The Supreme Court does not get a gold star for refusing to bless a ludicrous legal theory that anti-abortion judges shamelessly embraced as part of their lawless rampage against women's health care. With @dahlialithwick.bsky.social: slate.com/news-and-pol...
Thank you for this article.
"Kacsmaryk and his colleagues have rigged the rules to ensure that any case filed in Amarillo gets sent to him, a departure from the standard procedure of random assignment."
How did they rig the rules & how come this isn't judicial misconduct (or something)?
In Amarillo, justices are assigned to panels based on monthly rotation, which means that by timing when an appeal is filed the plaintiffs can choose which justice will likely be the one to oversee their case, rather than just having to rely on whichever justice is next available on the docket.
The 5th circuit’s legal theory was only a magnitude more ridiculous than SCOTUS’ “culture/traditions” legal theory used to strike Roe down. And that was basically a loophole to copy all vague conservative “Judeo-Christian values” (aka the parts of the Bible they like) into the constitution.
They should give the lawyers involved with this case the same treatment as those who pushed 34-count felon Donald Trump's illegal claims that the last election was rigged, and disbar them for unethical behaviour unbecoming a legal professional.
