The Chief Justice could stop Alito from writing for the majority in seconds if he wanted to.
He doesn’t.
Roberts is in compliance with Alito and Thomas.
The Religious Right Hates Education
The last four evaluations of statewide voucher schemes found some of the largest *negative* effects the research community has ever seen—for any intervention.
On par with what COVID or Katrina did to test scores.
Why? Vouchers mainly prop up sub-prime and pop-up church schools.
https://x.com/joshcowenMSU/status/1793607324415963196/photo/1
May 17, 70 years ago today Brown v. Board of Education was decided.
My God. Brown v Board of Education was the single most important decision of the 20th C., a unanimous affirmation of equal rights and condemnation of segregation. And Clarence Thomas, a Black man, would be happy to reverse it.
Justice Thomas’ concurrence also takes aim at Brown v. Board of Education, faulting the Supreme Court for taking “a boundless view of equitable remedies” through “extravagant uses of judicial power” to end racial segregation in the 1950s and 60s. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-807_3e04.pdf
Reading the reporting on Justice Alito’s flag preferences,
I’m reminded of this 1986 edition of CNN’s Crossfire
where Frank Zappa calls out America’s path to a fascist theocracy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZR3TcnD3KI
The view of equity required to justify a judicial map-
drawing power emerged only in the 1950s. The Court’s “impatience with the pace of desegregation” caused by resistance to Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U. S. 483
(1954), “led us to approve extraordinary remedial
measures,” Missouri v. Jenkins, 515 U. S. 70, 125 (1995)
(THOMAS, J., concurring). In the follow-on case to Brown, the Court considered “the manner in which relief [was] to be accorded” for vindication of “the fundamental principle that racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional.” Brown v. Board of Education, 349 U. S. 294, 298 (1955) (Brown II). In doing so, the Court took a boundless view of equitable remedies, describing equity as being “characterized by a practical flexibility in shaping its remedies and by a facility for adjusting and reconciling public and private needs.” ld., at 300 (footnote omitted). That understanding may have justified temporary measures to “overcome the widespread resistance to the dictates of the Constitution” prevalent at that time, but, as a general matter, ” such extravagant uses of judicial power are at odds with the history and tradition of the equity power and the Framers’ design.” Jenkins, 515 U. S., at 125—126 (opinion of THOMAS, J.). Federal courts have the power to grant only the equitable relief “traditionally accorded by courts of eq-
TRUMP
“Here’s the woman who gatekeeps Trump’s social media.”
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/meet-trumps-human-printer-natalie-harp
Her name is Natalie Harp. She’s 32. And she has unbelievable access to the man who might be president again.
Harp, 32, occupies a unique role in the history of presidential campaigns: aide who travels with a portable printer (plus paper and rechargeable batteries in a large bag) whose job is to feed Trump a steady stream of information on 8.5×11″ pieces of paper. That way, the 77-year-old doesn’t have to strain his eyes on a smartphone to read all the news that’s fit to print in MAGAville.
One Incriminating Footnote in Bombshell Trump Classified Docs Report
A new report says —and one footnote reveals exactly what was done with them.
https://newrepublic.com/post/181834/incriminating-footnote-trump-classified-documents-report
The 2023 opinion from U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell reveals that an unnamed witness (Natalie Harp Gatekeeper to the Reich PROPAGANDIST TO OAN – SEE ABOVE) scanned and saved confidential documents onto a laptop owned by Save America PAC, a political action committee formed by Trump in 2020. The detail sheds new light on the depths to which Trump consciously violated federal law.
Republicans are straight up lying about their tax cuts skewed to the wealthy that they’re trying to renew before the end of next year.
We’re decoding the 2025 tax fight right now: https://4taxfairness.substack.com/p/decoding-the-2025-tax-fight
Nepo baby billionaire Timothy Mellon has given at least $25 million to elect RFK Jr.
He has also given at least $25 million to elect Trump.
The two campaigns are the same campaign — with the same donors and the same ultimate goal of putting Trump back in the White House.
THE RUSKIES LOVE THE DONALD PUPPET
REMEMBER THIS ???
Reports: Trump Gave Classified Info To Russians During White House Visit 7 years ago.
Putin Signs Decree Allowing For Use Of U.S. Assets To Compensate For Russian Property Seized By Washington
https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-signs-decree-allowing-to-confiscate-united-states-property-and-assets-in-russia/32960892.html
So Vladimir Putin isn’t holding Evan Gershkovich hostage, Donald Trump is. Gershkovich won’t be released unless you give Donald what he wants.
If you think it’s wild that Nauta pointed up at security cameras in footage because he and trump talked about how to avoid them, wait until you read the indictment and learn that trump also asked nauta to delete the earlier footage after Merrick Garland served a subpoena for the tapes.
Nauta, and Carlos De Oliveira
Count 41: Corruptly #attempting to alter surveillance footage (18 USC 1512(c)(1)) from June 22, 2022 until August 2022.
This is why Cannon is delaying the trial.
She knows it’s a slam dunk case and Trump will be found guilty. Trump also said he’s allowed to break these laws. Ergo, he’s confessed publicly ad nauseam. What’s Latin for “you’re not immune”?
+ About her husband!!!!!
Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles filed 11 amendments to his campaign finance reports Wednesday, acknowledging that his claims for the last two years to have loaned $320,000 to his campaign were not true.
SCOTUS
“This is a racist, misogynist, theocratic cult running an organized crime ring masquerading as the highest court in America.
I’m sick of pretending there is any justice left in this country.
This all needs to be rooted out and rebuilt.”
Pam Keith, Esq. @PamKeithFL
I’m gonna keep repeating it until it sinks in:
1/6 would NOT have happened if Eastman and others did not know they had allies on the SCOTUS.
Alito and Thomas’ comms need to be searched and a full investigation into the SCOTUS is warrantee.
Mark Joseph Stern @mjs_DC
I figured the Supreme Court’s Alexander would be bad. But it’s so much worse than I expected. Alito loaded his majority opinion with traps to make it nearly impossible for any plaintiff to prove racial gerrymandering in court. A full-on gutting of the equal protection clause.
The Supreme Court’s second decision is Alexander v. SC NAACP. By a 6–3 vote, the majority REVERSES a district court decision that had struck down a South Carolina congressional district as a racial gerrymander. Alito writes; all three liberals dissent. https://supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf
HEALTH
We have a leprosy outbreak in central Florida and the experts are telling people not to eat armadillos. Just in case you were wondering how it’s going down here…
Kids are kicked off their parents’ health insurance at 26, but can be forced to take on their parents’ medical debt for the rest of their lives.pro
This is why insurance lobbyists shouldn’t be allowed to buy the politicians who write our healthcare laws.
Pass Medicare for All.
HIP FRACTURE DEADLIER THAN CANCER for elderly. A new study finds only 1/3 of men & 1/2 of women age>=65 still alive 5 years after a hip fracture. In contrast, 5 year cancer survival higher. But we don’t focus on fracture prevention & nutrition enough. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-getting-hip-to-the-dangers-of-fractures-in-the-elderly/