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https://www.npr.org/2024/05/15/1250937356/supreme-court-louisiana-redistricting
#SCOTUS #Ethics #Corruption #Bribery
Justice Clarence Thomas calls criticism of him ‘nastiness’ & ‘lies’
After facing harsh questions about his judicial decisions & accepting lavish gifts from a billionaire, #SCOTUS Justice #ClarenceThomas forcefully pushed back on
his critics Fri — saying he & his wife, #GinniThomas, have endured “nastiness” & “lies.”
#law #SupremeCourt #JudicialEthics #BoughtAndPaidFor #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/10/kavanaugh-thomas-alito-supreme-court-speeches/
The United States is the only major constitutional democracy on Earth that allows lifetime tenure for judges on its highest court.
A bill in Congress, the Supreme Court Tenure Establishment and Retirement Modernization (TERM) Act, would institute term limits of 18 years for Supreme Court justices.
SIDEBAR, via Elie Mystal #SCOTUS:
1st: SCOTUS had chance to stop pre-hearing civil forfeiture (when cops steal your stuff w/o a hearing to prove you did anything wrong).
They declined (wait for it) 6-3. Sotomayor, Kagan, Jackson dissenting.
2nd-copyright/damages case. So you'll have to talk to somebody who knows/cares about copyright
It's also 6-3, but this time the libs in the majority w Gorsuch, Thomas, and Alito dissenting (Roberts, Kav, and Barrett were in the majority in both cases)
@hopefulhumanizer
Oh! That is a very important point that #SCOTUS better be including in their immunity deliberations.
https://lucid.substack.com/p/information-warfare-and-the-supreme
Information Warfare and the Supreme Court Presidential Immunity Case
Giving extreme ideas a judicious hearing is a victory for far-right information warfare, regardless of the legal outcomeRuth Ben-Ghiat (Lucid)
In 2016 then presidential candidate Hillary Clinton issued a stark warning:
"[T]he fact that our next president could appoint as many as three or four justices in the next four years [should serve as] striking reminders that we can’t take rulings like [abortion rights] for granted."
Clinton campaign staffers have said that focus groups of voters simply didn't believe abortion rights could be at risk.
WRONG!
What’s next on the SCOTUS chopping block?
#SCOTUS #voting
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/8/2239480/--If-Roe-can-fall-anything-can-Which-rights-will-the-GOP-come-for-next?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_1&pm_medium=web
‘If Roe can fall, anything can’: Which rights will the GOP come for next?
In June 2016, pro-choice activists flooded the streets outside of the Supreme Court to celebrate its near-miss ruling in Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt , upholding abortion rights in Texas. ...Daily Kos
When you look at the facts of the Trump indictment — not imagined hypothetical scenarios — there is no way the Constitution grants him immunity from prosecution.
(Samuel Breidbart, Brennan Center for Justice)
Two centuries of U.S. constitutional history make clear that Donald Trump is liable to criminal prosecution.
#Constitution
#SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #History #Immunity #Justice #Crime #Elections
#ElectionInterference #Fascism #Fascist #Trumpism #Corruption
There's been some talk #Trump choosing #Rubio as his VP would have issues because they are both from the same state (Florida), but it's hard to believe the #SupremeCourt #Republican males would allow courts to intervene even though the text (and well accepted understanding) of the Constitution prohibits Florida electors from voting for both of them. They would just make up something, like they did for the 14th amendment Insurrection Clause. #scotus #usa #2024Election
If money is speech, and corporations are people, then #UTAustin, through the #UTIMCO non-profit corporation that manages its endowment, should be allowed to divest from any investment vehicle it so chooses, regardless of what #abbott or any other #Texas lawmaker thinks to the contrary. I'd love to see that conundrum make its way to our present supreme court.
#scotus #BDS #israel #palestine #gaza #austin #AustinTX #atx #CitizensUnited #MittRomney
You know that conversation about expanding #SCOTUS
This article explains why that may not make a difference in more liberal outcomes for our #Democracy #law #Supremecourt
https://www.vox.com/scotus/24145279/supreme-court-shrinking-docket-quiet-quitting
Supreme Court justices are the most powerful, least busy people in Washington
The justices are quietly quitting their day jobs as judges, even as they become more and more political.Ian Millhiser (Vox)
"Friends of the Court," ProPublica's investigation into Supreme Court justices' beneficial relationships with billionaire donors, has been awarded the #Pulitzer Prize for Public Service!
Here are the highlights from the reporting (THREAD)
#News #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #ClarenceThomas #SamuelAlito #HarlanCrow #Law #Journalism
The arrest of two city council members in a small #Texas town set off a firestorm of legal controversy that's reaching all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. From Correspondent Jason Buch, in our magazine: https://www.texasobserver.org/small-town-politics-national-consequences/
#news #politics #USpol #SCOTUS #police #CriminalJustice #law #SouthTexas
Did a Tiny Texas Town Misuse Arrests to Silence Critics?
A power struggle in the suburban enclave of Castle Hills got so bad that the Supreme Court is being asked to clarify the definition of retaliatory arrests.Jason Buch (The Texas Observer)
"The flagrant #corruption of the #Court has received a great deal of media attention & public scrutiny in recent years. But that scrutiny has been largely siloed away from coverage of the Court’s substantive deliberations & #decisions. It’s time to break out of those silos.
The story of the justices’ lucrative relationships with #right-wing #billionaires is inseparable from those billionaires’ judicial shadow-lobbying via amicus briefs."
- @foser @theprospect
https://prospect.org/justice/2024-05-02-covering-friends-of-the-court/
Covering the Friends of the Court
The Supreme Court’s corruption scandals will not soon be forgotten, but many already fail to appreciate their full implications.Jamison Foser (The American Prospect)
A Legal Scholar Explains Why Trump’s Immunity Argument Is Bogus
The Constitution gives the president no “duties” over presidential elections; his actions are therefore personal, and not immune.Lawrence Lessig (Rolling Stone)
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1247512187/federal-judges-disclosures-luxury-trips
#Bribery #SCOTUS #FederalJudiciary #Corruption #AileenCannon
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)
#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
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
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)
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)
