#scotusstench — Public Fediverse posts
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#NRA executive director #RandyKozuch celebrates the #SCOTUS #BumpStock ruling:
“The Supreme Court has properly restrained executive branch agencies to their role of enforcing, & not making, the law. This decision will be pivotal to NRA’s future challenges of ATF regulations.”
#law #SCOTUSstench #DarkMoney #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #ClarenceThomas #Alito #JohnRoberts #FederalistSociety #LeonardLeo #HarlanCrow
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#SCOTUS Justice #Alito spoke candidly about the ideological battle between the left & the right—discussing the difficulty of living “peacefully" w/ideological opponents in the face of "fundamental" differences that "can't be compromised." He endorsed…a necessary fight to “return our country to a place of godliness."
#law #SCOTUSstench #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #ethics #evangelism #ChristianNationalism #AppealToHeaven
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/samuel-alito-supreme-court-justice-recording-tape-battle-1235036470/ -
Propublica’s “Friends of the Court” reporting:
#SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #law #FinancialDisclosures #SCOTUSstench #ethics #judiciary #JudicialEthics #bribes #bribery #IdeologicalPayOff
https://www.propublica.org/series/supreme-court-scotus -
via #FixTheCourt
#SCOTUS Justice #ClarenceThomas racked up $4,189,994 in gifts.
Other justices $248k.
#law #FinancialDisclosures #SCOTUSstench #ethics #judiciary #JudicialEthics #bribes #bribery #IdeologicalPayOff
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“So I think they’ll set this straight,” #MikeJohnson said, “but it’s going to take a while.”
He added later: “I think this court will do the right thing, because they see the abuse of the system right now.” [I think THIS court will do the wrong thing, they abuse the system constantly]
#SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt #SCOTUSstench #MAGARepublicans #Trump #Republicans #law #VoteBlue
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Some great #SCOTUS editorial cartoons by Mike Luckovich
#Alito #SCOTUSstench #law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #JudicialEthics #Recuse #TermLimits #ChristianNationalism #Jan6 #insurrection
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“To me, the #flag issue is much simpler. The fact is that, regardless of its legality, displaying the flag in that way, at that time, shouldn’t have happened. To put it bluntly, any #judge w/reasonable #ethical instincts would have realized immediately that flying the flag then & in that way was improper. And dumb.”
#Alito #SCOTUS #SCOTUSstench #law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #JudicialEthics #Judiciary #TermLimits #AppealToHeaven #ChristianNationalists #Jan6 #UnitedStates #insurrection
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How Could #Alito Have Been So Foolish?
#Courts work because people trust #judges. Taking sides in this way erodes that #trust.
By Judge Michael Ponsor — a snr #Federal #judge on the #US Dist Court for MA, appointed in 1994 after 10yrs as a fed magistrate judge.
#SCOTUS #SCOTUSstench #law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #JudicialEthics #TermLimits #AppealToHeaven #ChristianNationalists #Jan6 #insurrection
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/opinion/alito-flag-supreme-court.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb -
#SCOTUS Justice Samuel A. #Alito Jr., in suggesting that the #obstruction charge is being read too broadly & covers normal political protest, proposed thinking specifically about a demonstration inside the building where the argument was taking place.
“For all the protests that have occurred in this court, the Justice Department has not charged any serious offenses,” he said. -
That appears to be the attitude of the #SupremeCourt of the #UnitedStates, which for the 2nd time in a wk did nothing to dispel the notion that it is the #billionaire-bought #lapdog of #Trump, committed to doing literally anything to elect him.
…this morning #SCOTUS ruled — per curiam, meaning the whole court, not just the #conservative majority — that Trump can remain on the ballot in #Colorado.
#law #justice #Jan6 #Insurrection #14A #14thAmendment #SCOTUSstench #CourtReform #TermLimits
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…the high court will do anything it can to hand the fmr #insurrectionist-in-chief the keys to the #WhiteHouse. Today it struck again.
I mean, who among us hasn’t insurrected? It happens to a lot of guys. It’s not a big deal.
#AnandGiridharadas; #TheInk
#Trump #law #justice #Jan6 #Insurrection #14A #14thAmendment #law #SCOTUSstench #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #CourtReform #TermLimits
https://open.substack.com/pub/anandwrites/p/supreme-court-impunity-colorado-ballot?r=dikz2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email -
The move keeps Trump’s #trial in #DC on hold while #SCOTUS hears arguments on an #expedited basis. #Trump has been pushing to #delay any #trial until after the Nov #election as the presidential campaign kicks into high gear.
#ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #SCOTUSstench #Madness #batshit #Immunity #NationalSecurity #law #legal #criminal #conspiracy #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith #Chutkan #obstruction #ElectionInterference #TrumpIsAThreatToNationalSecurity #TrumpIsAnInsurrectionist #Insurrection #Jan6 -
#Colorado Secretary of State, #JenaGriswold correctly has said individual states effectively decide outcomes of #National elections all the time by passing state #VoterSuppression #legislation.
#Trump #14thAmendment #SCOTUS #Justices #Jan6 #Insurrection #democracy #Constitution #law #politics #SCOTUSstench
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The #justices’ questioning of the atty representing #Colorado was more pointed. Liberal & conservative #justices alike warned that if CO had its way in declaring #Trump ineligible, a single #state could decide for the rest of the #nation whether a presidential candidate is permitted to run. Justice Samuel #Alito said that would create an “unmanageable” situation.
#Jan6 #Insurrection #democracy #Constitution #law #politics #SCOTUSstench
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#SCOTUS on Thurs seemed prepared to keep #Trump on the #Colorado ballot, expressing deep concerns about the ability of a single state to disqualify a candidate from seeking national office.
THAT IS NOT A CONSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTUAL REASON.
THAT IS #POLITICAL / “#OPTICS” RATIONALIZATION.
#Justices #Jan6 #Insurrection #democracy #Constitution #law #politics #SCOTUSstench
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“This case involves — for the first time in our Nation’s history — criminal charges against a former President based on his actions while in office,” #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith said in a filing to #SCOTUS. “And not just any actions: alleged acts to perpetuate himself in power by frustrating the constitutionally prescribed process for certifying the lawful winner of an election.”
#GiftArticle #democracy #Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Insurrection #SCOTUSstench #PartisanCourt #criminal
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Arguments are scheduled for Jan. 9.
#SpecialCounsel #JackSmith had said #PublicInterest required intervention now, so the federal election-#obstruction trial of #Trump — the front-runner for the 2024 #Republican presidential nomination — could proceed as scheduled in March.#GiftArticle #democracy #Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Insurrection #SCOTUSstench #PartisanCourt #PoliticalCourt
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#SCOTUS won’t fast-track ruling on #Trump’s claim of immunity
#SpecialCounsel #JackSmith had asked the justices to short-circuit the normal appellate process & quickly settle the question of presidential #criminal #immunity, which the #SupremeCourt previously has not been called upon to resolve.
#GiftArticle #democracy #Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Insurrection #SCOTUSstench #PartisanCourt #PoliticalCourt
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During the summit, the justice went to a private dinner for the network’s #donors. #ClarenceThomas has attended #Koch donor events at least 2x over the yrs, acc/to interviews w/ 3 fmr network employees & 1 major donor. The justice was brought in to speak, staffers said, in the hopes that such #access would encourage donors to continue giving.
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#Thomas also acknowledged prior mistakes & #omissions in past reports, involving #BankAccounts, a #LifeInsurancePolicy & the name of his wife’s (#GinniThomas) real estate co. Filings from #ClarenceThomas & Samuel #Alito were made public Thurs, months later than those of their colleagues at the high court, bc the 2 justices had requested 90-day extensions.
#SCOTUS #JudicialEthics #law #legal #SCOTUSstench #corruption #BoughtAndPaidFor #SCOTUSrulings4Sale
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#SupremeCourt #Justice #ClarenceThomas reported THREE trips in 2022 on the #PrivateJet of a Texas #billionaire in a financial #disclosure form released Thurs, & for the first time detailed #HarlanCrow’s purchase of THREE #properties from the justice’s family years earlier.
#SCOTUS #JudicialEthics #law #legal #SCOTUSstench #corruption #BoughtAndPaidFor #SCOTUSrulings4Sale
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/08/31/clarence-thomas-alito-financial-disclosures/ -
BREAKING: the #SenateJudiciaryCommittee just advanced a bill to require an enforceable code of conduct for #SupremeCourt Justices.
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ICYMI:
Justice #Sotomayor's staff urged schools & libraries to buy her memoir or kid's books
The Associated Press
It’s not the $300k vacations Thomas or Alito took, but it’s still not just unacceptable, but also an easy call. You have a publisher, a publicist, they handle the publicity for your books, not your #SCOTUS staff.
#SCOTUSstench #JudicialEthics
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/11/1187005372/sonia-sotomayor-supreme-court-staff-book-sales-signings-memoir -
A Federal Judge Asks: Does the Supreme Court Realize How Bad It Smells?
By Judge Michael Ponsor, snr judge on the US District Court for the District of MA.
“You don’t just stay inside the lines; you stay well inside the lines. This is not a matter of politics or judicial philosophy. It is ethics in the trenches.”
#SCOTUS #SCOTUSstench #JudicialEthics #CourtReform #TermLimits
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/14/opinion/supreme-court-ethics.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -
FFS Attys w/cases before #SCOTUS venmoed $$ to an aide for #ClarenceThomas
“Several lawyers who have had business before the supreme court, including one who successfully argued to end race-conscious admissions at universities, paid money to a top aide to Justice Clarence Thomas, according to the aide’s Venmo transactions.”
#SCOTUSstench #TermLimits #JudicialEthics #Law #Legal #Corruption
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/12/clarence-thomas-aide-venmo-payments-lawyers-supreme-court -
Corruption is part of the scotus that the fascist gop created. https://www.commondreams.org/news/alito That was the whole point of appointing these corrupt judges & apparently their corrupt spouses to the court in the first place. Puppets of the gop. #scotus #scotusstench #politics #voteblue
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And thomas is the biggest hypocrite of all voting against something that benefited him but not allowing it to benefit other POC. https://www.wonkette.com/conservatives-thrilled-by-prospect-of-fewer-black-kids-going-to-college #scotus #scotusstench Corrupt partisan hacks. No respect for the scotus anymore. It is simply another arm of the radical right fascist gop nazi party. #politics
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https://americanindependent.com/exclusive-impeach-clarence-thomas-supreme-court/ I agree but seems like those who break the law who have power in government or the courts never really faces justice. #scotus #scotusstench #scotusiscompromised #politics
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https://americanindependent.com/supreme-court-confidence-declines-since-dobbs/ How can you have confidence in a court that has been bought and paid for by the wealthy donors of the gop? #politics #scotus #scotusstench #scotusiscompromised #expandthecourt