Showing posts with label USSC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USSC. Show all posts
Sunday, July 07, 2024

With their ruling in Trump v. USA, the U.S. Supreme Court has announced which dance move is sweeping America

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At least, their immunity  decision proclaims which is the go to dance move at Trump U Law School faculty mixers. That move is the Abject Ge...
Monday, July 01, 2024

1099s or W2s: Which will the Cheeto Org give to the USSC justices who conferred immunity upon Dear Leader?

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Or maybe they'll just award the justices knighthoods. From The Guardian (UK) - Sotomayor says immunity ruling makes a president ‘king a...
Saturday, May 18, 2024

"Ethics" and "Supreme Court" are two terms that shouldn't be used in the same sentence

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From The Hill ( emphasis added by me) - Nadler questions Supreme Court ethics after Alito flag debacle: ‘None of them have clean hands’ R...
Sunday, April 21, 2024

Criminalizing being poor? How's that for an "American value"?

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From AP - Record numbers in the US are homeless. Can cities fine them for sleeping in parks and on sidewalks? The most significant case in ...
Monday, January 02, 2023

Short Attention Span Musing

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...Am I the only one who thinks that Congress-elect George Santos is the incoming Congress' version of Madison Cawthorn ?  Just as cree...
Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Double standards - are they taught to all lawyers or just to Supreme Court justices?

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Like Samuel Alito. In 2014, he (allegedly) leaked a decision involving Hobby Lobby and contraception to a GOP megadonor. From CNN , dated 11...
Sunday, October 02, 2022

Fairness, Bias, and Prejudice: The Dosadi Experiment and the US Supreme Court

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In 1977, author Frank Herbert of "Dune" published a book called " The Dosadi Experiment ." The book told the story of a ...
Friday, September 23, 2022

Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer advises justice that some opinions could 'bite you in the back'

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Betting he wasn't thinking "back" when he said that, :) From CNN - Breyer warns justices that some opinions could 'bite y...
Saturday, September 10, 2022

Dear Chief Justice Roberts: If you want your Supreme Court to be seen as legitimate, maybe the court should look out for the interests of all of America

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...and not just the wingnuts and moneyed interests. Oh, and it would help your personal credibility to not make your comments in Colorado Sp...
Saturday, May 14, 2022

"Trust" in the Supreme Court has been weakened by the leak? Dear Justice Thomas: Trust was gone long before now.

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From USA Today - Justice Thomas laments leak of draft Supreme Court abortion opinion: 'Kind of an infidelity' Associate Justice Cla...
Thursday, May 05, 2022

Gotta love the selective outrage

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From CNN - John Roberts calls Supreme Court leak 'absolutely appalling' Chief Justice John Roberts said Thursday that the  leak of ...
Tuesday, May 03, 2022

Gotta love hypocrisy

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Ever notice that the people most in favor of court packing and railroading through judicial nominations are conservative. At least, they fav...
Friday, October 01, 2021

Supreme Court Justice Thinks That Criticism Of The Court Constitutes "Intimidation"

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From The National Review via  Yahoo! News -  Alito Defends Supreme Court’s Texas Heartbeat Ruling in Defiant Speech Justice Samuel Alito re...
Thursday, July 01, 2021

The Supreme Court favors States' Rights over Voting Rights but favors Corporations over everything

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In other words, to them bigotry matters more than individuals, but money matters more than anything else. From The NCSL Blog - Supreme Cour...