Via Kyle Griffin:
Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the Radcliffe Institute: "There are days that I've come to my office after an announcement of a case and closed my door and cried. … There have been those days. And there are likely to be more." #SCOTUS
Via Kyle Griffin:
Justice Sonia Sotomayor at the Radcliffe Institute: "There are days that I've come to my office after an announcement of a case and closed my door and cried. … There have been those days. And there are likely to be more." #SCOTUS
👏🏻 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
Psst! #ClarenceThomas won't do that. But keep up the pressure regardless.
"Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin is calling on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a case focused on #Trump’s eligibility for the 2024 ballot." #14thAmendment #legal #SCOTUS https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/02/07/congress/durbin-thomas-scotus-trump-2024-ballot-eligibility-00140147?cid=politico_threads
Of course.
“Revealed: rightwinger #LeonardLeo linked to efforts to keep #Trump on ballot
Federalist Society co-chair has ties to the groups arguing in the US #SupremeCourt case that Trump should stay on the #Colorado ballot” #SCOTUS
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/feb/09/leonard-leo-federalist-society-trump-ballot-supreme-court?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
🧵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
🧵 Via Lisa Rubin: 1/...
One of the most offensive aspects of Trump’s stay petition is his insistence that the dearth of any prosecutions of a former president over 234 years of American history “implies that the power does not exist.”
But the recent argument on Trump’s disqualification from the Colorado primary ballot, one of the justices did not seem all that keen on such arguments.
Tick tick tick... 1/... 🧵
Via Kyle Cheney:
MATH EXERCISE: #Trump's immunity appeal paused his DC trial on Dec. 7 — w 88 days to go until Mar 4 trial was set to begin
That means if #SCOTUS sends case back to Chutkan, she will give Trump roughly 88 days to prepare for trial. If SCOTUS denies the stay on, say, Feb. 22, that would line up Trump's trial for May 20 ..the precise date he's slated to go on trial in Florida, but which seems highly unlikely to remain on track #legal #TrumpIndictment
As expected :
“#Trump on Monday filed a last-ditch request at #SupremeCourt seeking to prevent his prosecution for attempting to overturn the 2020 election from moving closer to trial.
Trump asked the justices to put on hold an appeals court ruling that rejected his broad claim of presidential immunity in relation to events leading up to #Jan6” #legal #SCOTUS #TrumpIndictment
Via Elie Mystal:
As expected, Jack didn’t need a week.
Now we see if SCOTUS moves with the same urgency
Mueller, She Wrote:
BREAKING: #JackSmith has filed his opposition to trump's application for a stay with #SCOTUS over the immunity issue. As predicted, DoJ says trump FAILS to meet the standards for issuing a stay, nor can he overcome the public's interest in a speedy resolution. #legal #TrumpIndictment 1/...
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
#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 Lisa Rubin:
Looks like #SCOTUS is not only releasing opinions on Wednesday, but will have an order list on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.
VIDEO: ‘Last Week Tonight's’ John Oliver offers to give Clarence Thomas a $2.4 million dollar motorcoach and $1 million a year for the rest of his life to “Get The F*ck off the Supreme Court”
#JohnOliver #USPol #ClarenceThomas #SCOTUS #LastWeekTonight .
Via Lisa Rubin:
NEW: Supreme Court orders list out; nothing about immunity appeal on it. But that’s what experts expected because a decision on #Trump’s stay motion will likely come through a miscellaneous order. #SCOTUS
https://supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/022624zor_m6ho.pdf
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 declines to undo sanctions on pro-#Trump 2020 campaign lawyers - #SCOTUS #legal https://apple.news/A13Ge5nVdSHGokro653BsSQ
#SCOTUS on Tues turned down a major property-rights challenge to rent control laws in NYC & elsewhere that give tenants a right to stay for many yrs in an apartment w below-market cost.
A group of NY landlords had sued contending the combination of rent regulation & long-term occupancy violated Constitution’s ban on taking of private property for public use.
The justices considered the appeal since late Sept. Only Justice Thomas issued a partial dissent.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-02-20/supreme-court-rejects-property-rights-challenge-to-rent-control
“#SCOTUS will not review challenge to admissions syst for prestigious N VA magnet school which admins said opened program to wider socioecon range of students..opponents claimed discrim against Asian Amer. applicants.
..decision not to take case drew sharp dissent from 2 conservative justices & follows ruling rejecting race-conscious admissions programs..ruling rolled back decades of precedent, dramatically changed how private & pub universities select students”
#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/
“Justices from across ideological spectrum appeared likely to prevent #Texas & #Florida from immed implementing laws restricting social media giants from removing certain political or controversial posts, even as they expressed concern about the power platforms wield over public debate.
..considered whether state govts can set rules for how social media platforms curate content in a major 1A case with implications for the future of free speech online” #SCOTUS
https://wapo.st/48uxY63