#SCOTUS

Bill Scher

billscher

A short thread on what you should know about the "Biden Rule" and how Republicans have mischaracterized Biden's words from the start...https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1307673334155538432 ...In 2016, McConnell said: &

Ken Armstrong

bykenarmstrong

In Justice Alito’s draft opinion reversing Roe, he writes about “an unbroken tradition of prohibiting abortion on pain of criminal punishment,” up until Roe in 1973.He cites, as historical authority,

Peter Sagal

petersagal

The US Constitution has been rewritten constantly, almost since its ratification. Eg: Chief Justice John Marshall decided in 1803 that the Constitution allowed SCOTUS to strike down legislation if "unconstitutional."

🕷Dante Atkins🕷

DanteAtkins

If you're still deliberating about whether you think McConnell will try to move a nominee before the election or during lame duck, you don't understand what the fight is about.

Natalie Shure

nataliesurely

I did some research and reporting on how dangerous overzealous policing can be for people with diabetes. Here's what I found:https://www.thenation.com/article/society/diabetes-police/ I started working on this early during protests, whe

Russell

RussellSieg

Ramsey Clark recently died, age 93. LBJ's Attorney General.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-clark-obituary-idUSKBN2BY01G I recently learned in Friedman's Red Mafiya book AG Clark had a pretty strange career arc...He helped

tedfrank 💉

tedfrank

This great @WSJopinion editorial on norm-breaking understates what Democrats did and how they rebuffed Republican attempts to de escalate. Democrats held up a bunch of intermediate appellate nominations in *August

Maria Sundaram, PhD

mariasundaram

OK... let's talk about this. Clicked through to find that the article is about Jacobson v. Massachusetts, to me one of the most interesting SCOTUS cases and something I think

Jack Turban MD 🏳️‍🌈 🧠

jack_turban

I'm a gay physician-scientist with Harvard and Yale training, and I research #LGBTQ health. Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation next week likely means more LGBTQ people like me will die early.

unseen1

unseen1_unseen

As we get close to the announcement of Trump's pick for the SCOTUS, there are a couple things that one should keep in mind. The biggest being that the Justice

Sherrilyn Ifill

Sifill_LDF

So I have refused to comment before reading the SCOTUS decision on the extension of time for voters to return absentee ballots for the primary election in WI (which the

Kurt Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

Technically, although it is beyond human decency, GOP has the constitutional authority to nominate a new SCOTUS pick even before RGB's funeral, and confirm quickly. BUT this shows not just

Jackie Calmes

jackiekcalmes

Trump's White House fetes for new SCOTUS justices, with partisan invitees, are NOT normal. Past presidents typically avoided them, in a nod to judiciary branch's independence. Justices' were sworn in

DL Jones

DLJones77542194

I loathe Trump but the danger of a Biden win is that for decades the Dems have been using social issues as a way of showing they’re on the left,

⚓️🚢Imani Gandy 🚢⚓️

AngryBlackLady

I’m tired of explaining shit to people. I’m logging off.Do what you want.But rest assured. We are going to have Justice Kingdom of God in about a week and a

Matthew Wallack

MatthewWallack

A thread about the Senate: 1. There have been multiple elections since 1940 (the earliest I could find national popular vote data for), where the party winning the most seats