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Eric Rauchway
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always already time for the Judicial Reform Bill of 1937
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Laura Seay@texasinafrica.bsky.social |
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Political scientist, Africanist, tired (she/her)
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Eric Rauchway
@rauchway.bsky.social
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always already time for the Judicial Reform Bill of 1937
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b-boy bouiebaisse
@jbouie.bsky.social
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all of this for donald fucking trump of all people
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Greg Greene
@greene.haus
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“The Court’s conservative majority has revealed itself to be the most direct threat to American democracy, and any Democrat who is not ready to shelve old fears about ‘court packing’ and get serious about expanding and reforming the Court isn’t made for this moment.” Correct.
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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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Channel that anxiety into something useful
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Seth Masket
@smotus.bsky.social
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@kevinmkruse.bsky.social makes a strong case for this being the most radical Supreme Court in history. Yes more radical than Taney's Court. open.substack.com/pub/kevinmkr...
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Charlie Thomas
@cthomasjamh.bsky.social
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I’m almost in awe of the Calvinball here. They get to say that he’s immune for official acts but not unofficial ones but not offer any defined test for what will be considered unofficial, so even when the case is revised they can just say “no those were official” and boot the case again.
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Nicholas Wallace
@wallace.bsky.social
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If the lower court understood the present moment, this would be its response: "The court is surprised this needs to be said, but anything related to a coup attempt is not an official act. That includes all of the conduct in the indictment. Trial begins September 1st."
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George Pearkes
@peark.es
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Opinion basically comes down to "official actions are immune, unofficial aren't" and the court says that since lower courts have not made a determination on that question, they need to go do that. Beyond me to determine how feasible that is, but absolutely delays the trial.
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jon rosenberg
@jonrosenberg.bsky.social
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every time the supreme court does something
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Laura Seay
@texasinafrica.bsky.social
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My god.
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Assistant to the Professor
@darinself.bsky.social
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Masterful gambit Mr. Macron. Rather than change how you govern you handed the far right power.
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Bloomberg
@bloomberg.com
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Breaking: Le Pen’s far-right party is projected to come first in French vote
Read more: www.bloomberg.com/news/live-bl...
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Seth Masket
@smotus.bsky.social
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YES THAT WORKED SO WELL AND DID NOT AT ALL THROW THE PARTY INTO A DIVISIVE NOMINATION CONTEST AND LOST ELECTION THAT WOULD HAUNT IT FOR THE NEXT HALF CENTURY
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Ada Palmer
@adapalmer.bsky.social
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HIV researchers and activists hail 'the best news ever': Results from a large clinical trial in Africa showed that a twice-yearly injection of a new drug gave young women total protection from the virus. #ShareGoodNewsToo www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/h...
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Truth Axe
@truthaxe.bsky.social
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Idk if I'm stating the obvious, but justices never write/speak like this. She's telling the world this is a five-alarm fire and the coup is on.
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Quinta Jurecic
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it feels like the whiteness of big political media spaces right now is having a big effect on how people are thinking about the debate. eg I have seen relatively little discussion of trump's "black jobs" comment, which immediately exploded on black twitter
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John Dellaporta
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A few years ago, Jon Lovett floated a theory that media treats Democrats like protagonists - to be challenged, accounted, and forced to be behave in growth-oriented ways - while the GOP are treated like antagonists - immutable, expected to disrupt, thematic obstacles. Thinking about that a lot.
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Laura Seay
@texasinafrica.bsky.social
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Who among us hasn't found our way to the Waf after a rough night?
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Jeff Lazarus
@jlazarus.bsky.social
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People who think Biden can step aside smoothly need to read up on game theoretic coordination problems, divisive primaries, and the 1968 elections just as a starter pack.
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Elizabeth Spiers
@espiers.bsky.social
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The kids are alright IMO
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b-boy bouiebaisse
@jbouie.bsky.social
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aaah gene!!!!
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Aubrey Gilleran
@aubreygilleran.bsky.social
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Weird that the first post-debate ad buy from Donald Trump is a digital ad in the seven swing states simply saying that a vote for Biden is a vote for Harris (with no actual explanation for why that's bad).
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Chris Geidner
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects Steve Bannon’s request to stay out of prison pending any remaining appeals of his contempt of Congress conviction. He is due to report to prison for a four-month sentence by Monday.
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Laura Seay
@texasinafrica.bsky.social
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Seriously. Turns out knowing what's likely to happen next doesn't make me feel better!
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NJ
@tashjoeza.bsky.social
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Cape Town's University of the Western Cape has announced its "immediate academic disengagement from Israeli institutions". To the best of my knowledge it's the first South African university to do so - potentially even the first on the continent (outside North Africa, perhaps).
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David Kaib
@davidkaib.bsky.social
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Every single terrible Supreme Court ruling is decades in the making and the plan from those in power, over and over, is completely unhinged wishful thinking.
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Adam Serwer
@adamserwer.bsky.social
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The right wing majority on scotus legalizes bribery and criminalizes homelessness because to them, rich people deserve rights and poor people deserve nothing. If they were deserving they’d be rich.
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Omri Marian
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When people tell you "our institutions will hold" remind them that SCOTUS already fell, and that the presidency barely survived Jan. 6.
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Assistant to the Professor
@darinself.bsky.social
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If SCOTUS doesn't make you angry enough to overlook Biden's faults I don't know what to tell you.
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The Washington Post
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Breaking news: Federal prosecutors improperly charged hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants with obstruction, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday, upending many cases against rioters who disrupted the certification of the 2020 presidential election.
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Pwnallthethings
@pwnallthethings.bsky.social
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So to recap, SCOTUS says: * We justices are the executive branch now * The majestic equality of the laws prohibits both rich and poor alike from sleeping under bridges * Obstructing the certification of the president after an election is, at least in isolation, very cool and very legal
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Joe Katz
@joekatz45.bsky.social
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Josh Chafetz
@joshchafetz.bsky.social
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And of course Roberts cites the asinine "province and duty" line from Marbury. *taps sign*
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Emily Farris
@emayfarris.bsky.social
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SCOTUS majority governing philosophy: the administrative state is only constitutional when it is harassing vulnerable people.
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b-boy bouiebaisse
@jbouie.bsky.social
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1) fitting that Gorsuch, a notably cruel jurist, has the majority opinion here 2) another vindication of my view that the conservatives on the court are re-inflating the police powers of states to regulate public behavior and morality as they please
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Laura Seay
@texasinafrica.bsky.social
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This quote is going to stick with me for a long time.
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Chris Geidner
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
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After Gorsuch read extensively from his opinion, Sotomayor is reading from her dissent. "Sleep is a biological necessity," she begins, "not a crime."
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Chris Geidner
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social
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First decision is Grants Pass. Gorsuch has the 6-3 opinion finding that the Eighth Amendment does not bar "generally applicable" laws banning public camping. Sotomayor writes the dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...
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Laura Seay
@texasinafrica.bsky.social
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Tip & add to expenses.
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Jamison Foser
@jamisonfoser.bsky.social
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A fundamentally undemocratic court that has been controlled by Republican nominees for 55 consecutive years just seized control of the whole damn government. Yet another reason Democrats should center the Supreme Court in their campaigns. (More on this soon!)
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Avishay Ben-Sasson-Gordis
@avishaybsg.bsky.social
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The party decides?
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CNN
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JUST IN: The former Uvalde school police chief and an officer are indicted in the first criminal charges filed over the failed response to the 2022 mass shooting
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Laura Seay
@texasinafrica.bsky.social
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"They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore" (skewering antisemitism) & "The Ballad of Charles Whitman" (on the Texas Tower shooter) were maybe the first truly transgressive satirical songs I ever heard. They force you to think, even as you're laughing - & feeling guilty about doing so. RIP, Kinky.
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Laura Seay
@texasinafrica.bsky.social
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The DNC took out a billboard right by Atlanta's airport for the debate. Oh, to be a fly on the wall when Trump sees it.
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Laura Seay
@texasinafrica.bsky.social
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We really need someone to do a full accounting of the harm to American history that David Barton has done.
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b-boy bouiebaisse
@jbouie.bsky.social
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this idea that the bible was a significant influence on the constitution is obviously widespread but i've always been struck by insane it is. not that evidence matters to these people but if there's anything we know for certain about the 1787 convention it's that the bible had nothing to do with it.
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Laura Seay
@texasinafrica.bsky.social
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The great Texan Kinky Friedman has died.
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Tim Longman
@timlongman.bsky.social
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Don’t tell me that it doesn’t matter who occupies the White House.
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southpaw
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
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Look at that same day service. In America, it takes 18-24 months at least.
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🤖 AP Breaking News (unofficial)
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BREAKING: Bolivian general who appeared to lead a failed coup is arrested after an attorney general opened an investigation against him.
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