#extremecourt — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #extremecourt, aggregated by home.social.
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#SCOTUS #Trump #immunity ruling poses risk for #democracy, experts say
Former #Nixon White House counsel #JohnDean said Monday that had the court’s ruling been in force in the early 1970s, #history could have turned out very differently.
“As I looked at it, I realized Richard Nixon would have had a pass” because the #evidence against him was based on #OfficialActs the #SupremeCourt has deemed #immune from prosecution.#law #PartisanCourt #ExtremeCourt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/01/supreme-court-immunity-trump-democracy/ -
There are some differences: For instance, Justice #Alito told Fox News that his wife hoisted the flag in response to Ms. Baden’s vulgar insult. However, a text message & the police call — corroborated by Fairfax County authorities — indicate that the name-calling took place on Feb. 15, weeks AFTER the inverted #flag was taken down.
#ExtremeCourt #SCOTUS #law #JudicialEthics #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ChristianNationalism #Jan6 #insurrection
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Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Guts Even More of the Voting Rights Act Affecting Seven States
A panel of judges in a federal appeals court said Monday that only the federal government — not citizens and groups — can sue under a key part of the Voting Rights Act, effectively
https://newsviews.online/2023/11/20/eighth-circuit-court-of-appeals-guts-even-more-of-the-voting-rights-act-affecting-seven-states/
#VoterSuppressionVotingRights #8thCircuitCourtOfAppeals #ExtremeCourt #Section2 #VRA -
Extreme Court Justices Alito and Thomas Release Their Financial Disclosure Forms
Following a series of ProPublica stories that documented numerous, undisclosed luxury vacations and other gifts Extreme Court Justice Uncle Thomas received over the years from a cadre of billionaires, including Harlan Cr
https://newsviews.online/2023/09/01/extreme-court-justices-alito-and-thomas-release-their-financial-disclosure-forms/
#ExtremeCourt #DisclosureForms #ExtremeCourt #SamuelAlito #UncleClarence
