UPDATE 18

Biden announcement on SCOTUS reform August

This post and updates is dedicated to the CORRUPT SCOTUS who showed America who they were time and time again...but for 2022/24 especially need a drubbing. Term limits is not going to help with corruption but it's a wee start for change.

Legalized bribery

Besides the immunity deal to protect tRUMP from prosecution and the environmental disaster ruling saying the fed gov has no right to have experts decide on environmental/ drug/ food /water safety, this one took the cake as well...

Supreme Court wiped out an anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favors. 

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-06-26/supreme-court-anti-corruption-law

Chief Justice ROBERTS 2005 confirmation hearing

“No man is above the law, not the President and not the Congress.”

Abortion

"I want to thank the six Supreme Court justices who had the courage to overturn Roe v. Wade"

Climate in the hands of corrupt judges

https://www.nrdc.org/stories/what-latest-scotus-decisions-mean-our-climate

(I got my answer. After the election, I'll be outta here)

UPDATE 17

What a sad reality...

Unethical and Corrupt

Watch here:

Read here:

John Roberts’ Secret Trump Memo Revealed Leak

Just Ass Roberts said that lower court judges “failed to grapple with the most difficult questions altogether.” He wrote that the Supreme Court should take the case and stall the trial but also managed to decide the outcome for all the justices.

“I think it likely that we will view the separation of powers analysis differently” wrote Roberts and on all 3 politically charged cases... as chief justice he used his own power to granted tRUMP more protection from the law. He gave tRUMP the immunity he asked for and placed him above the law and scuttled the court to his bidding to make tRUMP ABOVE the LAW!!!

https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-roberts-secret-trump-memo-revealed-in-huge-scotus-leak

That tRUMP thanked them at rallies and on FOX for making him King Donald....was disgusting, But this, even more so...

Trump Lawyer Corrects Self After Saying Clarence Thomas 'Directed' Defense

https://newrepublic.com/post/185644/trump-lawyers-shut-down-january-6-trial-judge-chutkan

Do Americans even care a whit?

As soon as this shit leaves the news cycle, it seems things that truly matter are excised from American's brains.

Just a teensy threat!

Justice Neil Gorsuch warns Biden to 'be careful' with SCOTUS reforms 

In an interview with Fox News, Justice Neil Gorsuch decided to add a little threat to Biden while he touted his new book...

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a61803504/neil-gorsuch-joe-biden-scotus-reform/

Last month, Biden traveled to Texas, where he announced a set of proposed Supreme Court reforms that would impose mandatory ethics rules for the court and term limits on justices.”

Democracy Docket    

How We Fix The Corrupt Supreme Court with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse  Contrary to what Gorsuch says, most of the RW Amicus Briefs and cases are not brought by people that were actually harmed, but by religious zealots and CONservatives who have bought them and their decisions. Sen. Whitehouse suggests not an investigation but an actual standing committee with teeth whose job it is to monitor the judges and their lack of ethics.

Lots of blogs on cases and the upcoming vote...are HERE: https://www.democracydocket.com/

When the courts are in thrall

Abort the court

The wives are as bad...

Tipping the scales of Just Us...

When the guard rails are useless

I worry that the US is ripe for the picking one again. I surely hope the voters come out for Harris in massive droves. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/04/america-tyranny-donald-trump.html

UPDATE 16

tRUMP Says It Is 'Illegal' to Criticize his judges

I thought that LOSER 45 was mired in the feces that is below pond scum, but somehow he, manages to lower himself even further. tRUMPs courts, judge, laws and opponent's name calling could fill its own binder.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-proposes-ban-on-criticizing-pro-trump-judges.html

Well,tRUMP, you slimy, corrupt POS, I dearly hope that you and other corrupt assholes and judges who stand with you and protect you and dare so it under the auspices of "the law" soon get what you deserve. Some actual JUSTICE. Karma...mete it out FFS!!

UPDATE 15

Butting-in even on summer break

The RW SCOTUS are the ultimate tRUMP butt-sniffers.

‘Alt-right Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch just went on Fox News to THREATEN President Joe Biden and VP Harris and their efforts to return ethics and accountability to the Supreme Court.   Michael Popok puts the outrageous appearance in perspective and analyzes the fall of Gorsuch.’  He is such an ass.  He calls SCOTUS an INDEPENDENT judiciary, calls protecting tRUMP from the law important, and says tRUMP is being politically criminalized!  W T A F ’ingF?  It's the American way!

Corrupt MAGA SCOTUS justice Neil Gorsuch warns of federal law overreach in his new book about the impact of excessive federal laws on Americans in his new book, "Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law. There are too many laws scooping up innocent people he says, citing shitty cases they have taken up because they are corrupt assholes trying to reduce regulations and make sure the rich get richer and stay out of jail. 

This may be old, but the sentiment remains...

The Supreme Court Is Shaming Itself https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/03/dc-trump-trial-speed/677862/

Reddit had some great answers in comments https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1bo8mir/the_supreme_court_is_shaming_itself/

UPDATE 14

The justices have put themselves in a lofty position that is above the law as well. They are, by delaying tRUMP's criminal trials...OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE. BY agreeing with a tRUMPy judge's misinterpretation of the obstruction law, OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE. By dissolving Chevron, they have put themselves above all of the administration departments and tied their hands while giving Congress more work. (Not that the Republican Congress has been useful...) And in the last few weeks their decisions have made it okay to arrest the homeless if they try to sleep to rest and made bribery okay. (Being some of them happily take bribes, why not???) This last SCOTUS session was a hellscape.

It’s important to read more about Chevron: 

‘We Just Witnessed the Biggest Supreme Court Power Grab Since 1803  The court has given itself nearly unlimited power over the administrative state, putting everything from environmental protections to workers’ rights at risk.’  https://www.thenation.com/article/society/chevron-deference-supreme-court-power-gr

And more here. The comments are excellent as well: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/2/2250193/-How-the-Supreme-Court-throwing-out-Chevron-undercuts-federal-regulators

Sheldon Whitehouse@SenWhitehouse

"Our current situation should give Dems a rejuvenating chance to focus better on fixing what’s gone wrong in America. We face three huge threats: persistent internal attacks on our democracy, unbridled climate upheaval, and a captured Court with some deeply corrupt justices.  Behind each threat is dark money; massive anonymous political spending by special interests who hide their identities from the public.

The political class has reoriented itself to this new reality, pivoting to the big secret spenders. Voters notice they’re not so important anymore. An entire dark-money ecosystem has been spawned, with front groups, ‘Donors Trusts,’ coordinating 501c3s and c4s, and superPACs. This whole filthy bestiary of influence is new (or refocused and expanded) since Citizens United. It didn’t used to be this way; it doesn’t have to be this way... "

Read the rest of his comment here: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/2/2250607/-Sen-Sheldon-Whitehouse-tells-it-like-it-is-one-crew-one-plan-one-cancer-in-the-body-politic

UPDATE 13

The GQP SCOTUS are assholes and pieces of shit...

and they prove they are partisan more and more every day. HOS added this yesterday and it is so appropos. Besides delaying tRUMP's criminal trials, tRUMP judges and tRUMP's SCOTUS are protecting him. DEPLORABLE!!

The wrench has been thrown into the works.

They could not give complete immunity so it is only for "official acts..." And who in their right mind thinks tRUMP is not going to declare ANYTHING he did and does as an official act.

He'll make Executive orders declaring anything he does an official act. He has already redefined laws. He already presumes he is innocent and has immunity for all acts.

Criminality is the new official act!

Addendum:

Official Acts... https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/1/2250248/-Official-Acts#comment_88923861

Criminals speak about taking the 5th and immunity...

The President is now above the law!

UPDATE 12

The GQP SCOTUS are pieces of shit...

and they prove they are partisan more and more every day.

SEC VS Jarkesy

'The case started as garden-variety securities fraud. According to SEC findings, the radio host George Jarkesy stole from his investors by lying to them about his investment strategy, lying about his auditor and prime broker, and lying about his take. To protect the integrity of the financial markets, the SEC forced Jarkesy to disgorge his ill-gotten gains and banned him from the securities industry. It also fined him $300,000 for good measure.'

Yesterday, SCOTUS decided fraud is just fine, thank you very much, by stripping the SEC of some of their power.  SCOTUS ruled that defendants in financial-fraud cases have a right to a jury trial, rather than the SEC's in-house courts. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent, “the constitutionality of hundreds of statutes may now be in peril, and dozens of agencies could be stripped of their power to enforce laws enacted by Congress.”' https://www.vox.com/scotus/357554/supreme-court-sec-jarkesy-roberts-sotomayor-chaos

So Jarskey will have high powered lawyers who will confuse the jury and let him win and investors lose out... and many agencies will not be able to do their jobs. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/06/supreme-court-jarkesy-v-sec-loper-bright-chevron-deference/678842/

Fischer v. United States 

Siding with an obvious misinterpretation of a law because they can ,,, is nauseating. And ludicrous. And dangerous! And they do not deserve the respect that would normally be a given judges.

Fact Sheet: Fischer v. United States  https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/fact-sheet-fischer-v-united-states. tRUMP and his Jan 6 criminal minions will have one less felony to worry about! FFS!!

This is meant to appease...

Lawyer Harry Litman explains the case and consequences

And the Chevron decision...JFC!!!!

Why defer to experts when you can let Congress make scientific, medical, public safety and environmental decisions? JFC!!!

'The Supreme Court on Friday upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections, delivering a far-reaching and potentially lucrative victory to business interests.

The court’s six conservative justices overturned the 1984 decision colloquially known as Chevron, long a target of conservatives who have been motivated as much by weakening the regulatory state as social issues including abortion. The liberal justices were in dissent.'

A Possible Fix for the Supreme Court

This is a thoughtful post with a decent idea. Sadly it isn't getting much traction because the trolls are too busy denigrating Biden and telling everyone to give up. I recommend you give it a read. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/28/2215924/-A-Possible-Alternative-Additional-Fix-for-the-Supreme-Court

David Bossie bragged that he was able to finagle a case about a cat all the way to the Supreme Court. And from it you now have Citizen's United that hobbled the FEC, PACs that anyone and their cat can make and dirty money buying elections. https://www.forbes.com/sites/elanagross/2020/11/06/trump-reportedly-taps-ex-campaign-exec-david-bossie-to-lead-legal-challenges-to-election-results/

UPDATE 11

I have too much to do today, so here is today's SCOTUS

Opinions rendered: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinion/23

Scotusblog Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@scotusblog/live

Oh FFS... the live feed ended just after I published this as only 2 decisions were rendered today. She will update later here: https://www.tiktok.com/@scotusblog

Or here

Scotusblog https://www.scotusblog.com/

That decision on bribery today had a statute number of 666 and looks as though the devil had a hand in it, as you see a bribe is made BEFORE an official act, whereas a gratuity is a payment after the official act. The statute also had both the words “rewarded” to “influenced” in it, so SCOTUS needed to make a DICKtionary ruling again. Kavanaugh, who likely had too many beers last night, delivered the opinion. I wonder how many doors were left open with that one!

I was going to go shopping as I only shop once a month. Should you wonder why I am back so soon, the rain we were supposed to get today never happened and I had to water everything ... I was about to make a meme but was sure others already had and lo...

POS POTUS are delaying the most important decisions

I can't wait to see what the drama queens have in store. Delaying decisions only further shows the bulk of the judges are partisan hacks working for tRUMP as they happily await their "gratuities" that will send them on their bribe paid for vacations soon. OOOPS! Not bribe as the free vacations and "gifts" are awarded AFTER they ruled!

TRUMP V. UNITED STATES (2024) - This is the Trump immunity case which rules whether the President enjoys immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to stem from official duties of the Presidency.

LOPER BRIGHT ENTERPRISES V. RAIMONDO - This case will determine whether Chevron will be overturned. Chevron was a decision that gave broad powers to administrative agencies to interpret the text of laws passed by Congress.

[Affects the environment/climate change/medication approval/ pollution and many more regulations that will resonate for generations. They already squealed on themselves during oral arguments that they reject science and expertise and oligarchs will win this one]

FISCHER V. UNITED STATES - January 6th rioters were charged with a law criminalizing the obstruction of Congressional activities related to investigations and evidence. The rioters challenged this charge and this case will determine whether they could be charged with this law.

[And hey, this one is also a charge against tRUMP so win/win for all the criminals should SCOTUS decide this misinterpretation of a clause stands, and they likely will.]

MOYLE V. UNITED STATES - The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act requires hospitals receiving medicare funding to perform stabilizing care for emergency cases regardless of a patients' ability to pay. The Department of Health sued the state of Idaho which placed a ban on most abortions saying that the law conflicted with it.

[Leave them to die, like in Texas]

EMTALA. MURTHY V. MISSOURI - The Biden Administration requested social media companies to remove content that they alleged was misinformation. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sued saying that this violated First Amendment rights and was an act of censorship.

[ liars lying are the bedrock of the GOP and the tRUMP MAGA movement, so it is anyone's guess where this one will go... ]

RULING:  The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out claims that the Biden administration unlawfully coerced social media companies into removing contentious content.

In reaching its conclusion, the court overturned an injunction that would have limited contacts between government officials and social media companies on a wide range of issues if allowed to go into effect. The Supreme Court had previously put the injunction on hold. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-tosses-claim-biden-administration-coerced-social-media-c-rcna151356

UPDATE 10

Now why would Republicans vote for something that aligns with the rule of law, justice and the pillars of government when they have SCOTUS right where they designed them to be?

Unethical and Corrupt

JFC

Bumping more lives off per second is just fine... just fine

How in the world can a just system rescind a law that helps stops killers from being able to make killing machines that assure many more children can only be identified by the shoes they were wearing when killed.

 Corrupt and immoral

I believe SCOTUS needs more of this kind of reminder that they are corrupt and immoral ... and are obviously working for tRUMP, the Republicans and Oligarchs and NOT all Americans.

I missed flag day...

Did Alito's wife?

I took her bigoted thoughts to heart... (The last one is the "sacred heart" she would fly during pride month, because she feels her religious beliefs are more important than someone being able to live their life as the person they were born to be.)

The audio, for anyone else who may have been under the weather or a rock

There are tapes...

Hear them yourself... including the view of the media by the "justice" himself...

"When this over"

Your Jesus is not behind bigotry or your chosen one

Alito's reply to the Senate Judiciary committee request for a hearing

Here is Lauren Windsor, BTW... https://x.com/lawindsor/status/1800298200923766961

Leaving you with a Jordan Klepper laugh!

Reminder that 6 SCOTUS are partisan hacks

And that Nixon was brought down by republican nominated justices with a swift and ethical response. tRUMP's SCOTUS have been stalling so that his other trials do not occur before the election and that he may be granted immunity by simply pardoning himself. He may also grant pardons for all of his MAGA cohorts including Jan 6 insurrectionists. Of elected, he has administration slots to fill! For anyone saying none of that will happen I have several bridges for sale. Do NOT expect these POS to do the right thing... as the Nixon SCOTUS eventually did...

And there are MANY more case decisions to be dumped soon... I expect the worst because even with supposedly "good" decisions, their motives have future implications. (See the Abortion pill ruing as one example. They will just need more amicus briefs and choices that include proper standing... and see why this was passed ... https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/16/2246834/-I-was-wrong-about-the-Mifepristone-ruling-but-not-by-much)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/16/2246074/-Nixon-justices-helped-end-his-presidency-Will-Trump-s-force-him-to-stand-trial

UPDATE 9

OOPSIE! Clarence is clarifying

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted gifts worth millions of dollars over 20 years; analysis: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/06/supreme-court-justices-millions-dollars-gifts-clarence-thomas.html

This chart is astounding

We had already read about it, but seeing him admit he was bribed and seeing the numbers is still jaw dropping.

They included the last 20 years because that is how long these grifting partisan corrupt "justices" have been free from such scrutiny. https://fixthecourt.com/2024/06/a-staggering-tally-supreme-court-justices-accepted-hundreds-of-gifts-worth-millions-of-dollars/

See a list of all the gifts here. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14l25NLvBOd9sk4mArK4k7dtV0MUwxr5GBuLHL5Sp8lo/edit#gid=957411191

Hiding behind the flag is so passe

UPDATE 8

Since update 6, where we knew little, there has been a SECOND flag pertaining to the MAGA/Christan Nationalist movements, sickening news that WaPo sent a reporter but the story did not run, Alito writing a whopping 3 page reply blaming his wife and now the Alito lies are splayed in the competing NYT... https://www.nj.com/politics/2024/05/did-samuel-alito-lie-about-trump-inspired-neighborhood-flag-controversy.html

Justice Alito won't recuse from Jan. 6 cases, cites wife's 'right' to make 'her own decisions.'  He obviously means HIS WIFE, not yours! 

Alito rejected recusing by excusing  their actions as non political

lawandcrime.com

Justice Alito supported his wife's "right" to make "her own decisions" in response to Democratic senators who demanded his recusal from Jan. 6 cases.

A find from HOS:

UPDATE 7

Alito upside down flag

Martha-Ann Alito plays Eve in the Constitutional Bible version of this originist sin tale.

Justice Alito blamed wife and went to FOX to whine "it wasn't me."

Durbin calls for Alito recusal from Jan. 6 cases over upside-down flag flew at his home

He then called for passage of the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act legislation that the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced last July. https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-calls-on-justice-alito-to-recuse-himself-from-cases-related-to-the-2020-election-after-a-stop-the-steal-symbol-was-displayed-in-his-yard

UPDATE 6

Brett Kavanaugh says unpopular rulings can later become 'fabric of American constitutional law

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/brett-kavanaugh-says-unpopular-rulings-can-later-become-fabric-america-rcna151783

Your 'legacy' is "I like beer" and you will be remembered for shit like this...

tRUMP, gun owners and Jan. 6 rioters: Tough-on-crime Justice Alito displays empathy for some criminal defendants  In recent  arguments, Alito, a former US prosecutor usually the harshest on criminals cases expressed sympathy for tRUMP, Jan. 6 insurrectionists and gun owners. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/trump-gun-owners-jan-6-rioters-tough-crime-justice-alito-displays-empa-rcna151242

And you, Sammy boy, are no Law and Order "originalist."

Clarence Thomas on critics and the “nasty lies…”  'It's not me ... it's YOU! Sniff'

Money is “speech” and corporations are people!  https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained

The corrupt court will be remembered...

UPDATE 5

Clarence Thomas Broke the Law. Why Is He Not Being Prosecuted?

Indeed! And why would I add more when someone writes this well on the topic and cites the law while doing so? https://www.thenation.com/article/society/clarence-thomas-supreme-court-gifts-felony/

Michael Popok of Legal AF discusses the Washington Post reporting that Thomas hired a young woman who used to work for his wife’s MAGA extreme PAC, used to live with the Thomas’, and has used anti-Black and Arab slurs on her social media. The implications for the future are also outlined.

UPDATE 4

U.S. Supreme Court of asses will decide if Trump can be prosecuted for election interference.

Having not yet decided whether tRUMP is above the law, they have taken up tRUMP's claim that president's have absolute immunity.

Justices to hear arguments in late April - decision likely to come no later than end of June

Reminder...

www.cbc.ca

The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether former U.S. president Donald Trump can be prosecuted on charges he interfered with the 2020 election, calling into question whether his case could go to trial before the November election.

tRUMP owns them... and SCOTUS is obviously working for only him and not the US.

This is what should happen...

www.lawfaremedia.org

If and when the Supreme Court decides to hear the case, the stakes will be far less momentous than many observers might assume, because the answer to the immunity question matters very little for Trump’s prosecution.

That is a big win for tRUMP as can delay the freaking case into next year... and as tRUMP plans to steal the next election as he has decided he must...being he can't win votes legally... then will pardon himself, declare himself king and set about to dismantle the government and country until it suits resembles the shambles and shithole of Putin's dreams. (Think this is hyperbole? Go read about his revenge tour and the 900 pages of project 2025)

tRUMP is taking a victory lap already in his Lie Social posts...

UPDATE 3

Dissecting Trump's desperate SCOTUS plea to give him immunity for his crimes - or at least a delay

www.dailykos.com

"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going because you might not get there" — Yogi Berra BACKGROUND Trump’s legal team has filed a brief with the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) asking them to overturn Judge Chutkan and the DC...

Dems need 67+ seats in the US Senate to impeach the Supreme Court Justices

@Pat Rice wrote a very brief synopsis on how to rid of some meddlesome bums in cloaks. It should be more difficult to put them in... and easier to get them out. With the Federalists calling the shots on who is on the nomination list, as well as having Leonard Leo introduce them to their rich handlers/benefactors, it makes it imperative to stop the gaming of what is supposed to be an esteemed bench and highest arbitors of the law.

(As well as one of the so called pillars of goverment... that is supposed to assure that shit tRUMP's crimes are called crimes and are punished - not happen NOT faciltate them! UGH!) https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/forum/general-discussion/dems-need-67-seats-in-the-us-senate-to-impeach-the-supreme-court-justices

Some lawyers just love criming presidents. 2019, Donald Trump's lawyer claiming a president cannot even be investigated, let alone prosecuted, for committing a crime while in office, even if he murdered someone in public.

UPDATE 2

House Democrats ask Clarence Thomas to recuse from Supreme Court review of Colorado ballot

Billionaire Gifts To Thomas: Generosity Or Taxable Income?

If billionaires’ largesse was designed to keep the justice on the high court, experts say the money could be considered a taxable payment. [Or a freaking bribe, FFS!] https://www.levernews.com/billionaire-gifts-to-thomas-generosity-or-taxable-income/

A post on Ginni Thomas

Ginni Thomas INFO: PLUS More Emails Show Wisconsin was also in her sights to pressure. https://www.sorryantivaxxer.com/forum/general-discussion/ginni-thomas-info-plus-more-emails-show-wisconsin-was-also-in-her-sights-to-pressure-the-big-lie

UPDATE 1

Clarence Thomas’ Private Complaints About Money Sparked Fears He Would Resign

The "poor" baby knew he would never become the gazillionnaire of his dreams as a judge, and was heavily in debt, so sought sympathy for his plight from those who were filthy rich...and there are documents:

What a piece of shit... as are his support network and Leonard Leo.

www.propublica.org

Interviews and newly unearthed documents reveal that Thomas, facing financial strain, privately pushed for a higher salary and to allow Supreme Court justices to take speaking fees.

As someone who has never been in debt and bought their first home at 23, back when woman were considered a credit risk and forget about mortgage loans to a single woman (Ugh, how sad I had to be a pioneer activist to get rights men have always had) ... I would like to know how banks loaned 100k to Thomas, on top of a 514k mortgage... after putting down only 8k... without a cosigner... or, shall we say, one of his "benefactors."

The 90's: high mortgage rates, a recession...the S&L Crisis, and giving huge loans to people already in debt ...