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This ridiculous #FarRight #SCotUS actually compared #StudentLoan #DebtForgiveness to the Japanese Internment Act of 1942, and giving free healthcare to every citizen as a gateway to #tyranny.
But when faced with an ACTUAL argument that a #Potus should be #AboveTheLaw... even if they try to violently overthrow the government, this #RightWing court has demurred. #GOPHypocrisy #IOKIYAR #Facism 🤬 https://www.msnbc.com/alex-wagner-tonight/watch/trump-presidential-immunity-case-exposes-conservative-supreme-court-s-true-colors-209812549928
Trump presidential immunity case exposes conservative Supreme Court's true colors
For many observers, the Supreme Court's treatment of Donald Trump's presidential immunity claim has revealed just how far conservative justices will go to accommodate Trump's interests.MSNBC.com (MSNBC)
How bad is the Supreme Court now? It’s this bad:
“It’s a rogue court, a thoroughly corrupt one, one that is so far gone in its corruption that it feels free even from the practical obligation to clothe its corruption for the sake of appearances.”
(Josh Marshall, gift link.)
Peering into the Corrupt Court's Pretensions and Corruption
There were so many things that happened yesterday in the Supreme Court’s...TPM
Obviously the delay was the point.
"Trump’s lawyers don’t expect the Supreme Court to bless his absurd immunity claims. 'We already pulled off the heist,' says a source close to Trump." #scotus #trump
Team Trump Is Celebrating the Supreme Court Immunity Case, Win or Lose
Trump’s lawyers don’t expect the Supreme Court to bless his absurd immunity claims. “We already pulled off the heist,” says a source close to Trump.Adam Rawnsley (Rolling Stone)
Can Supreme Court justices be criminally indicted? Asking for 80M+ friends.
—be saved by the intellectually corrupt Supreme Court justices that he had himself appointed?
#SCOTUS (2/2)
Totally disagree with Brett Kavanaugh that Gerald Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon is looked upon as a good decision today. It is still an awful decision and it is one reason why we are in the mess we are in with Orange.
Via Emptywheel:
On the bright side: If #SCOTUS rules (in June) in as horrible a way as they might, then Jack Smith could issue a report on ANYTHING else he found that would be immunized under their shitty rule before the election.
5/ I’m sure I’ve messed up the thread, and I’m posting when I can.
Elie Mystal:
Every Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch question is frankly code for "remand."
Roberts is not for remand. This could come down to Barrett.
#SCOTUS
#SECRETSERVICE Meets to Prepare for #TRUMP IN JAIL!
And #ABORTION before #SCOTUS |
#ResistanceLive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqxS1Mr1cik
SECRET SERVICE Meets to Prepare for TRUMP IN JAIL! And ABORTION before SCOTUS | #ResistanceLive
Today, we're talking about reporting that the secret service is meeting to prepare for Trump's potential incarceration for contempt, the latest on the gag or...YouTube
[NYTimes]: Out of left field, Justice Gorsuch asks whether presidents can pardon themselves as a way to prevent successor administrations from prosecuting them. By Charlie Savage
MEANWHILE, at #SCOTUS, via Ryan Reilly:
Supreme Court Trump immunity arguments underway.
"There can be no presidency as we know it" without presidential immunity, Trump lawyer John Sauer argues. 🤦🏻♀️
Via Emptywheel:
Here's a question Alito should be asked today:
If a female President got an abortion during her term, could Idaho arrest her? #SCOTUS
Let’s talk about #EMTALA for a sec. If you’re familiar w/ it at all it’s prob from seeing it mentioned in a sign on an ER wall.
Few yrs back, my wife damn near died (kidney) when we had no #healthinsurance and that law (and good docs) saved her life.
U can (could at the time) get free birth control from clinic on UAlbany campus. But #emergency CT scan, ur SOL.
Current #scotus args say they’re abt abortion but BS.
If those mfs can overturn EMTALA, emerg healthcare…
That is correct, to my knowlege (based on legal discussions I have heard/read), but based on current law.
The #GQP has already hijacked #scotus. If it were to acquire a supermajority in both houses (unlikely) it could simply change the laws. #Project2025 wants to empower the function of the president for a good reason...
#Elections2024 #US #TFG
(2/2)
...to pardoning himself, I think that is a loophole a real... constitutional court, but maybe not the compromised #SCOTUS, would close, as it is so utterly in dissonance with the concept of Checks and Balances.
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Sigh. WaPo:
#SCOTUS is hearing arguments on whether hospitals must provide emergency #abortions in states w bans.
At issue is a nearly 40-yr-old fed law that requires hospitals that receive fed funds to stabilize or transfer all emergency patients, regardless of their ability to pay. Biden admin invoked the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act to argue that the federal government has the power to penalize hospitals that fail to provide emergency abortions even in states with strict bans.
The #UnitedStates #SupremeCourt is turning into a dictatorial #oligarchy of judges. As long as government is divided & gridlocked, which it is & has been for a long time, #SCOTUS wields unchecked power to dictate rights away & allow lawless politicians to evade #accountability.
If #Republicans do away with our #democracy, then the Supreme Court will make it legal.
The court's #corruption scandals, numerous & flagrant, show an institution that is controlled by a cabal of #fascists. 
Is #SCOTUS making homelessness illegal?
Leah Goodridge
@leahfrombklyn wrote:
"Let me break this down for you:
The Supreme Court is weighing criminalizing homelessness—that means if you’re sleeping outside, you will be arrested.
Approx. 40% of homeless people in the U.S. are Black.
This is not just about housing—this is the prison industrial complex too."
[They are very excited about having more captive workers. They see slavery as a growth industry. -KDJ]
Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok debate/discuss: whether the Supreme Court will create difficulties for the Special Counsel and its DC election interference criminal case against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RlP8hAbQms #jan6 #SCOTUS
Supreme Court STEPS INTO IT AGAIN with Major Hearing
Legal AF podcast anchors Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok debate/discuss: whether the Supreme Court will create difficulties for the Special Counsel and its DC...YouTube
Oy.
Via Josh Gerstein;
JUST IN: #SCOTUS signals it may undermine more common #Jan6 charges as justices ask DOJ to respond to petition challenging 'disorderly or disruptive' charges v. Russell Alford. DC Cir ruled charges valid even for nonviolent protesters.
DOJ had deemed Alford's petition unworthy of a response, but today #SCOTUS asked for one
Don't let Robert's almost cherub face fool you. He is just as evil as the rest.
...Chief Justice John Roberts displayed a alarming lack of humanity throughout the arguments on Monday, strongly fighting the idea that being homeless could ever be a status because a person can get a home at any point...
https://www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-grants-pass-homelessness-arguments
SCOTUS, but not Roberts, struggles with whether cities can criminalize homelessness
The liberal justices tried to expose a dystopian, unfeeling argument — but it wasn't clear whether it would be enough on Monday.Chris Geidner (Law Dork)
#Merchan has explained the concept of #ReasonableDoubt, instructed the jurors that statements made by the various attorneys are not to be accepted as fact, & #jurors are listening intently, a reminder that jurors take many cues from judges - as the impartial arbiter & why #Trump's attacks on judges are stupid.
Besides this case, today there's a hearing to determine the sufficiency of Trump’s #civil #fraud #bond for the $454M penalty, & Thurs, #SCOTUS hears arguments on his bs #immunity defense.
#SCOTUS Supreme Court to decide if Biden administration can regulate ‘ghost guns’
The latest gun rights dispute concerns the Biden administration's effort to regulate gun-making kits the same way as commercially available firearms.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-decide-biden-administration-can-regulate-ghost-guns-rcna147065
Supreme Court to decide if Biden administration can regulate 'ghost guns'
The Supreme Court will consider whether the Biden administration can regulate so-called ghost guns — firearms that can be assembled from online kits.Lawrence Hurley (NBC News)
ABC Arizona reporter:
JUST IN: US Supreme Court REJECTS Lake V. Fontes appeal. This case was the attempt to stop the use of electronic voting machines. #SCOTUS
Is it “cruel and unusual” to arrest people who are forced to sleep outside?
#SCOTUS will rule today on a decade of precedent
cc #housing, #housingcrisis
https://www.vox.com/scotus/2024/1/12/24036307/supreme-court-scotus-tent-encampments-homeless
The Supreme Court will hear a case that shapes how cities respond to homeless tent encampments
An Oregon case will clarify whether officials can jail or fine homeless people for sleeping outside.Rachel M. Cohen (Vox)
3 #Jan6 defendants already had their sentences reduced. #ClarenceThomas is back after an unexplained absence from Monday’s court session.
Before arguments began Mon, Chief Justice John Roberts announced in court that Thomas would still participate in the cases, based on the briefs & transcripts.
#SCOTUS is hearing a challenge today to a federal #law prosecutors used to charge >350 people who attacked the Capitol on #Jan6.
>100 have been convicted & sentenced under the statute for obstructing or impeding an ofcl proceeding—the joint session that convened to confirm Biden’s victory.
The case could impact #Trump’s federal trial in DC for trying to remain in power, 2 charges he faces are based on the same #obstruction statute.
Canada looks better every day
“The Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared skeptical of the Justice Department's position during oral arguments over whether a federal obstruction law can be used to prosecute some of the rioters [sic] involved in the #Jan6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.” #SCOTUS
Live updates: Supreme Court arguments on January 6 rioters case
The Supreme Court will consider whether part of a federal obstruction law can be used to prosecute some of the rioters involved in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Follow here for the latest live news updates.John Fritze, Paul LeBlanc, Isabelle D'Antonio and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN)
