#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
#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
https://fixthecourt.com/2023disclosures/
“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
Some great #SCOTUS editorial cartoons by Mike Luckovich
#Alito #SCOTUSstench #law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #JudicialEthics #Recuse #TermLimits #ChristianNationalism #Jan6 #insurrection
“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
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
Here’s today’s FACT of the #SCOTUS hearing on DT immunity claim.
It doesn’t matter what they decide. DT’s already won by getting everything delayed and a stay on the other trials. His lawyers even said as much in a #RollingStone article.
Nice work #SCOTUS 🤬
#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
…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
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
#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
“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
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
#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
https://wapo.st/4aqDBEB
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.
