Professor Laurence H. Tribe and I understand the perilous consequences for American democracy of the Supreme Court's embrace of the so-called "independent state legislature" theory exactly the same way. In a word, the theory itself is unconstitutional.https://t.co/JyrT95keR9
— @judgeluttig (@judgeluttig) July 5, 2022
Category: Blind Justice
Jesus Christ
It’s probably been 30 years since I had a panic attack, but I had one after these rulings were released today:
Live Updates: Supreme Court Curbs E.P.A.’s Authority to Address Climate Change https://t.co/che8ik0nKN
— Suburban Guerrilla 💙 (@SusieMadrak) June 30, 2022
After the attempted coup, this cannot happen.
Supreme Court to hear case on GOP ‘independent legislature’ theory that could radically reshape elections – POLITICO https://t.co/YL1xOZ1zzf
— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@AdamKinzinger) June 30, 2022
It is a giant reg flag that this partisan court has agreed to take up the independent state legislatures doctrine. An overt attempt at a coup, allowing a partisan gerrymandered legislature to overturn an election even if it violates the state constitution. https://t.co/SdnYWXDdVO
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) June 30, 2022
Fake originalism
this is a kill shot https://t.co/XWFUZjaefH
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) June 29, 2022
Ripple effect
— Dot. 💙 (@dotcalmu) June 26, 2022
Alito is a rightwing asshole and liar
Alito’s disingenuous assurances about other precedents https://t.co/UYKFAcKS97
— Scott Lemieux (@LemieuxLGM) June 25, 2022
By the way, a lot of men agree with this decision — almost half:
A @CBSNews poll found that 49% of men approve of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade and 51% disapprove of overturning it. By comparison, 33% of women approve and 67% disapprove.
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 26, 2022
Can you believe this shit?
Maybe I’m really out of touch with my own state, but no way in hell do I see Mastriano winning:
Now that the Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade, the most important election this year in America when it comes to abortion will be the contest for governor of Pennsylvania. https://t.co/nxzvLcxXkT
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 24, 2022
Conservative SCOTUS hacks
I say that because their rulings ignore precedent and in most cases, don’t even make sense:
The Supreme Court's conservative supermajority today declared that there is a constitutional right to carry a handgun in public for self defense, a decision that will likely make it far more difficult to defend rules that limit guns in public places. https://t.co/orTFpRzFCV
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) June 23, 2022
https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/1540054502547636225
These f*cking f*cks
It is absolutely imperative that we get at least two more Senate seats if we’re going to stop this corrupt Court:
Carson v. Makin is a major decision with huge consequences for state funding of religion. The conservative majority holds that the First Amendment requires Maine's taxpayers to fund explicitly religious education. That is a breathtakingly radical holding. https://t.co/saVbopQJyq
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 21, 2022
Sotomayor, dissenting: "This Court continues to dismantle the wall of separation between church and state that the Framers fought to build. … The consequences of the Court’s rapid transformation of the Religion Clauses must not be understated." https://t.co/saVbopQJyq
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 21, 2022
Here is Breyer asking the next logical question: Does this ruling mean that states must provide equal funding to private religious schools and public schools? Taken at face value, Roberts' decision has the potential to dismantle secular public education. https://t.co/saVbopQJyq pic.twitter.com/ICQXbBbI6o
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 21, 2022
I heart Bill Pascrell
Inbox: Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell calls on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign over new reporting about Ginni Thomas.
"Clarence Thomas cannot possibly be seen as a neutral actor but instead as a corrupt jurist who has poisoned the High Court." pic.twitter.com/NnvMOUDd3e
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) June 16, 2022
They seem busy
BREAKING: DOJ sent a letter to the Jan 6 committee requesting transcripts of all depositions they conducted -calling them “not just potentially relevant to our overall criminal investigations, but are likely relevant to specific prosecutions that have already commenced”
— Chris Jansing (@ChrisJansing) June 16, 2022