Like I've said before, I really think the founding fathers would be impressed it even lasted this long.
Like I've said before, I really think the founding fathers would be impressed it even lasted this long.If I have their ruling correct, it means...
SCOTUS: "Human Rights and the Rule of Law do not need protections, violations can stand until we decide on them years later. If we can be bothered to hear your case"
I think that's pretty much it, a complete wrap on the Constitution. Call time of death... 1789-2025.
So sad and hate to say this, we liberals can do what we can to stem the tide of authoritarianism that Trump has a hard on for. However, it's really up to the folks who voted for him to clean up the shitshow they created.
And thats why the old guard needs to go or you will just have another Biden. You need someone who is willing to gut SCOTUS and do a reset. Who would do that? Gavin? Kamala? Would AOC do that? Bernie?If the Democratic Party retakes power, they need to go after everybody with a sledgehammer with no mercy.
No but the buildup momentum was how many dead?This would be the ideal outcome, though it's worth remembering that the Nazis were not stopped by German conservatives.
If the Democratic Party retakes power, they need to go after everybody with a sledgehammer with no mercy.
The entire thing is a completely made up issue so that Republicans can pick people's pockets. They made a lot of hay about a non-issue and rubes like the NYT launder ridiculous think piece trash.
I saw it said recently that in 2020, Sulzberger saw a news room revolt and protesters march by the NYT HQ, so he took steps to make sure those situations never arise again.I am often torn on how to describe the NYT as such an incredibly easy mark for right wing agitprop. Either they are irresponsible morons of an incredible caliber trying to both sides every issue or they philosophically agree with it. I mean they let Rufo lead them around by the nose on the DEI stuff and he TOLD them that is what he was doing. The number of times they interview some "independent voter" who turns out to be the local chair of the GOP party, a J6er, or a publicly active member of the KKK and present them as the common man is so incredible as to invite suspicion.
I dunno if I was a reporter/editor/publisher I might harbor some suspicion that not everybody tells the truth and spend two fucking minutes googling them instead of just printing lies in my newspaper. Unless they want to print the lies.
I'm betting they aren't thinking now. They have to be completely credulous idiots to have believed the things Trump says he would or wouldn't do, because he's taken every position under the sun and is a chronic, well-documented liar about even the smallest things.At some point, the woman observed that Trump had distanced himself from Project 2025, so it wasn't true what I said about the risk to our government. I wonder what they are thinking now.
Another thing I'd remarked to my luncheon friend was that abortion was a human right. These people with their confusion about religious versus secular morality really get their panties in a bunch over their little embryos and fetuses -- taking moral responsibility for what everyone else wants to do with their own bodies. I'm actually glad that I made them choke on their seafood linguine. It would even have been more entertaining if someone had needed to call the paramedics to administer the Heimlich maneuver.I'm betting they aren't thinking now. They have to be completely credulous idiots to have believed the things Trump says he would or wouldn't do, because he's taken every position under the sun and is a chronic, well-documented liar about even the smallest things.
SCOTUS has opened the door to dictator Trump
Trump can now do something blatantly unconstitutional like banning black people from voting. A stay from a federal district court could easily and quickly stay that but now they can’t. In order to fix it nationwide you have to sue in all 200+ federal districts or get a class action lawsuit which again takes time. Meanwhile the election moves forward without blacks voting.
Since SCOTUS created immunity for Trump he can’t even be prosecuted for it. Republicans don’t have the stones to kick him out of office.
So he gets away with it
Open rebellion against anyone enforcing such federal "law".SCOTUS has opened the door to dictator Trump
Trump can now do something blatantly unconstitutional like banning black people from voting....
So he gets away with it
Someone pointed out that repubs have used these types of injunctions to insulate themselves from national mandates (vaccine, masks, etc) so this ruling may indicate they don't feel the need for that sort of legal obstacle anymore, meaning they don't intend to be out of power. Ever.Keep voting and making things difficult legally for conservative monsters. Continue to weaponize federalism and twist the rulings to push liberal causes.
And individually, I could see some people taking more unilateral actions (and potential responsibility) that can come from living under a government that is not representing the people and actively seeking to make lives worse.
Yes, well, that's why people can feel free to get creative in their actions.Someone pointed out that repubs have used these types of injunctions to insulate themselves from national mandates (vaccine, masks, etc) so this ruling may indicate they don't feel the need for that sort of legal obstacle anymore, meaning they don't intend to be out of power. Ever.
Does it matter when you have your minions imbedded into the other branches of government that are supposed to be a check on your power?Generally speaking, as a would be dictator, you want to consolidate power while you are popular and not at 40% and dropping.
Methinks the midterms coming around the corner is going to be absolutely soaked with misinformation coming from Trump and his organized crime family way more so than ever before because they have to distract from and cover up the big tax cut giveaways to the very wealthy and the slash and burn campaign of essential social services that millions of poverty stricken Republicans rely on for maintaining a barely survivable standard of living. These debilitating effects of Trump's Big Beautiful Tax Cut For The Rich Bill are going to be buried so much more deeper under the existing quagmire of lies, disinformation, rumors and hoax conspiracy theories that already exists of which it will be up to the Democrats to keep that from happening.
I really do hope that there were some very hard hitting lessons the Democrat leadership learned from the 2024 debacle that won't be repeated as playing catch up to the Trump party's dirty deeds and tricks like they did is of course a loser's game. Staying in front of the chaos and confusion the Republicans will surely attempt again to create for maximum effect will be difficult, but as we've all been witness to and learned in 2024, it's literally do or die for the Democrat party in '26 and '28.
Nationwide injunctions aren't inherently a bad thing, considering the federal government exists in all jurisdictions. If it's doing something clearly unconstitutional, it should be stopped from doing it instead of having to fight it in about hundred federal districts.Pretty good read about the history and use of nationwide injunctions at Wikipedia. It's not nearly as cut and dried as I thought.