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#Trump admin renews #SCOTUS appeal to keep full #SNAP payments frozen
The request is the latest in a flurry of legal activity over how a program that helps buy groceries for 42 million Americans should proceed during the historic US govt #shutdown. Lower courts have ruled that the govt must keep FULL payments flowing, & SCOTUS asked the admin to respond after an appeals court ruled against it again late Sunday.
#law #Plutocracy #hunger #poverty #WealthGap #FoodStamps
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🚨🚨 #SCOTUS rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide 🚨🚨
The #SupremeCourt on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized #SameSexMarriage nationwide.
The justices turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to #SameSex couples after the high court’s 2015 ruling in #Obergefell v. Hodges.
#law #LGBTQ #HumanRights #love
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Supreme Court says US food stamp funding can be temporarily halted
The programme has been left in limbo during the US government shutdown, with the White House saying it can't afford it.Ana Faguy (BBC News)
The corrupt fat cats on the Supreme Court need to retire.
"The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily granted the Trump administration's request to block full SNAP food benefits during the government shutdown, even as residents in some states had already begun receiving them."
#BREAKING 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ Supreme Court pauses order that Trump administration must pay full SNAP benefits #SCOTUSwww.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/s...
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Supreme Court pauses order that Trump administration must pay full SNAP benefits
The Trump administration tried not to pay for any food stamps in November because of the government shutdown. It now proposes partial SNAP benefits.Dan Mangan (CNBC)
More headlines like this please!
The Supreme Court’s Tariffs Arguments Were a Bloodbath for Trump slate.com/news-and-politics/20…
#Tariffs #SCOTUS #TrumpDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
The Supreme Court’s Tariffs Arguments Were a Bloodbath for Trump
Going into Supreme Court arguments over President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Wednesday, it was genuinely difficult to guess how the justices would rule.Mark Joseph Stern (Slate)
The case will also force the justices to address 2 doctrines favored by the conservative legal movement, both of which appear to work against #Trump’s claims. The “major questions doctrine” says #Congress must use clear language to authorize executive actions that could transform the #economy. #SCOTUS relied on the doctrine to invalidate many of President #Biden’s key initiatives, including his student loan forgiveness program.
Solicitor general D. John Sauer said #Trump’s use of the statute to impose #tariffs was not an unlimited delegation of #power. The #law requires declared emergencies to expire in a year & reports to Congress about the tools used in the meantime. Even so, he said Trump’s power to declare an emergency was not subject to review by courts.
#SCOTUS
“Judges lack the institutional competence to determine when foreign affairs pose an unusual & extraordinary threat that requires an emergency response,” Sauer wrote in a court filing.
Sauer also pointed to a recent concurring opinion from Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh in another case that suggested the 2 doctrines play little to no role in the context of national security & foreign policy emergencies.
#SCOTUS #Trump #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #tariffs #economy
The challenges to Trump’s #tariffs reached #SCOTUS after judges in 3 different lower courts ruled against the admin but allowed the import taxes to remain in effect while litigation continued.
In a 7-to-4 ruling in late August, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said the emergency statute did not authorize “tariffs of the magnitude” #Trump announced.
“Whenever #Congress intends to delegate to the president the authority to impose tariffs, it does so explicitly,” the majority said…
Arguments are finally getting underway after a late start.
First up is Solicitor General D. John Sauer, Trump’s top Supreme Court lawyer, arguing for the #Trump admin.
The court has allotted 80 minutes for arguments, but they will almost certainly extend well into early afternoon.
Through independent analysis it is suggested that the Supreme Court of the #USA ( #SCOTUS ) is biased towards the trump administration as opposed to other U.S. courts
#Politics #News #Business #BusinessNews #PoliticsNews #ruleOfLaw
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Experts say the case is a tossup that poses difficult legal & political considerations for the justices, made all the more tense by Trump’s efforts to personalize the dispute.
#Trump had mused about attending the court’s argument this week, & has spoken repeatedly of the case’s importance to him. On Sunday, he said he decided against going to court, but stressed that he considered the stakes to be monumental.
#SCOTUS #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #tariffs #economy
The case “is one of the most important in the history of the country,” #Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “If a president was not able to quickly & nimbly use the power of tariffs, we would be defenseless, leading perhaps even to the ruination of our nation.” 🙄
Observers of #SCOTUS said the justices would be keenly aware that Trump would perceive a legal defeat as a personal blow.
#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #tariffs #economy
#SCOTUS’ 6 conservative justices have so far been receptive to Trump’s claims of #PresidentialPower. Among other things, they have allowed the admin to withhold funds appropriated by #Congress, kick #transgender troops out of the #military & pursue aggressive #immigration-related policies—but all on a “temporary”, “emergency” basis.
The #tariffs case is the first time the justices have weighed the underlying legal merits of a key admin priority in Trump’s 2nd term.
Other such cases are on the horizon. Next month, #SCOTUS will consider #Trump’s efforts to seize control of #independent agencies. And in January, the justices will weigh his attempt to remove a member of the #FederalReserve Board. The admin has also asked them to consider the legality of the president’s executive order ending #BirthrightCitizenship.
#law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #tariffs #economy
Jack Goldsmith, a Harvard Law School professor & former top #DOJ lawyer under George W. Bush, said that because the legal issues were so closely contested in the #tariffs matter, some justices could
weigh broader implications across the set of presidential cases, concerned about either handing #Trump too much #power — or too many defeats.
#SCOTUS #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #economy
…In a sign that the court recognizes the importance of the #tariffs case, the justices set a brisk schedule for the parties to submit written briefs & present oral arguments. They now seem likely to rule swiftly rather than wait until the end of the term next summer, as is their usual practice for the most consequential decisions.
#SCOTUS #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #Trump #economy
The case has divided the conservative legal community.
The #Constitution gives #Congress the power to impose #taxes. But soon after taking office, #Trump declared that a 1977 #law gave him the power to impose #tariffs unilaterally during “emergencies”.
#SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #economy
#Trump used the statute to announce tariffs on goods imported into the US from China, Canada & Mexico, saying the levies were a punishment for failing to stop the flow of fentanyl. In April, he again relied on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act [#IEEPA] when he announced #tariffs on imports from >100 trading partners, saying they were needed to address #trade deficits with the rest of the world.
#SCOTUS #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #economy
The admin’s on-again, off-again taxes on imports have roiled small businesses, prompting lawsuits from state officials & 6 companies, including the wine importer V.O.S. Selections & the toy manufacturer Learning Resources, whose cases are before the court on Wednesday. Trump’s actions, they say, were unlawful, cut into their profits & forced them to lay off employees & raise prices.
#SCOTUS #Trump #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #tariffs #economy
The 1977 statute gives the president certain tools to “deal with any unusual & extraordinary threat” to “the national security, foreign policy or economy of the United States.” That includes the power to “regulate” imports.
The president’s lawyers say that language gives him broad authority to impose #tariffs when he believes an emergency exists.
#SCOTUS #Trump #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #economy
But the #law does not mention the words “tariffs,” “taxes” or “duties.” If the word “regulate” meant “tax,” the small businesses told the court, the president “could tax everything from autos to zoos.”
From the start, the admin has insisted that the consequences for the country are too significant for the court to resist #Trump.
#SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #tariffs #economy
They say that rolling back the #tariffs — & potentially refunding money already collected — could lead to economic ruin akin to the Great Depression, an interruption of #trade negotiations & diplomatic embarrassment. [so don’t break the law in the first place jackasses]
#SCOTUS #Trump #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #economy
…But prominent legal figures opposed to the #tariffs, including retired federal judges and a founder of the conservative #FederalistSociety, said the case was not a close call. While past presidents have invoked the emergency statute to impose sanctions or to freeze a country’s assets, #Trump is the first in 50 years to rely on it to impose tariffs.
#SCOTUS #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #economy
“Emergency powers are meant to be used in emergencies,” said Michael W. McConnell, a former federal appeals court judge nominated by President George W. Bush, who is leading the coalition of small businesses. “No Supreme Court would want to provoke a confrontation with a president of the United States unnecessarily, but on the other hand, the law is the law.”
#SCOTUS #Trump #law #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #AbuseOfPower #tariffs #economy
#Trump’s order argued that the #tariffs were needed as a response to “large & persistent” #trade deficits.
Tara Leigh Grove, a UT at Austin #law professor, said the justices could find it a stretch to characterize longstanding trade deficits as an emergency. On the other hand, she said, the statute is broad & appears to give a president a lot of discretion.
“The justices will be struggling with whether they want to second-guess any presidential decision about an emergency,” she said.
Again & again since #Trump returned to the White House, #SCOTUS’ conservative majority has blessed his boundary-pushing policies….
But on Wednesday, the justices will consider for the first time whether to say “no” to Trump….
At issue is the legality of his…use of emergency powers to impose sweeping #tariffs on nearly every US trading partner. The outcome of the case could significantly affect the global #economy….
EDITORIAL: Free to speak, but not to inflict 'conversion therapy' quackery on minors
‘Colorado’s law doesn’t criminalize religious beliefs nor ban religious counseling. But it does hold licensed mental health providers to professional, evidence-based standards of care’
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#ConversionTherapy #LGBTQ #SCOTUS
EDITORIAL: Free to speak, but not to inflict ‘conversion therapy’ quackery on minors
'Colorado’s law doesn’t criminalize religious beliefs nor ban religious counseling. But it does hold licensed mental health providers to professional, evidence-based standards of care'BY THE SENTINEL EDITORIAL BOARD (Sentinel Colorado)
Cathedral of Hope denounces Texas Supreme Court decision sanctioning discrimination against same-sex couples - Via @dallas_voice #LGBTQ 🏳️🌈 #Politics 🇺🇸 🗳️ #SCOTUS
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Cathedral of Hope denounces Texas Supreme Court decision sanctioning discrimination against same-sex couples
Below is the statement, in its entirety, released by Cathedral of Hope UCC and its senior pastor, the Rev.Tammye (Dallas Voice)
👉️ #MAGA is the economic perversion of #Reagonomics👈️
(10/10)
...options for homebuyers.”
“What’s not clear, however, is why the government should require U.S. consumers and homebuilders to bear the burden of supporting U.S. growers who can’t compete,” they wrote."
-> Maybe #Trump cannot be sure of a favorable #SCOTUS verdict on #Tariffs, as he only appointed some of the judges, but #TheHeritageFoundates has decades of influence peddling and meddling in its affairs on their side...
This is pretty rich: #Trump accuses #Canada of an attempt at influencing a decision of #SCOTUS regarding his arbitrary and illegal #tariffs.
The same Trump, during a continued government shutdown, blows USD 20 billion up his pal #Milei's arse so the latter does not get defeated in the mid-term #elections held in #Argentina. So he's trying to meddle with an election and not just influence a possible decision of a court.
Bleeding bigots!
#UnitedStates #NoKings theguardian.com/world/2025/oct…
Argentina goes to polls amid economic crisis and Trump ‘interference’
Poor showing in Sunday’s election would deal hammer blow to country’s radical libertarian president, Javier MileiFacundo Iglesia (The Guardian)
“Caleb Nelson, one of the most respected originalist scholars in the country, comes out against the unitary executive interpretation” of the #Constitution.”
Professor Nelson is a former #ClarenceThomas law clerk and is often cited in opinions by the six conservative members of #SCOTUS. According to Nelson, reversing the landmark case #HumphreysExecutor would be an originalism mistake.
#originalism #ruleoflaw #legal #unitaryexecutivetheory
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The Emperor's New Clothes Originalism
Law Professor Caleb Nelson made a big splash this week by arguing that under the text and original meaning of the Constitution, Congress ha...Eric Segall (Blogger)
#Gerrymandering #VotersRightsAct #SCOTUS #Fascists #Confederacy #History #Racism #Alt
Heather Cox Richardson 10/15/25
WITH REMOVAL OF VOTERS RIGHTS , THE CONFEDERACY COULD RISE AGAIN KEEPING REPUBLICANS IN CONTROL REFLECTING THE U.S. 1874-1965
Problem is, the article is addressing something that is emphatically not what the #SCOTUS is looking at in the free speech vs conversion therapy case.
It wants to challenge the premise, but it's the wrong premise!
At argument the challenger emphasized that their case was about one specific practice that had nothing to do with anything like shock or medicated treatment. This was actually core to their case.
And the state admitted they had no scientific information to submit regarding that specific practice.
See how that article completely misses the mark, then?
