Bill Barr says that enforcing a code of ethics on the Supreme Court would purge conservative justices.
Let that argument sink in for a minute…
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Via Elie Mystal:
Can this please END the "Roberts is a moderate" BULLSHIT that his press lackeys in the legacy publications have been trying to sell you on for over a decade?
#SCOTUS
Mark Joseph Stern:
Per @JoanBiskupic, Roberts took an extreme view of the presidential immunity case from the start and never bothered to negotiate with the liberals to find a single point of compromise. He was all in for Trump start to finish. https://cnn.com/2024/07/30/politics/supreme-court-john-roberts-trump-immunity-6-3-biskupic/index.html
Joe #Biden Issues a Stinging Dissent
by @jbouie
#SCOTUS is caught in a crisis of its own making.
There is the gross #corruption of Justice #ClarenceThomas & Justice Samuel #Alito, who have received millions… in gifts & benefits from various billionaire benefactors.
There is the court’s open assault on the basic #rights of tens of millions of Americans,
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#law #ActivistCourt
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/02/opinion/biden-supreme-court-reform-constitution.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Via Emptywheel:
Gorsuch clearly believes #Trump got charged bc he's unpopular, not bc he's a hardened criminal.
Josh Gerstein:
NEW: Gorsuch waves caution flag at Biden #SCOTUS overhaul plan. "I'd just say: Be careful," the Trump-appointed justice tells Fox. Also refuses, in NYT interview, to address Kagan's endorsement of enforcement mechanism for ethics code https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/04/gorsuch-biden-supreme-court-proposals-00172574
“Since John Roberts became its chief justice in 2006, the court has made prosecuting corruption, especially at the state and local level, nearly impossible for federal prosecutors.”
https://theconversation.com/this-supreme-court-has-redefined-the-meaning-of-corruption-233424
#Trump #MAGA #GOP #billionaires have created this judicial #hellscape from which there is no exit - #SupremeCourt Rocked by New #Leak of Bitter #Abortion Split. A months-long internal feud among the justices over a key case about #abortion access in #Idaho has been leaked—the latest internal communication to escape the high court. #democracy #civilliberties #courts #SCOTUS #constitution #corruption #ethics #WomenRights #justice #paytoplay #womenshealthcare #healthcare https://www.thedailybeast.com/supreme-court-rocked-by-new-leak-on-bitter-split-over-idaho-emergency-abortion-ruling
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A court ruling that deemed #FrozenEmbryos “children” has motivated some patients & clinics to move embryos out of #RedStates.
The embryo migration is most striking in #Alabama, where the State Supreme Court ruled in Feb that #embryos were “unborn children.”
#law #SCOTUS #RoeVWade #ReproductiveRights #IVF #VoteBlue
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/health/ivf-embryos-alabama.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
#SCOTUS won't allow #LGBT #student #protection in certain states
The U.S. #SupremeCourt declined on Friday to let President Joe #Biden's admin enforce a key part of a new rule protecting LGBT students from #discrimination in #schools & #colleges based on #gender identity in 10 #Republican-led states that had challenged it.
#law #TitleIX #education #Hate #FarRight #extremism #ActivistCourt #SCOTUSreform
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-wont-allow-lgbt-student-protection-certain-states-2024-08-16/
🤦🏻♀️ “ #SCOTUS on Thursday revived part of an #Arizona voter law requiring documented proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote, in response to a request from the Republican National Committee and Arizona Republicans.
The justices agreed to reinstate a provision of the law after a federal judge blocked it in response to legal challenges by Democratic President Joe Biden's administration and advocacy groups.”
https://apple.news/AcR51UxUQSK-oJxOXSuB-ew
Via Katie Phang:
If you're disheartened at today's delay in #Trump's sentencing, let's be clear at whose doorstep lies the blame:
The conservative majority of the #SCOTUS and its terrible decision on presidential immunity.
➡️Consider the possibility of at least TWO new SCOTUS appointments for the next President of the United States.
When you go to vote in November, think about who you want to be making those appointments.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says people "are entitled to know" what gifts judges accept
https://www.axios.com/2024/09/01/supreme-court-gifts-ketanji-brown-jackson-ethics-reform
In overturning #Roe, #SCOTUS has ushered in a new period of "Jane Crow," says Michele Goodwin. "When you take people’s ability away to be able to care for themselves, you affect every aspect of their life." #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/the-jane-crow-era-why-the-abandonment-of-morality-by-scotus-is-a-matter-of-democracy-217923141536
Enrollment of Black students dropped at two elite American colleges, Amherst College and Tufts University, after a #SCOTUS ruling ended affirmative action -NYT
Too bad the 6 Trumpies don’t care and won’t listen
Via Kyle Griffin:
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson tells CBS she supports an "enforceable code" of ethics for #SCOTUS justices.
"A binding code of ethics is pretty standard for judges, and so I guess the question is, 'is the Supreme Court any different?'"
"I guess I have not seen a persuasive reason as to why the [Supreme] Court is different than the other courts."
Via Josh Gerstein:
BREAKING: #SCOTUS refuses #Oklahoma request to block HHS rules requiring providers of Title X family planning to provide abortion referrals/counseling. 3 justices dissent: Thomas/Alito/Gorsuch. Doc: https://documentcloud.org/documents/25085517-24a146-order
Via Bloomberg: The US Supreme Court refused to reinstate millions in federal funding for family planning services that were stripped from Oklahoma after the state said its providers wouldn’t give #abortion referrals
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Ginni Thomas, the wife of #SupremeCourt Justice Clarence Thomas, privately heaped praise on religious-rights group First Liberty Institute for fighting efforts to reform the Supreme Court — efforts sparked, in large part, by her husband’s ethical lapses.
#News #Law #SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #GinniThomas #Government #Court #Politics #Religion #Ethics
Via Andrew Weissmann: 1/...
Re Judge Merchan: people need to realize that by putting the sentencing off (for now) Merchan has kept the S CT’s hands off the verdict pre election.
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Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against #SupremeCourt Reform: “Thank You So, So, So Much”
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In a call with donors, First Liberty Institute’s Kelly Shackelford read the supportive email he said came from Thomas.
The leader of the religious-rights group also labeled Justice Elena Kagan “treasonous” for backing a stronger #ethics code.
#News #Law #SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #GinniThomas #Government #Court #Politics #Religion
https://www.propublica.org/article/ginni-thomas-email-scotus-ethics-reform-first-liberty-institute
The saga of #Trump’s #FalsifiedBusinessRecords #ElectionInterference #HushMoney case isn’t over yet
#Republican #Trump was hoping to delay his #NewYork #sentencing on 34 #felony counts until after the Nov 5 election, but a federal judge said Tues that he wouldn't block the case from moving forward.
NY State Judge Juan #Merchan is set to sentence Trump on Sept 18 in the Manhattan hush money case, after a NYC #criminal #conviction on May 30.
#SCOTUS #immunity #law
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/04/trump-sentencing-date-hush-money-case/75060317007/
#SCOTUS allows #HHS to divert funds over #abortion referrals
The #SupremeCourt Tues cleared the way for the #Biden admin to strip millions of #HealthCare dollars from #Oklahoma over its refusal to direct patients to info about #abortions — a federal req that the state says would be at odds w/its strict #AbortionBan.
Last yr, the Biden admin diverted $4.5M from OK’s #FamilyPlanning prgm, which primarily serves #LowIncome or #uninsured patients.
#law #ReproductiveRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/03/oklahoma-abortion-funding-supreme-court-title-x/
#SCOTUS on Wednesday rebuffed a #Biden administration plea seeking to revive the latest plan to tackle federal student loan debt.
The court in a brief order denied an emergency request filed by the administration seeking to lift a nationwide injunction imposed by an appeals court. There were no noted dissents.”
👀 #SCOTUS refused for now to halt a #Biden administration crackdown on planet-warming methane emissions from oil wells, tanks and pipelines—Bloomberg #ClimateCrisis
#Missouri executes #MarcellusWilliams despite prosecutors’ objections
Marcellus Williams, who spent >2 decades on Missouri’s death row convicted of a 1998 murder that he says he did not commit, died by lethal injection Tues evening after a lengthy & complex effort to exonerate him based on #DNA testing issues.
Williams, 55, was pronounced dead at the Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point.
#law #SCOTUS #DeathPenalty
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/24/marcellus-williams-execution-missouri-faq/