scotus

Unbelievable

" #SCOTUS cleared the way for Trump admin to swiftly deport foreigners to countries where they have no previous ties.

...lifted an order from a federal judge who had placed restrictions on the deportations to those countries..nationwide injunction that required admin to give immigrants “meaningful” advance notice & chance to raise objections before sent to so-called 3rd countries — nations not specified in their original deportation orders" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/23/supreme-court-third-party-country-deporations-00419210

The SCOTUS has shown that it is illegitimate and is ignoring, or trying to rewrite, the Constitution.

What are we going to do about it?

#SCOTUS
#CrownTheKing
#deportation
#DueProcess

"It's interesting to me how clearly this isn't a choice for her. She doesn't waver."

As a bonus on my Patreon, I shared excerpts from my recent interview with an #Austin mother of a #trans teen girl:
(this one is totally free, no login needed)
https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-interview-133908707

#LGBTQIA+ #politics #USpol #news #healthcare #health #MentalHealth #transgender #SCOTUS #Republicans #fascism #news #Texas

#Trump admin asks #SupremeCourt to clarify last night's "third country" #immigration order after a federal judge said it did not apply to a subset of the litigation re: 6 people the government wants to deport to #SouthSudan.

#DOJ calls the judge's actions "unprecedented defiance" of #SCOTUS.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24/24A1153/363774/20250624095640753_DVD%20Clarification%20v4.pdf

#law #rendition

#GiftArticle

Pure idiocy

#EPA Says It Will Eliminate Its #Scientific #Research Arm

The decision comes after a #SCOTUS ruling allowing the #Trump admin to slash the federal work force & dismantle agencies.

#science #Climate #ClimateCrisis #idiocracy #law #UnitedStates #BrainDrain
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/climate/epa-firings-scientific-research.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Xk8.l81V.O4DgmQBqHXzk&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#Rendition

The #Trump admin sent 5 immigrants from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen & Cuba to #Eswatini, a small African nation, on Tuesday, resuming the practice of so-called third-country *#deportations* after #SCOTUS cleared the practice earlier this month, #DHS ofcls said.

The *deportations* were announced on social media by the agency on Tues evening.

#law #immigration #HumanRights
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/us/politics/trump-deportation-flights-eswatini.html?smid=url-share

#SCOTUS announces that tomorrow is the *last* day on which it will hand down decisions in cases argued this term.That means birthright citizenship, non-delegation, age verification for porn websites, and three other major rulings will all come down in quick succession starting tomorrow at 10 ET.

🤬🤬🤬🤬

Cuz #poor people don’t have #rights. Especially if they are #women.

#SCOTUS upholds #SouthCarolina’s ban on #Medicaid funds for #PlannedParenthood

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed SC to bar Planned Parenthood's access to federal Medicaid funding for NON-abortion services. The decision allows states to #ban the org from getting Medicaid reimbursements for #cancer screenings & other care not related to #abortion.

#law #health #insurance #ActivistCourt
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/26/nx-s1-5435021/scotus-planned-parenthood

Clarity.

Via Elie Mystal:

Short read on today at #SCOTUS: Good day for inmates. Immigrants stay losing always. Worst day for women since Dobbs.

Clarence Thomas is a terrible human being.
He wants to "reconsider" a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 that permits the federal government to sue states and local governments for violating constitutional rights. It is the underpinning of much federal civil rights litigation.
#scotus
#clarencethomas
#civilrights
https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-clarence-thomas-civil-rights-opinion-2091154

#SCOTUS 3

Stern:

The Supreme Court's third decision of the day UPHOLDS the Universal Service Fund—which provides phone and internet access to poor and rural areas—by a 6–3 vote, holding that it does NOT violate the non-delegation doctrine. This is very good news. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-354_0861.pdf

Three reminders ahead of #SCOTUS news at 10 ET:1) Decisions come out in reverse seniority order by who wrote it (so KBJ first; Chief last);2) Anything unsigned ("per curiam") comes *after* anything signed; and3) This is just for *argued* cases; other business can (and will) come up all summer.

Today is the final day of #SCOTUS’ term — & the justices have left some of the most important & contentious cases until the end.

They are slated to release 6 opinions, including decisions that will deal with nationwide #injunctions on #Trump’s ban on #BirthrightCitizenship, whether #parents can opt their children out of #school lessons involving #LGBTQ #books, & a #Texas #law that requires age verification to view online #porn.

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#SCOTUS 1

Via Mark Joseph Stern:

🚨By a 6–3 vote, the Supreme Court rules that universal injunctions likely exceed federal courts' authority and rolls back the injunctions protecting birthright citizenship from Trump's attack. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a884_8n59.pdf

SCOTUS conservative supermajority just took away lower courts' single most powerful tool for reining in the Trump administration's lawless excesses, stripping them of authority to issue universal injunctions that block illegal policies nationwide

Welcome to Christo-Fascism, courtesy of #SCOTUS, #Trump, and his enablers in Congress, at the voting booth

#SCOTUS 5

Stern:

The Supreme Court's fifth decision is Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton. By a 6–3 vote, the court UPHOLDS age-verification laws for online porn, holding that they are only subject to intermediate scrutiny. All three liberals dissent. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1122_3e04.pdf

#SCOTUS 2

Mark Joseph Stern:

In its second decision of the day, the Supreme Court UPHOLDS the Preventive Services Task Force, which decides which treatments must be fully covered by health insurance ...

But the court also clarifies that RFK Jr. has power to remove its members at-will. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-316_869d.pdf

#SCOTUS 4

As predicted. #LGBTQ

Stern:

🚨In its fourth decision, the Supreme Court holds that parents who object to LGBTQ books in the classroom have a First Amendment right to "opt out" their children from seeing those books. Alito writes for the 6-3 majority, with all three liberals dissent. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-297_4f14.pdf

#SCOTUS Sides with #Trump Against the #Judiciary

Its ruling lets the President temporarily revoke #BirthrightCitizenship —& enforce other #unconstitutional #ExecutiveOrders without fear of being blocked by “rogue judges.”

By Ruth Marcus

#law #democracy #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-supreme-court-sides-with-trump-against-the-judiciary

#SCOTUS has ruled that #Medicaid patients do not have the right to choose #PlannedParenthood as their health care provider.

Justice Jackson, in dissent: “This Court continues the project of stymying one of the country’s great civil rights laws” – by limiting the scope of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, which was the technical issue at stake here.

https://theconversation.com/supreme-court-rules-that-states-may-deny-people-covered-by-medicaid-the-freedom-to-choose-planned-parenthood-as-their-health-care-provider-259953
#USPolitics

Want to learn about the Supreme Court justices’ financial connections to companies and people?

We’ve updated our database with the latest filings from eight justices, detailing millions in book income, almost 40 trips and one gift:
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-2024-filings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#SCOTUS #Law #Transparency #Data #Journalism #Research

#SCOTUS

Via Mark Joseph Stern:

The Supreme Court declines to decide whether Los Angeles' COVID-era eviction moratorium was an unconstitutional "taking" of private property. Thomas and Gorsuch dissent and say it likely was. https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/063025zor_7647.pdf

🤦🏻‍♀️“ #SCOTUS takes up major new challenge to campaign finance restrictions

The court will consider a Republican request to 👉🏼strike down restrictions👈🏼 on how much national party committees can spend in coordination with individual campaigns”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-takes-major-new-challenge-campaign-finance-restrictions-rcna214523

Because it isn’t already about who has the richest friends:

#SCOTUS will hear #Republicans appeal over #spending limits in #elections

SCOTUS will take up a Republican-led drive to wipe away limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination w/candidates for Congress & president.

The justices said Mon they’ll review an appellate ruling that upheld a provision of federal #election #law that’s >50 yrs old. #Democrats want the court to leave the law in place.

https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-6-30-2025#00000197-c11d-de08-a1f7-c7dfd2e50000

#SCOTUS tosses rulings that favored #transgender people

The #US #SupremeCourt threw out on Monday judicial decisions that favored transgender people in cases from #NorthCarolina, #WestVirginia, #Idaho & #Oklahoma, including in legal challenges to #state #health #insurance programs that deny coverage for patients seeking gender-affirming #medical #treatment.

#law #hate #discrimination #bigotry #LGBTQ #ActivistCourt
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-supreme-court-tosses-rulings-that-favored-transgender-people-2025-06-30/