If this Supreme Court majority had it's way, putting Robert Bardo away for murdering Rebecca Schaeffer would have constituted an infringement of his rights. #uspol
President Biden cannot unilaterally expand the Supreme Court. Even if he were to appoint four new Justices without a vacancy to try and make 13, there are not currently 51 Senate votes to confirm expansion. Neither Manchin nor Sinema would agree to this.
There is no bypass to winning big (not just bare) majorities in both houses of Congress and holding the Presidency to expand the #SupremeCourt. #politics#USpol#USpolitics
Seems like a good time to remind people that arguing the rationale of #SCOTUS decisions is a waste of time. They reach a conclusion based on ideology and vibes, then make up a justification on paper, and that justification, particularly in Alito's case, is often just a troll.
These decisions aren't based on law. They're not based on "originalism". They're based on corruption, bigotry, and privilege. #uspol
Here's a piece I wrote for The Nation laying out the various avenues Dems could take to reform the Supreme Court. Rebalancing or expanding the Court is just one way to go about it.
On this, the last day of Pride month, the Supreme Court declared it open season for business owners to discriminate against people they don't like.
Are you an artist, independent professional, or business owner in the US? It just got a lot more important for you to signal that you welcome and support queer and trans people 📣
It's not enough to be quietly inclusive in this day and age.
These Supreme Court rulings back to last year's Roe reversal suck. The question is -- are there enough aggrieved people in the "red states" who could oust their current senators up for re-election? Odds look good for a Democratic House. The Senate, sadly, not so much. #uspol#uspolitics#2024#democracy#democrats
The US Supreme Court ruled a business can refuse service on the basis the customer is gay.
The US filled with people who wish people like me didn’t exist. They vote for politicians who write laws and appoint judges who deny queer people of equality.
The US Supreme Court ruled a business can refuse service on the basis the customer is gay.
The US filled with people who wish people like me didn’t exist. They vote for politicians who write laws and appoint judges who deny queer people of equality.
We need to return to an understanding of higher education as a public benefit, acknowledge the last half century of failed policies, and to revisit our funding models.
A corrupt Supreme Court majority, given lifetime appointments by Presidents who lost the popular vote, operate in secret without a code of ethics, and are turning back the clock on decades of social justice in America. This case wasn’t even real.
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Supreme Court rules in favor of discrimination against same sex couples #tyrannyoftheminority#SupremeCourt#LGBTQ#USpol#USpolitics#politics
Affirmative Action is a way to try to right generational wrongs that have caused damage to entire portions of our population, damages that continue to reverberate today.
Given that the US continues to underfund public primary education in poor and underprivileged communities where generally minorities live in higher proportion, yes, this is breaking history and the future for many in this country.
Yes, and the beginning of the end was the failed #denazification of #US politics and society of the infestations of the fascist #AmericaFirst Party in the 1930s and 1940s:
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If you haven't listened to RachelMaddow's #Ultra podcast series, it will blow your mind away.
It sounds like fiction,#AlternateHistory in particular.
"The GOP Is Lining Up to Pay Homage to America's Newest Extremist Group, Moms for Liberty"
“This is not just concerned moms. This is not the PTA. This is a group that is fully aligned with authoritarian politicians & activists"
Most major GOP presidential hopefuls will take part in a conference this weekend organized by Moms for Liberty, a now well-funded & well-connected darling of the far-right.
Striking down affirmative action and ending Roe v. Wade didn't happen overnight. For decades, conservatives remained focused, played the long game, held their noses, and voted for imperfect candidates in every election in order to remake the courts.
There is no magic bullet to undo this. Progressives, liberals, and moderates who believe in social justice will have to be as determined and committed to voting over several election cycles. #USpol#USpolitics#politics#SupremeCourt
North carolina just passed a gender affirming healthcare ban on minors yesterday...
Our governor and the legislator will spend about a week or two vetoing it, and then overturning the veto.
Sometime in the next couple of days the supreme court is going to rule on "303 Creative v. Elenis". Which I expect will legalize religious discrimination against lgbtq people, by denying them services.
But "WooHoo!" Fourth of July weekend.
Fucking god forsaken hellscape of a place to be in.
They call it a housing crisis. I call this Great Depression level stuff. People cannot afford housing because the inflation rate has been high for decades. This is all because of failed economic theory and policy and they measure the wrong things.
"In 2022, it was the first full term of the supermajority of six very conservative justices.... And they moved the court — and therefore, the country — hard to the right in three days last June"
Day 1. "When considering the constitutionality of a gun rule, you cannot take public safety today into account"
Day 2. Dobbs
Day 3. they began "curbing the power of regulatory agencies to protect the public"