"There is one obvious problem with the prospect of the Supreme Court allowing Trump to move forward with his authoritarian project: The justices themselves could pay the high price of discarding what is left of their own already impaired legitimacy."
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“That depends on what legacy the Supreme Court is working toward: protectors of democracy, or facilitators of an authoritarian state.”
Everybody saw it coming, but not with 3 extra zeros.
If we have to live and die in agony, then those who caused the pain should also feel that anguish.
SCOTUS has enabled the end of democracy and individual freedom in the USA. I believe they will pay dearly for their political avarice.
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Judges, politicians, sheriffs. All the ones who are elected and make promises to everybody.
It’s all quid quo pro. Wink wink.
They get to keep their heads?
If you give away all your power you make yourself irrelevant. These guys are rich but not rich enough for oligarch status.
Thomas will be first. Because of bigotry and he's not rich on his own, his status is only because people wanted favors
There certainly won’t be any women or people of colour on it.
You could accurately predict every ruling they will make before any evidence is presented in nearly every case they take.
So evidence, arguments, precedents, all really pretty much time-wasting. Sad
Trump may have created the same monster with Musk.
Elon by way of DJT, pays each of the MAGA SIX on the SCOTUS 5 million-10 million each to rule in such a way that the SCOTUS is dissolved. They got their retirement money and will have an amazing nest egg for the remainder of their lives.
Pocket change to Elon
I think he’s having buyers remorse! He thought that the king he helped create would be loyal to him. That leopard is gonna eat his face unless he stops it!
#trumplardo can have them killed - according to them - so who will stop him when he shoots them in public?
"It will make great TV," said a despot.
The Six (possibly now, the Five), deserve to be delegitimized.
MAGA 2024: The Leopard Eating People's Faces Party won't eat MY face!
MAGA 2025: I WANT the Leopard Eating People's Faces Party leopards to eat my face!
Which makes one wonder: Can Roberts really be THAT fucking stupid, or does he really not care???
The lack of common sense is astounding.
Their main interest was avoiding criminal liability (Ginni and Jan6), civil liability (the phony “gifts”) and to keep the gravy train chugging along.
Colorado had over 30,000 folks joined AOC and Sanders last week.
1/3 of America did not vote and 1/3 of America voted for Harris.
So only 1/3 of this country supported Trump.
Keep pushing and pressing!
The majority of them are fully #CorruptSCOTUS
A disgraceful time in our history.
And if the president can fire anyone he wants and cut any budget he wants regardless of the Constitution.
Then what is to stop the next Democratic president from firing the whole lot of them and putting his on SCOTUS in place?
Just saying. We either have the rule of law or we don't.
T-H-E-Y
D-O-N-T
C-A-R-E
How about a meme coin? $SCOTUS?
I thought SC justices are supposed to be our brightest and best legal minds /jk
Never!
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or,
it’s over for them as well.
They’re in cahoots with Trump and his agenda!