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“We’re not imperial”: Elena Kagan contradicts Alito, says “of course Congress can regulate” SCOTUS — “It just can’t be that the court is the only institution that somehow is not subject to checks and balances”

salon.com/2023/08/04/were-not-

#scotusregulation #checksandbalances #elenakagan #alitocontradiction #imperialcourt #congresspower #politics #news

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Annhattan · @annhattan
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'In a shot across the bow of this court, in her dissent to Biden v. Nebraska, wrote that “the Court, by deciding this case, exercises authority it does not have. It violates the Constitution.”
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Bruce Mirken · @BruceMirken
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Do read Mark Joseph Stern's takedown of ' utterly bogus reasoning in the case -- and his snotty, bullshit response to completely legit criticism by .
slate.com/news-and-politics/20

#scotus #elenakagan #studentdebt #johnroberts

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The US Supreme Court made its decision today in a copyright case involving whether Andy Warhol's use of a photo of Prince taken by photographer Lynn Goldsmith was allowed as a fair use. The Court said Nope.

Justice Elena Kagan minced no words in telling her colleagues how badly they fucked up. The conclusion of her dissent is on the next page of this post.

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supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pd

#lynngoldsmith #andywarhol #fairuse #copyright #dissent #elenakagan #scotus #ussupremecourt

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Nonilex · @Nonilex
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said one could question why provided such protections when passing of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which has been interpreted by courts to provide wide from lawsuits when the sites post content from outside parties.

“But she drew laughter when she wondered how far SCOTUS should go in cutting back such protection.

“‘You know, these are not like the nine greatest experts on the internet’ said.”

#scotus #justice #elenakagan #congress #section230 #immunity #justicekagan #notanexpert

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