STILL DON’T THINK THAT THE COURTS MATTER?
Everyday, they show us why that’s a false assumption.
About the Abortion Medication case:
It was decided on standing. Which was right. And, STANDING should have been the reason this case never made it past the first Court it was filed in.
CBS News (@CBSNews) posted at 9:15 AM on Fri, Jun 14, 2024:
BREAKING: The Supreme Court invalidates a ban on bump stocks enacted after the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history. https://t.co/hUAiOKRv5b
(https://x.com/CBSNews/status/1801619514666180751?t=8nNbHklzQfT2faomUZf0BQ&s=03)
Their absolutely slavish devotion to an Amendment that has never meant what it says it is…all the while, no guns are allowed in the Supreme Court building, and they get heavy security….
Ridiculous.
Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) posted at 7:20 AM on Sat, Jun 15, 2024:
To justify legalizing bump stocks, Clarence Thomas literally copied and pasted materials from an extremist pro-gun group whose violent rhetoric makes the NRA look moderate. This is who has the Supreme Court’s ear these days.With @Dahlialithwick: https://t.co/JTyAEeRx0y
(https://x.com/mjs_DC/status/1801952951155519764?s=02)
Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) posted at 10:02 AM on Fri, Jun 14, 2024:
The new #SCOTUS ruling that bump stocks attached to high-powered automatic weapons do not = “machine guns” (as ruled by DEA) opens the door to slaughter. The device was used by the Las Vegas shooter in 2018 to murder 60 people in a matter of minutes.
MORE
https://t.co/gomT66ci4v https://t.co/aa7XcISOQm
(https://x.com/Laurie_Garrett/status/1801631400904331753?s=02)Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) posted at 10:02 AM on Fri, Jun 14, 2024:
The key to the #SCOTUS 6-3 decision is that it challenges the authority of a Federal agency (in this case, DEA) to define parameters for regulation. This is part of the Right-wing Justices’ intent to demolish most government regulatory power.
https://t.co/gomT66ci4v
(https://x.com/Laurie_Garrett/status/1801631403131425019?s=02)
CBS News (@CBSNews) posted at 2:00 PM on Thu, Jun 13, 2024:
Vice President Kamala Harris says the Supreme Court decision preserving access to the abortion pill mifepristone “is not a cause for celebration, because the reality of certain things are still not going to change,” citing state abortion bans and Donald Trump’s potential plans to restrict medication abortions if he’s re-elected.”We must remain clear-eyed about threats to reproductive freedom in America, and we must remain vigilant.”
… https://t.co/w86Jku79IZ
(https://x.com/CBSNews/status/1801328721783140659?s=02)
And, in addition to his horrendous rulings, Unca Clarence continues to show that he’s nothing but a ‘leave payment on the nightstand’ HO who found his regular John – Harlan Crowe.
Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) posted at 0:01 PM on Sun, Jun 16, 2024:
Billionaire political donor Harlan Crow provided at least three previously undisclosed private jet trips to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in recent years, an investigation by Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats has found. https://t.co/5wj37fM20j
(https://x.com/CREWcrew/status/1802385914905219462?s=02)
Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 3:07 PM on Thu, Jun 13, 2024:
Tapper: Breaking, right now, Senator Durbin says Justice Clarence Thomas took several additional free trips on the private plane of GOP megadonor, Harlan crow. Durbin says Thomas did not disclose these additional trips.. https://t.co/qVngH2a6vk
(https://x.com/Acyn/status/1801345646743719959?t=upTbMyAG1AY3_r_m4lxw-w&s=03)
Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) posted at 8:51 PM on Thu, Jun 06, 2024:
They’re not “gifts.”
They’re bribes.
Clarence Thomas took $4 million in bribes from billionaires.Everyone understands this, and yet he still holds a lifetime position as one of the most powerful people in our country.
Unrig the Supreme Court. https://t.co/ygTCHZ8IvU
(https://x.com/DarrigoMelanie/status/1798895454584971667?s=02)
Excellent Commentary by Jennifer Rubin:
Jennifer “Trump Convicted Felon” Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@JRubinBlogger) posted at 0:01 PM on Fri, Jun 14, 2024:
Our democracy cannot survive the collapse of the Supreme Court’s legitimacy if jurists and former jurists maintain a conspiracy of silence. Both retired and active judges need to be candid about the crisis at the Supreme Court. (Retired justice Stephen G. Breyer exhibited little candor in his memoir.) Jurists have the credibility to demand that the justices abide by mandatory ethics guidelines that bind all lower courts. State judges and retired judges can go further to urge the justices to cease their partisan harangues, respect precedent and refrain from cherry-picking history and misrepresenting facts.
wapo.st/3VFT1PL
(https://x.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1801661162863382906?t=F6lhufG5ongft2zserI21A&s=03)
Because, of course
These 3 States Could Block Student Loan Forgiveness And Increase Payments For 8 Million Borrowers
Adam S. Minsky
Senior Contributor
I’m an attorney focused on helping student loan borrowers.
One of President Joe Biden’s central student debt relief initiatives faces mounting legal challenges, even while millions of borrowers benefit.
The Saving on a Valuable Education plan is a new income-driven repayment option that can lower monthly payments, cancel accruing interest, and accelerate student loan forgiveness. SAVE has been unveiled in phases over the course of the last eight months, with a final benefit that will slash monthly payments set to go into effect in July.
But two groups of Republican-led states have filed lawsuits against the Biden administration to stop the SAVE plan. In one of those cases, a federal judge handed the Biden administration a partial victory earlier this month when the court dismissed the lawsuit for eight of the 11 states that brought the challenge. But the judge allowed the suit to proceed for the remaining three states — South Carolina, Texas, and Alaska. Meanwhile, an entirely separate legal challenge involving a different group of GOP-led states is ongoing, with a key ruling expected imminently.
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3 States Can Proceed With Challenge To Block Student Loan Forgiveness And Repayment Benefits
Earlier this month, a federal court in Kansas issued a key ruling in one of the two pending legal challenges that Republican-led states have filed to stop the SAVE plan. The states argue that Biden’s SAVE initiative amounts to an under-the-radar second attempt to enact mass student loan forgiveness, and that the SAVE plan goes far beyond what Congress authorized when it passed legislation allowing IDR plans. The Biden administration counters that the plan is fully in line with congressional authorization, and that IDR plans have been established via the same legal authority since 1994.
In the ruling, the Kansas district court dismissed the lawsuit for eight of the 11 states that had filed the challenge, concluding that these states did not have standing. This is a legal concept that in order to file a lawsuit in federal court, challengers must be able to demonstrate that they would suffer from a concrete, specific injury that is sufficiently linked to the challenged program or policy. Speculative or generalized harms are insufficient. The court found that the states of Kansas, Alabama, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, and Utah did not provide sufficient evidence of an injury to demonstrate that they have standing, because they could not link purported financial harm they alleged they would incur to the SAVE plan.
But the court found that three states — South Carolina, Texas, and Alaska — did show that they have standing. Because these states each have a state-related entity that administers or guarantees FFEL-program loans — an older type of federal student loan — they could potentially see reduced revenues as borrowers consolidate those FFEL loans into a Direct loan in order to qualify for the SAVE plan. That’s because only Direct loans are eligible for the repayment and loan forgiveness benefits of SAVE.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2024/06/17/these-3-states-could-block-student-loan-forgiveness-and-increase-payments-for-8-million-borrowers/
Here is John Oliver’s full breakdown of Trump’s Project 2025 plan to reshape America 👇 pic.twitter.com/XNsm6FjXeV— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) June 18, 2024
https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1803110928885456961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) posted at 0:03 PM on Sun, Jun 16, 2024:
After the Montana Supreme Court struck down four voter suppression laws, prominent state Republicans are going to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider a radical theory that could drastically alter checks and balances and sow chaos into our elections. https://t.co/UnWkGUBuCV
(https://x.com/marceelias/status/1802386468700078254?t=1sZO2wWiGmIwsIFdXyMf5w&s=03)
Biden’s Wins (@BidensWins) posted at 2:29 PM on Sun, Jun 16, 2024:
BREAKING: For the first time this election cycle, President Biden is leading the majority of major polls in Wisconsin. This is a huge turning point for the campaign.
(https://x.com/BidensWins/status/1802423240876331122?t=Syksu9txrpvdJkzOURp07g&s=03)
RiotWomenn (@riotwomennn) posted at 0:08 PM on Sun, Jun 16, 2024:
Trump supporters have been creating and sharing AI-generated fake images of black voters to encourage African Americans to vote Republican.
BBC Panorama discovered dozens of deepfakes portraying black people as supporting the unhinged racist lunatic
https://t.co/wMVIkbAgo2
(https://x.com/riotwomennn/status/1802387811628154969?s=02)
John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) posted at 0:40 PM on Sun, Jun 16, 2024:
why do supporters accept lies from Trump and right-wing media?
“It fends off the psychological distress of realizing they’ve been lying to themselves.
“Knowing the truth is too costly, too psychologically painful, too threatening to their core identity.” https://t.co/ve3oxZ7sM4
(https://x.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1802395903610745162?s=02)
Millie Vaughan (@MillieVaughanOH) posted at 8:46 PM on Sat, Jun 15, 2024:
Gotta love Mick Jagger reminding everyone to vote at the Rolling Stones concert in Cleveland.
“Make sure you vote. It could be your last election.” https://t.co/IqZMKwGQBg
(https://x.com/MillieVaughanOH/status/1802155867485209032?s=02)
Lips so pursed
Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) posted at 0:40 PM on Sun, Jun 16, 2024:
GOP Intel chair: Ronny Jackson’s drug use ‘unrelated to the handling of classified’ docs https://t.co/vOTwZRmUe5
(https://x.com/TeaPainUSA/status/1802395724358828063?s=02)
Ben Meiselas (@meiselasb) posted at 10:06 AM on Sun, Jun 16, 2024:
The correct way to report that Donald Trump rented out a Black church (with a history of internal litigation) in Detroit and filled it with white people instead of actual congregants to pull another scam is to simply state the facts of what happened versus Trump’s propaganda.
(https://x.com/meiselasb/status/1802357088041222373?s=02)
Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) posted at 0:50 PM on Sun, Jun 16, 2024:
The ultra conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has been flying under radar, says @RuthMarcus, but has had an outsized role in shaping national policy. It’s the “petri dish for whatever the latest unhinged theory is,” says @LeahLitman. #Velshi
https://t.co/PLt9tSM0fS
(https://x.com/AliVelshi/status/1802398252228296985?s=02)
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) posted at 9:32 AM on Sun, Jun 16, 2024:
The Biden fundraiser event in Los Angeles last night was so well done! The highlight was the conversation with Biden, Obama and Kimmel.
One thing struck me above all — Biden and Obama spent a fair amount of time addressing the Supreme Court crisis.
Biden basically said, the only way out of this is to re-elect him. Agreed! We keep hearing this, but Biden said there will likely be two new appointments for the next President. No quick fix.
I think that’s up for interpretation. Definitely conjecture.
My take — Justices Thomas and Alito will only resign under Trump, but they are up there in years so anything can happen.
What’s certain — we need to think in terms of prevention. NO MORE TRUMP JUDGES. We are fucked as it is. Also, picking up a seat on our side or theirs is not all this is about. It’s generational. Can we survive two 40 year-old, upside-down, flag flying, Alitos?
Whichever president has the opportunity to nominate, they will nominate YOUNG. https://t.co/Bz7HOeCWwQ
(https://x.com/cwebbonline/status/1802348482327724234?s=02)
Renee (@PettyLupone) posted at 9:19 PM on Sat, Jun 15, 2024:
Idk if it’s ok to post about the live event but this is the most beautiful rendition of Lift Every Voice I’ve ever heard.
I’m sobbing. God bless these queens! 🙌🏽 https://t.co/YKzRai8o7k
(https://x.com/PettyLupone/status/1802164012924506464?s=02)
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) posted at 9:32 AM on Sun, Jun 16, 2024:
🧵
I attended the Biden event in Los Angeles last night. Fantastic, but it made me think about a few things.
I’ve been around a minute. Lived through several Presidential races. I remember not being excited about the candidates, but I have never in my life fixed my lips to say, I’m not voting because of it. Neither did my grandparents who survived Jim Crow and were not always welcomed at the polls.
I don’t understand folks who are saying that today.
Your top issue isn’t being talked about enough or going the way you think it should? Let’s survive now and live to fight another day. But first, look beyond what you’re seeing covered by the media, because Biden is not getting the same coverage that Trump is getting. And much of that coverage is skewed. It’s likely your issue is being worked on and you have been heard — so look deeper!
We don’t have to invite the candidates over for tea and crumpets, but staying home when we have the Supreme Court that we have, is short-sided and a disservice to those of us who see Trump as the number one danger that he is promising to be.
NO CHOICE — IS A CHOICE FOR TRUMP!!!
https://t.co/j7Kcj81P8R
(https://x.com/cwebbonline/status/1802348411674591297?s=02)
RIP
Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) posted at 10:14 AM on Sun, Jun 16, 2024:
Bill Goines, the first Black man to serve as a Navy SEAL, has died at the age of 88. He was a towering figure who broke barriers and paved the way for greater diversity in elite military units. It was an honor to know him.
(https://x.com/GeoffRBennett/status/1802359003072303259?s=02)
This refers to MLK
Methuselah Honeysuckle (@dhoodson) posted at 1:45 AM on Sat, Jun 15, 2024:
He called it.
“But republicans freed the slaves!”
And now they embrace the ones who fought to keep them enslaved.
And Black republicans are willing to sell out their own for a seat at the table that will never come. https://t.co/2UgflH36oB
(https://x.com/dhoodson/status/1801868554205044997?s=02)
Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) posted at 7:27 AM on Sat, Jun 15, 2024:
Inbox: CNN finalizes debate rules.
Podiums
No props or notes
Each gets a pen, pad, bottle of water
Mics muted except when it’s their turn to speak
cnn says, by their calculation, RFK jr. Only only the ballot for 89 electoral votes so unlikely to qualify. https://t.co/HxF09TNH3k
(https://x.com/AlexThomp/status/1801954764831195632?s=02)
Under the jail😠😠😠
rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) posted at 2:21 PM on Sat, Jun 15, 2024:
MAGA Pastor Robert Morris confesses to ‘moral failure’ after woman claims he began molesting her at 12
https://t.co/Ce3GxPv5Ra
(https://x.com/rolandsmartin/status/1802058875014992047?s=02)
Jennifer “Trump Convicted Felon” Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@JRubinBlogger) posted at 7:52 AM on Sun, Jun 16, 2024:
The Biden family in these past few weeks have demonstrated qualities such as respect, empathy and decency that have long defined “public virtue.” (Even the term seems quaint these days.) For a time, Republicans insisted that presidents needed to embody those characteristics. No more. Now the MAGA Republicans and their warped cult leader celebrate cruelty, vindictiveness and lust for power.
This gaping moral divide has been nowhere more evident than in the candidates’ (and their followers’) conduct and rhetoric during these two trials. Now the question has been sharpened: Which candidate should we emulate — and what sort of country do we want to live in?
wapo.st/3KHadhI
(https://x.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1802323329174356370?s=02)
Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) posted at 0:07 PM on Sat, Jun 15, 2024:
Not voting in this election doesn’t help Black people or advance a progressive agenda. It gives Trump and his anti-Black Republican judges control over your life for the next 2-3 decades.
Check out my new @WordInBlack column here: https://t.co/QJqusDGP5t https://t.co/612NPDAHui
(https://x.com/keithboykin/status/1802025029045248164?s=02)
Joe Trippi (@JoeTrippi) posted at 6:47 AM on Mon, Jun 17, 2024:
“Painting for voters the hellscape that awaits them under MAGA Republican rule. Handily, Republicans have typed it up in over 900 Heritage Foundation-authored pages. It’s called Project 2025” https://t.co/TnHd2mJ7wX
(https://x.com/JoeTrippi/status/1802669512916971779?t=mrjWjbTiVCuD7O-ov1LKpw&s=03)
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊