will rob people of anonymity online, chill access to speech for privacy- and security-minded internet users, and entirely block some adults from accessing constitutionally protected online content, EFF argued in a brief f…Electronic Frontier Foundation
Michael Popok examines the fact that Alito has admitted that his home flew a symbol of “Stop the Steal” —AN UPSIDE DOWN FLAG—within days of Jan6 and while he was voting in favor of taking a pro-Trump election interference fraud case on appeal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNo6K4Y_slM
CORRUPT Supreme Court Justice EXPOSED for MASSIVE CONFLICT
Supreme Court Justice Alito always finds himself in ethical controversy on the eve of major decisions being issued about our constitution and rights. Michael...YouTube
If Alito won't resign (as he should, immediately), then Biden should add 4 more #SCOTUS justices to balance the Court
soooo instead of fixing the problem, just stop complaining about possibly(?) the most corrupt #SCOTUS in American history?
"Mitch McConnell Tells Samuel Alito Critics To Pipe Down: 'Leave The Supreme Court Alone'
“It seems to me there are nonstop attacks on the Supreme Court, week after week after week,"
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/samuel-alito-flag-mcconnell_n_664ceec4e4b09c97de21a57a
Mitch McConnell Tells Samuel Alito Critics To Pipe Down: 'Leave The Supreme Court Alone'
"I’m not going to dignify that with a response," McConnell told reporters Tuesday when asked about the upside-down flag at a Supreme Court justice's house.Igor Bobic (HuffPost)
