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Yes. Stop thinking of Supreme Court Justices as anything other than politicians.
The fetishization of legal academia and media of the Supreme Court--writing exhaustingly about the politics, the justices themselves, tea-leaf reading doctrine, coding opinions--has made us all forget where 99% of the real law actually happens & who does it.
Don't forget. Don't give up.
Don't forget. Don't give up.
June 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yes. Stop thinking of Supreme Court Justices as anything other than politicians.
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NY Times today writes how another check on Trump ends with Friday's Supreme Court decision. It's far worse than they are saying. That is why Democratic governors MUST start exploring withholding federal tax dollars and creating legal means for residents to pay the state their federal taxes.
June 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
NY Times today writes how another check on Trump ends with Friday's Supreme Court decision. It's far worse than they are saying. That is why Democratic governors MUST start exploring withholding federal tax dollars and creating legal means for residents to pay the state their federal taxes.
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"This Supreme Court is an existential threat to the rule of law." – Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson
There are lines you can feel echoing through history. They'll wonder how so many saw it coming, but it all still happened.
Ketanji Brown Jackson
There are lines you can feel echoing through history. They'll wonder how so many saw it coming, but it all still happened.
June 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"This Supreme Court is an existential threat to the rule of law." – Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson
There are lines you can feel echoing through history. They'll wonder how so many saw it coming, but it all still happened.
Ketanji Brown Jackson
There are lines you can feel echoing through history. They'll wonder how so many saw it coming, but it all still happened.
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📌Thanks to a loaded, radical-Right Supreme Court that believes in monarchies, not democracy, a convicted felon, who regards the truth as his mortal enemy, now has the power he needs to wage war on the citizens of this country he pillages for his gain.
It is an existential threat to the rule of law.
It is an existential threat to the rule of law.
FIGHT BACK
Friday's fascist Supreme Court decision is designed to make us submit ... DON'T
dearlstephens.substack.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
📌Thanks to a loaded, radical-Right Supreme Court that believes in monarchies, not democracy, a convicted felon, who regards the truth as his mortal enemy, now has the power he needs to wage war on the citizens of this country he pillages for his gain.
It is an existential threat to the rule of law.
It is an existential threat to the rule of law.
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ICYMI — “FRIDAY evening theSenate rejected a war powers resolution that would have blocked Trump from making further attacks on Iran, despite widespread disapproval of last week’s strikes… Rand Paul (R) voted for it… Fetterman (D) voted against…”
Fetterman Voted With GOP to Make Sure Trump Can Attack Iran Again
After Trump’s Iran attack, most Democrats rallied behind Tim Kaine’s war powers resolution in the Senate — but not John Fetterman.
theintercept.com
June 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
ICYMI — “FRIDAY evening theSenate rejected a war powers resolution that would have blocked Trump from making further attacks on Iran, despite widespread disapproval of last week’s strikes… Rand Paul (R) voted for it… Fetterman (D) voted against…”
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And then ordered all the vaccines destroyed.
May 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
And then ordered all the vaccines destroyed.
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I sometimes sit up straight in the middle of the night and realize the country is being run by a lunatic…
And a stupid one at that.
And a stupid one at that.
May 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I sometimes sit up straight in the middle of the night and realize the country is being run by a lunatic…
And a stupid one at that.
And a stupid one at that.
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RFK Jr. is reportedly going to forbid government scientists from publishing in the world’s most respected medical journals — the Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, etc.
It’s going to take decades to repair the damage done by this administration.
It’s going to take decades to repair the damage done by this administration.
May 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
RFK Jr. is reportedly going to forbid government scientists from publishing in the world’s most respected medical journals — the Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, etc.
It’s going to take decades to repair the damage done by this administration.
It’s going to take decades to repair the damage done by this administration.
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Breaking News: A judge said the government should release Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed by Harvard University, saying U.S. customs had “no factual or legal basis” for revoking her visa.
Judge Finds Government Acted Illegally in Russian Scientist Case
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Breaking News: A judge said the government should release Kseniia Petrova, a Russian scientist employed by Harvard University, saying U.S. customs had “no factual or legal basis” for revoking her visa.
this is gonna be really bad tho
This is what happens when you put a brainworm anti-vaxxer in charge of the health department.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/h...
U.S. Cancels Contract With Moderna to Develop Bird Flu Vaccine
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
this is gonna be really bad tho
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Breaking News: A woman sued oil and gas companies over her mother’s death in a heat wave. It's the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming, experts said.
Oil Companies Are Sued Over Death of Woman in 2021 Heat Wave
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Breaking News: A woman sued oil and gas companies over her mother’s death in a heat wave. It's the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming, experts said.
Do laws matter if the court doesn't follow them?
Does the court matter if it doesn't enforce the laws?
Does the court matter if it doesn't enforce the laws?
One might have thought that last November, when Missourians voted to enshrine “reproductive freedom" in the state constitution, that would have been the end of the conversation.
Alas, the Missouri Supreme Court doesn’t seem to be inclined to listen. This week, the court halted abortions.
Alas, the Missouri Supreme Court doesn’t seem to be inclined to listen. This week, the court halted abortions.
Missouri Supreme Court defies voters, halts abortions in the state
Despite passage of a constitutional amendment last fall, the ping-pong battle over "reproductive freedom" continues.
www.motherjones.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Do laws matter if the court doesn't follow them?
Does the court matter if it doesn't enforce the laws?
Does the court matter if it doesn't enforce the laws?
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Richest guy in the world cut funding for cancer research but at least he had fun
May 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Richest guy in the world cut funding for cancer research but at least he had fun
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The White House is a white supremacist house.
May 9, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The White House is a white supremacist house.
I definitely didn't want to wake up to a force install of this new Outlook @microsoft.com. Leave my stuff alone.
May 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I definitely didn't want to wake up to a force install of this new Outlook @microsoft.com. Leave my stuff alone.
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May 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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A constituent was forcibly removed from Mike Lawler’s town hall.
He has inadvertently created an instantly iconic image of the resistance.
He has inadvertently created an instantly iconic image of the resistance.
May 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A constituent was forcibly removed from Mike Lawler’s town hall.
He has inadvertently created an instantly iconic image of the resistance.
He has inadvertently created an instantly iconic image of the resistance.
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Okay Luigi absolutely didn't do it and this is a pin job
May 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Okay Luigi absolutely didn't do it and this is a pin job
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NEW: Read the resignation letter of three federal prosecutors who'd worked on the Eric Adams case: "Now, the Department has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions from Washington." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
April 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
NEW: Read the resignation letter of three federal prosecutors who'd worked on the Eric Adams case: "Now, the Department has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions from Washington." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
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Jake Tapper: "One 60 Minutes source tells me, 'The lawsuit was baseless. Bill Owens wouldn't apologize. He wouldn't bend. He fought for the broadcast and for independent journalism and that cost him his job. It's shameful.'"
April 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Jake Tapper: "One 60 Minutes source tells me, 'The lawsuit was baseless. Bill Owens wouldn't apologize. He wouldn't bend. He fought for the broadcast and for independent journalism and that cost him his job. It's shameful.'"
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The Art of the Deal
April 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Art of the Deal