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Well yeah. Alito was executing "the plan" they all already agreed on back at the Federalist Society. SCOTUS has been captured by far right forces. The court is illegitimate and corrupt to the core.
It's not a recent thing.
There was about 5 minutes under Warren where the court looks like it might actually be progressive. Other than that essentially it's entire history it's just a archconservative institution that exists as a check on civil rights.
Wow, that was a hell of a read. Thank you.
5 out of 9 are known to have taken what looks to be bribes:
Why would Republicans care about that? They aren't black! Except for the black one taking the most bribes so they consider him white!
Until the Supreme Court is completely overhauled, it's going to be extremely difficult to substantively change the heading of this country. Conservatives see this as a win, but they're too short-sighted to realize they shot themselves in the foot just the same.
We could also water it down, adding justices seems to be the only option since they don't/won't hold themselves accountable.
I'm no legal expert but I've always thought the randomized or rotating court idea (perhaps > 9) filled by lower circuit courts would be better and less partisan overall.
I've never heard of that option, but they're appointed too right? Not sure if that would fix it.
They are but they tend to be constantly cycling out at a given time and so seem less concentrated or determined by individual presidents. They are also possibly subject to less lobbying targeting given which group presiding over a specific case would never be certain.
Of course he did. Overturning Roe was on all of their agendas as they were getting confirmed. They would just never admit to it. Conservatives are liars.
Yeah, of course. No doubt Alito circulated the opinion to allies before circulating to the rest is the court. Hell, I’m sure Alito has had it in his drafts folder for since he was appointed.
The bigger surprises:
"Yep, that takes rights away from women alright. Good enough for me!" - Gorsuch probably.
Think of it this way. We'd fail a 5th Grade student who didn't read a 100 page book and hold them back a year.
This guy is an inspiration to those struggling kids! Truly anyone can be a Supreme Court Justice!
Someone once made the point that a Supreme Court judge really didn't have to know the law, because by the time a case got to the court it was obvious that the law was ambiguous. They argued that the Justices should be considering which interpretation was best for the most people, not which was the 'correct' way to view it.
Oh, he read the 100 page document. Just long before it was sent out.
In your heart of hearts, do you believe that's what happened?
It took him 10 minutes to pull out the rubber stamp?
It took him 9 minutes to open the attachment on his email.
I can all but guarantee he didn't even open the attachment. Probably replied on his cell phone when he saw the alert.
This stuff isn't really a debate or discussion. The two sides meet on their own and talk about what their strategies are before meeting in the middle in pointless formalities. They probably worked on the draft together or went over it before it went out- the goal was for the side in control to decide on how they wanted it before putting it through the red tape of a vote. The real decisions were made long before the email was even sent.
For all intents and purposes 4 of the 5 members of the supreme court are just bench warmers until a conservative member retires or dies. At that point they are relevant until another conservative gets pushed through, or simply take over once a liberal gets through. That's it.
imo the concept of nonpartial decisions or bipartisanship is a fantasy, just like communism. There's the winning side and there's the losing side and the winners take all in this country.
There's no chance he didn't know what was in it. He was part of the cabal from the beginning.
Given how far said stamp was jammed up his arse, I'd say that is a reasonable estimate.
Every time I think I can’t possibly think less of the Supreme Court they go and surprise me
Violence is the only reasonable response.
He knew the plan to overthrow Wade v Roe already and was just making sure it was on track.