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The #FederalJudiciary has been neutered, castrated
As long as there are no real consequences to any of #Trump's "defiance" why should Trump or #TrumpAttorneys ever stop?
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Federal judges call SCOTUS’s shadow docket “inappropriate,” “opaque,” and a “judicial crisis” – Daily Kos
by TheCriticalMind
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Saturday, October 11, 2025 at 4:45:27p PDT
The current Supreme Court is making unprecedented use of the ‘shadow docket’. Reaction has been mixed. Liberals say the Court is a rubber stamp enabling Trump’s imperial presidency. MAGAs argue that SCOTUS’s conservative bloc is doing God’s work by thwarting anti-democratic rulings by unelected, activist, lower court judges.
However, politics aside, Supreme Court rulings impact how the Judiciary does business. To understand the practical effect of the Court’s use of the shadow docket, the New York Times polled US District and Appeals Court judges.
It reported its findings in an article titled: Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders.”
The subhead summarized the substance of the piece. To wit:
Dozens of sitting judges shared with The Times their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the Supreme Court releases opaque orders about Trump administration policies.
The Times wrote to “hundreds of federal judges across the country” — and 65 replied. The respondents are not named. But the paper said presidents of both parties had appointed them. And that, while there was a difference in degree, Judges across the political spectrum worried about SCOTUS’s high-handedness. In the NYT’s words:
Of the judges who responded, 28 were nominated by Republican presidents, including 10 by Mr. Trump; 37 were nominated by Democrats.
Adding: While those nominated by Democrats were more critical of the Supreme Court, judges nominated by presidents of both parties expressed concerns.
The paper asked the judges if they agreed or disagreed with the following statement: The Supreme Court has made appropriate use of the emergency docket since President Trump returned to office. Overall 72% said SCOTUS’s use was inappropriate, 9% hedged, and 18% (all Republican) said it was appropriate.
Tellingly, while almost all Democrats said SCOTUS was on the wrong side of the line, nearly half the Republicans concurred. The conclusion is inescapable. When half your team thinks your side stinks, it stinks.
Federal judges call SCOTUS’s shadow docket “inappropriate,” “opaque,” and a “judicial crisis”
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#2025 #America #DailyKos #DonaldTrump #Education #EmergencyOrders #FederalJudiciary #Health #History #JudicialCrisis #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Politics #Resistance #RuleOfLaw #SCOTUS #SupremeCourtOfTheUnitedStates #TheNewYorkTimes #Trump #TrumpAdministration #UnitedStates
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Vance says Roberts is ‘profoundly wrong’ about Supreme Court’s role to check the executive branch – ABC News
Vance says Roberts is ‘profoundly wrong’ about Supreme Court’s role to check the executive branch
The White House has argued Trump has plenary power on immigration.By Hannah Demissie, May 21, 2025, 4:50 PM,36:47
Chief Justice Roberts rebukes Trump’s call for impeachment of judge
In a rare on-camera appearance on Wednesday, Chief Justice John Roberts rebuked President Donald Trump’s call to impeach a judge who ruled against his administration’s immigration policies.During a wide-ranging podcast interview with the New York Times posted Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance said Chief Justice John Roberts was “profoundly wrong” for recent comments he made on the Supreme Court’s role to check the excesses of the executive.”I thought that was a profoundly wrong sentiment. That’s one half of his job. The other half of his job is to check the excesses of his own branch,” Vance stated. “You cannot have a country where the American people keep on electing immigration enforcement and the courts tell the American people they’re not allowed to have what they voted for. That’s where we are right now,” Vance continued.
Vance’s comments occurred while discussing the administration’s immigration policies and initiatives, which have been met with swift legal actions. Vance said the White House believes Trump “has extraordinary plenary power.”
Read more: Vance says Roberts is ‘profoundly wrong’ about Supreme Court’s role to check the executive branch – ABC NewsSource Links: Vance says Roberts is ‘profoundly wrong’ about Supreme Court’s role to check the executive branch – ABC News
#Balance #ExecutiveBranch #FederalJudiciary #StopTrump #SupremeCourt #ThreeBranches #Trump #Vance #VicePresident #WrongIdeas
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@ProPublica #Judge #AileenCannon Failed to #Disclose a #RightWing #Junket
Cannon, whose oversight of the #DonaldTrump #classified #documents case has garnered widespread criticism, has repeatedly #violated a rule requiring that #federal #judges disclose their attendance at private seminars. #courts #corruption #maga #GOP #rightwing #courts #federaljudiciary #democracy #graft #politics https://www.propublica.org/article/judge-aileen-cannon-trump-documents-case-travel-disclosures -
@sadele2 There is a federal statute which requires all federal judges, including #SupremeCourt justices, to #recuse themselves from any case “in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned,” but there is no effective enforcement mechanism to apply this vague law to a Supreme Court justice. #Democracy #FederalJudiciary #SCOTUS #broken not subject to law #corruption continues #financialdisclosures are a fraud. We have for years now been witnessing real time the unraveling of rule of law
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@rbreich
Yep. We have plenty of strong evidence that our federal judicial system, including SCOTUS, is broken and in need of serious reforms.I'd sure feel a LOT better if I knew that Biden had a plan to begin addressing this structural problem.
#savedemocracy #federaljudiciary #trumptrials #justice #leadership #potus
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The #FederalJudiciary last year adopted other changes to its disclosure rules to clarify that judges must disclose stays at commercial properties, like hotels & resorts, & gifts of hospitality paid for by an entity or third-party other than the person providing it.
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The #FederalJudiciary in Friday's notice said the disclosure policies were updated "to reflect past statutory changes more clearly & help ensure complete reporting of gifts & reimbursements consistent w/statutory requirements."
#SCOTUS in Nov announced its first formal code of #conduct governing the #ethical behavior of its #justices, following months of outside pressure over revelations of undisclosed luxury trips.
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#SCOTUS justices & federal #judges can no longer avoid disclosing the value of travel-related #gifts they receive by classifying such free trips as "reimbursements" on their #FinancialDisclosure forms under new regulations now in effect.
The regs, announced by the #FederalJudiciary late on Fri, follow revelations that #conservative SCOTUS Justice #ClarenceThomas had not disclosed luxury trips paid for by a wealthy benefactor.#law
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-justices-judges-face-new-rules-disclosing-free-trips-2024-03-18/ -
#Trump does not have #presidential #immunity in #January6 case, federal appeals #court rules https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/06/politics/trump-immunity-court-of-appeals/index.html - no joy prior to #election2024 Next....en banc #expedited #appeal to be filed, another 4/5 weeks to #brief and argue; +3/4 weeks to decide > #SCOTUS. #Justice #judiciary #federaljudiciary #courts #broken #democracy #justicedelayed #justicedenied
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The rot in the federal judiciary goes deeper than the Supreme Court
#FederalJudiciary #SupremeCourt #LowerCourts #JudicialReform #Corruption #JusticeSystem #Politics #News
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Supreme Court’s #Corruption #Scandal Isn’t About #Ethical Niceties. Vast, lavishly funded, 4 decade campaign to stack #FederalJudiciary & especially #SCOTUS w inalterably #ConservativeJudges is the real #corruption here. Sure, more is needed on #ethics front & compliance w ethics rules should not be optional. The issue is #LeonardLeo, #FederalistSociety & a couple of generations of leading #lawyers on right exerting enormous influence over composition of the #judiciary. https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/the-supreme-courts-corruption-scandal
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#SenateJudiciary Cmte Held Hearing 3/2/23 On #EthicsCode For #SupremeCourt Amidst #ClarenceThomas #scandal #SCOTUS #EthicsReforms #ethics #testimony #checksandbalances #corruption #recusal #statusquo #HarlanCrow #publicservice #judicialpower #federaljudiciary Enforce the #CodeofConduct #crisis #public #confidence #JudicialActivism #PartisanJudiciary #OathofOffice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ4kKO73q1w