BREAKING: US Supreme Court orders Louisiana to restore previously ignored and state-defied second congressional district voting map favorable to Black voters in light of centuries’ long racial
discrimination in the state. #SCOTUShttps://tinyurl.com/34cavft9
"for decades, American schools have been re-segregating... around 4 out of 10 Black and Hispanic students attend schools where almost every one of their classmates is another student of color.
5 radical, far-right, compromised, #MAGA justices on the current #SCOTUS are bought & paid for so I have little hope that they will uphold justice in this case as they believe their #DearLeader#trump will be president again this November for the rest of his life..
"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied an appeal from California corrections officials who sought immunity from lawsuits claiming they acted with deliberate indifference when they caused a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at one of the world’s most famous prisons four years ago.
The justices turned down the appeal without comment or dissent."
Pro #WhiteChristianNationalist Samuel Alito, who ripped healthcare away from American Women and Girls, has shown signs of empathy for criminal defendants in recent cases involving gun owners, Jan 6. attackers and criminal defendant Donald.
He refused to discuss the facts of the criminal charges against the biggest criminal in American history during the oral argument in the immunity delay case.
Republicans aka: White male privilege, consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
Sammy is a misogynist, too. I'll never forget that he quoted the judge from the Salem Witch Trials in the leaked Dobbes document. I have a very strong gut feeling that truth be known, Alito was the very one who leaked it.
The NBC headline should read: “Right-wing fanatic shows signs of supporting right-wing fanaticism.” The important commonality is that they’re right-wing fanatics, not that they’re “defendants.”
Bought and paid for by White Christian Nationalism.
To recap, Clarence Thomas received gifts from wealthy benefactors with business before the court including:
—38 vacations
—34 flights by private jet or helicopter
—A dozen VIP passes to sporting events
—Hundreds of thousands to Ginni
—A luxury RV
—Letting his mother live rent free
—Paying his family tuition
—Exclusive Club memberships
Corrupt Clarence is out of the news because of Donald's four indictments, but don't lose sight of #scotus massive corruption.
Any1 who lives in DC & says they hate it here have almost always, w rare exceptions never made actual Washington their home. They have limited themselves 2 halls of power, spent their yrs focused on obtaining power & only view their experience here through prism of power. #ClarenceThomas’s latest attack on DC "I think what you are going to find and especially in Washington, people pride themselves on being awful. It is a hideous place as far as I’m concerned https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/10/clarence-thomas-critics-00157460#SCOTUS
EDITED: One of journalism's consistent flaws is ignoring relevant context.
Case in point is this NY Times story about a judge tossing out a new federal regulation limiting extortionate credit card late fees.
Here's the context the Times didn't care to include: The financial companies went forum shopping, and landed one of their favorite Trump-appointed judges, who (to his credit) objected to the process, but then predictably ruled against the administration.
Justice Clarence Thomas calls criticism of him ‘nastiness’ & ‘lies’
After facing harsh questions about his judicial decisions & accepting lavish gifts from a billionaire, #SCOTUS Justice #ClarenceThomas forcefully pushed back on
his critics Fri — saying he & his wife, #GinniThomas, have endured “nastiness” & “lies.”
#ClarenceThomas targeted the maelstrom he has faced …since news broke last year of travel & real estate deals paid for by #Republican donor #HarlanCrow, & since he has faced calls to recuse himself from cases related to the 2020 election because of his wife’s involvement w/efforts to block Joe #Biden’s victory.
“What you are going to find, especially in Washington, is that people are going to pride themselves on being awful … It’s a hideous place.”
Toxic partisan politics is corrupting every segment of society, bit by bit, from civilian life to government to church to media to education and everything in-between, eating away at it all, like a cancer.
"Clarence Thomas Complains About ‘Awful’ People After His Ethics Scandals"
[NBC News]: Clarence Thomas says critics are pushing 'nastiness' and calls Washington a 'hideous place'
The Supreme Court justice said that “reckless” people in Washington, D.C., will “bomb your reputation.” Via AP
Clarence Thomas says he and Ginny have endured "lies" and "nastiness". He says he wishes he had remained a judge on the DC Court of Appeals. Me too Buddy, me too. #scotus#clarencethomas
Republicans hate Girls and Women - they have already bent the laws to be able to murder us and disappear us. They are now making it legal to humiliate and torture us. There is no love - and there is nothing redeemable - in a man who would be ok with this assault, subjugation, and physical abuse of Girls and Women. Girls and Women aren't vessels to club and claim caveman style. We aren't vessels to impregnate and imprison. We are autonomous beings with fundamental human rights to self determine. And: whether raped or not--> Abortion is healthcare! Ps.Men speak up for us.
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They scammed the country. Leonard Leo ally Tim Busch says that abortion isn’t a “states rights” issue after all. Nope. They plan to use the 14th Amendment to overturn state constitutional amendments protecting abortion rights. He also calls SCOTUS the “Leo court.”