And what #CorruptSCOTUS decision came down in 2010?
Why Citizens United that fully opened the door to dirty money is US politics. Coincidence?
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And what #CorruptSCOTUS decision came down in 2010?
Why Citizens United that fully opened the door to dirty money is US politics. Coincidence?
"The number of U.S. billionaires rose 85 percent between 2010 and 2023, from 404 to 748. But billionaires’ share of political contributions rose by 1700 percent.
In short, we are in the midst of an unprecedented power grab by America’s oligarchs."
~ Paul Krugman
And what #CorruptSCOTUS decision came down in 2010?
Why Citizens United that fully opened the door to dirty money is US politics. Coincidence?
Ten years after the Supreme Court extended marriage rights to same-sex couples nationwide, the justices this fall will consider for the first time whether to take up a case that explicitly asks them to overturn that decision.
[Super Asshole] Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for six days in 2015 after refusing to issue marriage licenses to a gay couple on religious grounds, is appealing...
#LGBTQ#SCOTUS#CorruptSCOTUS
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-formally-asked-overturn-landmark-same-sex/story?id=124465302
Ten years after the Supreme Court extended marriage rights to same-sex couples nationwide, the justices this fall will consider for the first time whether to take up a case that explicitly asks them to overturn that decision.
[Super Asshole] Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for six days in 2015 after refusing to issue marriage licenses to a gay couple on religious grounds, is appealing...
#LGBTQ#SCOTUS#CorruptSCOTUS
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-formally-asked-overturn-landmark-same-sex/story?id=124465302
Excellent thread.
I completely agree. With all the focus on Trump's destruction of democracy, none of it would have been possible without the active cooperation of the #FederalistSociety and ultimately the #CorruptSCOTUS
I say none of this lightly. I fervently hope for and work toward the restoration of pluralist constitutional democracy and rule of law without even more and worse violence than anything like what we are already seeing. But I am a realist, and I know that with the collapse of the Supreme Court as a meaningful judicial institution, the work is going to be that much harder. 11/11
Excellent thread.
I completely agree. With all the focus on Trump's destruction of democracy, none of it would have been possible without the active cooperation of the #FederalistSociety and ultimately the #CorruptSCOTUS