The Supreme Court’s Faux ‘Originalism’

By artappraiser on Wed, 06/29/2022 - 10:49am |

Fascinating and persuasive essay on how originalism sets a very very high bar for 18th century historical mastery—and the court’s conservatives often fail to meet it. https://t.co/nyntmzazHm
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) June 29, 2022

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https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/06/26/conservative-supreme-court-gun-control-00042417

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“You read that right. The author of the Second Amendment drafted statewide legislation that was effectively a forerunner to the New York state law that the Supreme Court just struck down.” pic.twitter.com/kqnJp9CN8Q
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) June 29, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 06/29/2022 - 10:51am

BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will retire tomorrow, he says in letter to Pres. Biden. https://t.co/5ehszcdAvq
— ABC News (@ABC) June 29, 2022

NEW: Justice Breyer has sent a letter to President Biden informing him that his retirement will be effective 24 hours from now: at noon on Thursday, June 30. pic.twitter.com/3nLsKkPKCB
— Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) June 29, 2022

by artappraiser on Wed, 06/29/2022 - 5:35pm

Kagan Delivers Scathing Dissent On 'Frightening' Supreme Court Climate Change Decision https://t.co/mqQcIBTJiO
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) June 30, 2022

A clearly angry Kagan pulling no punches: "The current Court is textualist only when being so suits it. When that method would frustrate broader goals, special canons like the 'major questions doctrine' magically appear as get out-of-text-free cards"
— Kate Riga (@Kate_Riga24) June 30, 2022

Justice Kagan is not pleased. pic.twitter.com/jhK7E5JjUw
— Gautam Hans (@dispositive) June 30, 2022

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/30/2022 - 2:40pm

Dear Dan Rather,
Thanks for being a voice of reason.
-Rational People https://t.co/V5NBuO5uE7
— Quadcarl (@quadcarl_carl) June 30, 2022

Dear Dan Rather,
Could you clone yourself for future generations please?

Sincerely,
A very concerned Human with a precious granddaughter. https://t.co/cTb9InB1wV
— Tamela Coval (@TamelaCoval) June 30, 2022

Dear Dan Rather,

Thank you for this tweet.

- Also Planet Earth
- Cosigned, anybody that isn't a complete Trumpflake https://t.co/4ErdcDriVt
— Owl the Geek aka Sven Yukihira aka Buho Windyboy (@owlthegeek) June 30, 2022

Dear Dan Rather, thank you for speaking out. The fact that you have triggered all the whiny dark ultra mega super crybaby MAGAt snowflakes is a sweet bonus! https://t.co/MN6BfKJs4y
— TiredofEverything (@TrdofEvrytng) June 30, 2022

etc. .....trending on Twitter

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/30/2022 - 3:03pm

Twitter News Events Earlier today Ketanji Brown Jackson sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice

Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was confirmed by a majority of the US Senate on April 7, 2022, was sworn in on Thursday. She is the first Black woman and first public defender to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice. Keep it here for highlights and reactions.

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/30/2022 - 7:39pm

Great, at least 1 black person on the Court who isn't a superstitious fact-bending malicious old fool.

Awesome, we have a QAnon Supreme Court Justice.

Clarence Thomas claims Covid vaccines are derived from the cells of ‘aborted children’ https://t.co/mbG8uP0zqe via @politico
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) June 30, 2022

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 07/01/2022 - 5:42am

Today marks the end of what is surely one of the worst terms in #SCOTUS history. Guns and prayer and abortion got most of the attention. But that's not all the Court did. Here are just some of the Court's bad decisions:
1/25
— Jason P. Steed (@5thCircAppeals) June 30, 2022

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 07/01/2022 - 6:23am

It used to feel like these comparisons were too easy, too misleading.
Now they just highlight an absurdity with the supposed top juriprudence experts of our country.
"Hey guys, we're just making shit up as we go, but do keep calling us The Supremes"

It's insanity in real time pic.twitter.com/VYFTKcX9dG
— Melinda S. (@mindylee26) July 1, 2022

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 07/01/2022 - 8:21am

Moving the goalposts is our new constitutional approach

https://digbysblog.net/2022/07/02/its-not-a-democracy/

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 07/02/2022 - 2:15pm

The Supreme Court’s Faux ‘Originalism’

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