A federal judge again barred U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from denying citizenship to some babies born in the U.S. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/world/crime-legal/judge-block-trump-citizenship-order/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #supremecourt #donaldtrump #immigration #nationality #humanrights

"Project 2025 is not a fringe fantasy. It is already happening. Six of the nine sitting justices on the Supreme Court were handpicked through Leonard Leo’s web of dark-money influence - Leo being the most powerful Opus Dei-affiliated figure in American politics."

#Trump#MAGA#Catholic #authoritarianism#OpusDei#SupremeCourt#LeonardLeo#FederalistSociety
/8

"Who needs checks and balances and the separation of powers when you can expand the power of the President and have your own authoritarian?"

#Trump#Texas#SupremeCourt#EconomicElites #corruption #authoritarianism
/12

"As these communities are still searching for their missing relatives, the corrupt Supreme Court conservative majority, also groomed and picked by billionaire, right-wing money, allowed Trump on Tuesday to continue dismantling critical government agencies without Congressional approval."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump#Texas#SupremeCourt#EconomicElites #corruption #authoritarianism
/11

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-billionaire-death-march-might

🧵 3/3: I erroneously mentioned a decision from the #SupremeCourt earlier regarding #PalestineAction. The case has only reached the Court of Appeal, denying a suspension of the proscription until a wider legal challenge takes place on July 21.

This changes everything: it means that legal recourse is not exhausted and that time to put pressure is NOW.

#nonviolent #directaction #internationallaw #genocide#Gaza

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/palestine-action-ban-high-court-challenge-b2782581.html

🧵1/2: It's legally incomprehensible the #UK#SupremeCourt should have upheld the government's decision to outlaw #PalestineAction as a #terrorist organisation: it's unenforceable. I don't believe the chilling effect will work & the arrest of 25 citizens holding signs today proves it. There are too many people alienated by #Labour's hostile & #austerity policies who have a lot of time on their hands & nothing left to lose, incl. 1000s of #pensioners screwed over by the #winterfuel payment cuts

"Last week's horrific Supreme Court decisions further undermine our rights and the rule of law, and the attacks on immigrants and refugees continue to get more brutal, while a new attack on birthright citizenship and naturalized citizens is underway."

~ Rebecca Solnit

#Trump#Republicans#SupremeCourt#JohnRoberts#BigBeautifulBill#EconomicElites#TaxCuts #oligarchy #immigrants #prisons #deportations
/11

https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/cynicism-is-the-enemy-of-action/

"Let’s be clear: white Christian nationalism (WCN) is not a fringe ideology — it is a coordinated political strategy. It seeks to replace democratic norms with a theocratic vision of power, using religious rhetoric to justify authoritarian control. Religious liberty scholar Amanda Tyler calls white Christian nationalism 'the single biggest threat to America’s religious freedom.'”

~ Christopher Wimbush

#Trump#WhiteChristianNationalism#Catholics#SupremeCourt
/1

https://theoverreachmonitor.substack.com/p/catholic-power-christian-nationalism

"This influence is striking: the six Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe were raised Catholic. Moreover, one in seven hospital beds in the U.S. operates under Catholic directives, giving the church the authority to override doctors’ medical judgment."

#Trump#WhiteChristianNationalism#Catholics#SupremeCourt
/4

"From Supreme Court justices influenced by Catholic legal theory to bishops advocating against abortion access and LGBTQ+ rights, there exists a uniquely Catholic strand of this movement that not only possesses institutional weight but also operates with theological justification."

#Trump#WhiteChristianNationalism#Catholics#SupremeCourt
/3

"Historian Robert P. Jones warns that a 'desperate, defensive, mostly white Christian minority' is determined to keep political power as its cultural influence wanes.

This movement is often portrayed as purely evangelical, yet it is essential to recognize the significant and distinct role played by Catholic actors, particularly those within the hierarchy."

#Trump#WhiteChristianNationalism#Catholics#SupremeCourt
/2

"If we do nothing, we will live in an authoritarian country, where the checks and balances guaranteed by the Constitution and the rights encoded in the Bill of Rights will become irrelevancies."

#Trump#Republicans#SupremeCourt#JohnRoberts#BigBeautifulBill#EconomicElites#TaxCuts #oligarchy #immigrants #prisons #deportations
/12

"The Roberts Court let Pandora out of the box, and now there seems to be no putting everything back in."

~ Joyce Vance

#Trump#Republicans#SupremeCourt#JohnRoberts#BigBeautifulBill#EconomicElites#TaxCuts #oligarchy #immigrants #prisons #deportations
/10

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-supreme-courts-pandoras-box

"The conservative majority’s decision in Trump v. CASA is no less destructive to democracy, no less shameful, than the decision granting President Donald Trump sweeping immunity."

~ Lisa Needham

#Trump#SupremeCourt#BirthrightCitizenship #democracy #monarchy
/9

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/27/2330474/-A-bleak-end-to-a-bleak-Supreme-Court-term