#Justices

Seriously, @kaitlancollins - you guys need to address this both with history and with recent events. GOP has packed the court: Refusing to consider confirming a dem nominee, rushing through
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Soon 6 of 9 Supreme Court justices will be Catholic. How did this come about in a country where Catholics make up ~20% of the population? And why are there
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I need you to understand something, and it’s uncomfortable:Tomorrow Trump is going to name Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee. She is going to be confirmed by the Senate. There
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Yes, Let’s talk about “Packing the court” shall we? This was an idea brought forth by FDR because The Supreme Court focused too much in The Constitution and going his
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BREAKING: Supreme Court denies Republican requests to block mail-in voting expansion in Pennsylvania The vote is 4-4.Justices Gorsuch, Alito, Kavanaugh and Thomas voted against the order. There are no opinions.
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BREAKING: abortion providers just filed an emergency motion at the Supreme Court challenging the coronavirus-related abortion ban in Texas. TX Gov. Abbott signed an exec order on March 23 that
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Judge Barrett: I don't want to be Queen of the World.Senator Klobuchar: No, really, I often wish I was the benevolent Queen around here to get things done.We've just summed
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Uhmmmm WHAT???!??!!https://twitter.com/AndrewCMcCarthy/status/1258154195104018432 Like I knew the US was corrupt, but now they’re just being blatant about it Please read this comment, I’m sure you’ll be just as enraged as I
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BREAKING: Supreme Court grants Trump administration requet to halt census count while litigation continues in the 9th circuit court of appeals Justice Sotomayor is the only justice to note her
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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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Today the Supreme Court mooted the Second Amendment case on the docket this term (New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. City of New York). NY had already
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There was A LOT of Supreme Court News yesterday: Trump financial records, election-related litigation, the census case, new cert grants, AND oral arguments in two cases. Let's catch you up.
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By a 5–4 vote, the Supreme Court just lifted an order that had required the Orange County Jail to implement safety measures to curb its COVID-19 outbreak. All four liberals
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to anyone confused as to why us moots are freaking out: our supreme court just appointed justice amy coney barret, to replace RBG, the woman who paved the way for
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A thread about court-packing (and unpacking) of state supreme courts, based upon an essay I wrote for a @WMLawReview symposium (found here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3595477). There is something of a push-pull
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Barrett casts the fifth vote to lift COVID restrictions on houses of worship in NY. Roberts dissents. The new five-justice ultraconservative majority takes shape for the first time.https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/133194379404082380
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