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“In the year and a half following the #SCOTUS Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to an #abortion, hundreds more infants died than expected in the United States, new research shows. The vast majority of those infants had congenital anomalies, or birth defects.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/21/health/infant-deaths-increase-post-dobbs-abortion-bans?cid=ios_app
"... the selection of the nation’s leaders should not degenerate into a spending contest, with the victor being the candidate who can pay the most voters.”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/10/elon-musk-2024-election-bribing-voters-trump.html
#SCOTUS #Vote #Corruption #RobertsCourt
Elon Musk Might Have Broken the Law Against Bribing Voters. Whoops!
Whatever the law on vote buying should be, the federal vote buying prohibition is clear enough.Richard L. Hasen (Slate)
6PM in #Texas, America, the execution of an innocent man #RobertRoberson is scheduled to take place, unless Gov. #GregAbbott or #SCOTUS intervene.
A bipartisan group of #TX law makers said in a written statement:
'...we believe it would be a stain on the conscience of the State of Texas for an execution to proceed while efforts are underway to remedy deficiencies in how the law was applied to this case.'
Via Eric Columbus:
This filing (which Judge Chutkan will not grant) is a prelude to Trump seeking relief from #SCOTUS. Look for more filings today, maybe an intermediate stop at the DC Circuit (where he won’t win).
Kyle Cheney:
JUST IN: On the day #Chutkan plans to release a large cache of #JackSmith’s evidence, #Trump asks her to delay until Nov. 14 #legal
Via @Brandi_Buchman :
NEW: #JackSmith files his response to #Trump's demand that at least two of his charges be dropped in the #Jan6 case in light of #SCOTUS ruling in Fischer (obstruction statute impacting J6 rioters). It won't surprise you to learn, Smith isn't convinced.
Smith: Trump totally ignores evidence against him that alleges how he sought to create & use false evidence-fake elector certificates-as means to obstruct proceeding on J6. Fischer covers that specifically
John Roberts surprise over the reaction to the presidential immunity ruling is because he lives in an ultra conservative bubble. #USPol #Roberts #SCOTUS #election #Trump
Roberts 'Surprised' by Negative Reaction to his Presidential Immunity Decision?
Haven't seen this story talked about here much, but it seems our not so esteemed SCOTUS Chief Justice was having a major sad this summer in the wake of the negative reaction to his preposterous ruling granting FPOTOS virtually unlimited immunity for.Daily Kos
Anyone else who gets this scale of a bombshell revealed about them would instantly lose their job, or at least be immediately suspended and investigated. Brett Kavanaugh should lose his job over this.
The fact that the #scotus doesn’t have an enforceable code of ethics to speak of is a national embarrassment. https://www.threads.net/@realjuddlegum/post/DBJo9FAJBlM
Judd Legum (@realjuddlegum) on Threads
Since Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed in 2018, he's been a key vote in Supreme Court rulings that ended federal protections for abortion, gave presidents near total immunity from prosecution, etc.Threads
The thing is, there’s a lesser-known organization that’s already been working for decades to reshape America into a #Christian nation—& will keep doing so, regardless of who wins the presidential #election in November. It keeps racking up wins at #SCOTUS: It’s the #AllianceDefendingFreedom, & it may be the country’s most sinister advocacy group that people have never heard of.
#law #radicalization #extremism #NewApostolicReformation #Republicans #Evangelicals #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://theconversation.com/cities-are-clearing-encampments-but-this-wont-solve-homelessness-heres-a-better-way-forward-236762
#cities #urbanplanning #scotus #homelessness
Cities are clearing encampments, but this won’t solve homelessness − here’s a better way forward
The US Supreme Court’s high-profile Grants Pass ruling allows cities to clear homeless encampments, even if they can’t offer shelter. A scholar explains why a Housing First approach is more effective.The Conversation
https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-unveils-report-examining-failures-of-supplemental-background-investigation-of-justice-brett-kavanaugh/ #politics #USPol #SCOTUS
Whitehouse Unveils Report Examining Failures of Supplemental Background Investigation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, today released a report detailing disturbing shortcomings in the supplemental background investigation conducted after allegations …Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
A majority of the justices seemed skeptical during oral argument on Tues of the position taken by gun owners, parts makers & #2A groups: that the govt exceeded its authority in 2022 when it imposed new rules for the weapons.
#law #GunControl #guns #GunViolence
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/supreme-court-ghost-guns-biden-rules/
Citing omelets and chili, justices seem likely to uphold ghost gun rules
A majority of Supreme Court justices seem skeptical the government overstepped in requiring serial numbers, sales records and background checks for ghost guns.Justin Jouvenal (The Washington Post)
#USpol #Legal #LawFedi #SCOTUS
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...5th Circuit decisions, from a ruling hamstringing the SEC and similar agencies to one legalizing bump stocks—the device that enabled a lone shooter in Las Vegas to kill 60 people and injure more than 500 in just 10 minutes—are now the law of the land..."
👉I'd say, #TheHandmaidsTale's #RepublicOfGilead appears to me less fictional by the day.👈
Read on:
How much more radical could the Supreme Court become? Look to the Fifth Circuit.
Meet the power-grabbing Trump judges who are forging MAGA justice.Mother Jones
#USpol #Legal #LawFedi #SCOTUS
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...issued decisions greenlighting every one of these eventualities. While some were put on ice by the #SupremeCourt, others remain in effect in #Texas, #Louisiana, and #Mississippi, the three states the circuit covers.
In those states, women have no right to end pregnancies that threaten their health, the enforcement powers of dozens of federal agencies are in doubt, and protest organizers are vulnerable to legal retribution. Other...
#USpol #Legal #LawFedi #SCOTUS
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"👉How Much More Radical Could the Supreme Court Become? Look to the Fifth Circuit.
Meet the power-grabbing Trump judges who are forging MAGA justice.👈
by #PemaLevy
"...This is neither the outer bounds of what this radical court will do, nor the end of its impact on all Americans. It is the beginning...
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals—transformed by appointees of former President Donald #Trump—has...
👉🏼👉🏼”#SCOTUS announced Monday that it will let stand a state top court ruling allowing patients to sue #IVF providers for wrongfully destroying embryos.
#Alabama Supreme Court’s February decision that human life begins at fertilization and that unborn children are people for purposes of the state’s wrongful death law, regardless of viability, was greeted with jeers and cheers when it first announced. Reproductive rights advocates called it an extreme ruling” http://blawgo.com/Jb6MzPF
WASHINGTON (AP) —“ #SCOTUS on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in #Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest #abortion bans.
Without detailing their reasoning, the justices kept in place a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations that would violate Texas law” https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-emergency-abortion-texas-bf79fafceba4ab9df9df2489e5d43e72?taid=6703e77b7aa3400001ed4e75&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
Supreme Court lets a Texas emergency abortion ban stand
The Supreme Court has let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans.LINDSAY WHITEHURST (AP News)
#WompWomp !!!!!!!!!!
Via @marcelias:
🚨BREAKING: #SCOTUS Won’t Hear #Pennsylvania Republicans’ Case Invoking Fringe Theory on State Power in Federal Elections.
“… Court declined to review a lawsuit from 27 Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers seeking to revive the right-wing independent state legislature (ISL) theory, which posits the U.S. Constitution affords state legislatures exclusive authority to regulate federal elections”
SCOTUS Won't Hear Case Raising Controversial Theory on State Power in Federal Elections - Democracy Docket
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a lawsuit from 27 Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers seeking to revive the right-wing independent state legislature (ISL) theory, which posits the U.S.Democracy Docket
A rare SCOTUS #WompWomp…
#SCOTUS declined to hear an appeal from Elon #Musk’s #X Corp. claiming special counsel #JackSmith violated the First Amendment when he obtained a search warrant for former President #Trump’s Twitter messages & then barred the company from disclosing it.
https://cnn.com/2024/10/07/politics/elon-musk-trump-twitter-records/index.html
Elon Musk makes first appearance at Trump rally with dire words
Billionaire tech executive Elon Musk cast the upcoming presidential election in dire terms during a Saturday appearance with Donald Trump, calling the Republican presidential nominee the only candidate “to preserve democracy in America.”By Meg Kinnard, AP (BelfastTelegraph.co.uk)
Via Scott MacFarlane:
NEW: In letter to Chief Justice John Roberts, House Democrats ask about reports that Justice Sam #Alito was "replaced" as author of #SCOTUS's #Jan6 decision this summer, yet remained on case
Democrats allege decision happened days after the Alitos "repeatedly flew flags and banners supportive of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists"
https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-oversight.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024-10-04.JBR%20AOC%20to%20Roberts-SCOTUS%20re%20Ethics%20follow-up.pdf
Via Josh Gerstein:
JUST IN: Fulton County DA #FaniWillis files brief urging #SCOTUS to turn down former #Trump WH Chief of Staff #MarkMeadows' bid to get his 2020 election fraud prosecution in #Georgia moved to federal court.
Doc: https://supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24-97/327458/20241003135316112_24-97BriefInOpposition.pdf
#JackSmith’s Big New #Jan6 Brief Is a Major #Indictment of #SCOTUS
It’s rare to simultaneously feel red-hot anger & wistfulness, especially when merely reading a document. But those are exactly the emotions that washed over me when I read the redacted version of #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith’s brief reciting in detail the #evidence against #Trump for attempting to subvert the #2020election.
#criminal #law #insurrection #democracy #HarrisWalz2024
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/10/trump-election-interference-trial-jack-smith-brief-supreme-court-failure.html
Jack Smith’s Big New Jan. 6 Brief Is a Major Indictment of the Supreme Court
The newly unsealed document contains the most detailed evidence of Trump’s attempts to subvert the election yet.Richard L. Hasen (Slate)
Proceedings set to resume in #Trump's #ElectionInterference case
#SpecialCounsel #JackSmith outlined new details of Trump & his allies' sweeping & "increasingly desperate" efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, in a blockbuster court filing aimed at defending Smith's prosecution of Trump following the #SCOTUS’ July #immunity ruling.
#law #criminal #ElectionSubversion #Jan6 #FakeElectors #conspiracy #TrumpCoup #Chutkan
Judge McBurney rocks it with SCOTUS and Georgia abortion case.
Referring to SCOTUS, “the meaning of the Constitution is no more fixed than is the composition of the majority in the highest courts of the land -- especially when formerly bedrock principles such as stare decisis appear to be on the wane.”
#SCOTUS
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/1/2274072/-The-Extreme-Court-opens-a-door-Judge-McBurney-walks-through-it
The Extreme Court opens a door, Judge McBurney walks through it
The scathing rebuke of ideological radicals on our extreme Court below is a footnote in Judge McBurney’s opinion knocking down the Georgia abortion law. I am not a lawyer or court watcher, just an average citizen, but wow (emphasis added): The...Daily Kos
https://apple.news/A_ZcKewkHRgydRheLVINRdQ
#Karen #maga #christofascism #scotus
Colorado will pay $1.5 million to a Christian web designer who won the right to discriminate — LGBTQ Nation
Many believe the case was riddled with lies. Tuesday, October 01, 2024 Lorie Smith at a press conference on December 5, 2022 Photo: Screenshot The state of Colorado will reportedly pay more than $1.apple.news
How #ElizabethPrelogar Stands Up to a Runaway #SCOTUS
“Prelogar’s tenure has been especially frenzied: In the term that recessed in July alone, by one count, she argued nearly 20% of all the cases in which the government was involved, the highest percentage for any #SolicitorGeneral in a quarter century or more. And of all the cases the court decided, her office participated in the lion’s share of them.“
#law
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/elizabeth-prelogar-solicitor-general
#USpol #Legal #SCOTUS reform #Politics
Excellent!
As I have been shouting from the rooftops: ##Supreme13--#ExpandTheCourt!
It is way overdue!
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110347326349691313
HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (@HistoPol@mastodon.social)
@mikebaarda@disabled.social Of course. "We" always come back to the same bifurcation point in time: #CitizensUnitedVsFEC must be reversely codified. In order to even to be able to achieve this: #Supreme13--#ExpandTheCourt.Mastodon
#RonWyden …said the goal of the bill is to restore public confidence in a battered institution. He said he hopes to get parts of the bill passed, even if the whole package is not embraced by lawmakers.
“It’s not an atomic secret that the process for selecting justices is politicized,” #Wyden said. “You’ve got this thoroughly politicized process resulting in a #SupremeCourt that now frequently issues sweeping rulings to overturn laws & upend precedents.”
“We are proposing a way to restore some balance between the 3 branches of government,” Sen #RonWyden added.
The bill’s most significant measure would increase the number of justices from 9 to 15 over the course of 12 years. The staggered format over 2 or 3 administrations is aimed at diminishing the chance that one #political party would pack the courts with its nominees.
#law #SCOTUS #ethics #JudicialEthics
Link to bill, summary & full text:
Wyden Introduces Sweeping Court Reforms to Restore Public Trust as Supreme Court Faces Legitimacy Crisis | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregonwww.wyden.senate.gov
Sweeping bill to overhaul #SCOTUS would add 6 justices
The legislation by Sen #RonWyden (D-OR) is one of the most ambitious efforts to date to remake the #SupremeCourt following
controversies over rulings & #ethics.
A sweeping bill introduced by a Democratic senator Wednesday would greatly increase the size of the Supreme Court, make it harder for the justices to overturn #laws, require justices to undergo #audits & remove roadblocks for high court #nominations.
#law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/26/supreme-court-reform-15-justices-wyden/
Sweeping bill to overhaul Supreme Court would add six justices
The legislation by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is one of the most ambitious efforts to date to remake the Supreme Court following controversies over rulings and ethics.Justin Jouvenal (The Washington Post)
#DonaldTrump wants to make criticizing #SCOTUS illegal, with jail being the punishment.
👉🏾 #Trump is escalating threats for dissenters — and now suggesting jail: analyst https://www.rawstory.com/dissent-trump/ 🔛 @RawStory
Trump is escalating threats for dissenters — and now suggesting jail: analyst
Former President Donald Trump is speaking more openly than ever about criminalizing dissent, Aaron Blake wrote for The Washington Post.Matthew Chapman (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)
#Missouri executes #MarcellusWilliams despite prosecutors’ objections
Marcellus Williams, who spent >2 decades on Missouri’s death row convicted of a 1998 murder that he says he did not commit, died by lethal injection Tues evening after a lengthy & complex effort to exonerate him based on #DNA testing issues.
Williams, 55, was pronounced dead at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point.
#law #SCOTUS #DeathPenalty
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/24/marcellus-williams-execution-missouri-faq/
Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ objections
Felicia “Licia” Gayle was found stabbed to death in her suburban St. Louis home in 1998. Marcellus Williams says he didn’t kill her.Kim Bellware (The Washington Post)
#Trump Says People Who Criticize #SCOTUS Justices Should Be #Jailed
Trump praised the #SupremeCourt for allowing states to ban abortion during his Pennsylvania campaign rally, & said it should be "illegal" to criticize the justices
Trump, who earlier this month threatened to #jail his political opponents, upped his #authoritarian rhetoric during a campaign rally at Indiana University of PA.
#authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny
#law #democracy #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-supreme-court-people-who-criticize-jailed-1235110537/
Trump Says People Criticizing Supreme Court Justices Should Be Jailed
Donald Trump, who earlier this month threatened to jail his political opponents, said people who criticize SCOTUS should be jailed.Charisma Madarang (Rolling Stone)
How Did Mitch McConnell Shape the Federal Judiciary? - A-Mark Foundation
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, this report examines how Sen. McConnell reshaped our judiciary into a conservative majority.A-Mark Foundation
How #JohnRoberts Went Full #MAGA
A revealing article in The NYT details how the #ChiefJustice put his thumb on the scale for #Trump to keep him on the #ballot & out of #jail.
by ELIE MYSTAL
#law #SCOTUS
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/how-john-roberts-trump-maga/
How John Roberts Went Full MAGA | The Nation
A revealing article in The New York Times details how the chief justice put his thumb on the scale for Trump to keep him on the ballot and out of jail.The Nation
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-on-trump-s-deadly-abortion-ban-women-are-dying-they-got-what-they-wanted-219579973725
#SCOTUS #JohnRoberts #ClarenceThomas #SamuelAlito #AmyComeyBarrett #NeilGorsuch #BrettKavanaugh
Lawrence on Trump's deadly abortion ban: 'Women are dying. They got what they wanted.’
Amber Nicole Thurman died after doctors delayed her life-saving abortion care. Her death was ruled “preventable” by the Georgia Maternal Mortality Review Committee, ProPublica reported.MSNBC
The #SCOTUS has ruled that pols getting kickbacks isn’t bribery. See Snyder vs United States decision re: “gratuities”.
Political bribes (done before) will be replaced with gratuities (done after) and are the main reason behind the push #NoTaxOnTips.
DeSantis just handed over a pristine forest to a golf course developer
https://www.rawstory.com/desantis-golf-course/
#RepublicansAreCriminalsAllDayEveryDay
Ron DeSantis just handed a Florida state forest to a golf course builder
There’s a tradition among Florida developers of naming their projects after any natural attributes obliterated by the development. That’s why you see subdivisions with such monikers as “Cypress Woods,” “Panther Trace,” and “The Canopy.Craig Pittman, Florida Phoenix (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)
