What a sorry day from the Supremes

[orangecrush]

Criminalized homelessness, cut the legs off of government regulatory agencies, and probably did Trump's job of pardoning the January 6th insurrectionists.

More to come on Monday when they crown Dump emperor.

[elleng]

1. Very.

[orangecrush]

4. Hi elleng!

Yes, it's a one two hit.

[elleng]

6. I'm pretty upset about it all.

[orangecrush]

8. Chin up

Have a nice cup of coffee or tea and some pastry.

[Solly Mack]

2. They're just waiting for the "gratuities" to come rolling in. They're celebrating.

[orangecrush]

3. After the decisions

Of course.

[Solly Mack]

5. Of course. They're good and proper bribery takers. Not the bad kind. Snort.

[bluesbassman]

7. Uncle Slappy Thomas is going to have a VERY nice summer vacation now that all restrictions have been lifted.

Hell, he probably won't even feel compelled to declare any his "gratuities". Why bother?

[orangecrush]

9. Word

[Solly Mack]

13. He can visit more of the simple folk at the RV parks. He'll serve them S'mores and put out the tip jar.

Naturally, no need to tip until after you get your S'more.

[orangecrush]

10. It's legal now

They did heavy CYA

[Solly Mack]

14. Enhanced Monetary Compensation. It's all in how you define the words.

[rubbersole]

18. Funny!

[angrychair]

29. Right

No other group, and definitely no other branch of government, can declare something legal and then directly benefit from that ruling the next day.

[Solly Mack]

30. It's good to be the King and all that.

[JohnnyRingo]

11. But they unanimously ruled against Bannon!

Shows just how cut & dried that case was.
His Cracker Jack legal team should be sanctioned for wasting everyone's time on a case they knew would lose.

By "Cracker Jack" I mean where he found them.

[onenote]

15. We don't know if it was unanimous. The court doesn't always indicate the vote when it denies an emergency motion

We know that at least five justices didn't want to give the relief he sought and if any of the others would have done so they didn't indicate their dissent

[Mossfern]

12. Can *anything* be done to reverse or ameliorate these decisions?

I'm not an expert on legal or political strategies, but this is quite disturbing.
Can the court be expanded or do we need a majority in both houses to do that?

It could possibly mean that the 'revolution' will come from the left, rather than the MAGAs.

[Quanto Magnus]

19. I believe

it has to be approved by both houses and the President. I was under the impression it's technically legislation to expand the court.

Disclaimer: I could be totally wrong on that....

I think we would need a filibuster proof majority if the Senate is to be involved. I think this is our largest hurdle (assuming a second Biden presidency), not only due to expanding the court, but nominating judges for the new seats.

[PatSeg]

16. Yes, this is turning out to be a very

disappointing week. In my mind, that usually means, it will get much, much better.

[elleng]

27. OH I SO hope you're right.

[PatSeg]

31. I have to try and maintain some optimism

Trump has been making sane people's lives a living nightmare since 2016. We can't go through that again. For four years, everyone I know was a basket case. I have to believe this nightmare will finally end.

[dchill]

17. Today, six members of the Supreme Court...

...set their tip jars right on the bench.

[erronis]

20. There are some labeled jars on the stoop of the building.

Woe be to someone who tries to help themselves to a bit of Thomas's/Alito's goodies!

[orangecrush]

25. Leave the money on the bench

[bucolic_frolic]

21. These corrupt, power-hungry, corporate shills should be in cages for the duration

This is a SCOTUS Dictatorship now. They are dismantling everything this country holds dear and has enacted/negotiated for the last 150 years.

[Demovictory9]

22. Tragic

[AdamGG]

23. And of course, they've saved for the very last decision of the term

their ruling on Dump's kingly immunity.

[orangecrush]

26. It's coming

You know that.

[Warpy]

24. Outrage on top of outrage

as those assholes think they rule this country. They are NOT going to want to share power with TFG, either.

If, by some miracle, we take Comgres and the White House, the first order of business needs to be to expand the court and restore balance to it.

It looks like it's going to be nearly impossible to remove Thomas and Alito.

[republianmushroom]

28. Agree.

Robert's supreme court is the so called "swamp".

[spanone]

32. They're on a roll to destroy America as we know it...

along with an orange turd.