Official 930 Supreme Court thread

[Starsky]

So many thoughts


It’s almost the culmination and full crystallization of the nightmare of the 2016 election which is going to haunt this country long after we are dead.

Just can’t help but think of all those that argued there was no difference between Trump and Hillary. A special shout out to the Bernie supporters and the media which played up the emails…

Then there is of course the added pathos of RBG who fought for women’s rights for decades and tried to hang on to life falling short by just a few weeks…. Had she only retired…

Apologies for my grammar which is going to hell

[Dejecty-hatch lııllı|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Apologies for my grammar which is going to hell

don't worry, I've cleared this with Saint Peter...not on the long list of things that would deny entrance

[kosmo vinyl]

bottom line is at this point we aren't really living in a democracy at this point..  Citizen's United pretty much proved that... and unless the Dems can retain the house and win seats in the Senate we are truly screwed for years to come... and we have full on fascists who want to be the next president in DeSantis and Abbott

as a CIS White Male most of this is unlikely to affect me yet, but they want to destroy Medicare, etc.  so yeah for aging...

[Starsky]

Wow a 5-4 decision overturning 50 years of precedent on the most divisive of issues with the majority’s third, fourth and fifth votes being all relatively new - one arguably almost a rookie- Trump appointees.

I know it’s happened but wow… it’s a major gut punch.

[grateful]

as a CIS White Male most of this is unlikely to affect me yet

Here's an interesting take on how issues that seemingly don't affect you actually do:
https://twitter.com/racheline_m/status/1538603568751591429?s=20&t=0blkUZhm0gPXxiVTmr_Raw

[Justin Tonation]

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^that's hysterical

Didn't bob Dylan release Love and theft on 9.11

[vansmack]

This is going to be an unpopular opinion, but legally speaking Roe was equal parts brilliant jurisprudence and a patchwork so wrought with holes that it was on shaky ground from day one.  Congresses unwillingness to legislate the right made this outcome inevitable.  The only surprising thing to me was the circumstances that led to a 6-3 majority on the court.

[Starsky]

Damn straight

Fifty years of precedent is not shaky ground!

I really dislike people smugly ascribing some legal rationale to these political hacks.


It is interesting that some reports had the ruling as 5-4 but it was 6-3 (but 5-4 on overturning)

But yeah there are always people happy to congratulate themselves and say they saw it coming and hell, yes, it even makes sense and point the finger at Congress.

We all saw it coming from the minute RBG died because we all knew the ruling would have zero to do with the constitution and everything to do with politics.

And since it’s pure politics (like Bush v Gore) the Supreme Court would have been fine declaring a law passed by Congress on abortion unconstitutional.

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Ok, I have to snark first
the president and CEO of Dicks is a female!

but I'm glad to see big corporations doing stuff like this
Damn included spouses and dependants!

[Justin Tonation]

I'm actually pleasantly surprised that a retail sporting goods company would do this.

I don't expect Bass Pro Shops to follow.

[Space Freely]

Ok, Dick's. Now pull out of anti-abortion states.

[Cock Van Der Palm]

No pun intended?

Ok, Dick's. Now pull out of anti-abortion states.

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No pun intended?

Ok, Dick's. Now pull out of anti-abortion states.

I don't think he meant too...but that's a great pun on this topic

Would make a great head line

Dicks pulls out

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I will say, while I think it's great the corperations are steping up to the plate to do something to fight this insantiy

this is what I'm hearing...and I agree

David Plouffe@davidplouffe
It is important that so many employers are stating they will cover the cost of travel for employees in states with bans. But talk about a loss of privacy. How fucked up is it that women will now have to file expense reports to their colleagues for their abortion?