#corruptscotus — Public Fediverse posts
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"Originalism" is an absurd theory for constitutional law.
"Intent" is inherently impossible to divine when legal text is the result of a group effort.
It gives a blank cheque to the judge to cherrypick their data points in explaining their take on "intent". Worse, it quite literally abandons the cause of "justice" in favour of adherence to this selected view of "intent".
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"Originalism" is an absurd theory for constitutional law.
"Intent" is inherently impossible to divine when legal text is the result of a group effort.
It gives a blank cheque to the judge to cherrypick their data points in explaining their take on "intent". Worse, it quite literally abandons the cause of "justice" in favour of adherence to this selected view of "intent".
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Virtually no citizens want this
Who do the #CorruptSCOTUS and these Republican states work for?
Supreme Court Lifts Spending Limits on Political Parties and Candidates https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/us/supreme-court-campaign-finance.html
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Virtually no citizens want this
Who do the #CorruptSCOTUS and these Republican states work for?
Supreme Court Lifts Spending Limits on Political Parties and Candidates https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/us/supreme-court-campaign-finance.html
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To recap:
America kept a 150 year old constitutional right and Trump still owes a $5m jury penalty
...meanwhile Trump can take direct command of "independent agencies" (exc The Fed), states can discriminate against trans people and corporations/the wealth can openly buy elections now.
Yeah...democracy is in great shape.
#ThisIsAmericaNow
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To recap:
America kept a 150 year old constitutional right and Trump still owes a $5m jury penalty
...meanwhile Trump can take direct command of "independent agencies" (exc The Fed), states can discriminate against trans people and corporations/the wealth can openly buy elections now.
Yeah...democracy is in great shape.
#ThisIsAmericaNow
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Give it 2 years, then the #CorruptSCOTUS will take another crack at it.
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Give it 2 years, then the #CorruptSCOTUS will take another crack at it.
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Deleting above message as #CorruptSCOTUS (shockingly) upheld a right spelled out clearly in a constitutional amendment despite pressure from the #AmericanClownEmperor
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Deleting above message as #CorruptSCOTUS (shockingly) upheld a right spelled out clearly in a constitutional amendment despite pressure from the #AmericanClownEmperor
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I full expect Trump wants to force out Thomas and Roberts to put in his own lackeys. If one/both stand down, expect McConnell to jam in replacements in Dec.
And who would he appoint? Blanche, almost certainly. Ivanka, maybe?
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I full expect Trump wants to force out Thomas and Roberts to put in his own lackeys. If one/both stand down, expect McConnell to jam in replacements in Dec.
And who would he appoint? Blanche, almost certainly. Ivanka, maybe?
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Who cares if Congress created specific agencies to operate independent of POTUS pressure.
That's only relevant when a Dem is in power (specifically FDR). Now, we'll let a Republican do whatever he wants and justify it by saying he can be held accountable ... 4 years later at the election.
Oh, by the way, House seats can now be gerrymandered for partisan outcome and the POTUS has immunity to do what he wants
You're welcome, democracy 😁
Signed #CorruptSCOTUS/s
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Who cares if Congress created specific agencies to operate independent of POTUS pressure.
That's only relevant when a Dem is in power (specifically FDR). Now, we'll let a Republican do whatever he wants and justify it by saying he can be held accountable ... 4 years later at the election.
Oh, by the way, House seats can now be gerrymandered for partisan outcome and the POTUS has immunity to do what he wants
You're welcome, democracy 😁
Signed #CorruptSCOTUS/s
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Of course, Trump doesn't plan to leave. We know this as fact, as he fought to stay once already.
I was referring to the oligarchy behind the current authoritarianism. They don't plan to ever leave the WH. They've packed the #CorruptSCOTUS with their stooges and they'll keep putting their stooges in the WH - through a combination of dirty money and election manipulation.
Genuine democracy was good while it lasted, let's say 1965-2010
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Of course, Trump doesn't plan to leave. We know this as fact, as he fought to stay once already.
I was referring to the oligarchy behind the current authoritarianism. They don't plan to ever leave the WH. They've packed the #CorruptSCOTUS with their stooges and they'll keep putting their stooges in the WH - through a combination of dirty money and election manipulation.
Genuine democracy was good while it lasted, let's say 1965-2010
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This #CorruptSCOTUS is all about overturning the last 150 years of precedents.
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This #CorruptSCOTUS is all about overturning the last 150 years of precedents.
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They don't ever plan to lose control of the White House.
That's why they decided Citizens United and gutted VRA before doing this.
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They don't ever plan to lose control of the White House.
That's why they decided Citizens United and gutted VRA before doing this.
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#CorruptSCOTUS Hall of Shameful Decisions
- Citizens United - corporations are people -> unlimited money in politics
- Heller - gun ownership is an individual right -> bye to gun control
- All the cases destroying Voting Rights Act -> bye democracy
- Overturning Roe -> bye women's rights
- Overturning Chevron -> bye Congressional regulation
- Slaughter - POTUS can fire indep regulators -> bye independent civil serviceViewed together, the insanity is obvious.
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#CorruptSCOTUS Hall of Shameful Decisions
- Citizens United - corporations are people -> unlimited money in politics
- Heller - gun ownership is an individual right -> bye to gun control
- All the cases destroying Voting Rights Act -> bye democracy
- Overturning Roe -> bye women's rights
- Overturning Chevron -> bye Congressional regulation
- Slaughter - POTUS can fire indep regulators -> bye independent civil serviceViewed together, the insanity is obvious.
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The right thing... in a very narrow part of doing a massive wrong thing.
Except for the Fed, the #CorruptSCOTUS has just destroyed the independence of every other "independent regulator".
This is a very, very bad ruling. Only slightly less than the 100% worst possible decision they could have made.
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The right thing... in a very narrow part of doing a massive wrong thing.
Except for the Fed, the #CorruptSCOTUS has just destroyed the independence of every other "independent regulator".
This is a very, very bad ruling. Only slightly less than the 100% worst possible decision they could have made.
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The #CorruptSCOTUS failed to rule on birthright citizenship...choosing to delay this no brainer until the last possible minute. Not a good sign.
And now they gave Trump bad news on E Jean Carroll's $5m verdict. IMO, they would only do that to help deflect criticism when doing something really big that Trump wants.
I'm very worried for birthright citizenship ...on any of the Civil War amendments.
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The #CorruptSCOTUS failed to rule on birthright citizenship...choosing to delay this no brainer until the last possible minute. Not a good sign.
And now they gave Trump bad news on E Jean Carroll's $5m verdict. IMO, they would only do that to help deflect criticism when doing something really big that Trump wants.
I'm very worried for birthright citizenship ...on any of the Civil War amendments.
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#CorruptSCOTUS destroys independence of "independent regulators".
Sure, Fed is exempt. A wannabe dictator needs to move a bit more slowly to take over that 😂
#ThisIsAmericaNow
#AmericanClownEmperorLive Updates: Supreme Court Expands Presidential Power Over Regulators, but Not the Fed https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/29/us/trump-supreme-court-presidential-power
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#CorruptSCOTUS destroys independence of "independent regulators".
Sure, Fed is exempt. A wannabe dictator needs to move a bit more slowly to take over that 😂
#ThisIsAmericaNow
#AmericanClownEmperorLive Updates: Supreme Court Expands Presidential Power Over Regulators, but Not the Fed https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/29/us/trump-supreme-court-presidential-power
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I always expect the worst from the #CorruptSCOTUS
Only rarely, am I pleasantly surprised by their decisions.
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I always expect the worst from the #CorruptSCOTUS
Only rarely, am I pleasantly surprised by their decisions.
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Of course they don't care.
These are the same #CorruptSCOTUS that cherrypicked facts and fantasies to overturn Roe. They gutted a 100 year old NY gun law because it didn't reflect thinking 200 years ago.
They are making it what ever crap allows the outcome they want
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Of course they don't care.
These are the same #CorruptSCOTUS that cherrypicked facts and fantasies to overturn Roe. They gutted a 100 year old NY gun law because it didn't reflect thinking 200 years ago.
They are making it what ever crap allows the outcome they want
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Everyone hold onto your hats.
It's almost Friday afternoon, almost time for the #CorruptSCOTUS to end #BirthrightCitizenship
Big expansion of round ups and mass detention centers right after the World Cup.
(I hope I'm wrong. But I always expect the worst from this SCOTUS)
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Everyone hold onto your hats.
It's almost Friday afternoon, almost time for the #CorruptSCOTUS to end #BirthrightCitizenship
Big expansion of round ups and mass detention centers right after the World Cup.
(I hope I'm wrong. But I always expect the worst from this SCOTUS)
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"Supreme Court Further Advances White Nationalism, Strips Refugee Protections"
#ThisIsAmericaNow
#CorruptSCOTUSBBC News - Supreme Court allows Trump to end protected status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants
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"Supreme Court Further Advances White Nationalism, Strips Refugee Protections"
#ThisIsAmericaNow
#CorruptSCOTUSBBC News - Supreme Court allows Trump to end protected status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants
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#Mainers in kayaks protest Chief Justice #JohnRoberts near his island home
by Stephen Betts, Midcoast Villager
July 19, 2025"#Kayakers who say they oppose the direction the U.S. Supreme Court has taken the country took to the water Saturday morning to protest near the seasonal home of Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.
"The flotilla launched its kayaks from the new public landing in Port Clyde and paddled a few hundred yards to Roberts’ home on Hupper Island.
"The chief justice and his wife Jane Roberts purchased the home in June 2006. He typically spends time at the seasonal home after the high court recesses for the summer. Their chief residence is in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Signs voicing opposition to the #SupremeCourt’s rulings were brought in the kayaks, and others lined the waterfront."Signs referred to rulings that they said harm the #LBTQ community, the overturning of campaign spending limits for #corporations in the #CitizensUnited case in 2010, the overturning of a woman’s right to #abortion in 2022, and more recent rulings that grant the president immunity from actions taken while president.
"Organizer Susan MacNeil-Densmore said earlier this week she is affiliated with the organization #AudacityCAT (#CreativeActionTogether) which has been active locally working to resist #authoritarianism, but said the event was not really part of any specific organization."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/LQqrV#SCOTUS #ProtectTransKids
#reproductiverights #Maine #GBLTQRights #CorruptSCOTUS #Corporatocracy #NoVacationsDuringDeportations -
#Mainers in kayaks protest Chief Justice #JohnRoberts near his island home
by Stephen Betts, Midcoast Villager
July 19, 2025"#Kayakers who say they oppose the direction the U.S. Supreme Court has taken the country took to the water Saturday morning to protest near the seasonal home of Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.
"The flotilla launched its kayaks from the new public landing in Port Clyde and paddled a few hundred yards to Roberts’ home on Hupper Island.
"The chief justice and his wife Jane Roberts purchased the home in June 2006. He typically spends time at the seasonal home after the high court recesses for the summer. Their chief residence is in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Signs voicing opposition to the #SupremeCourt’s rulings were brought in the kayaks, and others lined the waterfront."Signs referred to rulings that they said harm the #LBTQ community, the overturning of campaign spending limits for #corporations in the #CitizensUnited case in 2010, the overturning of a woman’s right to #abortion in 2022, and more recent rulings that grant the president immunity from actions taken while president.
"Organizer Susan MacNeil-Densmore said earlier this week she is affiliated with the organization #AudacityCAT (#CreativeActionTogether) which has been active locally working to resist #authoritarianism, but said the event was not really part of any specific organization."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/LQqrV#SCOTUS #ProtectTransKids
#reproductiverights #Maine #GBLTQRights #CorruptSCOTUS #Corporatocracy #NoVacationsDuringDeportations -
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"#Ethics experts said #ClarenceThomas’ undisclosed ties to the #Koch network could call his impartiality in the case into doubt. This sort of potential conflict is why the judiciary has rules against both political activity and fundraising, they said. 'Parties litigating in the court before #JusticeThomas don’t know the extent of Thomas’ relationship with the parties on the other side,' said James Sample, a Hofstra University law professor who studies judicial ethics. 'You have to be pretty cynical to not think that’s a problem.' "
#OligarchCamp
#BohemianGrove
#SCOTUS
#ImpeachClarenceThomas
#ChevronDoctrine
#NDRC
#KochIndustries
#Oligarchy
#CorruptSCOTUS
#SCOTUSIsCompromised
#Corporatocracy
#Oiligarchy
#EnvironmentalProtections
#BigOilAndGas
#CorporatePolluters
#HeritageFoundation
#ClimateDeniers
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"#Ethics experts said #ClarenceThomas’ undisclosed ties to the #Koch network could call his impartiality in the case into doubt. This sort of potential conflict is why the judiciary has rules against both political activity and fundraising, they said. 'Parties litigating in the court before #JusticeThomas don’t know the extent of Thomas’ relationship with the parties on the other side,' said James Sample, a Hofstra University law professor who studies judicial ethics. 'You have to be pretty cynical to not think that’s a problem.' "
#OligarchCamp
#BohemianGrove
#SCOTUS
#ImpeachClarenceThomas
#ChevronDoctrine
#NDRC
#KochIndustries
#Oligarchy
#CorruptSCOTUS
#SCOTUSIsCompromised
#Corporatocracy
#Oiligarchy
#EnvironmentalProtections
#BigOilAndGas
#CorporatePolluters
#HeritageFoundation
#ClimateDeniers
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#ClarenceThomas Secretly Participated in #KochBrothers Network Donor Events
by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski
Sept. 22, 2023, 5 a.m. EDTExcerpt: "Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.
" 'In the 15 years since, the Koch network has left a deep imprint on American society. Its advocacy is credited with helping stamp out Republican Party support for combating #ClimateChange, once an issue that drew bipartisan concern. The “full weight of the network” was thrown behind passing the 2017 #TrumpTaxCut, securing a windfall for the Kochs and their donors. And the upcoming Supreme Court term could bring the network a victory it has pursued for years: overturning a major legal precedent known as #Chevron.
"While most Americans aren’t familiar with the 1984 case Chevron v. #NRDC, it’s one of the Supreme Court’s most-cited decisions. Legal scholars sometimes mention it in the same breath as Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade. In essence, Chevron is about government agencies’ ability to issue regulations. After a law is enacted, it’s generally up to agencies across the government to make detailed rules putting it into effect. The Chevron decision said courts should be hesitant to second-guess the agencies’ determinations. In the years that followed, judges cited Chevron in upholding rules that protect endangered species, speed up the approval process for new cellphone towers and grant benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung.
"The Koch network has challenged Chevron in the courts and its lobbyists have pushed Congress to pass a law nullifying the decision. It has also provided millions of dollars in grants to law professors making the case to overturn it.
"The network’s position has become increasingly popular in recent years. Once broadly supported by academics and judges on the right, Chevron is now anathema to many in the conservative legal movement. And there’s no more prominent convert than Thomas.
"In 2005, Thomas wrote the majority opinion in a case that expanded Chevron’s protections for government agencies. Ten years later, he was openly questioning the doctrine. Then in 2020, Thomas renounced his own earlier decision, writing that he’d determined the doctrine is unconstitutional after all — a rare reversal for a justice with a reputation for being unmovable in his views.
"By last year, Koch network strategists sensed that victory could be at hand. During an internal briefing for network staff, Jorge Lima, a senior vice president at Americans for Prosperity, said the Supreme Court seemed primed to radically change its approach to the issue. The network was trying to find cases that could bring about major changes in the law, according to a video of the meeting obtained by the watchdog group Documented. “We’re doubling down on this strategy,” Lima told the crowd.
"Several months later, the Supreme Court announced it would take up a case, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, in which Koch network staff attorneys represent the plaintiffs. If Thomas and his colleagues side with them this coming term, Chevron will be overturned once and for all."
#OligarchCamp #BohemianGrove #SCOTUS #ImpeachClarenceThomas #Chevron #ChevronDoctrine #NDRC #KochIndustries #Oligarchy #CorruptSCOTUS #SCOTUSIsCompromised #Corporatocracy #Oiligarchy #EnvironmentalProtections #BigOilAndGas #CorporatePolluters #HeritageFoundation #ClimateDeniers #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife
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#ClarenceThomas Secretly Participated in #KochBrothers Network Donor Events
by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski
Sept. 22, 2023, 5 a.m. EDTExcerpt: "Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.
" 'In the 15 years since, the Koch network has left a deep imprint on American society. Its advocacy is credited with helping stamp out Republican Party support for combating #ClimateChange, once an issue that drew bipartisan concern. The “full weight of the network” was thrown behind passing the 2017 #TrumpTaxCut, securing a windfall for the Kochs and their donors. And the upcoming Supreme Court term could bring the network a victory it has pursued for years: overturning a major legal precedent known as #Chevron.
"While most Americans aren’t familiar with the 1984 case Chevron v. #NRDC, it’s one of the Supreme Court’s most-cited decisions. Legal scholars sometimes mention it in the same breath as Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade. In essence, Chevron is about government agencies’ ability to issue regulations. After a law is enacted, it’s generally up to agencies across the government to make detailed rules putting it into effect. The Chevron decision said courts should be hesitant to second-guess the agencies’ determinations. In the years that followed, judges cited Chevron in upholding rules that protect endangered species, speed up the approval process for new cellphone towers and grant benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung.
"The Koch network has challenged Chevron in the courts and its lobbyists have pushed Congress to pass a law nullifying the decision. It has also provided millions of dollars in grants to law professors making the case to overturn it.
"The network’s position has become increasingly popular in recent years. Once broadly supported by academics and judges on the right, Chevron is now anathema to many in the conservative legal movement. And there’s no more prominent convert than Thomas.
"In 2005, Thomas wrote the majority opinion in a case that expanded Chevron’s protections for government agencies. Ten years later, he was openly questioning the doctrine. Then in 2020, Thomas renounced his own earlier decision, writing that he’d determined the doctrine is unconstitutional after all — a rare reversal for a justice with a reputation for being unmovable in his views.
"By last year, Koch network strategists sensed that victory could be at hand. During an internal briefing for network staff, Jorge Lima, a senior vice president at Americans for Prosperity, said the Supreme Court seemed primed to radically change its approach to the issue. The network was trying to find cases that could bring about major changes in the law, according to a video of the meeting obtained by the watchdog group Documented. “We’re doubling down on this strategy,” Lima told the crowd.
"Several months later, the Supreme Court announced it would take up a case, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, in which Koch network staff attorneys represent the plaintiffs. If Thomas and his colleagues side with them this coming term, Chevron will be overturned once and for all."
#OligarchCamp #BohemianGrove #SCOTUS #ImpeachClarenceThomas #Chevron #ChevronDoctrine #NDRC #KochIndustries #Oligarchy #CorruptSCOTUS #SCOTUSIsCompromised #Corporatocracy #Oiligarchy #EnvironmentalProtections #BigOilAndGas #CorporatePolluters #HeritageFoundation #ClimateDeniers #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife
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#ClarenceThomas Secretly Participated in #KochBrothers Network Donor Events
by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski
Sept. 22, 2023, 5 a.m. EDTExcerpt: "Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.
" 'In the 15 years since, the Koch network has left a deep imprint on American society. Its advocacy is credited with helping stamp out Republican Party support for combating #ClimateChange, once an issue that drew bipartisan concern. The “full weight of the network” was thrown behind passing the 2017 #TrumpTaxCut, securing a windfall for the Kochs and their donors. And the upcoming Supreme Court term could bring the network a victory it has pursued for years: overturning a major legal precedent known as #Chevron.
"While most Americans aren’t familiar with the 1984 case Chevron v. #NRDC, it’s one of the Supreme Court’s most-cited decisions. Legal scholars sometimes mention it in the same breath as Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade. In essence, Chevron is about government agencies’ ability to issue regulations. After a law is enacted, it’s generally up to agencies across the government to make detailed rules putting it into effect. The Chevron decision said courts should be hesitant to second-guess the agencies’ determinations. In the years that followed, judges cited Chevron in upholding rules that protect endangered species, speed up the approval process for new cellphone towers and grant benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung.
"The Koch network has challenged Chevron in the courts and its lobbyists have pushed Congress to pass a law nullifying the decision. It has also provided millions of dollars in grants to law professors making the case to overturn it.
"The network’s position has become increasingly popular in recent years. Once broadly supported by academics and judges on the right, Chevron is now anathema to many in the conservative legal movement. And there’s no more prominent convert than Thomas.
"In 2005, Thomas wrote the majority opinion in a case that expanded Chevron’s protections for government agencies. Ten years later, he was openly questioning the doctrine. Then in 2020, Thomas renounced his own earlier decision, writing that he’d determined the doctrine is unconstitutional after all — a rare reversal for a justice with a reputation for being unmovable in his views.
"By last year, Koch network strategists sensed that victory could be at hand. During an internal briefing for network staff, Jorge Lima, a senior vice president at Americans for Prosperity, said the Supreme Court seemed primed to radically change its approach to the issue. The network was trying to find cases that could bring about major changes in the law, according to a video of the meeting obtained by the watchdog group Documented. “We’re doubling down on this strategy,” Lima told the crowd.
"Several months later, the Supreme Court announced it would take up a case, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, in which Koch network staff attorneys represent the plaintiffs. If Thomas and his colleagues side with them this coming term, Chevron will be overturned once and for all."
#OligarchCamp #BohemianGrove #SCOTUS #ImpeachClarenceThomas #Chevron #ChevronDoctrine #NDRC #KochIndustries #Oligarchy #CorruptSCOTUS #SCOTUSIsCompromised #Corporatocracy #Oiligarchy #EnvironmentalProtections #BigOilAndGas #CorporatePolluters #HeritageFoundation #ClimateDeniers #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife
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#ClarenceThomas Secretly Participated in #KochBrothers Network Donor Events
by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski
Sept. 22, 2023, 5 a.m. EDTExcerpt: "Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.
" 'In the 15 years since, the Koch network has left a deep imprint on American society. Its advocacy is credited with helping stamp out Republican Party support for combating #ClimateChange, once an issue that drew bipartisan concern. The “full weight of the network” was thrown behind passing the 2017 #TrumpTaxCut, securing a windfall for the Kochs and their donors. And the upcoming Supreme Court term could bring the network a victory it has pursued for years: overturning a major legal precedent known as #Chevron.
"While most Americans aren’t familiar with the 1984 case Chevron v. #NRDC, it’s one of the Supreme Court’s most-cited decisions. Legal scholars sometimes mention it in the same breath as Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade. In essence, Chevron is about government agencies’ ability to issue regulations. After a law is enacted, it’s generally up to agencies across the government to make detailed rules putting it into effect. The Chevron decision said courts should be hesitant to second-guess the agencies’ determinations. In the years that followed, judges cited Chevron in upholding rules that protect endangered species, speed up the approval process for new cellphone towers and grant benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung.
"The Koch network has challenged Chevron in the courts and its lobbyists have pushed Congress to pass a law nullifying the decision. It has also provided millions of dollars in grants to law professors making the case to overturn it.
"The network’s position has become increasingly popular in recent years. Once broadly supported by academics and judges on the right, Chevron is now anathema to many in the conservative legal movement. And there’s no more prominent convert than Thomas.
"In 2005, Thomas wrote the majority opinion in a case that expanded Chevron’s protections for government agencies. Ten years later, he was openly questioning the doctrine. Then in 2020, Thomas renounced his own earlier decision, writing that he’d determined the doctrine is unconstitutional after all — a rare reversal for a justice with a reputation for being unmovable in his views.
"By last year, Koch network strategists sensed that victory could be at hand. During an internal briefing for network staff, Jorge Lima, a senior vice president at Americans for Prosperity, said the Supreme Court seemed primed to radically change its approach to the issue. The network was trying to find cases that could bring about major changes in the law, according to a video of the meeting obtained by the watchdog group Documented. “We’re doubling down on this strategy,” Lima told the crowd.
"Several months later, the Supreme Court announced it would take up a case, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, in which Koch network staff attorneys represent the plaintiffs. If Thomas and his colleagues side with them this coming term, Chevron will be overturned once and for all."
#OligarchCamp #BohemianGrove #SCOTUS #ImpeachClarenceThomas #Chevron #ChevronDoctrine #NDRC #KochIndustries #Oligarchy #CorruptSCOTUS #SCOTUSIsCompromised #Corporatocracy #Oiligarchy #EnvironmentalProtections #BigOilAndGas #CorporatePolluters #HeritageFoundation #ClimateDeniers #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife
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#ClarenceThomas Secretly Participated in #KochBrothers Network Donor Events
by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski
Sept. 22, 2023, 5 a.m. EDTExcerpt: "Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.
" 'In the 15 years since, the Koch network has left a deep imprint on American society. Its advocacy is credited with helping stamp out Republican Party support for combating #ClimateChange, once an issue that drew bipartisan concern. The “full weight of the network” was thrown behind passing the 2017 #TrumpTaxCut, securing a windfall for the Kochs and their donors. And the upcoming Supreme Court term could bring the network a victory it has pursued for years: overturning a major legal precedent known as #Chevron.
"While most Americans aren’t familiar with the 1984 case Chevron v. #NRDC, it’s one of the Supreme Court’s most-cited decisions. Legal scholars sometimes mention it in the same breath as Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade. In essence, Chevron is about government agencies’ ability to issue regulations. After a law is enacted, it’s generally up to agencies across the government to make detailed rules putting it into effect. The Chevron decision said courts should be hesitant to second-guess the agencies’ determinations. In the years that followed, judges cited Chevron in upholding rules that protect endangered species, speed up the approval process for new cellphone towers and grant benefits to coal miners suffering from black lung.
"The Koch network has challenged Chevron in the courts and its lobbyists have pushed Congress to pass a law nullifying the decision. It has also provided millions of dollars in grants to law professors making the case to overturn it.
"The network’s position has become increasingly popular in recent years. Once broadly supported by academics and judges on the right, Chevron is now anathema to many in the conservative legal movement. And there’s no more prominent convert than Thomas.
"In 2005, Thomas wrote the majority opinion in a case that expanded Chevron’s protections for government agencies. Ten years later, he was openly questioning the doctrine. Then in 2020, Thomas renounced his own earlier decision, writing that he’d determined the doctrine is unconstitutional after all — a rare reversal for a justice with a reputation for being unmovable in his views.
"By last year, Koch network strategists sensed that victory could be at hand. During an internal briefing for network staff, Jorge Lima, a senior vice president at Americans for Prosperity, said the Supreme Court seemed primed to radically change its approach to the issue. The network was trying to find cases that could bring about major changes in the law, according to a video of the meeting obtained by the watchdog group Documented. “We’re doubling down on this strategy,” Lima told the crowd.
"Several months later, the Supreme Court announced it would take up a case, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, in which Koch network staff attorneys represent the plaintiffs. If Thomas and his colleagues side with them this coming term, Chevron will be overturned once and for all."
#OligarchCamp #BohemianGrove #SCOTUS #ImpeachClarenceThomas #Chevron #ChevronDoctrine #NDRC #KochIndustries #Oligarchy #CorruptSCOTUS #SCOTUSIsCompromised #Corporatocracy #Oiligarchy #EnvironmentalProtections #BigOilAndGas #CorporatePolluters #HeritageFoundation #ClimateDeniers #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife
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SCOTUS is not the president’s personal law firm, but that’s exactly how they’re acting. Twisting the law to shield Trump sets a dangerous precedent—no one is above the Constitution. When the highest court serves a man over the People, democracy is in crisis. We must hold them accountable. #SCOTUS
#SupremeCourt
#CorruptSCOTUS
#SCOTUSWatch
#SCOTUSFail
#PackTheCourt
#ExpandTheCourt
#JudicialCorruption
#JusticeForAll
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SCOTUS is not the president’s personal law firm, but that’s exactly how they’re acting. Twisting the law to shield Trump sets a dangerous precedent—no one is above the Constitution. When the highest court serves a man over the People, democracy is in crisis. We must hold them accountable. #SCOTUS
#SupremeCourt
#CorruptSCOTUS
#SCOTUSWatch
#SCOTUSFail
#PackTheCourt
#ExpandTheCourt
#JudicialCorruption
#JusticeForAll
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#WTF! #CorruptSCOTUS HAS GOT TO GO!!
#USAirForce avoids #PFAS water cleanup, citing #SupremeCourt’s #Chevron ruling
#EPA says Tucson’s drinking water is contaminated but air force claims agency lacks authority to order cleanup
by Tom Perkins
Mon 12 Aug 2024"The US air force is refusing to comply with an order to clean drinking water it polluted in Tucson, Arizona, claiming federal regulators lack authority after the conservative-dominated US supreme court overturned the 'Chevron doctrine'. Air force bases contaminated the water with toxic PFAS '#ForeverChemicals' and other dangerous compounds.
"Though former US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials and legal experts who reviewed the air force’s claim say the Chevron doctrine ruling probably would not apply to the order, the military’s claim that it would represents an early indication of how #polluters will wield the controversial court decision to evade responsibility."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/12/air-force-epa-water-pfas-tucson
#ImpeachJusticeThomas #ChevronDoctrine #SCOTUSIsCompromised
#ImpeachJusticeAlito #TuscanArizona #WaterIsLife #PFASPollution
