4 Supreme Court justices who voted to reverse Roe get warm reception at Federalist Society dinner

[UpInArms]

Source: CNN

Washington
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Four Supreme Court justices who voted to strike down Roe v. Wade joined the Federalist Society Thursday night as the conservative legal group celebrated its 40th anniversary and resoundingly applauded the high court’s June decision.

Justice Samuel Alito, who penned the court’s majority decision that overturned Roe, did not directly address the ruling during his remarks at the black-tie dinner in Washington, DC. But he received a standing ovation from the audience when former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Stephen Markman invoked the decision.

“You know, I’ve heard it said by some in recent months that the Dobbs decision will be forever an indelible part of Justice Alito’s legacy,” Markman said.

Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh were also in attendance, as was Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who also delivered remarks during the dinner, which the group hosted in celebration of its longevity and in honor of the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was also in attendance.

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

[DonCoquixote]

1. sll of them need to be impeached

Since they LIED to congress to get their jobs.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

2. Star Chamber and Fascists Society circle jerk. They can do this because both sides

are not bound by any ethics, written or imagined.

Democracy does poorly without ethics, here’s the proof.

[mpcamb]

7. "Boys Only Club", too.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

12. Nope. Not even close.

"Boys Only Club", too.

Amy Coney Barrett

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Affiliations

Barrett was a member of the Federalist Society from 2005 to 2006 and from 2014 to 2017.[52][32][34] She is a member of the American Law Institute.

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Aileen Cannon

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Legal career

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Cannon has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2005.

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Category:Federalist Society members

[newdayneeded]

15. 3 or 4 women only make them

token. But I see your point.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

16. Not being a member, I don't know what the breakdown is.

I wouldn't be surprised to hear that it skews toward a mostly male membership.

Thanks for writing. And good morning.

[newdayneeded]

17. Happy Friday!

[ck4829]

3. Illegitimate justices get warm reception at Federalist Society dinner

Justice Samuel Alito, who penned the court’s majority decision that overturned Roe, did not directly address the ruling during his remarks at the black-tie dinner in Washington, DC.

[Lonestarblue]

4. The Federalist Society should be renamed as the Society Against Democracy.

Republicans have dozens of organizations whose sole purpose is to protect the oligarchy and prevent true democracy. The Koch Foundation sponsors dozens of them, including some that work to undermine higher education with right-wing theories and their libertarian ideas of little government and few taxes. ALEC also comes to mind for its role in writing Republican legislation that always benefits corporations and hurts average people.

The billions of dollars these organizations spend every year, along with corporate lobbyists, would be enough to create the best healthcare and education systems in the world. If we can’t get rid of them, we need to figure out a way to tax them.

[KS Toronado]

14. Or renamed as the Society of "Church Over State"

Would love to see 60 Minutes do a story on how corrupt the Koch Foundation is with their money.
Always heard they are the driving force behind killing S.S. & Medicare.

[dlk]

5. Of course they did

It’s what they were paid to do.

[Paladin]

6. Fuck the entire room of them. (nt)

[William Seger]

8. They'll get a warm reception in hell, too (nt)

[rpannier]

9. The Den of Thieves

[The Jungle 1]

10. They are proud of how they are destroying our freedom.

[stopdiggin]

11. no surprises here

nor with the idea that Alito is a current rock star with the FS.

A more interesting take might be to dig down with FS members and see if there is any degree of anxiety over the continued 'legitimacy' question dogging the court (and the judiciary by extension in general).
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[hunter]

13. Party now, rot in hell later.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortus_deliciarum

If you want to see faith in action look to Jimmy Carter, Nancy Pelosi, or Joe Biden.

Not these "conservative" freaks.

[karin_sj]

18. Infuriating

But thanks (in great part) to these four assholes, any chance of a "red wave" disappeared and now we will probably control the Senate and the losses in the house will be much lower than expected. So that's their legacy and it's permanent. The "legacy" they are so proud of is temporary because it will be overturned eventually.

[SouthernDem4ever]

19. They are all one big Fascist Family!

[I_UndergroundPanther]

20. Why cant we

Shut down the federalist society,nra,club for growth and the chamber of commerce and k street as terrorist organizations?

Because they are.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. 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."