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32. Their written opinions are meaningless and do nothing.

Reply to Raven123 (Reply #31)

Mon Jun 24, 2024, 06:23 AM

Jun 2024

This is not leadership.

This is not stopping American carnage.

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Why are Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson not calling out the other justices for delay? [View all] Goodheart Jun 2024 OP

Do you think it would make the other justices behave if they did that? Ocelot II Jun 2024 #1

Of course it wouldn't. Goodheart Jun 2024 #2

They know. JohnSJ Jun 2024 #3

Maybe through experience, they know the schedule jimfields33 Jun 2024 #4

Very generous of you NoRethugFriends Jun 2024 #7

It's not hard when they've been doing this for decades. jimfields33 Jun 2024 #19

good grief. they know what the rethugs on the court are doing NoRethugFriends Jun 2024 #21

I think they see their roll as writing reasoned dissents when they disagree. I would not be surprised if one of them Silent Type Jun 2024 #5

Why are you making excuses for them? triron Jun 2024 #46

Because we depend on the 3 liberal justices. You can bash them if you like. Silent Type Jun 2024 #47

You can't shame the shameless. RockRaven Jun 2024 #6

I am just as anxious as anyone anciano Jun 2024 #8

Prolly a serious violation of protocol; elleng Jun 2024 #9

Absolutely. H2O Man Jun 2024 #22

Yes indeed. elleng Jun 2024 #25

Perhaps the court needs to be destroyed. triron Jun 2024 #48

Respectfully disagree. H2O Man Jun 2024 #52

Amen to this! ShazzieB Jun 2024 #57

Agree. MorbidButterflyTat Jun 2024 #58

Very well said! H2O Man Jun 2024 #59

Protocol? As I've said, when did ethics govern this Court? Goodheart Jun 2024 #33

Perhaps OUR side wishes to keep the sanctity of the court. yagotme Jun 2024 #43

Yep triron Jun 2024 #49

If there's a "protocol" is it public? Or, just like their internal ethics, is it cloaked? erronis Jun 2024 #53

Sotomayor hinted that she cried over some of the rulings coming down. I think it's kick the can. TheBlackAdder Jun 2024 #10

She needs to stop crying in private and do the right thing. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #15

She is doing the right thing. former9thward Jun 2024 #18

The right thing is what she's doing right now n/t Polybius Jun 2024 #27

I strongly disagree. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #29

Did you see Antonin Scalia call out RGB and others who were in the majority that he strongly disagreed with? Polybius Jun 2024 #44

Our democracy is doomed if leaders do nothing. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #51

I'm not operating under any delusion that it could mean a trial date before November Goodheart Jun 2024 #34

I can't imagine any positive impact of such a move Raven123 Jun 2024 #11

It would let the public know the whole team is not corrupt. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #16

They can say the same in their written opinions Raven123 Jun 2024 #31

Their written opinions are meaningless and do nothing. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #32

No public statements from the justices will "stop the carnage." Raven123 Jun 2024 #42

Elections can be overturned by Congress and the SC. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #50

Liberal SC Justices' written dissenting opinions MorbidButterflyTat Jun 2024 #60

I have an ugly feeling that Alito and Thomas are trying to strong arm Coney-Barrett. Baitball Blogger Jun 2024 #12

My father-in-law was just a Circuit Judge, that is Never done. MerryBlooms Jun 2024 #13

High time that it IS done. Goodheart Jun 2024 #35

Silence is complicity. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #14

could be a matter of protocol. could be because they also aren't ready for the decision to come out. onenote Jun 2024 #17

None of which would have prevented any of them from the very beginning publicly proclaiming Goodheart Jun 2024 #36

Except, and none of us know, they may have voted to take the case. onenote Jun 2024 #40

I'd rather keep the focus on the 6 problem Joinfortmill Jun 2024 #20

Collegiality Bucky Jun 2024 #23

Is there anything to gain from, say, Jamie Raskin publicly criticizing Jim Jordan? Goodheart Jun 2024 #37

Raskin can fundraise and get votes in the upcoming election NT AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2024 #55

Of course Bucky Jun 2024 #61

Yes, of course. That's my point. There's also much to gain Goodheart Jun 2024 #62

The liberal justices aren't here to meet anyone's vicarious emotional needs. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jun 2024 #24

Because that's not how the Supreme Court does things? Polybius Jun 2024 #26

+1... myohmy2 Jun 2024 #28

I been thinking the same damn thing. Emile Jun 2024 #30

Apparently the answers are "protocol" and "collegiality".... Goodheart Jun 2024 #38

Maybe they don't think there's an unnecessary delay? Kaleva Jun 2024 #39

pretty useless DoBW Jun 2024 #41

I don't think that they would do that publicly Mad_Machine76 Jun 2024 #45

It's an elite club, and we're not in it. budkin Jun 2024 #54

Perhaps they don't feel there is a delay DetroitLegalBeagle Jun 2024 #56