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Aaand #Gorsuch can f🤬ck all the way off!

"Justice neil gorsuch had a plain message when asked about President Biden’s new #SupremeCourt reform proposal: “Be careful.”

His rare interview (on Fox) came days before the release of his new book, “Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law,” which Gorsuch co-wrote with one of his former clerks.

In the book, Gorsuch details what he sees as the downsides of overregulation and an explosion of laws."
#FixTheCourt #scotus 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas received millions in gifts over 20 years, group says

by Dan Morrison
June 7, 2024

"#SupremeCourt #JusticeClarenceThomas has accepted more than $2 million in gifts over the last 20 years, according to a new analysis, far eclipsing the value of those received by his fellow justices.

"A report released Thursday by the advocacy group #FixTheCourt said the value of 93 gifts to all of Thomas’ fellow justices between 2004 and 2023 were totaled $248,000, while Thomas alone received 103 gifts worth $2.4 million.

"In addition to that haul, Fix the Court flagged another 101 'likely gifts' to Thomas worth nearly $1.8 million stemming from free luxury travel and lodging he received from #billionaire #HarlanCrow and others."

Read more:
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#ImpeachJusticeThomas
#ScotusIsCorrupt #SCROTUS
#SCOTUS #ImpeachClarenceThomas
#ScrotusSunday #ErikPrince

USA TODAY · Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas received millions in gifts over 20 years, group saysBy , USA TODAY
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The decision is all but certain to prompt challenges to the actions of an array of federal agencies, including those regulating the environment, health care and consumer safety.

The #supremeCourt vote was 6 to 3, along ideological lines.

“Chevron is overruled,” Chief Justice Roberts wrote for the majority. “Courts must exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority.”
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#FixTheCourt 👇👇
nytimes.com/2024/06/28/us/supr

The Supreme Court has overturned major precedents in each of the last three terms: on abortion in 2022, on affirmative action in 2023 and now on the power of administrative agencies.
The New York Times · Supreme Court’s Chevron Ruling Limits Power of Federal AgenciesBy Adam Liptak
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Henning Deters

#Data on more than 500 gifts accepted by the Supreme Court’s justices since 2000, with an estimated total value of $4.76 million, published by #FixTheCourt. H/t the amazing "Data are plural" newsletter. fixthecourt.com/2024/06/a-stag

Fix the Court · A Staggering Tally: Supreme Court Justices Accepted Hundreds of Gifts Worth Millions of Dollars - Fix the CourtFollowing the groundbreaking reporting from ProPublica and other outlets, FTC ventured to compile all the SCOTUS gifts, found a few unreported ones Ahead of tomorrow’s expected release of the justices’ financial disclosure reports, Fix the Court today is unveiling a list of the gifts the justices have received over the years, and the numbers are […]
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#leonardLeo got a massive $1.6B gift from Barre Seid to fund his agenda through a group called the Marble Freedom Trust, which counts Leo as a trustee & chairman. It's transferred tens of millions to the Concord Fund, which has also paid millions to Leo’s for-profit business.

In 1 year, the Concord Fund, aka the Judicial Crisis Network, received $53M. That same year, Marble Freedom Trust reported giving $55M to the Concord Fund. #federalistSociety #fedSoc #FixTheCourt
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A Staggering Tally: #SupremeCourt Justices Accepted Hundreds of Gifts Worth Millions of Dollars

“Ahead of tomorrow’s expected release of the justices’ financial disclosure reports, Fix the Court today is unveiling a list of the gifts the justices have received over the years, and the numbers are staggering: in the last two decades, the justices have accepted 344 gifts valued at $2,993,036.

If one includes another 101 gifts that Justice Thomas likely received over those 20 years…that number jumps to 445 gifts valued at $4,780,720.

#ClarenceThomas #SamuelAlito #FixtheCourt fixthecourt.com/2024/06/a-stag

Text Shot: All told, the number of gifts FTC identified that were accepted by the current nine, plus the eight who’ve left the court since 2004 (Justices Rehnquist, Stevens, O’Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg and Breyer) is 546, valued at $4,755,147. Adding in Thomas’ 126 likely gifts since his confirmation, that tally comes to 672 gifts valued at $6,592,657. These numbers are largely based on last year’s groundbreaking work by ProPublica and includes data from stories in the New York Times, L.A. Times, the congressional record, annual disclosures and FTC’s own research, led by law clerks Olivia Rae Okun-Dubitsky and Ashley Alarcon.
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DrBob, Neurologist, 🧠Mechanic

Ugh 😡😡😡

Gifts accepted by Supreme Court Justices 🤯

A Supreme Court watchdog organization has prepared a summary of gifts accepted by #SupremeCourt justices. See Fix the Court, A Staggering Tally: Supreme Court Justices Accepted Hundreds of Gifts Worth Millions of Dollars.

Per the analysis prepared by Fix the Court, Justice Thomas has received gifts valued at more than $4 million during his tenure on the Court. See chart below, prepared by #FixTheCourt

#ClarenceThomas #SamuelAlito
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Text Shot: John Roberts has abdicated his responsibility as the Chief Justice of the United States. Congress must act if Roberts won’t accept responsibility for fixing the scandals on the Court. For that to happen, we need to expand our margin of control in the Senate, flip the House, and re-elect Joe Biden. There is no other path forward.
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'As he attempts a return to the White House, Trump has made his own nominees to the #supremeCourt a selling point, and promised additional conservative selections if he were to win.

“Many presidents never get the opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court justice. I had three. They are gold,” he said at a 2023 speech at the Moms for Liberty summit. “Maybe we’ll get three or four more. Can you imagine?”'

CAN YOU?!?! #FixTheCourt
cnn.com/2024/05/29/politics/bi

CNN · Biden pledges to name progressives to the Supreme Court, suggesting he expects vacanciesBy Kevin Liptak
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'Justice #Sotomayor, the most senior liberal on the 'conservative' #SupremeCourt, told a Harvard audience Friday that she sometimes cries after the court hands down its decisions– and she suggested there may be more tears ahead...' #understatement

“There are days that I’ve come to my office after an announcement of a case and closed my door and cried...There have been those days. AND THERE ARE LIKELY TO BE MORE.” #SCOTUS #FixTheCourt
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Jonathan Emmesedi

The US Supreme Court can be reformed without a constitutional amendment. As the conclusion of this statement from Fix the Court's Gabe Roth suggests, a squeeze on funding might persuade the justices to adopt an enforceable code of ethics.

Look elsewhere on the Fix The Court site for other reform measures that stand some chance of realization.

Statement on the Latest SCOTUS Ethics Scandal | Fix the Court

fixthecourt.com/2024/05/statem

Fix the Court · Statement on the Latest SCOTUS Ethics Scandal - Fix the CourtFix the Court’s Gabe Roth released this statement: Whenever I hear about or uncover a Supreme Court ethics controversy, my first question is often, what if this were about a lower-court judge and not a justice? If a Judge Alito flew a “Stop the Steal” symbol at his house, any American could file a complaint with […]
#USPolitics#USLaw#SupremeCourt
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He has led calls on the court for reversal of a unanimous 1984 #SupremeCourt decision that gives federal agencies considerable regulatory latitude and that, 'coincidentally' traces to his mother’s tenure. The court will hear a pair of cases on Wednesday testing that 40-year-old case known as #Chevron USA, Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, which has become the touchstone for resolving conflicts over agency power. (3/3) #environment #FixTheCourt
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maybe if we ignore it, it will just go away🤨

Roberts sidesteps Supreme Court’s ethics controversies in yearly report

“The court’s reputation remains marred by ethics controversies involving lavish travel and gifts, and public approval ratings remain low following high court rulings to overturn long-standing precedent.

But Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. did not address any of those contemporary issues Sunday in his annual “Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary.”

#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #Alito #billionaires #ethics #FixTheCourt
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Text Shot: Public approval of the Supreme Court remains at historically low levels, reflecting a dip that followed its 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminate the nationwide right to abortion. The court has also faced immense public pressure and criticism following news reports that some justices accepted, but did not disclose, luxury travel funded by billionaire friends.
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The #supremeCourt grants of certiorari before judgment:

1988 to 2004: 3 times
2005-2018: 0 times
2019 through 2022: 19 TIMES!!!

The fact that they didn't bother to give *any* kind of explanation for denying it in one of the most vital AND TIME-SENSITIVE cases to ever come before the court only speaks to their general belief that we plebes don't deserve ANY visibility into their machinations (because you can't have accountability without visibility). #FixTheCourt
scotusblog.com/2022/01/the-ris

SCOTUSblog · The rise of certiorari before judgment - SCOTUSblogFor obvious reasons, the Supreme Court’s decision on Monday to grant certiorari in a pair of cases challenging race-based affirmative action in higher education drew major headlines. Less well noticed was a curious procedural feature of the second case, Students for Fair Admissions v. University of
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