U.S. Supreme Court: Post-Ginsburg Edition

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Also, it's not just the 50 days since the immunity hearing at the Supreme Court. The Court took plenty of days before even taking the case and having the hearing.

The Supreme Court's fifth AND FINAL decision is Rahimi. By an 8–1 vote, the court upholds a federal statute that temporarily disarms individuals subjected to a domestic violence restraining order. Only Thomas dissents. https://t.co/eFrO0hcMr5

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 21, 2024

Good news. Jackson shakes her finger at 2022's Bruen decision.

Justice Samuel Alito was not present for a second day in a row as the justices handed down opinions in the Supreme Court’s courtroom Friday.

The Supreme Court has not responded to questions about his absence.

— Alayna Treene (@alaynatreene) June 21, 2024

oh please oh please oh please

On a bender

Perhaps all those death threats he's been talking about have prompted Alito to move to a safe, undisclosed location. Preferably the same location now occupied by Dick Cheney.

Moretonhampstead (Dartmoor, UK) has an annual Flag Festival and it was this week, maybe there's where he is?

https://www.facebook.com/p/Moretonhampstead-Flag-Festival-100064714537383/

Maybe he was grounded by his wife.

Maybe he’s dead

I'll fly an upside down flag at half mast

Guys he’s just on some Bohemian Grove but for Catholic Integralists retreat.

Jackson's concurrence is great, just calling out bullshit. "Look at this fucking mess you guys made."

probably shouldn't say this on a public threat but Alito is at my LGS on an epic Warhammer run. he has not bathed in several days and his Mountain Dew tab is now four figures

Lmao, dude probably plays Squats.

xpost lol

Rep Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) propose bill to cap gifts to Supreme Court justices:

It “bans justices from receiving gifts valued at more than $50 in a single instance or more than $100 in aggregate over the course of a year. It would also cap gifts of personal hospitality, which are currently unregulated”

It's worth trying (for publicity purposes) even though Republican House Speaker will probably prevent it from being voted on, and in the Senate it wouldn't get enough votes to override a filibuster. Senator Judiciary Chair Durbin's decision not to try to focus more attention on these subjects will look even worse if Dems lose control of the US Senate in next election.

Supreme Court is issuing decisions today Wednesday through Friday. While they usually finish in June , they may be issuing decisions in July 2024 as well this year as they are behind

The Supreme Court's first decision of the day is Murthy v. Missouri, the social media "jawboning" case. By a 6–3 vote, the court holds that the plaintiffs lack standing.

Big win for the Biden administration. Another loss for the 5th Circuit. https://t.co/KWKaJVzhLb pic.twitter.com/hXgRKduOMK

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 26, 2024

The Supreme Court's second AND FINAL decision of the day is Snyder v. U.S. By a 6–3 vote, the conservative supermajority further weakens a federal statute guarding against corruption in government. All three liberals dissent. https://t.co/90GL1SlWUH pic.twitter.com/m5ydrH8ufM

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 26, 2024

Conservative majority says cash bribes are a violation but not lunches , gifts , etc Decision by Kavanaugh

please take me to Fogo de Chao - says Kavanaugh

Awesome salad bar.

Maga types are moaning about 1st decision today saying it was obvious that Biden was forcing social media companies to block free speech, and how could some of the current court not recognize that

So that's why I never see anything negative about Biden on social media!

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-26/us-supreme-court-poised-to-allow-emergency-abortions-in-idaho

Crazy how the Court staff inadvertently released that emergency abortion allowed in Idaho unformatted decision. Not surprising that Alito would dissent and not care about the life of the pregnant mother.

Will it be the same when officially released

there will be an extra dissent letter from Alito that begins "TO THE CUCK STAFF"

I demand a 6 month investigation into who uploaded the decision that goes nowhere

With the mifepristone decision, that's two cases out of the 5th Circuit dismissed on standing. Surely they will get the message right.

My standing in this case is that I have a kink for lib tears.

Thomas: Tell me more!
Alito: Are they very sweet?

Both: Do you have some for our wives?

Both: is there a billionaire’s yacht we could sail on to sample these sweet, sweet tears?

for the perfect dirty martini...

Oh the Idaho ruling will just allow a district court stay to go back into effect that temporarily allows emergency abortions in Idaho if the pregnant person ‘s life is endangered. But there will still be an additional hearing with a decision that can be appealed. In a concurrence Justice Jackson accused the court of dawdling and she wants the Courts to uphold the federal right promptly without delay.

The Supreme Court's first decision is Ohio v. EPA. By a 5–4 vote, the majority blocks the EPA's "good neighbor" rule restricting upwind states' ozone emissions.

BARRETT and the liberals dissent. https://t.co/F2QFlQo3ff

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 27, 2024

Barrett says Gorsuch's majority opinion "grants emergency relief in a fact-intensive and highly technical case without fully engaging with both the relevant law and the voluminous record." It's a sharp dissent! https://t.co/F2QFlQo3ff pic.twitter.com/5lVGvKzJkP

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 27, 2024

Today's decision in Jarkesy could kneecap enforcement by the FCC, the FTC, the NLRB, the Department of Labor, and more—it goes WAY beyond the SEC. This is a massive blow to the federal government's ability to enforce regulations against lawbreakers. https://t.co/72kkCBNyLV

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 27, 2024

Emergency temporary abortion ruling case officially released today

The bottom line of Moyle is definitely the same, and I wrote about it yesterday. This is not really a good outcome! It reads like a politically motivated move to push an issue that's toxic for the GOP past the 2024 election. https://t.co/KJv85II4WR

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 27, 2024

xpost that's a huge blow and it does what conservatives always wanted, kneecaps federal agencies and authorities to lead towards de-regulation due to lack of ability to enforce them.

there's a worse one coming soon

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/01/supreme-court-democrats-president-chevron-precedent.html

Many worse ones still coming. Plus every day they delay issuing the immunity decision helps you know who avoid his trials , and prevents voters from learning about the criminal charges he faces .

Another day, another example of the Republican 6-3 Supreme Court majority tossing aside past progressive legislation (this time it was SEC enforcement of financial crimes and ozone emission restrictions). Whenever this court is dropping decisions, I get the same sense of dread I had when my dad returned home completely blitzed after playing cards with his friends, and the family just hoped he'd fall asleep before he started yelling at us and breaking shit. You knew nothing good was coming, you just hoped to avoid the bad.

We have to hope with all our power that they lose that 6-3 majority before they start coming after even more pro-environment and pro-worker laws, but we also need to flip the court if we want to keep anything new that Dems can ever get through congress to a president's signature. Because even a congress where the Dems had huge majorities and passed every piece of progressive legislation we could dream of, some fuckhead billionaire-funded Christo-fascist conservative organization would sue, and the SCOTUS would slice and dice it into a nothingness worse than even what they they did the Affordable Care Act or Biden's student loan provisions.

Which means we have to be sure Trump doesn't get to replace any more of the SCOTUS if we ever want to see any progressive legislation in our lifetimes.

The best case scenario is that Biden wins, Dems flip the house and hold the Senate, we get to replace Sotomayor if she retires, and Thomas if his smoking catches up to him he has an epiphany and retires, reducing our deficit to 5-4. And maybe - just maybe - one of the other 5 revanchists on the right decides to cash out and retire.

This, unfortunately, requires us to hold our nose and vote for yet another Dem Presidential candidate that annoys the crap out of us on some major issues. But doing so gives us a fighting chance at getting closer to that SCOTUS majority we so badly need if we really want universal health care, environmental protection, women's right to an abortion, LGBTQ+ equality, et al.

There is a strong likelihood of the worst case scenario: if Trump wins, which would likely mean a Republican senate to rubber-stamp his nominees, that rapist piece of shit would get to replace another 2 or 3 justices, meaning that our chances of seeing progressive legislation survive the SCOTUS is over for our lifetimes. Fuck that! I'm voting Biden and a straight Dem ticket (helps that my congressional rep is Ilhan Omar) - the SCOTUS is just too important.

For some reason it just really hit me that Clarence Thomas put a fucking pube on a woman’s coke can. What a weird thing to do. Just really weird sicko energy

The story is slightly different:

Hill accused Thomas of making inappropriate remarks. She said one such comment came as Thomas was drinking a soft drink in the office.

"He got up from the table at which we were working, went over to his desk to get the Coke, looked at the can and asked, 'Who has put pubic hair on my Coke?'" Hill told senators.

that's even weirder

X-post - the Supreme Court majority that insists that that those subject to SEC rulings deserve to get jury trials, also have no problem making workers and employees to agree to arbitration clauses and not be allowed to have a trial

H/t David Dayen of American Prospect

This, unfortunately, requires us to hold our nose and vote for yet another Dem Presidential candidate that annoys the crap out of us on some major issues.

I made a vow in 2017 to treat the Court and lower courts as seriously as the GOP does.

I’m like I don’t care if Biden himself sucks he’s put on the bench great and diverse judges at all levels

I figure it would take 3 consecutive Democratic Presidential wins to flip the Court to 5-4 liberal. Alito and Thomas might hang on another 4 years, but Thomas would probably leave if a dem won in 2028. Alito would only be 78, so he could last until 2032, but if the GOP didn't win he probably pack it in. Wishful thinking, I know.