Chuck Darwin<p>Amy Klobuchar calls on Supreme Court to hold Trump officials in contempt</p><p>Senator Klobuchar warns of US getting ‘closer to a constitutional crisis’ <br>-- as Samuel Alito’s dissent signals deference to Trump</p><p>On Sunday Minnesota senator <a href="https://c.im/tags/Amy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Klobuchar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Klobuchar</span></a> warned that the US is “getting closer and closer to a constitutional crisis”, but the courts, growing Republican disquiet at Trump administration policies, and public protest were holding it off.</p><p>“I believe as long as these courts hold, <br>and the constituents hold, <br>and the congress starts standing up, <br>our democracy will hold,” </p><p>Klobuchar told CNN’s State of the Union, adding <br>💥“but Donald Trump is trying to pull us down into the sewer of a crisis.”</p><p>Klobuchar said the US supreme court should 👉hold Trump administration officials in contempt if they continue to ignore a court order to facilitate the return of Kilmar Ábrego García from El Salvador, <br>the Maryland resident the government admitted in court it had deported by mistake.</p><p>Klobuchar said the court could appoint a 👉special prosecutor, independent of Trump’s Department of Justice, <br>to uphold the rule of law and charge any officials who are responsible for Ábrego García’s deportation, <br>or have refused to facilitate his return.</p><p>The senator’s comments came hours after supreme court released justice <a href="https://c.im/tags/Samuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Samuel</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/dissenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dissenting</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opinion</span></a> on the court’s decision to block the Trump administration from deporting more Venezuelans held in north Texas’s Bluebonnet detention center .</p><p>In his dissent, Alito criticized the decision of the seven-member majority, <br>saying the court had acted “literally in the middle of the night” and without sufficient explanation. </p><p>The “unprecedented” relief was “hastily and prematurely granted”, Alito added.</p><p>Alito, whose dissent was joined by fellow conservative justice <a href="https://c.im/tags/Clarence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clarence</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thomas</span></a>, said there was “dubious factual support” for granting the request in an emergency appeal from the American Civil Liberties Union <br>to block deportations of accused gang members that the administration contends are legal under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.</p><p>The majority did not provide a detailed explanation for the order released early on Saturday, <br>only that the administration should not to remove Venezuelans held in the “until further order of this court”.</p><p>The court has said previously that deportations under the 1798 law can only proceed if those scheduled to be removed are offered a chance to argue their case in court and were given “a reasonable time” to contest their pending removals.</p><p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/20/amy-klobuchar-samuel-alito-trump-immigration?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/20/amy-klobuchar-samuel-alito-trump-immigration?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> released on Saturday shortly before midnight his dissent to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>’ decision blocking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a>. He was joined by Justice Clarence Thomas. In his 5 dissent Alito wrote that in his view, the court’s decision to intervene overnight was not “necessary or appropriate.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlienEnemiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlienEnemiesAct</span></a></p>
Bohemian Peasant<p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> moved with urgency late last night, intervening in the Alien Enemies Act cases and blocking <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a>. It appears that a majority on the court finally figured out they were being "played" by the govt who seems to have been moving detainees around to avoid court orders and giving the detainees less than full access to due process. </p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thomas</span></a> and <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>, the leading sociopaths on the court, dissented ... of course.</p><p><a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/AlienEnemiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlienEnemiesAct</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACLU</span></a> <a href="https://pnw.zone/tags/AARP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AARP</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/144-the-supreme-courts-late-night" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">stevevladeck.com/p/144-the-sup</span><span class="invisible">reme-courts-late-night</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>, for Now, Blocks <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deportations</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Venezuelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuelan</span></a> Immigrants</p><p>Justices <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> & Samuel <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> dissented.</p><p>Lawyers for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACLU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACLU</span></a>, saying that a new group of Venezuelan men had been “loaded on to buses, presumably headed to the airport,” filed an emergency petition to SCOTUS, asking the justices to step in & issue an immediate pause on any deportations under a wartime powers <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin has been using to try to expel them.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlienEnemiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlienEnemiesAct</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a></p>
FinchHaven sfba<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>heidilifeldman</span></a></span> </p><p>copy-pasta of mine, earlier:</p><p>"<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> and the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> hired <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/JusticeRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeRoberts</span></a> to do one thing, and one thing only</p><p>To re-write the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UnitedStatesConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesConstitution</span></a> in full service to Leo's <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UnitaryExecutive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitaryExecutive</span></a> pipedream</p><p>So far <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Roberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roberts</span></a> is performing according to script </p><p>Aided and abetted by <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thomas</span></a> of course"</p>
FinchHaven sfba<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@samlitzinger" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>samlitzinger</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> and the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> hired <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/JusticeRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeRoberts</span></a> to do one thing, and one thing only</p><p>To re-write the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UnitedStatesConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesConstitution</span></a> in full service to Leo's <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UnitaryExecutive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitaryExecutive</span></a> pipedream</p><p>So far <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Roberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roberts</span></a> is performing according to script </p><p>Aided and abetted by <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thomas</span></a> of course</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> ruled that under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civil</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RICO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RICO</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> a plaintiff may seek treble damages for business or property loss even if the loss resulted from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalInjury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalInjury</span></a>. It’s a win for truck driver Douglas Horn who was fired when he failed a drug test after taking a tincture that said it only contained <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBD</span></a>.</p><p>Opinion from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmyConeyBarrett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmyConeyBarrett</span></a>, 5-4, in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MedicalMarijuana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalMarijuana</span></a>, Inc v Horn. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> filed a dissent. Brett <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kavanaugh</span></a> filed a dissent, joined by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a>, & Samuel <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-365_6k47.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pd</span><span class="invisible">f/23-365_6k47.pdf</span></a></p>
Steve Thompson PhD<p>As Trump Dodges Court Orders, Samuel Alito Suggests Obeying Judges Can Be Optional</p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/samuel-alito-lower-courts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/samuel-alito-lower-courts/</span></a></p><p>A justice suggests flouting democratic norms after taking part in a decades-long project to weaken democratic rights.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ruleoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruleoflaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a></p>
jeff<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DickensianGhoul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DickensianGhoul</span></a> WTAF "lose forever"? Don't waste dollars on that pesky "surplus population" you know, the ones that, unlike him, lost the birth lottery ://</p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Alito “Stunned” By Court Exercising Judicial Power He Championed & Expanded Just Months Ago<br><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/06/alito-stunned-by-court-exercising-judicial-power-he-championed-expanded-just-months-ago/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/03/06/alito-</span><span class="invisible">stunned-by-court-exercising-judicial-power-he-championed-expanded-just-months-ago/</span></a></p><p>"Here’s a puzzle: When does a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> justice believe courts can review executive branch decisions? The answer, at least for Justice <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>, appears to be “whenever a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a> is president, but only then.”</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SamuelAlito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelAlito</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judges</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In other words, Justices Samuel <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NeilGorsuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilGorsuch</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrettKavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrettKavanaugh</span></a> don’t believe in the power of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a>, their own power, or the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a>.</p><p>They believe that the president is in fact above the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> — as long as that president is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.</p><p>Here is the order, Alito’s self sabotaging dissent starts on page 2.</p><p><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a831_3135.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pd</span><span class="invisible">f/24a831_3135.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DeadBeatPresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeadBeatPresident</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aid</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Judge Ali should consider "the feasibility of any compliance deadlines," <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> added.</p><p>4 conservative justices dissented from the denial of the application, w/Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> writing that Ali did not have "unchecked power to compel the government to pay out ... 2 billion taxpayer dollars."</p><p>"I am stunned," Alito added.</p><p>The other dissenters were Justices <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NeilGorsuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilGorsuch</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrettKavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrettKavanaugh</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DeadBeatPresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeadBeatPresident</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In asking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> to take the case from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a>, the coalition’s lawyer, Paul Clement, invoked the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RoeVWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoeVWade</span></a>. In that ruling, known as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dobbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dobbs</span></a> v. Jackson Women’s Health Org, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> cited the court’s 2000 decision on buffer zones as an example of an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a>-related case that had “distorted First Amendment doctrines.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Justices <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> & Samuel <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> dissented [of course], w/Thomas writing that the court’s decision not to review the case from Illinois was “an abdication of our judicial duty” that allows constitutional rights to “hang in the balance.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctors</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ProPublica</span></a></span> With friends like those, who needs to worry about making enemies. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> and <a href="https://toot.community/tags/UncleThom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UncleThom</span></a> remind me of those angry, barky ankle biters socialites lead around on a leash.</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TreasuryTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TreasuryTakeover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> </p><p>UPDATE</p><p>*<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BusinessInsider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessInsider</span></a> has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoPresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoPresident</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>*</p><p>(12/n)</p><p>...organization." </p><p>"...Other names...include <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JacobAltik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JacobAltik</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KeenanKmiec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeenanKmiec</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StephanieHolmes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StephanieHolmes</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Altik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Altik</span></a> was selected to clerk for Justice <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeilGorsuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilGorsuch</span></a> for the term starting in October 2025, while <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kmiec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kmiec</span></a> clerked for Chief Justice <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a>, as well as for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SamuelAlito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelAlito</span></a> while <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> was still a federal circuit judge....</p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"The president-elect reportedly had a private call with Justice <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SamuelAlito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelAlito</span></a> on Tuesday... Hours later, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> filed a request with the court to dismiss his hush-money sentencing.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> spoke with Trump to recommend one of his former law clerks to a position within the forthcoming administration. Then, the following day, Trump’s lawyers had their own request of the bench: Block Trump’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> hush-money sentencing"<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/190037/donald-trump-samuel-alito-supreme-court-hush-money" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/190037/do</span><span class="invisible">nald-trump-samuel-alito-supreme-court-hush-money</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Laffy<p>Good try. Won’t faze Alito though. </p><p>Via Scott MacFarlane:</p><p>Rep Jamie <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Raskin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Raskin</span></a> (D-MD), urges Justice Sam <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> recuse from Trump NY case </p><p>“Having a personal telephone conversation with (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>) while he has active interests in matters currently pending before the court is plainly sufficient to trigger a situation in which.. impartiality might be questioned”</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"On Wednesday, Trump’s lawyers asked the U.S. Supreme Court to extend 'a sitting President’s complete immunity from criminal prosecution' to the 'Presidential transition' period or, at the least, to stop the sentencing while appeals continue."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <br>/6</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Donald Trump is freely sharing his plans to run a nation where laws apply to others but not him — a framework encouraged by Chief Justice John Roberts — and their arguments are reaching a crescendo this week."</p><p>~ Chris Geidner</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <br>/5</p><p><a href="https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-is-laying-out-his-legal-takeover" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lawdork.com/p/trump-is-laying-</span><span class="invisible">out-his-legal-takeover</span></a></p>
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