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Can’t Reform the Court’s Power? Then Let’s Take It Away. | The Nation
On this episode of the Contempt of Court podcast, a deep dive into jurisdiction stripping.The Nation
Will th corrupt conservative majority #scotus majority side with Trump and Republicans again 🤬⁉️ 👉🏻” Supreme Court rulings loom in four major Trump-related cases
By Jan WolfeMay 20, 20263:01 AM PDTUpdated 11 hours ago “
The Republican voting rights reform: The modern day poll tax
– "Everyone has a passport"—Err, actually no. Half of the Americans don't. 1 in 10 hasn't a birth certificate
– "Everyone is similarly impacted, so it's okay"—Nope, women and working class people are more impacted
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#uspol #politics #Project2025 #TrumpAdministration #TrumpAdministration2026 #SecondTrumpAdminstration #SCOTUS #ElectionInterference #ElectionDenial
Second (but *not* last) #SCOTUS ruling is in Havana Docks. For an 8-1 majority (over a really unusual solo Kagan dissent), Justice Thomas revives a lawsuit arising out of claims relating to the Cuban government's expropriation of docks: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
"What is missing is a recognition of what it actually took, the first time, to pass federal civil rights legislation in the 1960s. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was not the work of legal advocates alone." texasobserver.org/supreme-cour…
#politics #USpol #news #voting #democracy #SCOTUS #Trump #history
The Response We Really Need to the Supreme Court’s Gutting of the VRA
The instinct of the response so far has been right, but incomplete. New maps. New litigation. State-level laws. Congressional pressure. All necessary. None sufficient.Robert Ceresa (The Texas Observer)
If #Democrats ever regain power (all 3 nodes: Presidency, House, Senate), I would love to see #SCOTUS expanded to 27 justices. Use a lottery to randomly assemble groups of 9 justices to handle the caseload. And have them labor within a muscular regime of ethics and conflict of interest laws.
SCOTUS Will Let You Have Your Mail-Order Abortions (For Now)
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SCOTUS Will Let You Have Your Mail-Order Abortions (For Now)
Yes, this is the third time we are writing this this month.Robyn Pennacchia (Wonkette)
Of course he does. Paxton was a full fledged member of the #SeditiousConspiracy to overturn the #2020election. He brought that lawsuit to #SCOTUS to nullify Biden’s win.
He’s also a #criminal, his own staff tried to get him fired from being the #Texas Attorney General.
#Trump endorses #KenPaxton in Texas #Republican primary, boosting his challenge to incumbent Sen. Cornyn
Advocacy groups are key players because they bring most of the lawsuits filed under the provision of the #VotingRightsAct known as #Section2.
But in a #NorthDakota case brought by 2 #NativeAmerican tribes, the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that only the #FederalGovernment can sue to enforce the #law.
The decision conflicted with decades of case law. #SCOTUS blocked it in July, allowing the tribes’ preferred maps to temporarily stay in place.
The appeals court’s finding has nevertheless been cited elsewhere, with #Mississippi making a similar argument in another appeal over its state legislative map. #SCOTUS also sent that case back for reconsideration on Monday.
Justice #KetanjiBrownJackson dissented from the decision, writing that both rulings should have been reversed.
The conservative majority, meanwhile, already diluted enforcement power with an April decision that struck down a majority #Black congressional district in #Louisiana & made future cases much harder to win.
In that case, #SCOTUS’ conservative majority ruled a map relied too heavily on race with a district aimed at giving Black voters a chance to elect a candidate of their choice. The decision effectively limited #VotingRights claims to maps that are intentionally designed to discriminate.
#law
As a white Southerner in the United States, I am deeply appalled. Words absolutely fail to describe how this gerrymandering could downspiral from the loss of political representation for Black Americans to loss of professional opportunities and individual personal freedoms. And don't get me started about educational equality. This is an outrage, and an assault against the memory of the Black slaves whose labor literally built the Southlands from the ground up. It's a misery and a heartbreak for their descendants, many of whom still live in poverty, oppression, and injustice.
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#scotus #uspol #jimcrow #gerrymandering #southcarolina
#louisiana #georgia #mississippi
#alabama #northcarolina
Alito said racism was over. Southern states are now rushing to revive Jim Crow.
Republicans are set to dismantle at least five majority-Black districts in the South.Mother Jones
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Right now, #Felon47's #cult is losing races everywhere, which is why this sudden spate of mid-decade redistricting.
It was that very #gerrymandering that brought this to #MafiaDon's hand-picked #SCotUS leading them to decimate the #VotingRightsAct.
So I challenge the idea any of this was achieved "fairly".
#SCOTUS sends closely watched #NativeAmerican #VotingRights decision back to lower court
SCOTUS acted in a #VotingRightsAct case brought by Native American tribes on Monday, saying a closely watched ruling needs to be reconsidered after the high court weakened the #CivilRights era #law.
The justices ordered lower courts to take another look at the decision that went against the tribes & undercut a key enforcement mechanism: lawsuits from voters & advocacy groups.
Speaker #CosplayColbert tells black #Democrats furious over Red States rushing to #gerrymander their districts in the wake of the #SCotUS decision to functionally obliterate the 1965 #VotingRightsAct:
"You don't just blow up the system when you lose."
Seriously? How ANY #Republican can say that with a straight face shows a mindboggling lack of self-awareness! 🤬
#Jan6 #January6 #Insurrection #GOPHypocrisy
‘Beyond court reform, Americans have to reacquaint themselves with constitutional thinking — with the idea that we, the people, make constitutional meaning. To the extent that the Supreme Court claims broad authority to say what our constitution means, it is in large part because we have given this authority to the justices through our indifference.’
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#JamelleBouie #VotingRightsAct #americanRacism #antiBlackness #politicalApathy #USConstitution #USSupremeCourt #SCOTUS
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Southern strategy:
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#Louisiana #Texas #Tennessee #Alabama #gerrymandering #Republicans #editorialcartoon #Virginia #supremecourt #race #scotus
Toon: The 60% Solution
At the risk of giving GQP politicians ideas... On April 29, well ahead of its usual timetable of issuing rulings in June, the U.S. Supreme C...bergetoons.blogspot.com
“There’s been a really dedicated effort to #criminalize #pregnancy outcomes alongside #abortion,” said the legal director of nonprofit Pregnancy Justice, Karen Thompson.
There has been a notable uptick in these cases, in a separate but parallel lane to cases linked to stricter anti-abortion laws, since #SCOTUS overturned #RoeVWade in 2022 & stripped the federal constitutional right to abortion, the experts said.
#law #ReproductiveRights #privacy #MaleSupremacy #ChristianEvangelism #FarRight
Lip service from a MAGA SCOTUS judge. Next thing you know Alito will say he's an originalist.
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#SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #SamuelAlito #Fascism #Democracy
A stillbirth & #Facebook post expressing her grief landed her in prison for >2 years. Experts say it’s part of a pattern
…Rousseau was arrested & charged with felony manslaughter before she was convicted in Nevada, where #abortion is LEGAL, under what legal experts say is a vague & broadly written statute that makes it a crime for any woman to take drugs [she only took cinnamon] with the intent to terminate a pregnancy.…
#SCOTUS #law #ReproductiveRights #MaleSupremacy
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#SCOTUS rejects #Virginia's bid to restore congressional map favoring #Democrats
#fuckSCOTUS #law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #midterms #RepresentationMatters #democracy #Vote
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After a year-long “investigation”, the #Trump #DOJ concluded that #Yale School of Medicine “discriminated” based on race in its admissions, favoring Black & Hispanic applicants over White & Asian ones, the agency said Thursday.
#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #CivilRights #SCOTUS #WhiteSupremacy
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Yesterday morning, I wrote about how #SCOTUS keeps *choosing* to inject itself into politics. Then, the Court did it again last night—clearing the way for Alabama to re-draw its maps *this* cycle, even though it allowed Alabama to use old, unlawful maps in 2022: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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Over at “One First,” I wrote about how the redistricting chaos we’re seeing in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Virginia is something #SCOTUS *chose,* and how it belies both the entire purpose of the “Purcell principle” and the Court’s claim that it’s staying out of the political process:227. "We're All Trying to Find...
227. "We're All Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This"
The Supreme Court has not only accelerated the race to the partisan redistricting bottom; it is directly responsible for the chaos we're seeing on the ground.Steve Vladeck (One First)
Mass mobilizations for Black voters' rights are planned for this weekend in Selma and Montgomery #Alabama. They are part of a national day of action for voting rights.
1) Expand #SupremeCourt, impose 18-year #TermLimits, enact enforceable #ethics rules. Strip #SCotUS of #jurisdiction over certain topics.
2) Facilitate the passing of the Nat'l Popular Vote Interstate Compact; ends #ElectoralCollege
3) #Prosecute all #crimes committed by this admin./ fire all who joined #ICE recently
4) National law against any #gerrymandering. Independent panels create #voting districts.
#fascist #USA will #Democrats #grow a #spine
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This is a crisis of democracy. What will Dems do about it?
They need a bold and radical political reform agenda, or things will only get worse.Paul Waldman (Public Notice)
#Alabama officials pointed to the #Louisiana case as reason for #SCOTUS to end a judicial order to use a court-imposed #House map until after the 2030 census. SCOTUS overturned that order & directed a lower court to reconsider the case in light of the Louisiana decision. That could free the state to instead use a map approved in 2023 by the #Republican-led legislature that includes only 1 district where #Black residents comprise a majority.
Anticipating a court reversal, #Alabama officials recently enacted a law allowing it to void the results of a May 19 #primary for some congressional districts & instead hold a new primary under the revised district boundaries. It’s up to #Republican Gov. Kay Ivey to set a date for a special primary #election, though it must occur by August.
#law #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #CorruptCourt #RiggedElection #RepresentationMatters #Vote
#law #SCOTUS #ActivistCourt
#SCOTUS More extreme than Plessy v. Ferguson, Slaughterhouse, or Dred Scott v. Sandford Courts! Supreme Court halts order for Alabama to use US House map with 2 largely Black districts
#SCOTUS set the stage for #Alabama to get rid of 1 of 2 largely #Black congressional districts before this year’s #midterms, creating an opening for #Republicans to gain an additional #US #House seat in a closely divided chamber.
The decision follows a SCOTUS ruling that struck down a majority-Black US House district in #Louisiana as an “unconstitutional” #RacialGerrymander, significantly weakening the federal #VotingRights Act.
#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
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#SCOTUS is temporarily leaving women’s #access to a widely used #AbortionMedication untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, #mifepristone, to take effect.
Justice Samuel Alito’s order Monday allows #women seeking an #abortion to continue obtaining the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor.
Over at “One First,” I wrote about how the redistricting chaos we’re seeing in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Virginia is something #SCOTUS *chose,* and how it belies both the entire purpose of the “Purcell principle” and the Court’s claim that it’s staying out of the political process:
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227. "We're All Trying to Find the Guy Who Did This"
The Supreme Court has not only accelerated the race to the partisan redistricting bottom; it is directly responsible for the chaos we're seeing on the ground.Steve Vladeck (One First)
Meanwhile, #Republican lawmakers in #Louisiana & #SouthCarolina also presented congressional #redistricting plans that faced staunch opposition from #CivilRights activists & #Democrats.
#Republicans in Southern states have been moving quickly to try to capitalize on a recent #SCOTUS ruling in a Louisiana case that significantly weakened #VotingRights Act protections for minorities.
#law #ElectionLaw #midterms #vote
#Tennessee enacted new congressional districts Thurs that carve up a Democratic-held, #Black-majority district in #Memphis. The state Democratic Party sued Friday, seeking to prevent the districts from being used until after this year’s elections because of the tight time frame.
Even before #SCOTUS’ ruling, #Republicans & #Democrats were engaged in a #redistricting battle initiated by #Trump, each seeking an edge in the #midterms that will determine control of the closely divided #House.
#law
John Roberts Issues Warning on Supreme Court Overruling Precedent
The Supreme Court is under increased scrutiny from across the political spectrum as both Democrats and Republicans seek reforms.Jason Lemon (Newsweek)
