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As opposed to being a wholly owned subsidiary

07 Sunday May 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in meta

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Clarence Thomas, Ethics, meta, right wingnut, troll, trolling, U.S. Supreme Court

In the news:

…In two separate copyright infringement cases concerning the publishing conglomerate Penguin Random House, the high court declined to take up the appeals, with the court saying in 2013 that it wouldn’t hear the first case, and the second case being turned away from the court in 2019 and again in 2020. In both cases, the publisher won at the lower court level, and those decisions stood.

Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who joined the court in 2009 and has been paid millions of dollars from the publisher over the years, declined to recuse herself in all three instances.

Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, who joined the court in 2017 and also has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in book deals with the publisher, declined to disqualify himself from the more recent case when it came before the court for consideration…

…the federal law concerning recusal has long been interpreted as applying to stock ownership on the part of the justice or a close family member…

…Breyer, who retired in 2022, likely recused himself from the cases because he owns stock in a company that for a time had a large stake in Penguin…

Roth, whose group has for years kept track of instances in which justices should have recused themselves from a case, said he could not point to other examples where a justice should have disqualified him or herself from a case concerning their book publisher.

Roth noted that Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson also have books in the works….

Too easy.

As always, we don’t allow ignorant comments out of moderation to be linked with the original post, but we will present some of them in subsequent posts for the purpose of public derision and mockery. As we see fit.

We see fit.

We’ve been getting more attempted trolling comments submitted in response to Eric Schmitt (r) has serious concerns about the financial dealings of Clarence Thom…oh, wait (May 5, 2023):

And surprise, surprise now we see Sotomeyer has received millions from Random House and refused to recuse herself in their cases! I say so what these Justices haven’t changed the way they would vote on any of these cases! Now if she suddenly voted conservative I would be like wow!

You left out Neil Gorsuch (r). How convenient.

Book contracts and royalties, reported on disclosure forms, or unreported vacations, travel, school tuition, to name just a few, provided by a billionaire. If you’ve got a concern with the former, you should definitely have a serious problem with the latter.

“…Now if she suddenly voted conservative I would be like wow!” As opposed to making a decision based on the law and the merits of the case.

Too easy.

Previously:

Fishing or orchestral? (May 7, 2023)

Yeah, sure, because billionaires always buy everyone’s mother’s house, remodel the house, and let mom still live there rent free

01 Monday May 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Eric Schmitt, social media, Uncategorized, US Senate

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Erics Schmitt, Ethics, Fascist pig, gaslighting, right wingnut, U.S. Senate, U.S. Supreme Court

It’s their world, the rest of it only get to live in it.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

Eric Schmitt believes we’re all really stupid.

On Saturday:

[image cropped]

Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
This is an effort to delegitimize the Court — making it easier to pack the Court or ignore rulings they don’t like.

The Court & the Constitution are in their way

The Constitution diffused power to protect liberty— radical Dems are all in on a post-Constitution power grab.
[….]
6:50 AM · Apr 29, 2023

Some of the responses:

The court is completely illegitimate. Dirty from the top. Corrupt just like you.
[….]

The gop , your party, has already packed the courts. We actually need a “counter-packing”. SCOTUS is verifiably corrupt.

Sir, I think the court was delegitimized when Senator McConnell failed to even hold hearings on President Obama’s pick 8 months before an election and then turned around and rushed Barrett’s nomination through three weeks before an election. Hypocrisy seems to be on Republicans.

So, court packing.

You are a disgrace to MO. You don’t see the corruption of the SC because YOU are corrupt!

The court is clearly corrupt. Maybe Mitch and republicans shouldn’t have wiped their asses with the constitution and we wouldn’t be in the spot.

You can’t delegitimize the court any more than the Federalist Society already has.

Ask Mitchy about playing games with the court, son. Look in the mirror.

It’s an effort to root out corruption. Republicans always say is not a problem when republicans are corrupt, then you go off the deep end when it’s a Democrat. The court is clearly corrupt.

Mitch already destroyed the court, not giving Garland proper hearings and rushing Amy, it is not legitimate, but EricSchmitt you never let facts disrupt you carny barker narrative

Well if you set aside lies and bribery, then hell yeah, the court is totally legitimate. [….]

How hard is it to accurately complete a disclosure form? Unfortunately, I really don’t think that you understand.

Well sure, if you ignore all the facts.

There is noooooooooooooooooooo ethics problem only not reporting sales of property, not reporting spousal income, and not reporting expensive junkets paid for billionaires.
Everyone does that, right?
By the way, what are the ethics regulation for the Court?

The court by knowingly, openly, repeatedly taking bribes has already done that.

This court has delegitimized itself. The corruption is vast with these conservative judges and Thomas is the most corrupt of all.

Wtf? Taking free trips from “a friend”. Gtfo Eric. He is compromised. Who has paid you? Thomas gotta go just like you. Oh yeah…who paid Kavanaughs debt and country club bill? Not him. Show us the receipts.

Thomas believes he’s above the law. Million $$ gifts are not appropriate.

Have another beer with Kavanaugh. Who paid his $400,000.00 worth of debt?

Samuel Alito (r) has made his decision, now let him enforce it

21 Friday Apr 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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dissent, Fascist pig, Mifepristone, reproductive health, Samuel Alito, stay, U.S. Supreme Court, womens' rights

ALITO, J., dissenting
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 22A901
DANCO LABORATORIES, LLC v. ALLIANCE FOR
HIPPOCRATIC MEDICINE, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
No. 22A902
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, ET AL. v.
ALLIANCE FOR HIPPOCRATIC MEDICINE, ET AL.
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[April 21, 2023]

Temper tantrum.

…Our granting of a stay of a lower-court decision is an equitable remedy. It should not be given if the moving party has not acted equitably, and that is the situation here. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has engaged in what has become the practice of “leverag[ing]” district court injunctions “as a basis” for implementing a desired policy while evading both necessary agency procedures and judicial review…

…and here, the Government has not dispelled legitimate doubts that it would even obey an unfavorable order in these cases, much less that it would choose to take enforcement actions to which it has strong objections…

2-7, apparently.

Former Missouri Attorney General and Self-described “constitutional lawyer” – on the Judicial Ethics of U.S. Supreme Court Justices

13 Thursday Apr 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, US Senate

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Clarence Thomas, Fascist pig, Josh Hawley, judicial ethics, real estate deal, right wingnut, silence, U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia

Nothing. Zip. Zero.

What’s up with that, Josh (r)?

Damn, if we had only known earlier that someone could be bought for just $133,363.00.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D): on the U.S. Supreme Court

08 Saturday Apr 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress

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5th Congressional District, brazen grifting, Clarence Thomas, court reform, Emanuel Cleaver, judicial ethics, missouri, U.S. Supreme Court

Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D) [2022 file photo].

On Thursday:

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @repcleaver
We need a SCOTUS that the American people know will make decisions based on the rule of law, not luxury trips & gifts provided by GOP billionaires.

This kind of brazenly unethical behavior diminishes Americans’ faith in our justice system—and is why we need court reform.
[….]
11:31 AM · Apr 6, 2023

Amen.

If Title 42 falls in the forest, does COVID-19 make a sound?

27 Tuesday Dec 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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cognitive dissonance, Corona virus, COVID-19, immigration, pandemic, right wingnuts, stay, Title 42, Trump administration, U.S. Supreme Court

Wait, if COVID-19 is a hoax, then Title 42 has always been moot.

Today:

Supreme Court allows border restrictions for asylum seekers to continue for now
December 27, 20224:30 PM ET

EL PASO, Texas – The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling Tuesday, granted a GOP request to prevent the winding down of the Title 42 immigration policy – and agreed to decide in its February argument session whether 19 states that oppose the policy should be allowed to intervene in defense of it in the lower courts.

[….]

Under Title 42, immigration authorities were able to quickly remove many of the migrants they encountered – without giving them a chance to ask for asylum protection or other protections under U.S. law. The restrictions were put in place as a public health order by former President Donald Trump’s administration in March 2020 when COVID-19 was just beginning to surge in this country.

[….]

From the dissent:

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
No. 22A544 (22–592)
ARIZONA, ET AL. v. ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS,
SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
[December 27, 2022]

[….]

Reasonable minds can disagree about the merits of the D. C. Circuit’s intervention ruling. But that case-specific decision is not of special importance in its own right and would not normally warrant expedited review. The D. C. Circuit’s intervention ruling takes on whatever salience it has only because of its presence in a larger underlying dispute about the Title 42 orders. And on that score, it is unclear what we might accomplish. Even if at the end of it all we find that the States are permitted to intervene, and even if the States manage on remand to demonstrate that the Title 42 orders were lawfully adopted, the emergency on which those orders were premised has long since lapsed.

[….]

The only plausible reason for stepping in at this stage that I can discern has to do with the States’ second request. The States contend that they face an immigration crisis at the border and policymakers have failed to agree on adequate measures to address it. The only means left to mitigate the crisis, the States suggest, is an order from this Court directing the federal government to continue its COVID-era Title 42 policies as long as possible…

[….]

But the current border crisis is not a COVID crisis. And courts should not be in the business of perpetuating administrative edicts designed for one emergency only because elected officials have failed to address a different emergency. We are a court of law, not policymakers of last resort.

Even Neil Freakin’ Gorsuch got that much.

On the ballot: an act and its consequence

06 Sunday Nov 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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abortion, Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, election, Kansas City, missouri, Neil Gorsuch, protest, Roe v Wade, sign, Stare Decisis don't mean shit anymore, U.S. Supreme Court

May 4, 2022:

What to Know About the Leaked Supreme Court Abortion Draft Opinion, and What’s Next
[….]
Roughly half of the states will ban abortion almost immediately, and half the states will continue to allow abortion. But it’s important to understand that the long-term agenda of abortion opponents doesn’t end with overturning Roe. What they want is a nationwide ban on abortion. So if you’re in a state like New York or California, where you believe you will have access to abortion even if Roe is overturned, that is true in the short term. But the plan from abortion opponents is to continue to push for a nationwide ban, so that could change.
[….]

May 8, 2022 – abortion rights rally in Kansas City:

“They fucking lied…”

“…and I’m fucking pissed”

A half century of women’s right to privacy, bodily autonomy, and health care agency are gone.

Vote accordingly.

Ruth Roes Her Boat

02 Wednesday Nov 2022

Posted by penroseonpolitics in Uncategorized

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2022 Midterm Election, abortion, Dobbs Decision, Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization, pro-choice, RBG, reproductive freedom, Republican War on Women, Roe vs. Wade, Roe Your Vote, Roevember, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, SCOTUS, U.S. Supreme Court, Women's, women's health care, Women's health services, Women's Reproductive Rights, women's rights, Women's rights are human rights

Then it’s well past time to expand the Supreme Court

23 Thursday Jun 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in Uncategorized

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court expansion, gun violence, guns, Joe Biden, Merrick Garland, Mitch McConnell, U.S. Supreme Court, White House

Mitch McConnell (r) unilaterally reduced the U.S. Supreme Court to eight for almost a year. Fancy that.

Today from the White House:

Statement by President Joe Biden on Supreme Court Ruling on Guns
JUNE 23, 2022

[….]
I am deeply disappointed by the Supreme Court’s ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. Since 1911, the State of New York has required individuals who would like to carry a concealed weapon in public to show a need to do so for the purpose of self-defense and to acquire a license. More than a century later, the United States Supreme Court has chosen to strike down New York’s long-established authority to protect its citizens. This ruling contradicts both common sense and the Constitution, and should deeply trouble us all.

In the wake of the horrific attacks in Buffalo and Uvalde, as well as the daily acts of gun violence that do not make national headlines, we must do more as a society — not less — to protect our fellow Americans. I remain committed to doing everything in my power to reduce gun violence and make our communities safer. I have already taken more executive actions to reduce gun violence than any other President during their first year in office, and I will continue to do all that I can to protect Americans from gun violence.

I urge states to continue to enact and enforce commonsense laws to make their citizens and communities safer from gun violence. As the late Justice Scalia recognized, the Second Amendment is not absolute. For centuries, states have regulated who may purchase or possess weapons, the types of weapons they may use, and the places they may carry those weapons. And the courts have upheld these regulations.

I call on Americans across the country to make their voices heard on gun safety. Lives are on the line.

It’s time to expand the court.

Stare decisis don’t mean shit

02 Monday May 2022

Posted by Michael Bersin in social media, Uncategorized

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abortion, Fascism, Republic of Gilead, Roe v Wade, Stare decisis, Susan Collins, U.S. Supreme Court

Pre 1973 2022 medical instruments.

Breaking news this evening – an extensive U.S. Supreme Court draft majority opinion by Samuel Alito has been leaked indicating the court will reverse Roe v Wade (1973).

SCOTUSblog @SCOTUSblog
The document leaked to Politico is almost certainly an authentic draft opinion by J. Alito that reflects what he believes at least 5 members of the Court have voted to support — overruling Roe. But as Alito’s draft, it does not reflect the comments or reactions of other Justices.
7:56 PM · May 2, 2022

We all know who is responsible:

Pre 1973 2022 medical equipment.

One pointed response:

Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance
Thanks, Susan Collins
8:13 PM · May 2, 2022

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