#Justices

1/10Trump, the reality TV president, has a penchant for dramatics & catchy slogans like "You're fired" & "Lock her up." He bestows demeaning nicknames on political rivals & defaults to
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Thread : Some people have challenged me over ACB & the courts, asking why I’m so supportive of a nomination that would ostensibly make it likelier that my own (same-sex)
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By a 5–1 vote, the Florida Supreme Court overturns a whole line of precedent that limited the death penalty to "the most aggravated and the least mitigated of first-degree murders."
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1. Important op-ed in @Oregonian today by Calvin Duncan, a formerly incarcerated person and first-year law student at @lewisandclark Law School. He argues Oregon AG @EllenRosenblum should stop blocking relief
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There’s a lot of terrifying news right now. From the illegitimate confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to serve FOR LIFE on the Supreme Court to the critical election right around
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The #Texas drive-thru case crystalizes the extremism of the GOP's legal strategy to gut voting rights. Rs say the US Constitution requires a federal court to reach in & declare
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This is actually a major contingency point in US history. LBJ convinced Goldberg to resign so he could appoint his friend Abe Fortas to the Court, knowing that Fortas would
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Biden isn't even POTUS yet & already the ‘he-isnt-a-proper-Catholic’ takes have started rolling in. Trump has just been POTUS for 4yrs representing a party reliant upon the votes of white
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Some people say that they are going to vote for a 3rd party candidate because they want 3rd party candidates to get more votes and become more popular, so they
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Something to think about as we approach an election season. In reality, many Evangelical Christians are not "single-issue voters" (e.g. abortion). They are actually reductionist solution voters.In the example of
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Some facts on the timing of Supreme Court nominations/confirmations in presidential election years. Since 1900, the latest has been July (John Clarke to replace Charles Evans Hughes, who resigned to
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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.
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In yesterday’s oral argument in AFP v. Bonta, Justice Kavanaugh asked if the right of assembly is distinct from the right to petition the government. Justices Barrett and Kagan hinted
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Another blow to the Fox-Trump-GOP Evangelical base.Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana abortion restrictions https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-louisiana-abortion-strikes-down/ via @CBSNews I don't think the MAGA people will be
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Is State Govt Aware That COVID-19 Patients At Ahmedabad Civil Hospital Are Dying Because Of Lack Of Ventilators? Asks Gujarat HC [Read Order]https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/covid-19-patients-ahmedabad-civil-hospital-dying-lack-of-ventila
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SCOTUS allows Florida's pay-to-vote scheme, which disenfranchises thousands of ex-felons, to take effect. This likely means thousands of Floridians will be unable to vote in the 2020 election due to
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