Amy Coney Barrett *recused* in SCOTUS's Oklahoma religious charter school case, giving a defeat to Christian nationalists. They are already not pleased with her.
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It’s temporary! She’s not finished with ending abortion nationwide.
She had no choice but to recuse on this particular case.
Take it to the bank she didn’t want to.
Did not have “weirdly religious lady saves country from religious indoctrination” on my 2025 bingo card. I was a vocal asshole about her appointment & am grateful that she has me shut the fuck up rn.
She’s also been a deciding vote on other matters siding with the liberal justices on the voter ID issue, the ballot ban issue, and the deportation issue to name a few. Again, she’s surprised a lot of folks with her reasoning & Thomas takes bribes & doesn’t recuse.
She did the right thing. So weird to hear myself say Amy Covid Barret did the right thing. She is intent on standing her own ground in SCOTUS. I don't like her general views but more power to her for that part.
This Oklahoma is happy af.
ACB recused because of Notre Dame funding/connections that were too blatant to ignore. This had NOTHING to do with "the sisterhood" that she already sold out.
What a world we live in where I’m forced to thank Amy Coney-Barrett…
Fine-credit where credit is due. Thank you Amy for at least having a shred of Judicial ethics.
Hardly-if we could get rid of any of them Clarence Thomas and Alito would be last decades news. They are virtually untouchable and this is a life time appointment. Her job is about safer than anyone else in Americas
Well there is THAT and there is a provision in this bill that will get him there. They want the ability of Judges taken away to issue contempt of court to “officials”. This would make the courts advisory boards with no teeth as far as Govt officials are concerned. AKA a Monarchy. Unfettered
Let’s be fair though. Clarence Thomas has refused to recuse himself when dealing with things Harlan Crow (the guy who gave him a $200k camper van and bought his mom’s house and renovated it for her) has an interest in. And so have the others . Ethics are a low bar around here. She did the minimum
I am old enough to say I saw Catholic school with no connection to the government's laws. I then went to Public school and it was mind blowing to see how different it was. I went back to Catholic School.
She still is against women's body autonomy. But she at least refuses at appropriate times. And she seems to be following the constitution. In other words not Maga
I grew up in a southern Christian religious home with parents who taught me there was a hard line between religion and the government to protect people.
Glad they taught that. Even happier that I threw off the shackles of belief.
Dying of curiosity who the fourth was that sided with the libs. 🤔
A single-page announcement of the court’s tie did not note which justices voted in support or against the state.
You know, the *circumstances* of her appointment were legendarily corrupt and evil... but I'm starting to hate her a little less. Not the first time she's been on the right side of an issue (or at least, stepped away from the wrong side), and I pray it isn't the last.
Barrett should not have recused herself. It’s still her duty as a Supreme Court Justice to follow the law. She knows it’s wrong, but she wants everyone to think she’s a Christian first and a Supreme Court Justice part-time.
There was no majority decision, so d lower court’s ruling stands by default. While SCOTUS didn’t reject d case outright, this means the Catholic school lost because the lower court blocked it. Usually, the Court won’t revisit the same case unless new issues come up. This is great news! 💪💙
Maybe the reality that the masses could turn and look to her belongings and her property for a bite to eat once the last few dollars stop circulating amongst the 99%.
#eattherich #nokings
I'm old enough to remember when Thomas and Aloto ignored the many reasons they should recuse from cases they have interest in.
I'm no fan of any of these right-wing nut jobs, and I never used the word "integrity". I said she fucked em here, just like a few other cases.
Wasn't she forced to recuse herself? If that's the case, the Christian nationalists (oxymoron given that Christians are not nationalists) shouldn't be giving her a hard time.
Oh, you're right. They're not forced to. Unlike Thomas or Alito, she chose to. Guessing that's why she's getting grief again from the fanatical arm of the Evangelicals.
Surprising given how much we've heard and read about her own mega religious beliefs. Is this hate by both MAGA & these Christians in name more than action stemming from the very first time she ruled against them in a case brought to SCOTUS & they took it personally?
Baby steps:She's gotta watch what she does or the maga man-babies will violently try and step(stomp) on her.
Maybe she DOES actually believe in God? Idk but I'm pleasantly surprised she didn't go all in like the criminal and/or alcoholic sex pests that make up the rest of the RWNJ Judiciary Sect.
No offense, but I disagree. She is there to do her job and recusing herself is not doing it, the maga-babies already don’t like her. That’s a bad law in Oklahoma and she should see it as that and vote accordingly.
For sure but it's such a ridiculously corrupted SC Majority that I'm just happy she DIDN'T do something, AGAIN, mindlessly supporting in-your-face RWNJ bastardry, like is demanded by maga. Close, ik, but '..small mercies..' n all that.
The only reason Justices even have life time appointments is on the premise that then they won't be politically swayed.
So hard disagree. She's beholden to no one now that she's in the seat. She has a Constitutional obligation NOT to consider maga man-babies while serving as a Justice.
It’s truly pathetic that we are the point as a country and a society where a fucking SUPREME COURT JUSTICE is getting *street cred* for literally upholding the motherfucking law. Just because she DID WHAT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THIS ONE TIME, she gets rounds of cheers?! I think the fuck not.
Using AB is just fine. No need to use ACB. Not sure why she kept her maiden name. I mean shes a trad wife, correct? Why wouldn't you just want your husbands last name. Thats the America these fools want to live in. I don't but they are sure as hell do. "Rant Off"
She uses it. I don't know that I respect her - I was QUITE ENJOYING MY BODILY AUTONOMY, THANK YOU - but she calls herself that, so I respect her choice. On THAT issue.
Nah. I will never respect that about her. I will never afford her any respect. You align your self with nazis, that makes you a nazi. Hard stop. She claims to know whats best for the women of this country because of her silly god book. I have no problem with her beliefs, just don't push them on me.
Well, yeah about the religion, but a NAZI? Unless you're talking about complicity, which we are getting down to the wire about (see Sec 1009 of The Big Bastardly Bill where the judiciary just gets handed over to the Executive Branch) I don't see where you're getting that.
Trump & his radical Christian Zionists all about Islamophobia & world war 3, keeping Jews in power in Israel for Christ’s 2nd coming where they will be the “chosen ones” in “end of times” they create.
We have nut jobs past PM Harper & Poilievre in Canada. Thankfully we blocked them from power.
Surprisingly, from observations, I’ve noticed her acting more independently. I’m optimistic by nature, & she’s growing into her role, showing some independence from other conservatives. IMO, the two Justices trump can depend on,consistently, are Thomas and Alito.
I think she’s very close friends with someone who runs the school. I don’t have many nice things to say about her but one thing I will say is that she doesn’t seem corrupt.
I’m proud of her for doing her job. She couldn’t make an unbiased ruling in this case, so she did what alito and Thomas never will, she recognized this and recused herself.
#1 she did the right thing recusing (the others refused) #2 maybe check her voting record because she has sided with liberals a few times now, meaning she isn't bought.
I do give her credit for some bucking of the norm. But watch when this exact same issue comes BACK up the chain from another state and another angle that she has no connections to - and it WILL - don't count on her vote.
Grateful. I hope this will offer an opportunity for separation of church and state, the inequity of vouchers, and the critical importance of public schools to move to the forefront in this battle against authoritarianism.
Pretty sad state of affairs, when it took a recusal and a tie vote to let the state Supreme's 'yeah-- no' ruling to stand... imagine ACB doing the semi-right thing, here... better to have joined in and voted for 'nope', but...
They’re pleading freedom of expression but demanding money to build and operate a religious institution. That’s not free, that’s asking us to PAY for your religious expression. PASS
What are the chances she resigns? I still don't like her and I don't want to hold her on a high pedestal. But ever since Trump has been in office, she hasn't been exactly the complete pawn. She KNOWS something is up.
ACB's confirmation was rammed through at the last minute before the felon was fired from office the first time. Those kind of decisions can come back to haunt you, I sure hope it haunts everyone who had a hand in that.
He might threaten her into resigning. But right now, we need her to stay put, for the love of this country. She's not the greatest, but she has made some very pivotal decisions based in real LAW lately. Not in feelings or religion.
This is not a win. There will be a new case brought by plaintiffs she has no connection to and given the 4-4 split we should understand that state sponsored religious schools are coming to the US. My take, anyway.
Make no mistake she is in every way at fault for the shit show going on rn, but she just showed she has more balls than anyone in our government by simply saying that she is too partial to be a part of the ruling. Good for her.
Oh, she actually did the correct thing in regards to recusing herself. Sets a low bar when Justices do what they should do. I can name two that don't believe in ever doing the right thing.
ONLY because Notre Dame attorney's were involved in the "pro" side of this issue & she has clear connections with Notre Dame. A case will be brought that the ND attorneys aren't involved in.. Then ACB will not recuse herself & our tax dollars will be paying for religious charter schools.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black famously stated in Everson v. Board of Education that “[t]he First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state,” and that “[t]hat wall must be kept high and impregnable.
”https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/separation_of_church_and_state
I think they will pick another case before coming back because the 4-4 will always be a loss for them. I’m sure they have back up cases Amy had no connection to. They have been working this for 40 years.
Amy just didn’t do what they counted on.
Oh, this will most certainly come back up the chain, just from another state/somewhere she has no connections to. THEN you're going to see a different vote.
Sorry to hear, this was an important result for a “Christian” move they have spent millions on over the years. Heritage Foundation will find another case to come back with but they learned they don’t own Amy a few times now. I don’t expect to agree with her often but she plays within the rules.
All they have to do is refile under a different group. Because it was kicked down to the lower Court ruling, they can refile, and she doesn't have to recuse.
If we don't win in a landslide next election it coming back.
Amy Coney Barrett is far from my ideal Justice, but she has shown glimmers of independence and is making a mark by standing up to those unmitigated assholes Alito and Thomas.
With the exception of abortion she has become a very good centrist justice. I hated her for being thrown into the court before RBG could be buried, but except for abortion rights, I have been very satisfied with her positions. Even when I disagree with her.
This is my case (assuming she’s growing):
Women have proven (n are proving again n again) that
Between females n males with the same freedom n privileges, females stand taller us!
If there’s any chance of redemption for hardliner conservatives, it belongs to women!
I'm liking Amy Coney Barrett a little more each ruling. I think she's seeing how much corruption is going on in SCOTUS and wants to do the right thing. If only she could change that Dobbs vote...
She did the right thing, given she'd worked as a legal advisor to one of the plaintiffs. Major conflict of interest. Thomas or Alito wouldn't have recused.
She does have a line in the sand she won’t cross. The line may be faint and hard to see by others but it exists. She knows the GOP guy judges don’t care about conflicts of interest and would never recuse themselves so it’s a bit of a slap at them.
I’m not. I’m sure she has been getting nasty pressure from a few of the guys on the court and she wants to show her own mind and that she is better than them.
I still won’t agree with her most of the time but she is one to watch.
Thomas wouldn’t and hasn’t recused himself after receiving direct gifts. Clearly it doesn’t matter to the GOP or he would be gone. Kavanaugh is new too, he would recuse no matter how blatant either.
Watching to learn her line is the way I’m going. She has voted with Dems on a few cases now.
I have honestly been impressed by Barrett’s character even though we don’t see eye to eye on many things. She’s a thousand times better than the men she’s surrounded by.
I have been absolutely astonished by her integrity in many of her decisions. I may not agree on most things but I did not expect her to actually make decisions like she lived in the real world. I expected someone like a Thomas or Alito who would always make decisions along ideological lines.
MAGA: “liberal judges are biased, they need to recuse or be impeached and replaced with Conservatives!””
Also MAGA: “Conservative judges should use their bias to support cases we push. If they don’t, they should be replaced with even more biased Conservatives!”
I dont agree with many of Coney Barrett's rulings, but I am starting to respect her. Thomas has never recused himself, although there are so many cases which he should have. As he's on the take, he never will.
She appears to actually be somebody with actual integrity (this isn't to say that her viewpoints are all what I would consider to be morally appropriate, just that she seems to actually have a moral code she sticks to).
Thomas and Alito have been bent as long as I've been alive - and I'm OLD. Amy is just a babe-in-arms right now. And she sold me and my daughter and my daughter's daughters down the bodily autonomy river, so she can shove her Bible up her baby hole. NO integrity point from me.
True. I don't see her going down that particular river. But do you want a Christo-Fascist nation? Because she's going to take us down there, via the Catholic route.
You OBVIOUSLY do not know me.
At ALL.
Paul was one of the most misogynistic and queer-phobic men in HISTORY, even setting aside the Bible - stuff HIS Bible straight up his ass and out his WINDPIPE.
They and the Federalist Society who provides GOP presidents with hand-picked religious conservative nutters for judicial appointments. They got the Roe V. Wade action they wanted, but she's slightly less on board with some of the other theocratic agenda items. But she will get more chances.
Amazing, Barrett recused herself! Look at State Legislatures like #Alaska when someone declares a conflict, the Standard Operational response is that if no one objects, that lawmaker gets 2 vote no matter what conflict. NO ONE EVER OBJECTS. EVER. THERE ARE NO CONFLICTS IN ALASKA? EVER? CORRUPTION!
I've begun to suspect that Leo is getting to her. You can only believe you're a better Catholic than the Pope for so long, and for so many Popes, if you're really serious about the whole business.
Yes. I can't say I like her but I respect the latest moves that have seemed to show she is her own person and does not want to be seen as another "yes man" to Trump. Which, assuming she (hopefully) stays on this course, I can respect even though I won't agree with her on certain matters. Her face!
She hasn't been sitting next to Clarence "Bribe Me With A $400K RV" Thomas. 😏 She did the right thing & that's... well... commendable? Meh. It's her job.
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She had no choice but to recuse on this particular case.
Take it to the bank she didn’t want to.
She didn’t recuse herself when Shell Oil went before SCOTUS, her father is on the board of directors. Don’t trust that MAGA.
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Research. Get You Some.
https://www.newsweek.com/five-supreme-court-justices-sit-out-case-rare-move-2074666
Unlike some other Supreme Court Justices.
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She’s also been a deciding vote on other matters siding with the liberal justices on the voter ID issue, the ballot ban issue, and the deportation issue to name a few. Again, she’s surprised a lot of folks with her reasoning & Thomas takes bribes & doesn’t recuse.
This Oklahoma is happy af.
It’s a disgrace!
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The political right doesn't appoint judges to be "ethical".
I feel a weight lifted from my heart from all of yesterdays heavy issues.
If we could continue in this vein, I would be much abliged
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Fine-credit where credit is due. Thank you Amy for at least having a shred of Judicial ethics.
Even amongst the wacko Christofascist justices, the lone female justice is the one who actually upholds her oath.
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I'll wait right here.
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Glad they taught that. Even happier that I threw off the shackles of belief.
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But point taken, it probably won't last!
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#eattherich #nokings
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I'm no fan of any of these right-wing nut jobs, and I never used the word "integrity". I said she fucked em here, just like a few other cases.
with the liberals.
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Prepare to be shocked by mass stupidity… 🤷♀️
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To a lot of evangelicals, she’s not a Christian because she’s a Catholic. And because she’s a woman, I’m sure she’s expected to just go along.
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Maybe she DOES actually believe in God? Idk but I'm pleasantly surprised she didn't go all in like the criminal and/or alcoholic sex pests that make up the rest of the RWNJ Judiciary Sect.
So hard disagree. She's beholden to no one now that she's in the seat. She has a Constitutional obligation NOT to consider maga man-babies while serving as a Justice.
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ACB recused because of Notre Dame funding/connections that were too blatant to ignore. This had NOTHING to do with "integrity."
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Reading is Fundamental.
We have nut jobs past PM Harper & Poilievre in Canada. Thankfully we blocked them from power.
You. Are. In. Danger. Don't stop fighting!
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How far we've fallen that she is being attacked for making the ethical choice.
Sure has the MAGAt up in arms tho!
I'll take the win though...
At these schools
So it must be that ALL
Christians agree on the words of religious belief?! Right?
And who approves these words and dogmas?
Pastor Crazy Lady?
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All five (?) of them should have recused.
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ACB recused because of Notre Dame funding/connections that were too blatant to ignore. This had NOTHING to do with "integrity."
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We'll see how often this might happen. Won't be holding my breath.
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And Trump rushed her on after RGB died.
Karma.
Their boys club won't push back, but women will.
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When do they fly her out to South Sudan?
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Uncle Clarence would NEVER recuse no matter how glaring the conflict of interest.
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”https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/separation_of_church_and_state
She's still crooked IMHO !!!
ordained.....glorified... justified and all that.
Amy just didn’t do what they counted on.
I can't keep up.
And, I'm beginning to not gad!
I'm not convinced, but i AM open minded.
Thanks for your reply.
If we don't win in a landslide next election it coming back.
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But isn't it a sense of smell. Touch...
This is my case (assuming she’s growing):
Women have proven (n are proving again n again) that
Between females n males with the same freedom n privileges, females stand taller us!
If there’s any chance of redemption for hardliner conservatives, it belongs to women!
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I still won’t agree with her most of the time but she is one to watch.
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Watching to learn her line is the way I’m going. She has voted with Dems on a few cases now.
I will never forgive her for Roe, but she has helped us too.
The only reason it failed at SCOTUS. otherwise it would have been allowed. Damn scary the things they want to do.
Also MAGA: “Conservative judges should use their bias to support cases we push. If they don’t, they should be replaced with even more biased Conservatives!”
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She’s not even the newest Justice and she’s coming up on five years.
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And, by the way: Anita Hill told the truth at those farcical confirmation hearings.
Long Dong lied, as always. Under oath.
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Paul was one of the most misogynistic and queer-phobic men in HISTORY, even setting aside the Bible - stuff HIS Bible straight up his ass and out his WINDPIPE.
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It’s prob lonesome & cold hanging out with 💀🤖 dead eyed treasonous toads. ….
Rare. But. Good.
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The Trump Administration and ICE is run by Nazis!
Any "saving" she may end up doing will be coincidental.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/29/amy-coney-barrett-father-christian-sect-controversy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
https://fixthecourt.com/2024/09/recent-times-justice-failed-recuse-despite-clear-conflict-interest/
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I’m grateful she is surprising us.
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But I certainly don’t trust her to do the right thing on most decisions.
These cockroaches will go back under their rocks.
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Without any ties to associated attorneys this would have slid disgustingly through.
Not a good thing.
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