The Supreme Court Is Openly Partisan

[gab13by13]

Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett got standing ovations at the Federalist Society's annual convention for overturning Roe. Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch were also at the event.

We had 4 SC justices attend a right wing, partisan event and not one peep out of the MSM.

We sorely need to add 4 more justices.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/standing-ovations-for-conservative-u-s-justices-at-federalist-society-event/ar-AA13ZGVh?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=5c979151634d4c7091a85292d94cf46f

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Have you tried looking?

https://news.google.com/search?q=Federalist%20Society%20annual%20convention

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We had 4 SC justices attend a right wing, partisan event and not one peep out of the MSM.

[gab13by13]

3. Have you tried looking?

WTF does that mean> I posted a link. Did you read it?

Oh I get it, unwashed people don't read those publications, I especially will never read The Hill, the rag that hired John Solomon.

[rubbersole]

21. Snap.

[texasfiddler]

2. Say three of the Justices attended a Sierra Club meeting

You can bet the media would howl. One side gets to do it and one side does not.

[emulatorloo]

4. Not a peep out of MSM?. Two threads above you is an article from CNN.

DU thread: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142992964

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/politics/supreme-court-justices-dobbs-decision-federalist-society/index.html

CNN and Reuters are MSM, if they are covering it I expect other outlets will as well.

[gab13by13]

5. Let me make my point.

The Federalist Society is a clandestine organization that works in the shadows and is funded by dark money.

Let me ask you this question, are you aware that Merrick Garland moderated a dozen federalist society events?

We shall see how big of a splash this makes in the MSM. I for one never watch CNN so I will give them credit for covering the event, I'm sure it had reporters there.

[emulatorloo]

24. Everyone at DU knows exactly who and what the Federalist Society is.

Your original point was there was ‘not a peep’ in the MSM. Which was incorrect.

[gab13by13]

6. OK I read the CNN article.

WTF did it say? Did CNN condemn those 4 justices attending the event? I will wait for this to be a news event condemning those 4 justices' attendance at the convention. CNN reported that they attended and got a warm reception, what is an unwashed person like me to draw from that article?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. An article condemning the justices for attending the convention would be an opinion piece,

and not a news piece, wouldn't it?

OK I read the CNN article.

WTF did it say? Did CNN condemn those 4 justices attending the event? I will wait for this to be a news event condemning those 4 justices' attendance at the convention. CNN reported that they attended and got a warm reception, what is an unwashed person like me to draw from that article?

CNN, apparently correctly, and I don't know, because I wasn't there, "reported that they attended and got a warm reception ..."

Is that not what happened?

I'm not going to check all the sources. There are a few.

[emulatorloo]

23. If you are looking for condemnation, you should be looking out for Op-Eds/Opinion pages.

[TigressDem]

7. Agreed and the FOURTH ESTATE should BUST ITS CHOPS EVERY TIME it shows it's KKK slip

But they are acting like it's a tea party on the South Lawn....

So innocent you could invite kids too look for Easter Eggs.


Instead of a REWARD Ceremony for doing the bidding of the Federalist Society and their ILK.

[gab13by13]

9. I am pizzed off,

I better stop here. Maybe I should post 3 or 4 of Sheldon Whitehouse's speeches before the Senate explaining exactly what the Federalist Society is and does?

The vast majority of the American people have no clue how dangerous the Federalist Society is and that is because the MSM is complicit.

Someone defend that.

[Tetrachloride]

11. ++1; ty for your posts

The Federal Society is nobody’s friend.

[gab13by13]

10. One more and I am done with this thread.

Everybody knows who George Soros is. Most people believe he is an evil person because of the MSM portraying him as an evil person.

How many people, even people here at DU, know who Leonard Leo is? I rest my case. Leonard Leo is the person who the MSM portrays as George Soros.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

12. Leonard Leo has made a few appearances at DU. He is known to at least a few DUers.

https://www.google.com/search?q=leonard+leo&sitesearch=democraticunderground.com

Here's an article from a month ago. It links to the New York Times, which I believe is part of the MSM.

Wed Oct 12, 2022: Leonard Leo Pushed the Courts Right. Now He's Aiming at American Society.

Not at DU, but of local interest to northern Virginians:

JURISPRUDENCE

What the Koch Brothers’ Money Buys

Internal emails from George Mason University show how cash turns into special favors.

BY MARK JOSEPH STERN
MAY 02, 2018 5:59 PM

{snip}

[gab13by13]

13. When you can come back and tell me

that the MSM has portrayed George Soros and Leonard Leo accurately then I will give the MSM credit.

The vast majority of the MSM is owned and managed by right wing domestic oligarchs. The 2 largest shareholders of COMCAST and AT&T are the same, Vanguard and BlackRock.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

15. It makes sense that Vanguard is one of the largest shareholders in so many companies.

They take money from people like me, who have invested in various Vanguard mutual funds, and buy stock with it.

That's how 401(k)s work. I think you'll find that a lot of DUers have money with Vanguard. One can only conclude that DU is riddled with "right wing domestic oligarchs."

I don't know what the deal is with BlackRock.

The vast majority of the MSM is owned and managed by right wing domestic oligarchs. The 2 largest shareholders of COMCAST and AT&T are the same, Vanguard and BlackRock.

[gab13by13]

16. You are 100% correct

I choose where I invest, let's leave it at that.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

17. That DU is riddled with right wing domestic oligarchs because we like low-cost funds?

You are 100% correct

[gab13by13]

20. You look at this through the eyes of an investor.

What about the people who don't make enough money to invest? I guess that people who are invested should logically be in favor of corporations they are invested in not having to pay taxes? I guess that people who are able to invest should want those corporations to take those profits from not paying taxes and buy back stock to up the stock price? The best way for corporations to up their stock is to fire people, that always works to raise the stock price, too bad for the little worker who just lost his/her job.

The tax breaks for corporations are about to expire at the end of the year and this is why they support the Magat party and donate to the Magat party.

Back in the 50's my daddy told me that if you are rich then vote Republican, if you are poor vote Democratic, nothing has changed.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

22. Not all investments are in stocks. People buy municipal bonds too.

I choose where I invest, let's leave it at that.

Back in the 50's my daddy told me that if you are rich then vote Republican, if you are poor vote Democratic, nothing has changed.

So which is it for you?

What about the people who don't make enough money to invest?

That's where the muni bonds come in. Not all investments are in stocks. People who buy muni bonds and municipal bond funds are the ones financing schools, highways, waste water treatment plants, housing projects, public transit projects, new buses, other educational institutions, and so one. These public projects benefit entire communities.

Yes, sooner or later the taxpayer will have to pick up the tab for the bonds, but the decision to sell bonds or not is made during elections. My adjacent country, Arlington County, Virginia, had several bond issues up for a vote on Tuesday.

2022 Bond Referenda

On November 8, 2022 Arlington residents will consider six local bond referenda totaling $510 million. The projects included in these bond questions are components of the County’s Ten-Year FY 2023 – FY 2032 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) adopted on July 19, 2022, and the Arlington Public Schools’ FY 2023 – FY 2032 CIP adopted on June 23, 2022. Proceeds from the bonds will be used to pay for several projects. Detailed project descriptions can be found in the County’s Adopted FY 2023 – FY 2032 CIP.

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Muni bond investors get a tax break on their bonds that people who don't hold muni bonds don't get. Is that bad?

I'm pretty sure BlackRock has a bunch of muni bond funds. Let's see.

BLACKROCK MUNICIPAL BONDS

Municipal bonds: now more than ever

In a volatile market environment, munis strive to deliver tax-free income and can potentially provide equity diversification when stocks sell off. Now may be the time to consider investing in munis with rising rates and attractive valuations.

View all municipal funds & ETFs

Are muni bond investors bad because they're financing school construction and improvements to the infrastructure?

[Nar1987]

14. Is a deal with Susan Collins possible?

She must know that she will be facing a high voter turnout in her next election, one that she will not survive, Schumer can promise her that there will be no one primarying her, in exchange she switches parties, we can also promise more federal help for Maine.

Same with Murkowski, these people are not winning their primaries as GOP candidates.

[RockCreek]

19. Perhaps just changing to independent

Perhaps all of the above, but just changing to independents who caucus with the Democratic Party.
Less push-back from constituents. And if either have personal qualms that keep them from making the full party change, this will avoid that hurdle.

[Meowmee]

18. they are nothing more than a corrupt tyranny

subjecting us to the lunacy of some of the members at this point.. thank you non voters and green voters... Your mission is complete. They have been a joke since they anointed w.

These people are not gods to be revered. Get rid of them and change the rules, no lifetime appointments and more.

[Farmer-Rick]

25. If these Justices had attended a National Organization for Women (NOW) event

You can bet ever damn corporate media outlet would be screaming from the highest tower. Every opinion column and talking head would be up in arms

But attending a radical right wing convention to promote authoritarian rule and anti-democratic principles is just fine.

[yankee87]

26. Don't even care anymore

SCOTUS Reich wing justices don’t even care about their look anymore. They’re going to gut whatever is left of the Voting Rights Act and any environmental laws. They are a joke.

[phoenix_rising]

27. Send them flowers

We should almost send the Federalist Society flowers. All they served to do was mobilize our base and solidify our resolve. As Hillary said, “it turns out women enjoy having human rights, and we vote.”

[Ford_Prefect]

28. If no one else has noticed yet the MSM is in on the deal in their own unique way. They hold the

broadcast rights for RW disasters and to perpetually terrify their audience.

Sure it is terrible citizenship but think of the revenues. They are too cost conscious and too lazy to put any of it in context, leaving their viewers to assume that it was all inevitable anyway.

Oy Vey!

[bringthePaine]

29. sure and, until then, kangaroo suits mandatory instead of robes

[jaxexpat]

30. At least stop the pretense.

The elaborate kabuki theater charade that the USSC is somehow concerned with constitutionality or justice isn't fooling anybody. It is, in the current iteration, merely an extension of a two-party political system run, predictably, amok.

If we go about adding justices to nullify the USSC partisanship, should we make a constitutional amendment which would define/limit the additions to 4 per decade (or something) while we're at it? After all, isn't it the loose ends left by the founders which cause all the problems in the first place? Wouldn't it be easier to simply imprison them for lying to the Senate, under oath?

While we're at it lets outlaw insurrectionist/terrorist organizations like the Ku Klux Klan, Oath Keepers and the Federalist Society.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

31. Four Supreme Court justices attended right-wing gala -- risking the credibility of the coury

Roberts has lost control of the SCOTUS and the Partisan Hacks are calling the shots.

If these partisan hacks do not want to be called partisan hacks, they should consider not going to RWNJ galas and socializing with other partisan hacks/RWNJs

These assholes went to a dinner celebrating the abolishment of a constitutional right. This is something only a partisan hack would do

Link to tweet

https://www.rawstory.com/scotus-federalist-society/

Four U.S. Supreme Court justices attended the black-tie dinner gala at the first Federal Society convention since the court overturned Roe vs. Wade in its controversial Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health decision.

Associated Press correspondent Mark Sherman reported Justices Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh were in attendance at the group's 40th-anniversary celebration

Sherman noted it is four-fifths of the majority of the court that overturned Roe. Controversial Justice Clarence Thomas was the fifth.

Three of the four justices in attendance were nominated by Donald Trump......

Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance wondered if the justices at the dinner had forgotten their job.

"As with so many of our institutions, the judiciary can only do its work when the public has confidence in it," Vance noted. "Some of our judges seem to have forgotten that and that they have life tenure to serve the American people, not the political agenda of the people who put them in place."