Npars01, 3 months ago

@touaregtweet

Republican billionaires bought themselves a Supreme Court.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/15/maga-supreme-court-billionaire-donor-class

https://www.axios.com/2023/10/31/democrats-supoena-harlan-crow-leonard-leo-supreme-court-justices

Harlan Crow
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/04/24/supreme-court-did-review-case-involving-harlan-crow-contradicting-clarence-thomass-claim/

Barre Seid
https://www.propublica.org/article/dark-money-leonard-leo-barre-seid

Charles Koch
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/climate/koch-chevron-deference-supreme-court.html

David Sokol, H. Wayne Huizenga, Paul “Tony” Novelly
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-other-billionaires-sokol-huizenga-novelly-supreme-court

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/10/moore-billionaires-supreme-court-case-thomas-alito.html

touaregtweet, 3 months ago

https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/watch/supreme-court-agree-to-hear-trump-immunity-case-judge-luttig-and-andrew-weissmann-react-live-205129797993

#SCOTUS #corruption #Trump

jonburr, 3 months ago

@touaregtweet

Its all about delaying trump's court case until after November.

touaregtweet, 3 months ago

@jonburr Yep.

Stinson_108, 3 months ago

@touaregtweet
#Luttig, who seems an unflappable guy, looks visibly shaken. He is doubtful #SCOTUS will make a decision before the end of the term.

April 24th is the last scheduled day of arguments this term.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/2023TermCourtCalendar.pdf

touaregtweet, 3 months ago

@Stinson_108 Yes, this is exactly what they aimed to do.

Roundcat, 3 months ago

@touaregtweet Only one way to do that, and it might involve getting up.