#SCOTUS

David Harsanyi

davidharsanyi

I'm not pro democracy, I am pro freedom. If democracy erodes freedom than it's not something to celebrate. Of course many people use the term "democracy" interchangeably with freedom in

Mark Joseph Stern

mjs_DC

BREAKING: Supreme Court takes a Second Amendment case challenging New York's restrictions on concealed public carry. https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/042621zor_e18f.pdf This case is likely to pave the way to the Supreme C

Michael Tae Sweeney

mtsw

Plausible way Trump could still win while down 7-8 points nationally: runs table with narrow victories in FL, NC, TX, IA, GA (boosted by voter suppression). Loses PA, MI, WI

Lara Bazelon

larabazelon

The Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures by police. Seems powerful, right? But here is a non-exhaustive list of "reasonable" bases for police to stop people, which can

Tyler Quick

fakeTylerQuick

If Trumpian fascism is the natural terminus point of neoliberal capitalism, I don't think it should be controversial to say that originalist girlboss Amy Coney Barrett was an expected (even

Nick Estes

nickwestes

The veneration of a jurist who used the racist legal fiction of the Discovery Doctrine to describe *all* American Indians is appalling. Her thinking was that we’re still too incompetent

phoenix calida

uppittynegress

Dems be like: but omg the scotus pick if trump wins!1! Also Dems: silent af when this happenedhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5b86c0eee4b0cf7b00313783/amp “Let that number really sink in: One in four seats on federal

Ethan Wolf

ewolf_7

I totally understand the plight of the Bernie supporter and the feeling of being disenfranchised at this moment. I know that Joe Biden is not a historically liberal Democrat, and

Mark Joseph Stern

mjs_DC

Who'sreadyforSCOTUSopinion(s)at10?! Today is NOT the last opinion day of the Supreme Court's term. We don't know when that is yet! Big cases remaining: •contraceptive mandate•Oklahoma tribal lands•ministerial exception•T

IT’S ALWAYS PSL SEASON 💐🌳🍄

BeccaTheWitz

HAAAAAAA. Good Fucking Luck With That One Chief.Twitter, Facebook, etc. are not obligated to give anyone a platform and can do what they damn well please when it comes to

On This Day With #SCOTUS

SCOTUSPast

#OnThisDay Santa Claus of The United States... Title To Be Determined #SCOTUS @bigr... https://youtu.be/8_cfWVMwGyI via @YouTube 2,536 Views Tweeted April 15, 2019 https://twitter.com/bigredwavenow/status/1117881062758080512 was responding to

Chris C

premillenial

I thought it weird to call Supreme Court expansion "court packing" until I came across the GOP's 2nd most important long game strategy. Court packing is a more reasonable umbrella

Marty Lederman

marty_lederman

"A plague o' both your houses!"A few preliminary thoughts on the 5-4 SCOTUS decision in Calvary Chapel. I'm somewhat sympathetic to both sides of the Court--but, like Mercutio, quite unsympathetic

Dan Nexon

dhnexon

1. Here’s my problem. I don’t want to be sucked into arguments with random and semi-random twitter accounts who claim to be on the left arguing about sitting 2020 out

April

ReignOfApril

In all of the news yesterday, you may have missed this: Trump named 45 people to his shortlist for the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). This thread will

Charlotte Clymer 🏳️‍🌈

cmclymer

Refresher:The Constitution does not specify the number of seats on the Supreme Court. This power was left to Congress, which set the Supreme Court's size at one chief justice and