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Ford_Prefect

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5. Activist Court Indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reply to AZProgressive (Original post)

Mon Feb 7, 2022, 06:38 PM

Feb 2022

So much for established and settled law, legal precedent, learned analysis, or Congressional intention.

God Damn and burn to the ground The Federalist Society and all those who fund it. Please can you do the same with their recommended appointees too?

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Supreme Court lets GOP-drawn Alabama congressional map stay in place [View all] AZProgressive Feb 2022 OP

And so it begins. C Moon Feb 2022 #1

Hey Robert's Casady1 Feb 2022 #2

Yes, he's still happy about that. Now he can pretend to be pro-voter without actually helping. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #33

Arggh LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2022 #3

f**ker is waiting until it is to the rethuglicans advantage to rule the other way JohnSJ Feb 2022 #14

Roberts rso Feb 2022 #4

Got that right Rebl2 Feb 2022 #9

He's not technically voting with 'us.' He just voted to not grant the stay. Calista241 Feb 2022 #24

He's got his legacy to worry about. This way he's not to blame for anything. NullTuples Feb 2022 #29

Activist Court Indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ford_Prefect Feb 2022 #5

SCOTUS is a joke!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2022 #8

THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 LenaBaby61 Feb 2022 #20

It became a joke when it decided the 2000 election. SouthernDem4ever Feb 2022 #23

This right here. Transparently partisan. JudyM Feb 2022 #28

Exactly!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2022 #32

i trust court's in third world countries more than the US supreme court - they are an absolute joke samsingh Feb 2022 #31

Inconsistent SCOTUS bucolic_frolic Feb 2022 #6

Those states will probably appeal their ruling, and will have the same stay applied. Calista241 Feb 2022 #26

The difference.... moose65 Feb 2022 #27

I guess they want all hail to the trump cult, 2024. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2022 #7

At least they haven't ruled on the merits of the case. Yet. TheRickles Feb 2022 #10

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, bwaaaaaaaaah maxrandb Feb 2022 #17

"The Susan Collins of Mitt Romneys" - that is excellent! TheRickles Feb 2022 #22

Dead Democracy Walking. it's dead and we're acting as if it's still alive. dem4decades Feb 2022 #11

Is anyone surprised by this? The damage that was done to the country in 2016 will be following us JohnSJ Feb 2022 #12

THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 LenaBaby61 Feb 2022 #21

Don't forget Comey. He made sure to do his part. nt crickets Feb 2022 #25

Ah, Jim Comey*... and now "suggesting" that Biden may want to consider pardoning tRump... Raster Feb 2022 #30

Is that a signal to every GOP-controlled state that any anti-democracy gerrymander will stand? barbaraann Feb 2022 #13

Time to change the law in California to allow gerrymandering Mary in S. Carolina Feb 2022 #19

For now FBaggins Feb 2022 #15

Did we have representation - say, Marc Elias - arguing against the Merrill injunction to the court? ancianita Feb 2022 #16

When I see this I immediately think of that brain-dead Clarence Thomas and walkingman Feb 2022 #18