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Fighting for a legal system that works for working people (Executive Director, People’s Parity Project & PPP Action); Saint Paul; usually wish it was colder.
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I know Joe Biden has bigger fish to fry right now, but I am thinking once again about his choice to form a Supreme Court reform commission that included no proponents of Supreme Court expansion, which (surprise!) quickly concluded that Supreme Court expansion was off the table
sorry but “keep electing democrat presidents and senate majorities indefinitely until enough of scotus dies” never was and certainly is not now good enough. it’s just now. party leadership needs to wake the fuck up
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Hope the US labor movmt gets this - they will never get a fair shake from Roberts #SCOTUS who will always call balls & strikes in favor of their big business pals. Until Cong rebalances this right wing Court through reforms/expansion they will keep screwing workers yr after yr.
While we’re waiting for whatever fresh hell Friday brings, a reminder that the Court has already caused a bunch of harm this term. I wrote about one example of this for Balls & Strikes: ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/starb...
The Supreme Court’s War on Working People Just Got a Little Worseballsandstrikes.org The decision in Starbucks v. McKinney is part of a long tradition of the Supreme Court claiming the power of working people for itself.
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“Between the 1880s & 1935, courts issued more than 4,000 injunctions against strikes, picketing, & other collective action by workers; and struck down hundreds of worker-protective laws.” Courts’ hostility to workers isn’t new. It’s (long past) time to do something about it.
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There are many causes of this, but one is our general misplaced obsession with "The Feds," and as I've complained about a lot #onhere, every single law school is culpable in this. "Con Law" classes are just FED con law, and "state and local govt" is a CLASS, not like ... embedded everywhere.
The current cowardly establishment take is that the nyc trial of Trump was unserious and the only legitimate things to try Trump for just happen to involve getting past the veto of federalist society stooges who would support a violent overthrow of the government if it meant putting Trump in power.
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The current cowardly establishment take is that the nyc trial of Trump was unserious and the only legitimate things to try Trump for just happen to involve getting past the veto of federalist society stooges who would support a violent overthrow of the government if it meant putting Trump in power.
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If you live in Massachusetts, there are some low-profile but seriously high-stakes elections this year. Primary Day is the day after Labor Day, mark your calendar now!!!
S/o to @mollycoleman.bsky.social for being an amazing debate moderator
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I hope people understand that what we are seeing is the systematic destruction of the civil war amendments by the Supreme Court, which are what made America and actual democracy and upon which all minority rights in the United States rely
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It’s really, really hard to get the federal government to do the right thing. It would be cool if, when they actually do, we stopped giving pro-corporate, anti-worker courts the ability to strike it all down. I wrote about the hell that is our juristocracy for Balls & Strikes. t.co/HJNp1aotd2
The Fifth Circuit Is Bad News For the Future of the FTC’s Non-Compete Bant.co The FTC ban on noncompetes faces a suddenly uncertain future in America's most corporate-friendly circuit.
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Even the lessons of the BLM era seem to have immediately been unlearned. Less than four years ago there was emerging consensus that policing was a violent institution that we'd come to rely upon too heavily. Now it's "let's ask cops to get rid of these inconvenient protesters."
I know that it’s dangerous to hold on too tightly to formative political experiences of your youth. But that said: I just can’t get over how much all of the lessons of the post 9/11 era, War on Terror, Iraq and the protests against same are being just entirely excised from collective memory.
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Girl bossed too close to the sun (picked up my sick kid one minute after putting on a nice shirt and two minutes before an important meeting)
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Running is fun because I dread it in the lead up, hate it while it’s happening, and then feel terrible afterwards. Cool hobby.
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The big upside of having forgotten to fill out my bracket for either tournament (and Wisconsin choking) is that I’m truly just rooting for a good game, every game. What fun, what low stress.
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COURT: allowing states to enforce the express insurrection disqualification in the U.S. Constitution would lead to "chaos" but it's fine for a state to have its own immigration system
BREAKING: SCOTUS allows Texas’s SB 4 to go into effect, allowing state criminal enforcement of a state immigration law. More to come at Law Dork. www.lawdork.com
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I talked to Bloomberg about Sonia Sotomayor, political realities, and the fact that when the Supreme Court makes itself the ultimate policy-making body in the country, we don’t have the luxury of ignoring sticky questions about retirement. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Quiet Fears About Sotomayor Echo Ginsburg Retirement Concernsnews.bloomberglaw.com Justice Sonia Sotomayor made a point of describing how “tired” she is at a recent public event and how she’s working harder than expected on the eve of turning 70.
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I once again have gone much too hard on Pi Day. When will I learn.
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WHY DO THEY WEAR THEIR ROBES
yeah it's pretty typical for some but not all of the justices to attend and they always wear their robes which is so stupid
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It's bewildering seeing Smart Takes like 'not enforcing the Constitution is good bc Trump should be beaten at the ballot box: vote!' when the whole reason we're having this conversation is because we *did* vote, Trump *was* beaten, & he didn't give a damn! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/the-s...
The Supreme Court Officially Picks Trump Over the Constitutionballsandstrikes.org The rules are different when the conservative supermajority’s preferred candidate is asking for a constitutional hall pass.
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“Court reform should be something that's built by the people. Part of this project is thinking about how we end judicial supremacy, how we make sure that the people have power, and not just unelected, unaccountable judges." -- @peoplesparity.bsky.social Ex Dir @mollycoleman.bsky.social: 5/18
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"If the Supreme Court is going to continue to act like a super-legislature, then we should start treating it like one. And that leads to the final step: recognize that the Supreme Court is the enemy of democracy, not its protector." 🔥 @elienyc.bsky.social #SCOTUS | h/t @mollycoleman.bsky.social
The Supreme Court Must Be Stoppedwww.thenation.com The court is fundamentally antidemocratic—and the only way to limit the damage it can do is to reduce its power, budget, and lack of accountability.
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📢The Alabama case banning IVF has huge implications for women no matter where they live, whether they are trying to start a family or wanting to end a pregnancy, or if they care about any of their fundamental reproductive and sexual rights. @liptonlubet.bsky.social on why we need to get louder.
Another Shitty Day to be a Woman in Americatakebackthecourt.substack.com The move from Dobbs to banning IVF was faster than even I imagined.