SCOTUS, Now with KBJ

[St. Clown]

9-0 in the judgment, 5-4 in scope (Kavanaugh joined the libs).

What does that mean, to split the judgment and scope like that? Anything significant?

[Handyman]

Less clean water = less ice-cold mountain beer for Kavanaugh?

Does he drink beer or something ;^)

[psych]

9-0 in the judgment, 5-4 in scope (Kavanaugh joined the libs).

Less clean water = less ice-cold mountain beer for Kavanaugh?

[unofan]

+6 and save the world.

9-0 in the judgment, 5-4 in scope (Kavanaugh joined the libs).

[Kepler]

Gutted the Clean Water Act, to the surprise of no one.

+6 and save the world.

[bronconick]

Gutted the Clean Water Act, to the surprise of no one.

[Kepler]

Nazis gonna do anything dramatic or have they f-cked up human lives enough for one term?

[unofan]

With about a month left in the term, here are the major decisions still pending:
Affirmative action in college admissions
Clean Water Act challenge
Racial gerrymandering
1st Amendment vs. anti-discrimination suits
Independent State Legislature theory
Student loan challenges
Religious Accommodation

[Slap Shot]

The Supreme Court declined to take up questions about the tech industry’s liability protections in two high-profile cases, effectively putting the ball back in Congress’s court to hash out whether or how to revamp the law known as Section 230.

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[Kepler]

Lots of opinions issued today.

Puerto Rico's sovereign immunity was upheld 8-1. Immigration case was decided 9-0. 2 public official fraud convictions out of NY were overturned 9-0.

Then there was the pork case pitting Iowa hog farmers against California voters who enacted a ban on sales of pork where the pigs are "confined in a cruel manner." California's law was ultimately upheld as not violating the dormant commerce clause, finding states have the right to set standards for goods sold in their borders so long as they don't discriminate between in state and out of state producers.

But the vote was 5-4 (or 3-2-4, to an extent), with Gorsuch joined by Thomas, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Barrett. Apparently access to pork chops is what divides Thomas and Alito.

Thomas-Sotomayor vs Alito-KBJ was not on my bingo card.

[unofan]

Lots of opinions issued today.

Puerto Rico's sovereign immunity was upheld 8-1. Immigration case was decided 9-0. 2 public official fraud convictions out of NY were overturned 9-0.

Then there was the pork case pitting Iowa hog farmers against California voters who enacted a ban on sales of pork where the pigs are "confined in a cruel manner." California's law was ultimately upheld as not violating the dormant commerce clause, finding states have the right to set standards for goods sold in their borders so long as they don't discriminate between in state and out of state producers or otherwise impose a substantial burden.

But the vote was 5-4 (or 4-1-4 or 3-2-4, to an extent, depending on which part is considered controlling), with Gorsuch joined by Thomas, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Barrett. Apparently access to pork chops is what divides Thomas and Alito.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Even on the cynical end, sooner or later the corporate masters will think it isn't worth the effort to protect him. Ask Tucker Carlson.

The irony is that after 4+ decades, some conservatives are finally becoming "woke" to the fact that massive corporations (e.g., Disney) have too much legal and political power. Kinda funny when the shoe's on the other foot. It's just sad that it's taken a fascist moron POTUS and disagreement over fundamental human rights for women and LGBTQ+ to get here.

[Handyman]

Trump Is a different animal...and they tried extricating from him and shifting to DeSantis and it failed.

[ScoobyDoo]

No. But so what? None of them care about any of things we go after them for but we still do it.

Even on the cynical end, sooner or later the corporate masters will think it isn't worth the effort to protect him. Ask Tucker Carlson.

I dunno. We still seem to be protecting Donald Trump. Supreme Court is massively more insulated than he.

[Handyman]

You think he cares?

No. But so what? None of them care about any of things we go after them for but we still do it.

Even on the cynical end, sooner or later the corporate masters will think it isn't worth the effort to protect him. Ask Tucker Carlson.