⚡NEW LIGHTNING ROUND⚡ Over the next few weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether it will take up five voting rights cases from across the country. Paige and I explain the cases and the potential impact they could have. youtu.be/eMSPmbqI4-c - ThreadSky

marcelias.bsky.social • 41 days ago

⚡NEW LIGHTNING ROUND⚡

Over the next few weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether it will take up five voting rights cases from across the country.

Paige and I explain the cases and the potential impact they could have. https://youtu.be/eMSPmbqI4-c

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benbennybee.bsky.social•41 days ago

This is AWESOME!!! 🌟 Thank you for taking the time to educate us!!!
Knowledge is POWER💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
Can’t wait for the next one!!!

lynn101.bsky.social•41 days ago

Get ready to be screwed again.

carameltan24.bsky.social•41 days ago

frozenbinary.bsky.social•41 days ago

If I lie in a job interview, I get fired.

But if you do it in the interview for one of the most powerful positions in the country, everythings fine.

kimsb.bsky.social•41 days ago

The corrupt & politically-radicalized Thomas, Alito, Roberts & Trump-appointed Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, who place their political & religious ideologies above democracy, law & science, have so utterly corrupted SCOTUS as to render it & its decisions illegitimate.
https://truthout.org/articles/noam-chomsky-the-supreme-court-is-wielding-illegitimate-authority-in-the-us/

carameltan24.bsky.social•40 days ago

sanityrules.bsky.social•41 days ago

This is important to voter stability and integrity!

susantymchuk01.bsky.social•41 days ago

SCOTUS—The Most Corrupt In U.S. History -Who Helped A Felon, Insurrectionist And Treasonous Traitor Be Allowed To Run For President And Gave Him Complete Immunity—Will Decide If Americans Have Constitutional Voting Rights ? Do Americans Need A “Go Fund SCOTUS” Fund Raiser To Save Ourselves!!

waltgekko.bsky.social•41 days ago

Now it appears that little Executive Order signed by Trump back in 2018 (Executive Order 13848) could STILL come back to bite him even after he would be sworn in if foreign interference caused the result to be the reverse of what it should have been: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-13848-imposing-certain-sanctions-the-event-foreign-interference-united

ceejaa.bsky.social•41 days ago

📌

kindrs.bsky.social•41 days ago

Call there and tell them what you want to see. We have a voice.

Telephone: 202-479-3000. TTY: 202-479-3472. (Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

projectfactz.bsky.social•41 days ago

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djmonijn.bsky.social•41 days ago

SCOTUS is compromised prove me wrong

amimigdalia.bsky.social•41 days ago

THE SUPREME COURT AS MAGA’s RIGHT ARM & THEIR RUBBER STAMPERS, WILL BE THE ONES WHO WILL ULTIMATELY DISMANTLE DEMOCRACY & SET IT UP SO THAT TRUMP COULD BECOME THE ABSOLUTE RULER OF USA. USING THE SYSTEM TO DESTROY THE SYSTEM. Just like Hitler did before becoming the FUHRER!

icewatersteam.bsky.social•41 days ago

I don't recognize their legitimacy. The SCOTUS is flagrantly corrupt. I will not abide by their decisions. I withdraw my consent to be governed by swine.

sierranicole1426.bsky.social•41 days ago

The Supreme Court needs to keep their damn nose out of politics try to just do their job of fairness which they don't know nothing about

deadgrassdogs.bsky.social•41 days ago

Yeah but then they would have to give up all those financial perks. Unfortunately a good part of our Supreme Court seems peopled by corrupt individuals and they don't appear to care much about good law making, just windfall making.

misjif.bsky.social•41 days ago

Supreme Court is bought and paid for. Can’t trust them any more

quesera2u.bsky.social•41 days ago

https://www.monitoringinfluence.org/issue/capturing-courts/

dorothy08765.bsky.social•41 days ago

Yeah 👍🤣

t-antony.bsky.social•41 days ago

That "court" is no longer a court. It is a criminal enterprise.
Half the cases being heard at that "court" are being funded by groups six of those judges have taken "speaking engagement fee's" from.
Americans need to shut that Freak show down until we can get nine justices answering to the people.

bluebird4us.bsky.social•41 days ago

I will be watching closely. I live near Shelby County in AL where this nightmare began in 2013.

zcznqrpr.bsky.social•41 days ago

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tootsie789.bsky.social•41 days ago

Thank you!!!! We are indebted to you for the valiant fight.

servantkb.bsky.social•41 days ago

Thank you 🙏 Marc. Help us to restore the decency of our laws and our justice system - under our US Constitution. We look like we are teetering on failure, but we have hope that you and others can help us all fight back this rogue regime. Help us save America 🇺🇸

boomer208.bsky.social•41 days ago

Just another piece of the American foundation that once brought Democracy to the citizens of America will be chipped away. Just like all those other ones the Republicans have chipped away. To get us to this point in history.

gcbagley.bsky.social•41 days ago

End necrocracy. Term limit SCOTUS.

beachy1.bsky.social•41 days ago

If they succeed at taking away voting rights, they should be dragged out of the building by the people, tied to poles in public & flogged.
How much bullshit will we all allow before fighting back?

ricva73.bsky.social•41 days ago

5th will be picked up due to Trump being a felon.

ricva73.bsky.social•41 days ago

4th case will be picked up and overturn the appeal court. The argument you made is clear has no impact just remove the date. The state voters can fix this

ricva73.bsky.social•41 days ago

The third one will be picked up

ricva73.bsky.social•41 days ago

Second will not pass because each state base their Constitution on the Federal Constitution, thus it will not be picked up article 6 is which each state uses thus

ricva73.bsky.social•41 days ago

1st case is bogus. Will not be picked up due to the 14 Amendment. Equal protection

ilainme.bsky.social•40 days ago

Thank You. Bookmarked and waiting.

mvsopen1.bsky.social•41 days ago

Democracy dies in just seven days. Now I know how the Germans felt as Hitler rose to power before starting WWII.

thatamerican.bsky.social•41 days ago

Good if the net result is Everyone has to have ID to vote then that is great.

unclericodynamite.bsky.social•41 days ago

mg692.bsky.social•41 days ago

Mr. Elias would you consider being the AG when we clean out the MAGA shit show in 2028? I think you would be great.

stlhd1000.bsky.social•41 days ago

📌

dogmomgigi.bsky.social•41 days ago

How are we gonna stop them? They’re corrupt, unethical, & lawless.

billwalter.bsky.social•41 days ago

When the supreme court makes the U.S. president a king, they make every American his subject. And, if he wishes, his slave.

#14thNOW

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/2/2294649/-The-Reintroduction-of-Slavery

marilynr20.bsky.social•41 days ago

They can make him a king, but there remain many millions of us who will never be his slave.

thefiredog.bsky.social•41 days ago

The majority rightwing #SCOTUS will - yet again - let us down.

nottweetinganymore.bsky.social•41 days ago

Oh no. They'll be doing exactly what they were installed to do: to steal power and money from we the people and give it to the oligarchy.

jjj8819.bsky.social•41 days ago

But we all know Roberts hates voting rights and has done everything to destroy them for many many years. His history sadly demonstrates this.

shutterval.bsky.social•41 days ago

Good grief, predictable were organize federalist side, day term limits & recusal apply justices day honor restore court

gmsoros.bsky.social•41 days ago

I’ve lost faith in the supreme Joke of USA

sickofbull.bsky.social•41 days ago

At this point in time I KNOW that the Supreme Court has nothing to do with the AMERICAN VOTE OR THE AMERICAN VOICE. Not everyone is an influencing billionaire. AND THE BILLIONAIRES ARE WHO PAYS FOR THEIR DECISIONS.

diotimaellen.bsky.social•41 days ago

Thanks as always for your hard work and incisive commentary, Paige and Marc!

sf1939.bsky.social•41 days ago

Not a Supreme Court anymore…😢😢😢

politicalamericans.bsky.social•41 days ago

SCOTUS is corrupt to the core.

https://politicalamericans.com/justice-thomas-agrees-to-free-nigerian-slaves-after-negative-publicity/

dee20002.bsky.social•41 days ago

You mean the crime syndicate of 6 and three justices formerly called the Supreme Court?

neoromantik59.bsky.social•41 days ago

When will they outright go after the 15th Amendment?

hiliter.bsky.social•41 days ago

Very informative, thank you.

wandalee123.bsky.social•41 days ago

Thank you for the work you are doing for the American people. Stay strong!

bm1977.bsky.social•41 days ago

The “Supreme” Court is a corrupt joke—and we need to keep saying it loudly and clearly.

liam006.bsky.social•41 days ago

Can someone explain the logic of California not being allowed to ask for state id when voting?

frozenbinary.bsky.social•41 days ago

The right to vote is for every citizen. ID laws put a paywall in front of voting, as IDs are not free and issuance id controlled by the government.

Therefore the government can block sufficiently poor people from voting via ID.

professorbenkenobi.bsky.social•41 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/professorbenkenobi.bsky.social/post/3lfmdojclts24

blankmw.bsky.social•41 days ago

Off topic, but how can we pressure Garland and Biden to release ALL of BOTH of Jack Smith's reports?

mrianjohnson.bsky.social•41 days ago

Marc, thank you and your team so much for what you do.

Your work is essential work — and I wanted to let you know how very much people appreciate all your efforts.

I certainly do.

tsarr.bsky.social•41 days ago

Voting rate should be given should not go to any kind of supreme court. That’s fucking ridiculous.

greatfausto.bsky.social•41 days ago

All because dumb Democrats didn’t push passage of the new Voting Rights Act when they controlled the legislature….

tygator.bsky.social•41 days ago

You mean the RNC, and the GOP, will tell them what cases to take up. This court is nothing more than an arm of the GOP.

the-real-kimbo.bsky.social•41 days ago

Big D(democracy) energy.

wethepeople24.bsky.social•41 days ago

We MUST take over the house and Senate and pass laws regarding the Supreme Courts integrity, its destruction of the constitution. They must follow the same laws as other federal judges!! They are not above the law to do what ever it wants. Biden should have added judges to the Supreme Court.

bombaycrone.bsky.social•41 days ago

If you're not already using YouTube t8 watch Democracy Docket you should be.

eileenvan.bsky.social•41 days ago

Excellent vid
Pay attention people!

susanhamlin.bsky.social•41 days ago

Thanks I will watch

acitygirlfarmz2.bsky.social•41 days ago

Thank you!

savethepeople.bsky.social•41 days ago

I expect all the cases to make it more difficult to vote. This SCOTUS wants the ruling class to have all the power. Not equal protections under the law. 😥

bverbs.bsky.social•37 days ago

Please keep fighting.

vixenreclaim.bsky.social•41 days ago

Forewarned is forearmed

wethepeoplestill.bsky.social•41 days ago

waltgekko.bsky.social•41 days ago

boocow16.bsky.social•41 days ago

If every citizen has the right to vote under the Constitution why is the Supreme Court always taking up voting rights cases for the Republican?We never see Democrats running to the Supreme Court to ban assault weapons. Why because the Supreme Court has made the Second Amendment absolute.

streetmeat81.bsky.social•41 days ago

Zero impact. I repeat. Zero.

etanhg.bsky.social•41 days ago

I no longer get Defending Democracy in my podcast feed. I haven't for over a month now so I've been watching you on YouTube. Did you stop broadcasting the podcast?

realpolitqs.bsky.social•41 days ago

I have no hopes about SCOTUS ruling on anything remotely close to liberal causes…they’ll destroy anything accomplished by the left in the last 40 years.

galswguitars.bsky.social•41 days ago

The Supreme Court does not believe Americans has a right to vote if they are not MAGA. I don’t think we need to listen to a bunch of stories to know that they are just simply going to find more reasons to take away the right to vote of more Americans.

funaunt123.bsky.social•41 days ago

We just need to work harder now.

notmyvote.bsky.social•41 days ago

Is it even worth watching the Supreme Court anymore? It seems almost pre-ordained that they’re going to take the viewpoint of the most extreme elements of our society and rule in their favor.

kittykat870.bsky.social•41 days ago

I think they should throw out the law about felons not being able to vote since there is a felon in office.

nottweetinganymore.bsky.social•41 days ago

It's a state by state thing, but yeah that should have been tossed decades ago. Once somebody has served their time, it just keeps them from participating in society, thereby further isolating them

kittykat870.bsky.social•41 days ago

My son is a felon for something HE DIDN'T DO! That will follow him everywhere for the rest of his life and that POS is the next president! Fuck the justice system.

aparks1.bsky.social•41 days ago

Thank you for clarifying what each of these pending cases mean. The current composition of the Montana Supreme Court is not Democratic. Fringe theories galore.

uppaalaska.bsky.social•41 days ago

The courts are inundated with Republican/Christian fanatics that want to force their way of thinking down everyone’s throat. They understand they are in the minority so they use our own government agencies against us to further their “cause.”

darktildawn.bsky.social•41 days ago

Until Democrats learn to fight as dirty as the Republicans, they'll never win now because the USA just has too many voters now who really believe professional wrestling is as real as MMA.

uppaalaska.bsky.social•40 days ago

I would like to see the 38% of voters that sat out the last election and those who voted for Harris(democracy)come together and remind the GOP, bought and paid for members of SCOTUS and the orange 47 and his minions that they may have won the majority of voters but not the majority of Americans.

joeandstuff.bsky.social•41 days ago

Alter v Trump 24-617 SCOTUS goes to committee for cert on Jan 24

Revisits 14sec3, from US District Court of DC, and US Court of Appeals for DC

I have a blog I keep about these cases here :
http://www.whattheHELLareyoudoing.org

tiredofthisshit.bsky.social•40 days ago

SCOTUS cannot be trusted.

veruschkan.bsky.social•41 days ago

Trump is playing the Russian/China playbook. All democracies they have infiltrated have eventually failed when they infiltrate the voting system, corrupt politicians turn their Constitutions into a mere piece of paper, and its people fall into a Civil War. #Resist

https://cornellilj.org/2014/03/13/the-abolition-of-presidential-term-limits-in-nicaragua-the-rise-of-nicaraguas-next-dictator/

mick2mark.bsky.social•41 days ago

Now #enforceAmendment14_3 iS the most relevant thing they could do

mick2mark.bsky.social•41 days ago

Bit irrelevant now isn't it...

femsocphd.bsky.social•41 days ago

Given what some of the Supremely biased disgraces to the robe have done, one can only assume they will erode anything representing democracy. Just like 45 and his master want.

flamekurve.bsky.social•41 days ago

Yes, but will they do anything? I mean anything right?

sweetpea297.bsky.social•40 days ago

the rule of law is corrupt, the presidency is corrupt, the supreme court is corrupt, the voting is corrupt, the people in office if they are not corrupt they have NO BALLS to stand up to save this country .......

dcell1961.bsky.social•41 days ago

I don't bother following SCOTUS decisions anymore. I just operate on the notion none of it is good for me.

zorbathegirl.bsky.social•41 days ago

Let's see how many they'll eff up.

gideonneptune.bsky.social•41 days ago

📌

mauralinas.bsky.social•41 days ago

Expectations are low.

that-horror-guy13.bsky.social•41 days ago

pp1r.bsky.social•41 days ago

The Supreme Court needs to take up the issue who is above the law and who is not above the law. Seems the Lord don't apply to the justices and Donald Trump! They altered the 14th Ammendment add section 5 to section 3? That's legal? Section 5 was not an argument before them to the case. smdh!

cawr57.bsky.social•41 days ago

Persistent little devils! They've been trying to pass their voter suppression laws for years. It's unfortunate they've had any success at all. They are a dangerous and evil lot.

karljunior.bsky.social•41 days ago

Only Land owners and tax players should be allowed to vote no pay no play.

macaronalarose.bsky.social•41 days ago

Holly sh....
Hey french fellow countrymen! we think our constitution is complex🤯🤯😱😱 read that and breathe....

Quand on regarde nos problèmes de constitution on se désole mais quand on écoute ça, on se console😳🤔🤔🤔😰

cousinit.bsky.social•41 days ago

I suspect that if we have elections ever again, so many voters will be disenfranchised that only the MAGA will ever win because many typically Democratic voters won't be able to vote. That's the objective behind their pretentious "voter fraud!" claims.

happylitwit.bsky.social•41 days ago

You bring up some excellent points and you are not alone in these thoughts. A part of me feels that no matter how Pumpkin Face pulled this off, which he had years to plan to avoid jail, he has the blueprints and will give to the highest bidder.

cousinit.bsky.social•40 days ago

MAGA's "election integrity" is bullshit. That's not what they're after. They want those who typically vote Democratic to be unable to vote.

Then, when Dems lose all the time, MAGA will say: "Now that we stopped them from cheating, they can't win!" They prevented people from voting.

MAGA CHEATED.

krkwe.bsky.social•41 days ago

We are watching the deconstruction of our country: court cases, elections, corruption sanctified, and oligarchs rising above this mess.

proveit77.bsky.social•41 days ago

Jan 20th 2025 will be the Crowning of America’s First King brought to us by John Robert’s Supreme Court

wisedan.bsky.social•41 days ago

Marc how do you win with a corrupt Supreme Court

scotwith1t.bsky.social•41 days ago

Thanks, Marc, as always.

wildlifemom.bsky.social•41 days ago

He’s a gem!

trichnole.bsky.social•41 days ago

Marc, if the SCOTUS takes the fringe case where State Legislature is the be all/end all for state voting rules, would’t any other ruling by any court, including SCOTUS, be null and void?

bslkuye1.bsky.social•41 days ago

Voting rights or voting blocking??? Which way will they go

polillitam.bsky.social•41 days ago

Thanks for this, great information.

julesrocks64.bsky.social•41 days ago

Dismantling and disenfranchising “the other” is what their owners/ benefactors have ordered and paid for. History won’t know them because they’ll have succeeded in destroying the planet with all their corrupted orders benefiting the poisoners. Talking won’t save us.

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