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Alice Dubiel 🔬💉🦠😷🌬☮️<p>The second episode of Dark Money Games by Alex Gibney on HBO features journalist Jane Mayer discussing the conservative Christian agents Leonard Leo and his puppet Supreme Court justices overturning human rights, rule of law and US constitutional democracy. Some of this is based on the recent Court reporting by ProPublica. Ideal for your high school civics class.<br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/repent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/DarkMoneyGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoneyGames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thomas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Kavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kavanaugh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Roberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roberts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/clarencethomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clarencethomas</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alito</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <br>Borowitz Report Clarence Thomas Fears Volatile Stock Market Could Force Billionaire Hosts to Sell Their Yachts<br>Satire</p>
FinchHaven sfba<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>heidilifeldman</span></a></span> </p><p>copy-pasta of mine, earlier:</p><p>"<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> and the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> hired <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/JusticeRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeRoberts</span></a> to do one thing, and one thing only</p><p>To re-write the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UnitedStatesConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesConstitution</span></a> in full service to Leo's <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UnitaryExecutive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitaryExecutive</span></a> pipedream</p><p>So far <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Roberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roberts</span></a> is performing according to script </p><p>Aided and abetted by <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thomas</span></a> of course"</p>
FinchHaven sfba<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@samlitzinger" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>samlitzinger</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> and the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> hired <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/JusticeRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeRoberts</span></a> to do one thing, and one thing only</p><p>To re-write the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UnitedStatesConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesConstitution</span></a> in full service to Leo's <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UnitaryExecutive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitaryExecutive</span></a> pipedream</p><p>So far <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Roberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roberts</span></a> is performing according to script </p><p>Aided and abetted by <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thomas</span></a> of course</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a></p>
elcabecitadealgodon<p>La triple moral de <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> El "Bandido Corrupto <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/feminista" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>feminista</span></a>" Moreno. El <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PRI</span></a> está bien representado</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/rat3-fOdBfQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/rat3-fOdBfQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> ruled that under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civil</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RICO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RICO</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> a plaintiff may seek treble damages for business or property loss even if the loss resulted from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalInjury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalInjury</span></a>. It’s a win for truck driver Douglas Horn who was fired when he failed a drug test after taking a tincture that said it only contained <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBD</span></a>.</p><p>Opinion from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmyConeyBarrett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmyConeyBarrett</span></a>, 5-4, in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MedicalMarijuana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalMarijuana</span></a>, Inc v Horn. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> filed a dissent. Brett <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kavanaugh</span></a> filed a dissent, joined by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a>, &amp; Samuel <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-365_6k47.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pd</span><span class="invisible">f/23-365_6k47.pdf</span></a></p>
EmB Philo<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@MNSpy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MNSpy</span></a></span> </p><p>In <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a> history accounts, the conservative (traitorous) members of the current SCOTUS will go down as despicable, self-serving monsters. The US probably will not have future accounts of history because it will be a <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/dystopian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dystopian</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/trashheap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trashheap</span></a> forever. Worldwide, though, the names, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/roberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roberts</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thomas</span></a> will be synonymous with ignorance, selfishness and cowardice.</p>
StanceOfMind<p>As Trump Dodges Court Orders, Samuel Alito Suggests Obeying Judges Can Be Optional</p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/samuel-alito-lower-courts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/samuel-alito-lower-courts/</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Jurisprudence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jurisprudence</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
Kevin Russell<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@MotherJones2021" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MotherJones2021</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@motherjones2021/mother-jones-o1tabn8ez" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mother-jones-MotherJones2021</span></a></span> </p><p>I had no respect (ha) for Alito, the crumbly cult far right goof. But this is complete capitulation to ending the constitution.</p><p>God knows what was promised him, to betray the nation that lifted him up. Shame.</p><p>A shame filled traitor.</p><p>Alito. Un traditore pieno di vergogna.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nusk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tesla</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alito</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vergogna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vergogna</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>As Trump Dodges Court Orders, Samuel Alito Suggests Obeying Judges Optional<br><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/samuel-alito-lower-courts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/samuel-alito-lower-courts</span></a></p><p>SCOTUS justice touts flouting democratic norms after taking part in a decades-long efforts to weaken democratic rights</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PresidentialImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialImmunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JudicialMisconduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialMisconduct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whiteSupremacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whiteSupremacism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a></p><p>Background: Transphobia, transgenocide<br><a href="https://persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide/docs/transgenocide.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide</span><span class="invisible">/docs/transgenocide.pdf</span></a></p><p>CAVE: collaborate, advocate, vote, educate</p>
jeff<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DickensianGhoul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DickensianGhoul</span></a> WTAF "lose forever"? Don't waste dollars on that pesky "surplus population" you know, the ones that, unlike him, lost the birth lottery ://</p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Alito “Stunned” By Court Exercising Judicial Power He Championed &amp; Expanded Just Months Ago<br><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/06/alito-stunned-by-court-exercising-judicial-power-he-championed-expanded-just-months-ago/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/03/06/alito-</span><span class="invisible">stunned-by-court-exercising-judicial-power-he-championed-expanded-just-months-ago/</span></a></p><p>"Here’s a puzzle: When does a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> justice believe courts can review executive branch decisions? The answer, at least for Justice <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>, appears to be “whenever a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a> is president, but only then.”</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SamuelAlito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelAlito</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judges</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In other words, Justices Samuel <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NeilGorsuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilGorsuch</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrettKavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrettKavanaugh</span></a> don’t believe in the power of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a>, their own power, or the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a>.</p><p>They believe that the president is in fact above the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> — as long as that president is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.</p><p>Here is the order, Alito’s self sabotaging dissent starts on page 2.</p><p><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a831_3135.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pd</span><span class="invisible">f/24a831_3135.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DeadBeatPresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeadBeatPresident</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aid</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Judge Ali should consider "the feasibility of any compliance deadlines," <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> added.</p><p>4 conservative justices dissented from the denial of the application, w/Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> writing that Ali did not have "unchecked power to compel the government to pay out ... 2 billion taxpayer dollars."</p><p>"I am stunned," Alito added.</p><p>The other dissenters were Justices <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NeilGorsuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilGorsuch</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrettKavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrettKavanaugh</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DeadBeatPresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeadBeatPresident</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In asking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> to take the case from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a>, the coalition’s lawyer, Paul Clement, invoked the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RoeVWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoeVWade</span></a>. In that ruling, known as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dobbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dobbs</span></a> v. Jackson Women’s Health Org, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> cited the court’s 2000 decision on buffer zones as an example of an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a>-related case that had “distorted First Amendment doctrines.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Justices <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> &amp; Samuel <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> dissented [of course], w/Thomas writing that the court’s decision not to review the case from Illinois was “an abdication of our judicial duty” that allows constitutional rights to “hang in the balance.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctors</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ProPublica</span></a></span> With friends like those, who needs to worry about making enemies. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> and <a href="https://toot.community/tags/UncleThom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UncleThom</span></a> remind me of those angry, barky ankle biters socialites lead around on a leash.</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TreasuryTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TreasuryTakeover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> </p><p>UPDATE</p><p>*<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BusinessInsider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessInsider</span></a> has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoPresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoPresident</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>*</p><p>(12/n)</p><p>...organization." </p><p>"...Other names...include <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JacobAltik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JacobAltik</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KeenanKmiec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeenanKmiec</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StephanieHolmes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StephanieHolmes</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Altik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Altik</span></a> was selected to clerk for Justice <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeilGorsuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilGorsuch</span></a> for the term starting in October 2025, while <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kmiec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kmiec</span></a> clerked for Chief Justice <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a>, as well as for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SamuelAlito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelAlito</span></a> while <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> was still a federal circuit judge....</p>
Six Grandfathers Mountain<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@spocko" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>spocko</span></a></span><br>RE<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> BELIEVES Trump's bulls*** &amp; what it means...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpDistraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpDistraction</span></a> (unfortunately) is working, many folks are full of (it) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a></p><p>⭕That's the BS that distracts from "Trump company is not banning private foreign deals, they released a voluntary ethics agreement Jan 10, allowing it to strike deals with private foreign companies"</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@emptywheel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emptywheel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@nicolesandler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nicolesandler</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@lolgop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lolgop</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@rpardee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rpardee</span></a></span><br>Yes and Tobargan rides are dangerous</p><p>Jan 10 2025<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-business-ethics-white-paper-foreign-deals-golf-hotels-260a4343d52bb21614f04cfded7fd19a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/donald-trum</span><span class="invisible">p-business-ethics-white-paper-foreign-deals-golf-hotels-260a4343d52bb21614f04cfded7fd19a</span></a></p>
Spocko<p>I just heard <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@emptywheel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emptywheel</span></a></span> explain that Alito BELIEVES Trump's bulls*** &amp; what it means for future rulings.<br>Listen live at 5ET/2PT at youtu.be/Mu90iVJZVCU or <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@nicolesandler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nicolesandler</span></a></span> <br>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JackSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JackSmith</span></a> report release is covered too. Check it out!<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@lolgop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lolgop</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a></p>