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Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social |
I've seen enough -- this is the most radical, dangerous, arrogant, out-of-control Supreme Court in American history, and it needs to be treated as such.
open.substack.com/pub/kevinmkr...
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marcosantana
@marcosantana.bsky.social
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It’s a declaration of war. There will be violence and death perpetrated by Trump on Americans, enabled by federal officials he’s bribed. Only hack journalists and Republicans who will materially benefit from our deaths deny this lol. We are here. @chrislhayes.bsky.social
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Free Palestine
@freekids.bsky.social
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Thank god the president is willing to stack the court. Oh wait.
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Et alia
@s0m3f00l.bsky.social
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TBF this gives the Biden administration a free hand to do some pretty crazy stuff if they wanted. I mean they won't because they don't understand how to wield power or understand the game thats being played but it would be pretty wild.
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Ellin Stein
@ellinst.bsky.social
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While there is still a functioning justice dept., or something like it, can they look into the head of the snake, Leonard Leo?
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Wendell B
@wndlb.bsky.social
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"Radical Republicans?" That is still taught, #amirite?
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Wendell B
@wndlb.bsky.social
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Missing word in your "Make no mistake" para
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rifka the unhinged fat activist
@rifka.bsky.social
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Great time to leave Nazi SS! Buttondown is easy
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collin grasley
@mode23.bsky.social
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it's over man, RIP America.
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BygoneBegotRisk
@bygonebegotrisk.bsky.social
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It seems like all of this has been obvious for some time. So why has there been no action whatsoever by Democrats?
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@cngriffin.bsky.social
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Something, anything needs to be done.
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riwoche རི་བོ་ཆེ་
@riwoche.bsky.social
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Posited until today that John Roberts would go down in history as the Chief Justice at least as bad as if not equal to Roger B. Taney. He has now exceeded Taney.
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Staid Winnow
@staidwinnow.bsky.social
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Is it dangerous enough for Biden to order these six killed and their killers pardoned? Or at least start campaigning on expanding and packing the courts?
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🔻US Taxes Fund Israeli Warcrimes🔻
@bigamishdoinks.bsky.social
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Drone strike the court
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@kwienke.bsky.social
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I see a lot of “Biden should do [blank] now.” If the answer is for the sitting president to enact dictatorial powers then we are already fucked and our institutions are dead.
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@mechilders99.bsky.social
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Honestly surprised Roberts didn't keep it to a 5-4 to make it a little less gratuitous.
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catladie
@catladie.bsky.social
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I don't know what tools there are in the arsenal to reign it in.
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Believelander Says Trans Rights
@says-rights.bsky.social
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Wait you hadn't seen enough before now?
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Nav 🇨🇦 below the frost line
@jusnav.bsky.social
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But where is our great retribution? In Florida, NY or GA picking out his apperials 🤔
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Joe is Me
@yeahjeetsyeah.bsky.social
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I guess Republicans don't hate activist judges after all.
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Eddie…
@earthisbeautiful.bsky.social
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Thank you for sharing 👍
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PKPs Powerfromspace1 🚀 Twitter ‘X’ refugee thank you 'Elmo' 🙄
@powerfromspace1.bsky.social
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Well to be honest that's is why they r there .
The court was gradually over time stacked by conservatives just for this moment to over turn the 3 co-equal branches.
This election 🗳️ will be interesting especially;, if theyget to decide cause it close #BushVGore redux
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C. "Count Deathtoll" Reynolds
@countdeathtoll.bsky.social
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Then it must also be excised like the cancer it is.
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Chrisby
@chrisbyc.bsky.social
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What do we do with it? Other than all the voting and shit. What do we do with it NOW? Over the past 3 years? Next Supreme year.
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Steven Glaros, M.A.
@stevenglaros007.bsky.social
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Taney started to say “Hold my beer”, but said “Yeah, I’ve got nothing.”
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@abuamirah1020.bsky.social
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That bitch will get much, much worse if Trump's fat, felonious ass gets re-elekted. Kan you imagine the type of judges will flood the federal bench if Trump is elekted and he has a reTHUGliKKKlan senate? Murika will be fucked
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Seen 🏳️🌈
@seen4.bsky.social
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Not to add more discourse to the world but today feels like a good time for any Democratic SCOTUS Judge to consider retiring so Biden and a Democratic controlled Senate can appoint some 25 year olds.
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Redir
@red1r.bsky.social
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Few people have gotten better returns on their investment than Harlan Crow.
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Hogne Bø Pettersen
@hognebp.bsky.social
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I read this yesterday, and was... sad... www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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The Next Day
@incompetusrex.bsky.social
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MAGA ass Court
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Zz🪐
@zeebest1.bsky.social
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It seems unrelenting
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Janet Linde
@janetlinde.bsky.social
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You might remember, as I do, the two Trump impeachment hearings, where CJ Roberts officiated. He sat there like a bump on a log, not saying a word or even lifting any eyebrow when Trump's attorneys like Pat Cipollone, Robert Ray and Pam Bondi spewed lies. What was he even there for?
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Chuck4Democracy 🦋
@chawls.bsky.social
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Congratulations, Roger Taney. You and your Dred Scott decision can now step aside for the Roberts Court and Trump immunity.
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Fountainhead this
@jaocomms.bsky.social
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The Lochner and Dred Scott courts had nothing on these guys. They’re dynamiting the foundations.
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michael spins
@michaelspins.bsky.social
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I always doubted that a right wing majority of 6, half of whom were appointed by the criminal Trump, were ever going to rule in a way that would put Trump in any serious danger of criminal conviction (at least for federal crimes)- they were so obviously slow walking this from the beginning anyway.
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JonCee71
@joncee71.bsky.social
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To be crystal clear - John Robert's SCOTUS has taken up the cause of the "America First" Inquisition. Fly those freak flags high Slimy Sam & Martha-Ann. Keep screaming about your supression & victimhood Uncle Clarence & Gin Em' Up Thomas. etcetera adnauseum etcetera
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AJ
@aje.bsky.social
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I always wondered about the smiles of racists and how such evil could look so normal.
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MsTeacher
@msteacher.bsky.social
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This has been in the works for decades. Republicans got exactly what they wanted. Too many Democrats either didn’t vote or voted for someone other than Hilary because whatever. This could have all been avoided.
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Josh Zingher
@zingherpolisci.bsky.social
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The fact that Roberts cut his teeth in the 80s gunning for the VRA under Rehnquist is just incredibly revealing
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Bookfisher is curious about these blue skies
@bookfisher.bsky.social
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the kinder world where I checked my email before the news saw the newsletter and assumed it was about Chevron
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Gonzo Strangelove
@gonzostrangelove.bsky.social
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Excellent piece. BTW, you accidentally a word in the sentence just before the last paragraph.
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Thoughtspark
@thoughtspark.bsky.social
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We must replace SCOTUS
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Purple Iris
@purpleiris.bsky.social
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Trump and Mitch McConnell (among others) are responsible-- just as much as the conservative SCOTUS members. I hope Biden expands Supreme Court.
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derek
@derek.bsky.social
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It’s also rich that Roberts wrote the opinion that exonerated Trump, the president whose impeachment trial he presided over. Judicial ethics, I hardly knew thee.
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derek
@derek.bsky.social
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Got to hand it to Roberts. He played the long game here and ended up making himself the most powerful person in the US. And, to even make himself look like a “moderate” in comparison only makes it more insidious.
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Paddyboy
@hodag1977.bsky.social
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Radical almost undersells it - more like lawless, criminal, treasonous . . .
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Mt Pleasant
@jekllnnhide.bsky.social
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considering they can legitimize a coup, or 'decide' an election? Umm... yeah. And how the hell do you get it back???
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Jaimie Umali
@uldavai.bsky.social
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The damage is done. We will have to suffer for at least a generation. The Repturds are successfully dismantling our Democracy.
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Norbizness
@norbizness.bsky.social
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McReynolds at least had a fig leaf of a legal argument and precedent on his side, and he didn't think FDR could order him killed without fear of prosecution.
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Chris Parker
@crs1.bsky.social
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I feel we should have seen the writing on the wall with Citizens United; the fact we didn't feel the urgency then is forever maddening
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Jenny Fields
@jenniefields.bsky.social
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These justices perjured themselves before Congress - to fraudulently gain a lifetime appointment. They are illegitimate.
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Buttbird
@buttbird.bsky.social
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Hey Kev, I don't like them either but there were FUCKING SLAVES in this country as a point of pride not so long ago. Things don't ALWAYS have to be *the most* to be important
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@pilgrimsoul.bsky.social
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I can't help but think that Roberts, Thomas, and Alito are auditioning for the $1.3B payout that Leonard Leo received. www.propublica.org/article/we-d...
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Yulikitten
@yulikitten.bsky.social
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Y'know... There's a way to deal with tyrants built into our constitution. Just sayin'
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@ciphershot.bsky.social
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It’s almost as if Gorsuch read Franklins quote “A Republic if you can keep it” slapped it on his book and then went nah.
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Saxon Walker
@saxonwaker.bsky.social
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The immunity ruling stinks. And thing is, we're not talking about immunity Trump for something like ordering the Soleimani assassination (which was clearly illegal). This is about stuff he did after being voted out of office. The docs, the Jan 6 stuff, etc., all AFTER he lost.
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Krzysztof Nawrocki
@kris-nawrocki.bsky.social
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The scenario is repeated again and again, where the aim of the executive branch is to dismantle democracy. The first step is ever to subdue the judiciary - Putin did it in 2000 in Russia - Orban in 2012 in Hungary - Kaczynski in 2015 in Poland Trump did not invent the wheel I am a prophet of doom.
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Dan
@danberky.bsky.social
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Our institutions won't save us. They will destroy us
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Yella Dog!
@nc33.bsky.social
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Bring on the oligarchy. Wish I were kidding, but it seems to be where we're headed. If you have money, you win, and you can't be held liable for how you got there.
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Expel the Sedition Caucus
@oldsourpuss.bsky.social
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Biden and every democratic candidate need to run on court reform. It would be popular and necessary.
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Bob Dunn 📸
@netaloid.bsky.social
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I've been treating it as such for at least a couple of years now, yet it seems not to be making much of a difference...
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Mike the Mad Biologist
@mikethemadbiol.bsky.social
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The chicken lady
@chickenlady.bsky.social
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The thing is:Trump is preparing the US justice system to look like the Ruzzian one.SCOTUS has just helped him copypaste this from 4yrs ago and I BET, they had it in their plan for his win in 2020 or after Jan6. That's why the charges of treason shld ACTUALLY Be EXTENDED to Justices
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The Fig Economy
@figgityfigs.bsky.social
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It’s absolutely bonkers that they ruled that there’s absolute or presumptive immunity, with no consideration of motive, for official acts. It’s entirely possible to corruptly perform official acts to, say, obstruct justice, and now the president is immune from any of those crimes.
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Franklin Piss🇺🇦
@silkscreenfiend.bsky.social
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Biden (and the whole Democratic party) needs to explicitly run against it. This decision is going to be even less popular than Dobbs, and for the first time, checking the Court's power is going to be an electoral winner.
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Rob Bergin
@rbergin.bsky.social
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GOP don’t care. Which sucks. GOP things this all okay.
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David Puelle
@dpuelle.bsky.social
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💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
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DrGeophysics
@drgeophysics.bsky.social
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Typically Republican.
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Socyclist 🚴
@socyclist.bsky.social
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The wildest thing to me is, how much of this ruling focuses on Trump. He's not president! Biden is now king and everyone seems to be under the impression this only applies to Trump. Biden could use this to fix a lot of problems right now. Have zero faith, but nobody is talking about it.
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Thelonious08
@thelonious08.bsky.social
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Q. H. Stone
@qhstone.bsky.social
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But, Kevin, it's a 3-3-3 court!
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Funk Funky!
@funkfunky.bsky.social
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This is truly dark stuff. I am seriously making backup plans to leave the country. Very sad and very scary.
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Rob from Chicago (Sleeper Service)
@thatsodd.bsky.social
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Establishment Democrats: “On the other hand, no.”
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Rachel Larris
@rachellarris.bsky.social
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Impeachment as well
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Jop
@uppervalleyjop.bsky.social
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Doesn't Biden now have legal premise to assassinate Trump as a terrorist and enemy of the state?
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David Waldman
@kagrox.bsky.social
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It’s still balls and strikes if you rule that Democrats throw only balls and Republicans throw only strikes.
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Anondson
@anondson.bsky.social
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We now know the President has options at their disposal to handle things out of their favor. Using official acts, naturally.
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Sid Wishes
@sidwishes.bsky.social
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The 1st republic is in swan song territory.
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Arterial Z
@arterialz.bsky.social
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Honest question from abroad: If Fani Willis and her mom had to hide for years from MAGAts why aren't good people outside the Supreme Court? If there's a Million Mom March for gun safety, where are the good people showing up for democracy? The fascists are well funded, highly organized and active
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Al G Rhythm
@algrhythm.bsky.social
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In 1934, Hermann Göring said, "[T]he law and the will of the Führer are one."
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Marlene
@live4today.bsky.social
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Brimstone Sulfur
@brimstone33.bsky.social
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#UnlimitedPower GoodNews Biden can remove the judges from power now
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JEEMS
@jamesfrye.bsky.social
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I didn't think it was possible we'd ever see one worse than the Taney court, but here we are.
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Kragar
@kragar.bsky.social
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John Roberts is an institutionalist. The problem is we don't know for what institution.
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Jon Lewis
@jonlewis.bsky.social
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When Roger Taney looks like a model of restraint.
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The Long Memory
@thelongmemory.bsky.social
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Louder so the Sulzbergers and their ilk can hear you.
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Evan Deaubl
@evan.codes
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If only somebody could unilaterally do something to stop them without repercussions. Oh, wait, there is now…
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@cobinclt.bsky.social
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I don’t have anything quirky to say. Just that I’m Scared. And none of our systems are equipped to stop it.
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Amy Gage
@amygage.bsky.social
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Yes, well, I was convinced of that back in June 2022, with Dobbs.
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@holidiver.bsky.social
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Biden should just jail the 6 indefinitely. Problem solved.
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Adam Poling
@goobjones.bsky.social
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I have a desire to watch V for Vendetta now
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@ldacker.bsky.social
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Garland won’t stand for any of this and is booking a one way ticket to Guantanamo out of respect for king Trump.
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@oregongrown.bsky.social
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They are a zoo
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Hope Dixon-Seider
@hopedixonseider.bsky.social
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None of them, nor their families, should ever again feel safe in their beds.
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Miles Archer
@milesarcher.bsky.social
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As of this morning, no high school US Government class has accurate textbooks …
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yes hello
@yeshello.bsky.social
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I’ve seen so much said about Roberts’ apparent drive to maintain a respectable legacy- and like, nope, he clearly never cared at all about how he’ll be remembered
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Ben Munson
@archaica.bsky.social
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Ultimately it's Democrats' desire to maintain the perception of legitimacy on the part of the Court which will hamstring them. Actually going out there and calling the Court what it is - an unelected political actor of last resort - is destabilizing. No moreso than presidential impunity, I think.
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jhaygood
@jhaygood.bsky.social
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There needs to be massive public protest. No idea how something like that gets rolling but the moment really demands it.
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