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Joshua J. Friedman

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Sotomayor, for the liberals, on the decision that the SEC (and presumably other agencies) can't levy civil penalties on lawbreakers without a jury trial: "Congress had no reason to anticipate the chaos today's majority would unleash after all these years." www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...

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ariel gordon 's avatar ariel gordon @arielgordon.bsky.social
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Unleashing chaos is basically all this court does.

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CircusNoBread's avatar CircusNoBread @berkeleyeve.bsky.social
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the SC is the in the BurnItDown Gang

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Christopher Quirk's avatar Christopher Quirk @christopherquirk.bsky.social
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Great, so let's put corporate chiefs who break the law on trial in criminal courts instead, like they do in the EU, and jail them if found guilty. I imagine it will be more effective at curbing lawbreaking than fines, which are paid by shareholders and consumers anyway.

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Peter Gratton's avatar Peter Gratton @petergratton.bsky.social
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It's way too on the nose that, among all else, the Roberts Court's longest influence will likely in closing down vast area of the law from dealing with fraud and corruption.

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Jenne (she/her)'s avatar Jenne (she/her) @librarianjenne.bsky.social
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That’s an odd assertion on her part.

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Jack Frazee's avatar Jack Frazee @jack-frazee.bsky.social
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Law in the past four years: 🙃

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Roland Muts's avatar Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social
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Flood the zone with chaos.

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Wait, what?'s avatar Wait, what? @johnnyphenomic.bsky.social
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It feels like a good day to start consistently referring to Alito et al as the court’s “radical far-right majority”, rather than continuing to pretend their decisions “conserve” anything.

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