1/ At long last, can we all stop pretending that Alito, Thomas, Barrett, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh are legitimate jurists? They are politicians who were effectively “appointed” to the Court by the Federalist Society, which has turned the Supreme Court into an unaccountable super-legislature.
Their mission is to repeal and replace the 20th Century—to destroy the guardrails protecting Americans from civil rights violations and corporate predations. #Immunity
Their mission is to repeal and replace the 20th Century—to destroy the guardrails protecting Americans from civil rights violations and corporate predations. #Immunity
2/ Alito, Thomas, Barrett, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh are the only five of the 116 justices to serve on the Supreme Court to have been confirmed by senators representing less than one half of the US population.
The panel on the left shows how dramatically different that was just 24 years ago, when, with the exception of Thomas, every justice on the Court was confirmed by senators representing at least two-thirds of the US population, and six were confirmed by senators representing 90 percent of the US population.
The panel on the left shows how dramatically different that was just 24 years ago, when, with the exception of Thomas, every justice on the Court was confirmed by senators representing at least two-thirds of the US population, and six were confirmed by senators representing 90 percent of the US population.
3/ In previous eras, SCOTUS justices took care to reach consensus when overturning major precedents with profound impacts on our lives.
Not anymore.
Not anymore.
4/ The Roberts court has completely remade federal elections to advantage Republican interests—in nearly every instance on a straight party-line vote.
5/ This has amounted to decades of election interference—from helping return the former Confederate states to one-party rule, to shielding Trump from legal accountability before ballots are cast in November.
6/ In 2018, the American Constitution Society compiled a list of 73 cases in which the Roberts court has handed down narrow 5-4 rulings that advanced one of four MAGA-friendly agenda items. And, of course, there have been many more since then.
7/ The Court’s fundamental illegitimacy has been obvious to most Americans for many years now.
8/ For more, read “Tipping the Scales: The MAGA Justices Have Already Interfered with the 2024 Elections” weekendreading.net
And “Breaking the Law: Trump Is the Means, Not the End” weekendreading.net
And “Breaking the Law: Trump Is the Means, Not the End” weekendreading.net
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Breaking the Law: Trump Is the Means, Not the End
The Federalist Society coup, in 16 charts.
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Tipping the Scales: The MAGA Justices Have Already Interfered with the 2024 Elections
They continue to be no less partisan than the House or Senate GOP Caucuses
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