Nonilex · @Nonilex
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But eventually most of these issues are likely to be resolved by , & the court’s 6-member -appointed majority has generally ruled in ways that favor the -policy priorities reflected in the actions. That inclination was most dramatically demonstrated in last year’s decision, when the Court overturned the to .

#scotus #republican #conservative #social #redstate #dobbs #constitutional #right #abortion

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Andrew Leahey · @andrew
3485 followers · 7895 posts · Server esq.social

Mon 9/11 - Executives go Mum on DEI, Eastman Tries More Tricks, Gas-to-crypto on the rise, Biden Admin's Social Media Muzzle Loosened and Meadows Fails to Remove to Federal Court

mentions by execs down after decision gutting affirmative action, tries more nonsense, the rise of gas-to-crypto, admin’s social media limitations lifted some and fails to remove to fed court.

@law

minimumcomp.com/p/mon-911-exec

#dei #scotus #eastman #biden #meadows #lawfedi

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Vic Bonilla · @vbonilla
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John Refior · @jrefior
365 followers · 2795 posts · Server hachyderm.io

"Corporations did not have the same corporate veil of protection that are enjoyed today.

"The shift towards corporations gaining more power and control happened as the US progressed towards industrialization. The Civil War wildly enriched corporations and with this new wealth came bribes to legislators and courts that allowed for increased liability protection and other corporate protections. The 1886 case Santa Clara v. Southern Pacific decided that were people"

#scotus #corporations

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Philip Cardella · @philip_cardella
745 followers · 10700 posts · Server historians.social

newrepublic.com/article/175403

One of the better take downs of . My only quibble is the use of the phrase "reigned in". Reigned in suggests regaining control of a horse.

Alito needs to be removed and prosecuted.

#alito #scotus #uspol #politics

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Michael Argentini · @argentini
69 followers · 130 posts · Server nonsequiturs.social

Everyone is pro-life with exceptions. We just disagree on the exceptions.

#roevwade #roe #scotus

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Nonilex · @Nonilex
928 followers · 3368 posts · Server masto.ai

Excellent reporting by @HeidiReports it continues & gets even crazier w/millions going to ; characters such as , & more submit amicus briefs & attempt to influence ; a clerk & assoc briefs SCOTUS on the anti- anti- case; the 2016 election; groomed judges , & get appointed.
Recommended read.

#ginnithomas #johneastman #cletamitchell #scotus #carrieseverino #clarencethomas #leonardleo #jep #abortion #obamacare #hobbylobby #trump #federalistsociety #amyconeybarrett #brettkavanaugh #neilgorsuch

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Nonilex · @Nonilex
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…The application was approved 7 days before joined the 5-4 majority on a decision that would open the door to a new era of major on groups like the one his wife was forming. After putting up $500k, the lion’s share of her ’s seed money, held an event for at his palatial home in Dallas. The group later made clear its goal was disassembling President Barack ’s agenda, mainly the .

#clarencethomas #spending #nonprofit #harlancrow #ginnithomas #obama #affordablecareact #darkmoney #scotus #corruption

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Nonilex · @Nonilex
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Now, is a focus of interest from congressional committees probing ’s disclosures. have demanded that & provide a list of “gifts, payments, or other items of value” they’ve given & her husband.

Meanwhile, Leo’s network of *nonprofits* — whose annual donations have skyrocketed into the hundreds of millions of dollars — is the subject of an investigation by the DC AG….

#libertyconsulting #scotus #ethics #senate #democrats #leonardleo #harlancrow #ginnithomas

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Nonilex · @Nonilex
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A key aide, Sarah Field, would come aboard to help manage the group, which they called .

After Liberty Central went public, it provoked an outcry over a justice’s wife promoting causes like overturning that were before her husband’s court. Leo & Thomas changed gears. His network reactivated a dormant group, the , which would go on to become a major supplier of before the nation’s highest court.

#leonardleo #ginnithomas #libertycentral #scotus #obamacare #judicialeducationproject #amicusbriefs

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Nonilex · @Nonilex
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The activists included leader &his ideological soulmate, a hard-edged activist named , the wife of Justice .
“Ginni really wanted to build an organization & be a movement leader. Leonard [Leo] was going to be the conduit of that” said a person familiar….
She also had… , the… who helped Thomas & her husband in many ways, from to picking up payments for their great-nephew.

#federalistsociety #leonardleo #ginnithomas #scotus #clarencethomas #harlancrow #billionaire #funding #luxury #vacations #tuition

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Kailee ♾️ · @skykiss
1836 followers · 2051 posts · Server sfba.social

Legal News

Here’s a good overview of the creepy intermingling of dark billionaire money, phony front groups, far-right extremists, and the United States Supreme Court

What Ginni Thomas and Leonard Leo wrought: How a justice’s wife and a key activist started a movement

Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, a trove of so-called “dark money” was about to be unleashed. Two activists prepared to seize the moment.

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politico.com/news/2023/09/10/g

#scotus #corruption

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· @pdougmc
88 followers · 2578 posts · Server mastodon.cloud

Mark Meadows is back in the headlines again for his diligent efforts to subvert the outcome of the 2020 presidential election—but somehow, the fact that Ginni Thomas, the wife of a sitting justice, was texting him to urge that he do precisely this act has fallen away almost completely. Somehow, it’s been cleansed and purified.

slate.com/news-and-politics/20 via @slate

#scotus

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John Refior · @jrefior
365 followers · 2792 posts · Server hachyderm.io

The timeline is damning.

“The 2010 Citizens United decision transformed politics. It loosened restrictions on campaign spending and unleashed a flow of anonymous donor money to groups run by political activists.

“In the months before the ruling, a group of conservative activists [including Virginia Thomas, Leonard Leo, and Harlan Crow] came together to create just such an organization."
politico.com/news/2023/09/10/g
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#corruption #gop #elections #impeach #scotus

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Cosmo · @wonkcosmo
73 followers · 1556 posts · Server masto.ai

The Clarence Thomas and Elon stories this week are just jaw dropping. What a fucking disgrace that Congress isn’t willing to bring these assholes in for a hearing. Preaching to the choir here I know but god damn this shits so depressing.

#politics #elon #scotus

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· @pdougmc
88 followers · 2569 posts · Server mastodon.cloud

What Ginni Thomas and Leonard Leo wrought: How a justice’s wife and a key activist started a movement
Thanks to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, a trove of so-called “dark money” was about to be unleashed. Two activists prepared to seize the moment. politico.com/news/2023/09/10/g

#scotus

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Manish Vij · @vij
144 followers · 10695 posts · Server sfba.social

’ ‘application to create a nonprofit… which would benefit from her husband’s upcoming [] ruling, was approved 7 days before the decision… with Justice Thomas objecting to disclosure’ x.com/heidireports/status/1700

#ginnithomas #scotus

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Nonilex · @Nonilex
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The had argued that ’s ruling was overly broad & could “chill” a wide range of lawful communications between the govt & companies, especially in the face of .…

Any of the order would bring the debate over before , which is already expected to take up conflicting appeals court rulings over state social media this year.

#doj #doughty #socialmedia #public #emergencies #appeal #online #speech #scotus #laws

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Nonilex · @Nonilex
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The judges also said there was NO evidence that the ’s communications w/the platforms “went beyond educating the platforms on ‘tools & techniques’ used by foreign actors.”

The did not immediately respond to requests for comment, & it was not immediately clear if it would the ruling. The order will take effect in 10 days, unless the government seeks intervention from .

#statedepartment #doj #appeal #scotus

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