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Judge-shopping has been a core strategy of the Heritage Foundation and one of their top priorities. They've been quietly paving the road leading to the current fascist mess by appointing extreme-right, extreme-right-adjacent and corrupt judges for years.
And now the trap has sprung. There is no justice in this country anymore.
As a lawyer, this is very, very, very well-put.
Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump … in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today’s order is the 7th with no explanation at all.
The explanation is very simple - the conservarive majority is so entirely corrupt, compromised and lawless, and their rulings such a direct reflection of that, that they can't even manage to pretend that there's any legitimate basis for anything they do.
We need another Luigi
Nothing will change until people stop hoping for another one and start planning to be another one
John Roberts should be forced to sit on a cactus.
one thing that was brought to my attention is that theyre acting as though there will never be anyone other than a loyalist republican in power ever again, so it will be a little embarrassing when they have to explain why a democrat president is not allowed to do whatever they want
I don't think you understand.
When Joe Biden wanted the Department of Education to forgive student loans, the Supreme Court shut him down hard. The Court spent pages in Biden v. Nebraska explaining why the Department lacked authority under the HEROES Act, demanding “clear congressional authorization” for such a significant policy change.
But when Donald Trump wants to dismantle the entire Department of Education without any congressional authorization? That gets a rubber stamp with no explanation at all.
They've already contradicted themselves and don't even bother to explain why.
Because they don't care, they don't have to. They're the SCOTUS.
This ruling was a middle finger to America. Both the ideal and the people
I just mean the new expectation is that no precedent matters and no judge on any mario kart circuit can stop the president
But what you're saying is only true with a Republican in the position. They're more than happy to contradict themselves and decide that precedent does matter should power ever manage to change out of Republican hands again. And even then it'd only be the precedent that supports the ends they want.
What's pretty remarkable is how out of sync SCOTUS is with the lower courts too. But yeah - just instant "nope" from Roberts without even a nod and a wink. Docking disgusting.