Here it is. The Supreme Court kneecaping the use of the Judiciary to hold the Trump administration accountable and slow down unconstitutional impoundment. The obvious implication here is that in a direct impoundment case they will follow through on strong form unitary executive theory and back it. - ThreadSky

nathantankus.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Here it is. The Supreme Court kneecaping the use of the Judiciary to hold the Trump administration accountable and slow down unconstitutional impoundment. The obvious implication here is that in a direct impoundment case they will follow through on strong form unitary executive theory and back it.

Reposted from Mark Joseph Stern

NEW: By a 5–4 vote, the Supreme Court HALTS a district court order requiring the Education Department to pay out more than 100 grants to public schools and universities that the Trump administration canceled.

Roberts and the three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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mmfreestcoalition.bsky.social•2 days ago

It allows them to wash their hands of responsibility for the constitutional crisis of Trump vs USA. If impoundment is allowed, they don't have to hear the cases. If a lower court rules on another aspect, it's too trivial or it's protected criminal behavior or POTUS didn't know about it.

twmcel.bsky.social•3 days ago

📌

nathantankus.bsky.social•3 days ago

Note that its still backing unconstitutional impoundment if they say its unconstitutional but say there is no legal remedy to constrain the executive except impeachment.

nathantankus.bsky.social•3 days ago

"But those are the famous last words of a graveyard of commentators seeking to predict the outer limits of the recent Supreme Court’s willingness to invent doctrine to reach a predetermined conclusion, facilitating a recently formulated agenda."

January 31st
https://www.crisesnotes.com/everything-about-the-trump-administrations-impoundment-putsch-you-were-too-afraid-to-ask/

manqueman.bsky.social•3 days ago

It should be a very old story by now but the Roberts court happily puts their party before the law.
And now that Trump’s implementing so many party goals, they have to support him even if he’s doing so lawlessly.
Also they’re 100% full of shit in Nathan’s post there. 1000 Pinocchios for them.

profsecchi.bsky.social•3 days ago

One and a half branches of government left at best.

aldercheems.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank goodness Senate Dems passed Trump's CR.

taz1.bsky.social•3 days ago

OMG

experimental22.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Catholic fascists on the Supreme Court and Gorsuch are enemies of the US Constitution and the American Republic. Alito and Thomas can fairly be regarded as violent enemies.

louisamiller.bsky.social•3 days ago

Coney Barrett went with MAGA, huh? Too bad.

maliwaka.bsky.social•3 days ago

she knew what they were. you cant be at her level of resume and not know.

jakivw.bsky.social•3 days ago

Barrett ran to the “coward train”

thepartyinnevada.bsky.social•2 days ago

tenet-facts.bsky.social•3 days ago

awesome

jenonymous.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s probably less obvious to the masses, but this is functionally a pro-austerity Supreme Court ruling and it’s terrible news for both the stock market and the American economy—the unconstitutional DOGE economic wrecking ball isn’t going to be blocked by the Court.

vanessachaland.bsky.social•3 days ago

"the unconstitutional DOGE economic wrecking ball isn’t going to be blocked by the Court."

Maybe, maybe not. If the 3 branches are respected, it might be.

burtonad.bsky.social•3 days ago

The United States oscillates between an Imperial President supervising a unitary executive when the President has an R attached, and an Impotent President (D) beholden to BOTH John Roberts and Amy Comey Barrett to see that the waste bins are emptied at the White House.

tggrace.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sad & devastating. SCOTUS bending the knee again.

texaskrusty.bsky.social•3 days ago

They ain’t bending the knee. This has been the goal of the right wing movement for decades.

Good thing some on the left felt HRC was blackmailing them by stressing the courts.

thinkyparts.bsky.social•3 days ago

📌

kevin-on-earth.bsky.social•3 days ago

And that 5 of them will get free holidays to Crete. 🤷

rebrandnuggets.bsky.social•3 days ago

A third way to amend the Constitution was just created. 1) A constitutional convention; 2) 2/3rds of Congress and 3/4ths of the States ratifying the amendment; and, now, 3) a lawless president having his constitutional violations blessed by a corrupt Supreme Court.

ravenonthill.bsky.social•3 days ago

It doesn't look good, but…

Follow Vladek to see how this plays out.

nathantankus.bsky.social•2 days ago

This tweet from him isn't anything

nero-wolfe.bsky.social•2 days ago

He wrote more about it on his blog. I tend to agree with him that it’s premature to judge the true impact of this decision/which way the wind is blowing.

https://bsky.app/profile/stevevladeck.bsky.social/post/3llzhlil7ek2w

swgeneralmills.bsky.social•3 days ago

Corrupt Court

telecordial.bsky.social•3 days ago

Take the whole Republic apart. Sell of the pieces.
This is the Putin playbook.

darwinwoodka.bsky.social•3 days ago

really wondering why the hell we should pay our taxes this year

allbeendone.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sitting in hr block parking lot right now lol

darwinwoodka.bsky.social•3 days ago

are you debating it? ;^)

snowwhitesagent.bsky.social•2 days ago

Huge fan of yours boss. Keep it up.

ogdavisxmachina.bsky.social•3 days ago

Roberts in dissent, but mute.

This is his Court, and it has gotten away from him. He's trying to thread a needle that doesn't have an eye, while his monster is puttin' on its top hat, tyin' up its white tie, brushing off its tails.