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    8 hours ago

    Wait… pro-Trump SCOTUS voted aggainst POTUS? Weird… weird…

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    7 hours ago

    Can someone ELI5 ? I thought Trump had the supreme court in his pocket, having appointed a majority of its members?

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      Trump appointed three out of nine justices. Three more were appointed by Republicans (Bush 1 and Bush 2), so a 2/3 majority of justices are considered conservative.

      Judicial conservatism, however does not always align with political conservatism. Judicial conservatism tends to mean staying close to the original meaning of the text of the law. Some of Trump’s actions require creative interpretations of the law; in the case at hand, Trump wants to use a law meant to expel citizens of an enemy country during a war to deport immigrants he accuses of being members of gangs without allowing them to challenge that action in court.

      Thomas and Alito dissented, arguing that a creative interpretation of the law should be allowed here; neither is a Trump appointee.

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    8 hours ago

    Bet you a buffalo nickel that before the end of his tenure, he’s going to expand the court with ultra-loyalists, all but completely open about how they will ignore the law or always interpret it in the way that gives Trump what he wants.

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    20 hours ago

    I wonder if the chief justice will keep hanging his flag upside down and blaming his wife…

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      And their dissent is utter nonsense. It entirely hinges on the fact the petitioners didn’t wait long enough for an injunction from the District Court before their appeal the Circuit Court, claiming there is no evidence that they were in imminent danger of removal. People have been getting kidnapped and shipped off in a matter of days and these absolute chucklefucks are trying to pretend this is business as usual. Fucking Kavanaugh wrote a concurrence that they needed immediate relief!

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      he doesn’t even have to go that far. he could just tweet their home address and say they’re the “enemy of the people”

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        That’s the crazy thing. So many Republicans in congress have said they are afraid for their safety if they go against Trump. He’s got the government in a vice grip. They clearly don’t agree with how far he’s gone, they’ve said as much privately, but refuse to vote against him in bills bcz Trump followers at this point are crazy.

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          So many Republicans in congress have said they are afraid for their safety if they go against Trump

          i have less than zero sympathy. fuck them

          They clearly don’t agree with how far he’s gone, they’ve said as much privately, but ref7se to vote against him in bills bcz Trunl followers at this point are crazy.

          they should have thought of that before they signed on to supporting a rabid full-blown cult and their con man leader just to oWn TeH LiBs. again, fuck them. i’m not saying i hope they die, but i’m not not saying that either

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          21 hours ago

          they just want to see how much they can grift before it becomes unprofitable to themselves.

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      Yes, I was there a month into this 2nd term of Trump. Canadian Margaret Atwood must be in horrors her writing is coming to life.

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        She posted on twitter a number times that “handmaids tale was not meant to be an instruction manual”

        She gave up eventually. She does actively speak out against fascism theocracies and Trump, but at her age I can understand being worn out fighting it

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    It’s all a circus to make them both look like they are doing what they are supposed to. So they can steal from you without you paying attention.

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    The presidents a criminal. Can’t we just send him away without due process? Oh wait, he’s got money. Its easy to be a criminal when you have access to cash. I forgot