Supreme Court Watch

That would be awesome! I wonder how it will come about. It is still infuriating that Twitler and Moscow Mitch were able to ram and jam those three onto the court.

And thank you Susan Collins. 🙄 

@enkasongwriter yes to 3 being removed? Any chance Alito is on your yes? I had a voice in the back of my thoughts mentioned car crash when I thought about Alito. But I don’t know if it is intuitive or just anger. And honestly if it is my anger talking, I don’t want to hear it right now. 

@April Alito, ACB, Gorsuch, and Thomas will step down; Kavanaugh will be removed. I see Biden packing the courts with two new justices but the other two will be replacements.

I feel that Kavanaugh and Thomas will not be on the court at some point in about two years from now...I don't see them. Thomas due to the Jan 6 investigation and his wife. Kavanaugh it is more money related, having something to do with his gambling addiction that links him to being paid by someone.

I would love if ACB or Alito left too. Hec all 5 of them is fine with me :)

@triciact, I agree with you about both Thomas and Kavanaugh.  I see that as well.  I sense Thomas' departure will be soon, although I know "soon" is open to interpretation.  Logically I would think Thomas would hang on through the mid-terms, unless circumstances (with his wife?) force him out sooner.  I believe a few others also predicted both departures. 

I'm not seeing ACB or Alito leaving, but hope springs eternal!

@deetoo 

I agree that Thomas will hang in through mid terms. He'll go first, then Kavanaugh. Now what would be very interesting, is if during the J6 Investigation and the DOJ's part in the TFG investigation of their own, would be if TFG is found to be an illegitimate POTUS. IF that were to ever be discovered, even in a year or two, I wonder if ALL his appointees would be off the court?

@triciact, now that's an interesting question.  I can't see that ever  happening, but that's not my intuition talking.  And we are in a lot of unchartered territory.  I wonder, though, since the Senate makes the final decision on these SC nominees, if that could happen.  I think we need some of our attorneys to weigh in!

Very upsetting news on the EPA court ruling.  I knew this was likely and this is the "other shoe" I felt coming.

My head is swearing!  A lot!

The Supreme Court on Thursday curbed the EPA’s ability to broadly regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants, a defeat for the Biden administration’s attempts to slash emissions at a moment when scientists are sounding alarms about the accelerating pace of global warming.

In addition, the court cut back the agency's authority in general, invoking the so-called “major questions” doctrine – a ruling that could impact the authority of all federal agencies to regulate in other areas of policy, as well as regulation of the internet and worker safety.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-swearing-in/h_688bfbd9cba5c5e28cb0335f1915f327

Biden wants to drop the filibuster rules to put abortion laws in place.  He might want to do that for a few other things as well. 

This is not good at all.  IT will become 50 countries and more like the European Union than the United States.Well, the EU is more United.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/30/politics/biden-abortion-rights-filibuster/index.html

@lovendures 

Perhaps one of our wonderful attorneys can chime in here, but can't the supreme court ruling be ignored by congress, if congress deems the decision to be national security issue?  I would think ignoring science and going against federal laws that secure our entire species/national security might be a way to halt that kind of ruling.....?

Some SCOTUS rulings have been ignored in the past. For instance Lincoln ignored a SCOTUS ruling saying slaves could not be freed because it would deprive slave owns of their due process.

Lincoln said that the ruling was unconstitutional and ignored it. I believe it was later overturned.

Supposedly FDR also ignored a SCOTUS ruling. Something about Social Security being illegal. The rumor is that he threaten to expand the court until the gave in, which they supposedly did. (I say supposedly because I have not been able to verify the FDR story).