👏🏻 Via Kyle Griffin:
The Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to a Maryland gun law that bans assault-style weapons — meaning the ban, for now, stays in place in the state. #SCOTUS
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🧵via Elie Mystal: 1/…
All right, let's set up what to watch for in today's #SCOTUS #Trump ballot access argument.
The justices I'll be paying the most attention to are Gorsuch & Kagan.
Court is likely to keep Trump on ballot. But...
Neil is guy who is most willing to carry his logic through to bitter end, to hell with the consequences. And Neil's logic *should* exclude Trump. He once wrote an opinion that kicked other people off the ballot, b/c they failed a textual test in the constitution.
#Follow @JasonPerseus for live posting of #14thAmendment #SCOTUS #Trump arguments.
The live audio for the oral arguments can be found here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx
They will begin at 10:00 a.m. EST, or for those who are more civilized folk: 9:00 a.m. CST.
Here we go … (in 30 minutes)!
#uspol #politics #uspolitics #trump #14th #insurrection #law #lawfedi #legal #supremecourt #SCOTUS
1/… As expected
And it was UNANIMOUS
#BREAKING Supreme Court rules Trump cannot be kicked off Colorado ballot #SCOTUS #14thAmendment #legal https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-trump-cannot-kicked-colorado-ballot-rcna132291
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#Senate Judiciary Committee Has Yet to Subpoena Harlan Crow or Leonard Leo
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More than two months after authorizing subpoenas for two key figures in the Supreme Court’s ethics crisis, Senate #Democrats have yet to issue them.
Via Josh Gerstein:
JUST IN (OR NOT IN): No word from #SCOTUS in regular order release on #Trump's demand for stay to hold off his federal trial for 2020 election tampering so he can argue presidential immunity to justices.
Order list: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/022024zor_7647.pdf
#SupremeCourt turns away Greene, Massie, Norman appeal over mask rule violations 😷 #SCOTUS #legal https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4478298-supreme-court-turns-away-house-gop-lawmakers-appeal-over-mask-rule-violations/
‼️#BREAKING 💥 1/...
Supreme Court to weigh #Trump immunity, keeps D.C. trial on hold— Bloomberg #SCOTUS
“Supreme Court to decide Trump’s immunity claim in election interference case
“Even if the justices ultimately rule against Trump, the court’s intervention adds a further delay, meaning his trial will not start for weeks, if not months.
Supreme Court to decide Trump’s immunity claim in election interference case” https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-decide-trumps-immunity-claim-election-interference-case-rcna139026
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Via Angry Staffer:
This is a new low in a series of them for this #SCOTUS.
This case shouldn’t have even been heard — it’s below the dignity of the institution.
“Is POTUS an all-powerful god king?”
Easy answer: NO! Not “we’ll hear arguments in 2 months, even though we all know how we will vote”
Via a follower on Threads.
Sharing this again to get the word out…
Click the link below to send a message to the #SupremeCourt. It only takes a minute or two out of your day so make your voice heard. #SCOTUS
Via emptywheel:
As people note the finding in #SCOTUS (Congress only) was a 5-4 vote, it raises the stakes on Ginni's spouse's refusal to recuse. #SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas
📌👀 Via Josh Gerstein:
JUST IN: #SCOTUS sets unusual, short-notice opinion release for Monday morning. Appears to signal that ruling on #Trump ballot eligibility is looming. #14thAmendment #legal
Will Bunch: “It was McConnell’s rank amorality, in a wetlands where everything and everybody—even justices of the Supreme Court—is up for sale, that caused the utter devastation that burned the pathway for a narcissistic dictator.…He’s smart enough to know he doesn’t want to be seen wandering lost among the smoldering wreckage he created. Somewhere in the darkness, this gambler did not break even. It’s time to run.”
#MitchMcConnell #SCOTUS #democracy
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/mitch-mcconnell-destroyed-america-runs-away-20240303.html
Via Lisa Rubin: 1/... #SCOTUS
Put aside Alito, who’s comfortable second-guessing the FDA’s weighing of scientific data. The rest of the justices weren’t all that interested in questioning the FDA’s judgment, despite a majority hostile to both regulatory deference and abortion access. What gives?
Via Democracy Docket:
BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court won't hear a case challenging the constitutionality of the #Washington State Voting Rights Act. These crucial state-level voting rights protections will remain in place in the Evergreen State. #SCOTUS
Via Noah Berlatsky:
maybe he had an emergency billionaire yacht to attend.
NBC: Justice Thomas is not in court for Monday's Supreme Court oral arguments.
Chief Justice said Thomas would "participate fully" based on briefs/transcripts but gave no reason for his absence.
No further information provided. #ClarenceThomas #SCOTUS
Via Emptywheel: 1/…
This will be an important case. If SCOTUS throws out application of obstruction to Jan6, those who PLANNED to obstruct vote certification could only face misdemeanors, whereas those who got caught up, could face civil disorder charges. #legal
Josh Gerstein:
After years of dodging and weaving about the gravity of #Jan6 , #SCOTUS seems likely to grapple with the subject as it considers whether an obstruction charge used against hundreds of rioters was misapplied.
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Canada looks better every day
“The Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared skeptical of the Justice Department's position during oral arguments over whether a federal obstruction law can be used to prosecute some of the rioters [sic] involved in the #Jan6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.” #SCOTUS
The Supreme Court appeared ready to let cities crack down on homeless camps, with conservative justices questioning lower-court rulings against anticamping laws - WSJ #SCOTUS
MEANWHILE, at #SCOTUS, via Ryan Reilly:
Supreme Court Trump immunity arguments underway.
"There can be no presidency as we know it" without presidential immunity, Trump lawyer John Sauer argues. 🤦🏻♀️