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Syo OP , in The king of dark money effectively controls the US supreme court now | Joel Warner
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As the Lever helped expose last year, Leo’s judicial activism was supercharged in 2021 when a conservative surge protector magnate secretly funneled $1.6bn to his new dark money fund – the largest known political advocacy donation in US history.
Even the design of the student debt case reeks of Leo’s involvement, since just like the Colorado suit, it appears to have been based on DC machinations. As the Lever reported, the student loan servicer at the heart of the case – whom Republican attorneys general argued would be harmed by Biden’s student loan plan – would in reality face no financial harm at all.

The US has a serious problem about the impartiality of the SCOTUS. Dems not going hard to fix the problem is not helping the situation. Future of US Legal System is not looking good for the average Joe.

bedrooms ,

Imagine what the Rs would do if the same scandal leaked for D judges.

Col3814444 ,

They lose their minds of absolutely anything, so my guess is that they would ‘lose their minds’.

Drusas , in Notable U.S. State laws taking effect from July 1

Washington chose a state dinosaur.

kuontom OP ,
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Drusas ,

To be fair, that is a pretty cool looking dinosaur.

We got this guy. Cool in a different way.

kuontom OP ,
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I mean hey find me a dino that isn't cool. Washington's got a beautiful beast for sure.

Skuldug , in Notable U.S. State laws taking effect from July 1

What is going on in Indiana with that they had to make ninja stars illegal in the first place? Either way it's good to see that injustice righted while still thinking of the children.

borkcorkedforks ,

A lot of laws about weapons aren't really about anything actually happening or dangers. Often it's about perceptions people have or actually about trying to target a group politicians don't like.

That's how bailsongs and switch blades got restricted in a lot of states. Also why suppressors or short barreled firearms are regulated like hand grenades.

ihavenopeopleskills ,
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American gun control was born immediately after slaves were freed

Xariphon , in John Roberts Begs the Liberal Justices to Stop Criticizing the Court

Have you tried not being evil?

darkmatterstyx ,

They gave it the good Ole Google try!

JayJay , in John Roberts Begs the Liberal Justices to Stop Criticizing the Court

Does anybody care what The Supreme Court justices think? They are all narcissistic crooks.

  • Kavanaugh yelled at his interviewers and rambled on about his love for drinking beer through his butt-hole (how do you qualify for any job after that?)
  • Clarence is a soulless, political hack
  • RGB was too full of herself to step down in a timely manner
  • Barrett claims to be Christian, but took her position predicated on a lie and in bad faith

None of the justices want oversight, even though there is rampant bribing taking place among their ranks.

All of recent major decisions have upended legal precedent which is the entire foundation of our law. With judges who will not respect legal precedent, what's really the point in giving a shit. The rules are made up now, and the scores don't matter.

AdventureSpoon ,

Barrett claims to be Christian, but took her position predicated on a lie and in bad faith

Sounds perfectly christian to me

style99 , in How to get to 270?
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Maybe start by actually giving a damn what people think. Is that even possible for a conservative?

How about you stop playing the victim all the time (while abusing yourself and pretending that it's the guy you oppose) and actually stand for something (other than your own mindless survival)?

style99 , in John Roberts Begs the Liberal Justices to Stop Criticizing the Court
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If they think criticism is unpleasant, just wait until they see what awaits them in their eternity.

AlwaysNowNeverNotMe , in Notable U.S. State laws taking effect from July 1
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Wow Mississippi, really swinging for the fences!

Iohannes99 , in Biden proposes new measures for student loan relief after Supreme Court defeat

Don’t see how this does not get “major questioned” out of existence too.

virr ,

Doesn’t matter the administration has to try. If they don’t then the support from those who think loan forgiveness is correct well weaken. Democrats can’t risk losing any support. Plus it potentially can help to show how bad the court’s legal reasoning has become. Highlighting that further won’t solve the problem today, but helps set the stage to solve it tomorrow.

cupcakezealot , in John Roberts Begs the Liberal Justices to Stop Criticizing the Court
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Just as soon as conservative justices stop being corrupt

flta ,

And stop engaging in political gamesmanship where they purposely tie their retirements to Republican Presidents among other GOP fuckery. John Roberts, if he actually cared about the integrity of the court, would resign now so Biden could appoint his replacement and try to reverse the politicization of the court.

sadreality ,

Are they they only ones taking kick backs?

tsac ,

Corruption should be weeded out by the root.

sadreality ,

Rich daddies and their legal persons feel attacked

AllArk , in John Roberts Begs the Liberal Justices to Stop Criticizing the Court

Lol

Elena Kagan and Stepben Breyer - jews - make up 0.2% of the US but have 22% of the Supreme Court. A 10000% over representation.

Jackson chick - affirmative action gone wild, crazy sjw appointed by the retard in chief who cries Racism every second word. And gets butthurt when the real G who overcame adversity tells her to stop BSing

If libs got more butthurt they’d be bleeding from both their pussy AND their butthole lmao

Yewb ,

Quit falling for identity politics its us versus the ultra rich

DeepFriedDresden ,

First of all, Jews make up 2.4% of the US. Second, Supreme Court justices are appointed, not elected. They are not meant to be representative of population demographics. That's the entire reason they aren't elected.

Maybe you should retake your high school civics and US Govt classes, it's pretty clear your susceptibility to Russian troll farms has eroded what little understanding of the way the government is meant to work and replaced it with an irrational fear of anything that doesn't walk, talk and look like you.

darkmatterstyx ,

Don’t feed the troll. Report and move on 😉

Col3814444 , in The Supreme Court strikes down Biden's student-loan forgiveness plan, blocking debt relief for millions of borrowers

SC basically just making any old shit up to justify whatever right wing position they want nowadays. Something needs to be done.

Generic-Disposable , in Supreme Court Backs Web Designer Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage

Some fun facts about this case.

There was no web design business. There was no gay client asking for a super gay wedding website. The supposed client didn't even know about the case and is not gay.

The supreme court took on a hypothetical case and used it to make gays second class citizens.

style99 , in Supreme Court Backs Web Designer Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage
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More freedumb for "religious" heretics who promote brain-dead interpretations of scripture, actually.

Tgnome , in The Supreme Court strikes down Biden's student-loan forgiveness plan, blocking debt relief for millions of borrowers
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Wow, so all those PPP loans that were forgiven for businesses are acceptable but forgiving loans given to students isn’t?

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