The 4 idiot justices are saying it’s okay to stiff contractors for work performed and we are okay to be a dead beat country which goes against the contract laws of the United States.
Seriously. That's what is most alarming about the dissent judges. They can wave the bloody flag of "tax payer money" all they want, but that's basic contract law, ffs. It's fabric of reality stuff. The government shouldn't be able to dine & dash.
Good point. I think "fabric of reality" is key. After hearing the GOP reps in a joint judiciary hearing, they clearly live in another reality and it is not objective fact grounded reality.
I fear that the cognitive dissonance that has been seeded into most all of our realities has finally led to this inevitable conclusion. We've been pushing and nudging the divide between lived reality & convenient rhetoric wider & wider. We didn't mind the gap.
On the plus side, if SCOTUS rules in the government's favor, might be a good time to submit some RFPs.
Structure the bid for some of the cash up front as expense, don't deliver anything, unilaterally cancel the contract for convenience, cite new supreme court precedence as legal justification. 🤣
But Alito/Thomas/Gorsuch/Kavanaugh are okay with America being a dead beat country that doesn’t pay its debts and doesn’t follow the law per the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). What a joke they are as “judges”. They couldn’t follow the law if it hit them in the damn head.
Compare to 1954 when The Court decided Brown-v-Board of Education 9-0.
Interesting backstory: even though the Warren court was 5-4 appointed by both parties, they agreed. Also, 5 of 9 attended the same Unitarian Church that fully integrated in 1951, demonstrating it was not just right, but feasible
It's better than nothing. But hardly a win. The lower courts now have to fight w/ the trump regime. Could easily take a year. Worse, all this argument is about aid that has already been due.
The future of foreign aid is bleak (?) or nonexistant.
And it goes against Inited Sttes law not to pay contractors for work already performed under the Federal Acquisition Regulations or FAR clauses. Those four judges are either dumb as hell or corrupt. I’m 99% sure it’s the latter.
Nothing. The contractors will not be paid. Rump and Musk will continue to dismantle everything and MAGAts in Congress will go along with it. Most of the Democrats in Congress are capitulating and condoning what the MAGAt Republicans are doing.
Prob order court officials to be sworn in with expert contractors to go and do it themselves. Of course any force would be against trump minions, so they prob wouldn't care about marching in.
hey man :). Thanks for your entire life of speaking up for the people others spoke down to. I see you. And so many people found inspiration from that recent HB city council meeting. See you in the streets, brother.
Their views became obvious when they voted that the founding fathers really meant to install a king. The fact they think they also intended for no guardrails is hardly surprising.
Is it possible Amy Coney Barrett is only insane when it comes to religion and for the rest of it she'll rule sanely? It's literally our only hope, which is depressing as hell.
I would agree but the same group of people seemed to give mango Mussolini absolute authority for most core acts…. They’re corrupt. Morally and literally
Try and sign a contract on a car or other large purchase and not make the payments. See how far that gets you in a court of law. This was a simple case but 4 of those dipshits are crooked as hell.
Partisan judges should not be judges. If they can't all agree on something as simple as paying a bill you already contracted for, something is clearly wrong. 4 of them need to be impeached.
I am convinced the Democratic Party is as weak and paralyzed over fascism in 2025 as the Whig Party was weak and paralyzed over slavery in 1850. When the Whigs finally collapsed in 1854, a strong, activist Republican Party emerged and saved the US from disunion. The Democratic Party needs to go.
No, that’s not a win. That’s a symptom of what’s going on in our country when five out of the nine Supreme Court justices don’t support the constitution that they swore protect. That’s bad.
They’re still federally appointed which means their salaries are paid by taxpayers. So what is the end game for them? Once they dismantle our government how do the republicans & judges expect to be paid? We get taxed just for their large salaries & healthcare?
That means that 5 justices should never have been put on the Supreme Court, and are instead partisan political operatives working for Republicans and their interests.
I agree!!! I also know that the 4 who voted against the dismissal of Trump’s suit … Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch & Kavanaugh are the 4 that are beholden to him, as well as, The Federalist Society.
TY Amy for being brave and having the decency to do the right thing!!!
Alito dissented it is terrible that 1 district court judge could compel the US to pay $2B. Apparently he thinks that’s unconstitutional. What wasn’t said was that these fees are for services ALREADY provided with money appropriated by Congress. (I’m thinking that flag wasn’t really his wife’s.)
Go ahead and pin your post if you think it's a win, until after Nazis raid Fort Knox.
🍊 doesn't pay his bills, and doesn't care what the courts say.
The Nazis have all our personal info, access to the treasury, and will be funneling it into Russian crypto for the darkest dark money in existence.
I guess in Trump world the mantra needs to be 'lowering expectations to happiness'. If you're not happy yet you need to just get those expectations lower.
Justice Alito is in his usual fine form. You really shouldn't be a judge of any court of you're "stunned" that the government should indeed have to pay for services already rendered... because that is literally what the judgement about.
Republicans, don’t cower to the traitor Trump. History will judge you not just by what you do, but by what you fail to stand up to. Honor your love and respect for this country—speak out.
No win. Devious. US farmers were set to lose $2B this year in USAID lost contracts, the Supreme Court is forcing Trump to return $2B to them. So the farmers won't be upset and vote MAGA again.But USAID cuts still remain in place, the bought $2B worth of rice & grain will rot on US soil, undelivered.
The Partisans should be a reality show. Mock them for voting for extremist views without explaining why there is a need to be so extreme and hurtful to citizens of middle and lower class.
Who can vote to not pay contractors for work already done? What a bunch of assholes. They need removed and in my dreams we, the Democrats, have the ability to do it sometime in the future.
That was exactly the part that made my skin crawl & stomach ball up that 4 judges don’t believe in Constitution!
Then Trump thanking Chief Roberts last night Thank you, I won’t forget? WTAF.
When is the final straw to stop Trump. Is it after you are forced to put on a military uniform and crawling in a trench on a front line waiting for the order from Trump to be a meat wave fighting against neighbors.
That's odd, I only know of three, six of them are robe wearing Republicans acting they Justices and they don't give a damn about the Constitution, they lied to even be appointed so they can turn the Once Supreme Court on it's head. Those six are ultra-corrupt. Start at the top and got right.
Watch out for Supreme Court justices who mysteriously fall out of a window in the near future… im not saying trump is gonna start going full Putin on people but most of his current EOs were written with the expected backing of the Supreme Court and without it he is cooked!
and still citable recent precedent ("recent"-meaning not like the other 50 yo precedent they destroyed in multiple instances since 2018) when DOGE comes for "other" Agency funding streams.....
What's up with Amy Barrett she's not actually entirely the devil. And Roberts just so desperately wants the job of "swing vote", the one Anthony Kennedy had.
I always think of Herman Caine and all the others that went to President Trump’s Covid spreader events before there was a vaccine. Sad, frustrating because so stupid.
There are four justices who side with the president no matter what. If he said let's change our name to Russia and be forever under Putin, they would do it. Traitors!!!
Personally, I'd say four.Roberts supports the Constitution insofar as it supports his politics, or a vote might look awful, but breaks right when it matters, e.g. Citizens United. The effects of which are now clear in our oligarchic government.
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I've said it before, he had learned how to manipulate the system by breaking it and fixing it his way
Structure the bid for some of the cash up front as expense, don't deliver anything, unilaterally cancel the contract for convenience, cite new supreme court precedence as legal justification. 🤣
Voting is April 1!!!
#ThanksReagan
Interesting backstory: even though the Warren court was 5-4 appointed by both parties, they agreed. Also, 5 of 9 attended the same Unitarian Church that fully integrated in 1951, demonstrating it was not just right, but feasible
The future of foreign aid is bleak (?) or nonexistant.
#CorruptSCOTUS
Earthquakes soon to follow.
who is going to enforce it?
QED.
TY Amy for being brave and having the decency to do the right thing!!!
🍊 doesn't pay his bills, and doesn't care what the courts say.
The Nazis have all our personal info, access to the treasury, and will be funneling it into Russian crypto for the darkest dark money in existence.
But it confirms once more how flawed and tainted the other four are.
of mind that this is ALL, including Trump, the result of long time machinations by Mitch McConnell
is it constitutional?
Then Trump thanking Chief Roberts last night Thank you, I won’t forget? WTAF.
💙🇺🇦💛🌈💪🏽♀️✌🏽
What’s the difference between our Supreme Court and Brazils? 🤔
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#JesusChrist! They're really upset about the advancements in modern medicine...
Kavanaugh
Thomas
Roberts
Alito
Barrett is questionable. She leans right, but can be persuaded
Remember your enemies and allies.
Same with congress
If they all do only what he says
Theyre just welfare recipients collecting a check for no reason because they dont need the assistance. Leaches.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/26/politics/supreme-court-foreign-aid-state-usaid/index.html
Social Security
Medicaid
Medicare
Veterans benefits
SNAP
Unemployment insurance
Net interest on national debt
also all fall under MANADATORY funding.
Once you start collecting SS, it becomes lifetime benefits.
Once you start collecting Medicare, it is considered good for life, but ...
It all sounds complicated, and there 276 or so pages to read
That many?
Personally, I'd say four.Roberts supports the Constitution insofar as it supports his politics, or a vote might look awful, but breaks right when it matters, e.g. Citizens United. The effects of which are now clear in our oligarchic government.
https://theherocall.substack.com/p/america-is-not-israelpalestinebut