#Scotus

for some reason, the parallel narratives liberals and conservatives advance about who’s politicizing and escalating SCOTUS nom fights drives home our polarization for me more than anything I think it’s
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"REPUBLICAN #SCOTUS PACKING: A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT"Dear Mr. President .@realDonaldTrump,I am going to get straight to the point: I am sick of hearing the #LyingLeft claim you and the
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Respectfully disagree with @jamalgreene and @Jaime_ASantos on whether this was a close one. From my perspective, #SCOTUS's Wisconsin ruling was simply an exercise of judicial power that flouted basic rules
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Amy Coney Barrett, one of Trump’s frontrunners for replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg, spoke with CBSN in February 2016 after Antonin Scalia’s death.She cautioned about replacing Scalia in an election year
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THREAD: Lots of negative media speculation about #DACA after today's oral arguments at #SCOTUS but here are key things to keep in mind: 1/ There is NO #DACA decision today.
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Legitimacy is critical to SCOTUS. The SCOTUS has no enforcement power. It's decisions are not self executing. See the massive backlash and rioting in southern states after the Court's Brown
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This is just nauseating. Justice Ginsberg's literal dying wish was that they postpone the senate hearing until after inauguration, and yet a sitting Senator, who can vote against Barrett, is
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Serious Q. Imagine this scenario:Trump loses the Nov election in a close vote. He:-declares the election to be fraudulent and invalid.-uses emergency powers to shut down Congress.-adds 2 RW justices
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I'm seeing a lot of "oh, but won't Republicans pack the court?"This is the wrong question. The Republicans ALREADY changed the number of Supreme Court justices when they refused to
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SCOTUS Vacancies in election years, a thread:tl;dr version: There is no precedent for not considering SCOTUS nominee when Pres/Sen are different parties. Only happened once before 2016, and that was
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THREAD. In the wake of her recent hospitalization, let's remember how strong Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, truly is.#SCOTUS #appellatetwitter #NotoriousRBG #RuthBaderGinsburg #JusticeGinsburg Justice Ginsburg has defeated cancer at l
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In 2009, Roberts and the GOP overturned precedent in Citizens m United which allowed them have advantages in elections The republicans gutted the voting rights act after the 2012 election
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Under pre-clearance, the Justice Dept approved every change in election procedures to make sure they weren't discriminatory. After Shelby County, with lots of new last minute shenanigans leading to emergency
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“Well sir, don’t the voters deserve to know—“ “No, they don’t deserve” to know. So not only is the Left not answering whether they will pack the courts, their standard-bearer
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Biden supporters trying to ransom my vote by telling me about the Supreme Court.If you think Biden's SCOTUS picks will be any better than Trump's, you're an idiot. Look up
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it's june medical BREYER HAS IT! (PLURALITY) CHIEF JUSTICE writes concurrence saying stare decisis compels this result (TRUE) https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-1323_c07d.pdf #SCOTUS strikes down the LA admitting privileges
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