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Heidi Li Feldman
Heidi Li Feldman
@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Perfect description of the current corruption of Supreme Court. It is no longer a court, just an edict-issuing body. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-latest-defenses-of-scotuss-corruption-only-make-the-case-against-it

“What the current Supreme Court has done is take the proper and constitutional role of the Court and wrench it into something very different. That very different thing is corrupt, unconstitutional and undermines democratic self-government itself. It has moved from a final Court of appeal, which reviews cases and renders decisions by a range of possible jurisprudential philosophies - more conservative or liberal, progressive or libertarian - and changed it into a body which follows no consistent or coherent mode of interpretation or even the most basic procedures and processes for how cases are supposed to make their way from trial courts and finders of fact up through the appellate process. It is a "choose your own adventure" jurisprudence, mixing and matching doctrines based on desired outcomes, frequently manufacturing entirely new ones based on ignoring the explicit language of the constitution itself. And all for the consistent purpose of advancing the partisan and/or ideological interests of the Republican Party.”
“What the current Supreme Court has done is take the proper and constitutional role of the Court and wrench it into something very different. That very different thing is corrupt, unconstitutional and undermines democratic self-government itself. It has moved from a final Court of appeal, which reviews cases and renders decisions by a range of possible jurisprudential philosophies - more conservative or liberal, progressive or libertarian - and changed it into a body which follows no consistent or coherent mode of interpretation or even the most basic procedures and processes for how cases are supposed to make their way from trial courts and finders of fact up through the appellate process. It is a "choose your own adventure" jurisprudence, mixing and matching doctrines based on desired outcomes, frequently manufacturing entirely new ones based on ignoring the explicit language of the constitution itself. And all for the consistent purpose of advancing the partisan and/or ideological interests of the Republican Party.”
“What the current Supreme Court has done is take the proper and constitutional role of the Court and wrench it into something very different. That very different thing is corrupt, unconstitutional and undermines democratic self-government itself. It has moved from a final Court of appeal, which reviews cases and renders decisions by a range of possible jurisprudential philosophies - more conservative or liberal, progressive or libertarian - and changed it into a body which follows no consistent or coherent mode of interpretation or even the most basic procedures and processes for how cases are supposed to make their way from trial courts and finders of fact up through the appellate process. It is a "choose your own adventure" jurisprudence, mixing and matching doctrines based on desired outcomes, frequently manufacturing entirely new ones based on ignoring the explicit language of the constitution itself. And all for the consistent purpose of advancing the partisan and/or ideological interests of the Republican Party.”
TPM – Talking Points Memo

The Latest Defenses of SCOTUS’s Corruption Only Make the Case Against It

Chris Geidner flags today an appearance by CBS News’ Chief Legal Correspondent...
Preston MacDougall
Preston MacDougall
@ChemicalEyeGuy@mstdn.science replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@heidilifeldman
#SCOTUS + #Trump = #SCROTUS

#USpol #MATH

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Dan Gillmor
Dan Gillmor
@dangillmor@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

The corruption of the Roberts court expands and expands. There's no longer even a tiny pretense -- what Donald Trump and his Republican apparatchiks and lackeys want is what the court will approve.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme-court-just-okayed-one-neat-trick-to-illegally-gerrymander-your-state

Preston MacDougall
Preston MacDougall
@ChemicalEyeGuy@mstdn.science replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

@dangillmor
#SCOTUS + #Trump = #SCROTUS

#Resist #USpol #MATH

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