#Justices

Patribotics

patribotics

Fuck around and find out, @senatemajldr https://twitter.com/shanegoldmacher/status/1307350970024722432 2/ Update: now @RepJerryNadler says if you fill the seat, Dems will expand the court and override you with two new justices. And

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kuffir

they had so successfully projected the purohit as the quintessential 'poor brahmin' (the minuscule minority among brahmins), totally separating him from all the prime ministers, chief ministers, ministers, chief justices,

Orin Kerr

OrinKerr

A few random and unhelpful thoughts on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, a thread. FWIW, I don't know Judge Barrett well, although we've met. She was a fellow at

Aaron Rupar

atrupar

Trump motions for a reporter to take her mask off before she asks him a question Q: Why haven't you said anything about the US hitting 200,000 coronavirus deaths?TRUMP: "Go

Jill Filipovic

JillFilipovic

This is really really great news and I don't want to put a damper on it, but it is ASTOUNDING that this is more or less the exact same case

Sean T at RCP

SeanTrende

So there are technically eight cases left in the SCOTUS term, and they are biggies. Two trump tax cases, two faithless elector cases, fate of the contraceptive mandates, the robocall

Amee Vanderpool

girlsreallyrule

Amy Coney Barrett is a part of a cult that gives over control of her life to others and willingly calls herself a "handmaiden." It is not religion bashing-it is

Mark Storslee

mark_storslee

Many people are saying that the Court's COVID decision late last night radically transformed the law of free exercise. I don't think that's true. The disagreement among the justices is

AG

AGHamilton29

The coverage of the PA SCOTUS decision today makes it rather obvious that a lot of reporters have no idea how to cover court cases or what is the court's

Heidi Li Feldman

HeidiLiFeldman

I had real reservations about efforts to expand the Supreme Court, right up to the moment when Trump and McConnell said they are rushing through Barrett’s nomination and confirmation to

Angry Staffer

Angry_Staffer

So far today: - Trump refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the election. - Said the quiet part out loud (again) that he expects

Orji A. Uka

OrjiUka

The accuracy in this tweet has given me an opportunity to discuss something I have been forgetting to. We from the South always find it convenient to blame the North

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

Kurt Busiek Resists

KurtBusiek

The Supreme Court started with 6 justices.That would have changed to 5 after 1801, but it was changed back to 6 in 1802 before a vacancy occurred.It got changed to

Jed Wilkinson (Keat WF Sepiol Stan)

PurdueWilkie

@dpakman 1: Biden and Dems win WH/Congress2: Dems pass amendment limiting SCOTUS to 7 seats and remove most recent nominations (Kavanaugh & Barrett)3: Dems pass law capping SCOTUS at 9

Peter Sagal

petersagal

So glad you asked! My concern, as a devoted fan of the US Constitution, is the Court's reputation and function as a neutral arbiter between branches and parties. I don't