Honestly, the Supreme Court justices today sounded even more deranged and clueless than I even expected. They are just too worried about hypothetical future presidents to focus on the fact that we have a former president indicted for attempting to overthrow an election who is now running for reelection on an explicitly authoritarian, anti-democracy platform. 1/ #LawFedi
Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Coney Barrett clearly cannot bring themselves to face that Trump is anathema to rule of law because what would that say about them? 2/
Several of my law professor colleagues have separately told me that today is the worst day for Supreme Court since Dred Scott - and these are colleagues who understand just how awful Dobbs, Heller, and Bruen were. 3/
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Did they pay attention to West Virginia versus EPA. SCOTUS mandating that we have to suffer from global warming was a big and terrible decision in my opinion anyways.
Meanwhile, in my closing remarks to the first year law students on the last of torts, I directly discussed the challenge they face entering the American legal profession when so many of its most visible members are simply shilling for a political movement that holds American law and governmental design in contempt. 4/
Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh all seem blatantly more committed to maga-ism than to justice, let alone to pluralistic democracy. Thomas is bought and paid for. Roberts and Coney Barrett can’t seem to summon the clarity of mind and the courage to stand on the right of history. 5/
@heidilifeldman You used the word courage. My wife used the word coward. I think that’s right. They really are acting like they are afraid of what will happen (to them) if they rule against him and if he were to win. That reinforces the idea that these are really mob boss trials, and our justices are compromised (willingly or not).
What a contrast to judges like Arthur Engoran, Juan Marchan, and Tanya Chutkan, judges who, without sacrificing law and legality, have shown that the law need not kowtow to Donald Trump. Ditto for the majority of the Colorado Supreme Court. 6/6
@heidilifeldman Please add to the list of laudable judges the judges on the D.C. Circuit Court who ruled so carefully and clearly on Trump's immunity claims.
@heidilifeldman they are also signing the death warrants on the liberal justices if Trump or a similar MAGA takes the White House? After all, assasinating a Supreme Court justice would also be an official act, no? To create vacancies?
We need to amend the constitution to create a check on this unbalanced court. Where we the people get to vote on whether to retain them periodically.
Also, has anyone filed ethics complaints with bar associations where these justices are licensed?
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I'm not sure why you separate out roberts and barrett. They are just as bought and paid for as any of the others. They should all be thrown in the back of a cargo plane and dumped off at gitmo.
@heidilifeldman As long as we're doing insane hypotheticals, let's say SCOTUS completely immunizes the POTUS thinking Biden wouldn't abuse the power. Then Biden becomes incapacitated or dies. Kamala Harris becomes POTUS goes rogue. Has trump arrested and detained, interrogated and uses his forced confession to unilaterally convict him. Then declares Marshal Law to put down the MAGA protests.
Careful what you wish for...
@heidilifeldman SCOTUS today refused to address the facts of the coup attempt. Instead they blabbed about what-ifs and save-our-own criminality. They will invent some lame bullshit to delay justice and abet their gang boss.
@heidilifeldman He did not "attempt to overthrow an election". He told his supporters to go home twice on Twitter, & both tweets were deleted. He also offered National Guard, but pelosi refused. Legally he couldn't send them without her permission. Learn the facts, & stop spreading lies.
@bahrta@heidilifeldman Why are you parroting lies that have been debunked for ages now and that only MAGA believe? He told them to «go home» hours after the invasions had started - up until the point where it became obvious the coup had failed he watched the attack on the Capitol on TV without doing anything to stop it. And prior he had told the crowd repeatedly to «fight». You just believe his imaginary excuses.
@heidilifeldman They are focused on that fact. They're focused on enabling it.
This would be the culmination of all the work of the RW side of the court since 2000.
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