U.S. Supreme Court: Post-Nino Edition

good news is he'll be dead soon!

lol

What the GOP did in blocking Obama's last SCOTUS appointment was outrageous, but those assuming Merrick Garland would have voted to invalidate Trump's travel ban are making assumptions inconsistent with his judicial record https://t.co/EbcQy7q9eI pic.twitter.com/Ba42kfl4s8

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 26, 2018

In that case, Dems and liberals should all have endorsed John Roberts -- he occasionally votes with the lib justices!

Xxp Ready for Justce Stephen Miller?

I really don't give a shit what Glenn Greenwald thinks about counterfactual situations tbh

In an alternate universe something bad might happen, it is true.

GG isn't the poster boy for contrarian thinking like he thinks he is

Glenn Greenwald's constant drone of well-actuallying the libs is getting extremely tedious

There are times when it's worth pointing out a hypocrisy or inconsistency, but the way he does it is just enervating and pointless

"getting"?

Somehow an actual lawyer pic.twitter.com/ZXIGN8HJTp

— Quinoa🖕Appropriator (@MattAlwaysWrong) June 26, 2018

obama almost definitely not have gotten away with it, but i bet if you gave him a crystal ball he would've tried to pack the court.

too bad crystal balls are make-believe, they could've helped a lot!

it's a lot more expedient to criticize him for mishandling the Garland situation. He unquestionably should've recess-appointed him and dared the GOP to try to remove him from the court.

Who could ever have foreseen the GOP would return to power at some point and ruthlessly exercise it

you're crazy if you think that he could've gotten a 60-vote majority on a tenth justice, let alone an eleventh

the only precedent of attempted court-packing in american history happened when the most popular president of all time, the one who was elected to four terms, couldn't make it work with a massive majority in a time of even greater crisis than 2009

didn't he have a filibuster-proof majority for a hot minute, or do I have that wrong

he would have if one of the senators in that majority wasn't Joe Lieberman

i have a hard time thinking that he would've been able to convince the Feinsteins, Schumers, and Feingolds of the senate to vote for court-packing

He had a veto-proof majority from mid '09 till January 2010.

back in those doe-eyed early days of the obama administration when we all thought we would enter a golden era of bipartisan cooperation

a shame Obama couldn't wave that magic wand!

I can sort of forgive the Chuck Schumers of the world for being Chuck Schumers in 2009, I just can't forgive them for being them in 2018.

back in those doe-eyed early days of the obama administration when we all thought we would enter a golden era of bipartisan cooperation

lol

Aside from bipartisan BS, court packing is several layers away from obama stylings even with giant crystal balls.

Janus decision tomorrow 😖

Yeah we know how thats gonna go

really

Expectation is it will hurt my employer big time. Inside take TK tmw after we all report to the mothership.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court rules states can't force government workers to pay union fees, a setback for organized labor

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 27, 2018

So glad money is speech.

http://thehill.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumb_small_article/public/mcconnellmitch_gorsuchneil.jpg?itok=SJiqaVek

So what happens now? Like what changes for government unions -- do they ask everyone to fill out a form first before they can collect dues and give people the chance to opt out or what?

and the non-union members enjoy the benefits they didn't pay for

amazingly enough, only around 1/3 of government employees are unionized

xp yeah I get the free-ride aspect, but what is the practical mechanism by which this actually reduces govt unionization? What happens at the ground level?

lowers union revenues, likely contributes to the overall lowering of union acceptance/viability in the workplace

these guys doing a bang up job of late . fuck

CONSERVATIVES: If you want something, work hard and pay for it.
ALSO CONSERVATIVES: You should be able to benefit from union negotiations without paying dues.

i fucking hate this week

xpost Well, let's be totally blunt about it: conservatives' mythological notions of 'hard work' are often parasitic in nature. Exploit, oppress, reap the benefits and babble incoherently about your bootstraps and self-determination.

at least no justices announced their retirement.. yet

Every single successful (rich) person I've ever met has nearly always downplayed the role of luck in their lives. And yes, it's possible through hard work to put yourself in a position to better take advantage of luck or even become "luckier" but random chance is undeniable in our lives. If bootstrapping means "treating people nicely" and "not being an asshole" then I can get on board but sooooo many hard working people also revel in assholery to get ahead in life. In fact, I wish we all worked a lot harder at avoiding assholery.

Hey, you know where you can stick your whole 'avoiding assholery' thing, pal.

Sorry, sorry.

lowers union revenues, likely contributes to the overall lowering of union acceptance/viability in the workplace

― Joe Gargan (dandydonweiner), Wednesday, June 27, 2018 9:55 AM (twenty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No I get that, I mean more specifically. Like until now they could just take the fees out of your paycheck. What happens now, they have to ask you if it's ok to take the fees out of your paycheck? Check a box yes or no?

The court based its ruling on the First Amendment, saying that requiring payments to unions that negotiate with the government forces workers to endorse political messages that may be at odds with their beliefs.

And yet I’m required to pay taxes that go toward things that are at odds with my beliefs. I may have a case here

Gorsuch has your back!

I think one or two people may have tried that, let's dig up the corpse of Thoreau and ask him how that went

NOT TRUE

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Most rich people get rich by i) being born rich ii) being born a white man who looks like you should give them your money iii)being born without morals but an ability to grift. It's luck most of the way up.