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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> ruled that under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>civil</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RICO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RICO</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> a plaintiff may seek treble damages for business or property loss even if the loss resulted from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalInjury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalInjury</span></a>. It’s a win for truck driver Douglas Horn who was fired when he failed a drug test after taking a tincture that said it only contained <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CBD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CBD</span></a>.</p><p>Opinion from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmyConeyBarrett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmyConeyBarrett</span></a>, 5-4, in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MedicalMarijuana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalMarijuana</span></a>, Inc v Horn. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> filed a dissent. Brett <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kavanaugh</span></a> filed a dissent, joined by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a>, &amp; Samuel <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-365_6k47.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pd</span><span class="invisible">f/23-365_6k47.pdf</span></a></p>
Kevin Russell<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@MotherJones2021" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MotherJones2021</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@motherjones2021/mother-jones-o1tabn8ez" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mother-jones-MotherJones2021</span></a></span> </p><p>I had no respect (ha) for Alito, the crumbly cult far right goof. But this is complete capitulation to ending the constitution.</p><p>God knows what was promised him, to betray the nation that lifted him up. Shame.</p><p>A shame filled traitor.</p><p>Alito. Un traditore pieno di vergogna.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nusk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tesla</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alito</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vergogna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vergogna</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>As Trump Dodges Court Orders, Samuel Alito Suggests Obeying Judges Optional<br><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/samuel-alito-lower-courts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/samuel-alito-lower-courts</span></a></p><p>SCOTUS justice touts flouting democratic norms after taking part in a decades-long efforts to weaken democratic rights</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PresidentialImmunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialImmunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JudicialMisconduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialMisconduct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whiteSupremacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whiteSupremacism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a></p><p>Background: Transphobia, transgenocide<br><a href="https://persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide/docs/transgenocide.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">persagen.org/wpi/transgenocide</span><span class="invisible">/docs/transgenocide.pdf</span></a></p><p>CAVE: collaborate, advocate, vote, educate</p>
jeff<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DickensianGhoul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DickensianGhoul</span></a> WTAF "lose forever"? Don't waste dollars on that pesky "surplus population" you know, the ones that, unlike him, lost the birth lottery ://</p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Alito “Stunned” By Court Exercising Judicial Power He Championed &amp; Expanded Just Months Ago<br><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/06/alito-stunned-by-court-exercising-judicial-power-he-championed-expanded-just-months-ago/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/03/06/alito-</span><span class="invisible">stunned-by-court-exercising-judicial-power-he-championed-expanded-just-months-ago/</span></a></p><p>"Here’s a puzzle: When does a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> justice believe courts can review executive branch decisions? The answer, at least for Justice <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>, appears to be “whenever a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a> is president, but only then.”</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SamuelAlito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelAlito</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judges</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In other words, Justices Samuel <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NeilGorsuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilGorsuch</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrettKavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrettKavanaugh</span></a> don’t believe in the power of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a>, their own power, or the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a>.</p><p>They believe that the president is in fact above the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> — as long as that president is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.</p><p>Here is the order, Alito’s self sabotaging dissent starts on page 2.</p><p><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a831_3135.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pd</span><span class="invisible">f/24a831_3135.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DeadBeatPresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeadBeatPresident</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aid</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Judge Ali should consider "the feasibility of any compliance deadlines," <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> added.</p><p>4 conservative justices dissented from the denial of the application, w/Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> writing that Ali did not have "unchecked power to compel the government to pay out ... 2 billion taxpayer dollars."</p><p>"I am stunned," Alito added.</p><p>The other dissenters were Justices <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NeilGorsuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilGorsuch</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrettKavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrettKavanaugh</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DeadBeatPresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeadBeatPresident</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In asking <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> to take the case from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a>, the coalition’s lawyer, Paul Clement, invoked the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RoeVWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoeVWade</span></a>. In that ruling, known as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dobbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dobbs</span></a> v. Jackson Women’s Health Org, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> cited the court’s 2000 decision on buffer zones as an example of an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a>-related case that had “distorted First Amendment doctrines.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Justices <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> &amp; Samuel <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> dissented [of course], w/Thomas writing that the court’s decision not to review the case from Illinois was “an abdication of our judicial duty” that allows constitutional rights to “hang in the balance.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctors</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WomensHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Yoshimatsu ✅🇺🇸 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ProPublica</span></a></span> With friends like those, who needs to worry about making enemies. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> and <a href="https://toot.community/tags/UncleThom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UncleThom</span></a> remind me of those angry, barky ankle biters socialites lead around on a leash.</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TreasuryTakeover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TreasuryTakeover</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> </p><p>UPDATE</p><p>*<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BusinessInsider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessInsider</span></a> has procured a list of the (so far) 30 people working for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoPresident" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoPresident</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>*</p><p>(12/n)</p><p>...organization." </p><p>"...Other names...include <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JacobAltik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JacobAltik</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KeenanKmiec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeenanKmiec</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StephanieHolmes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StephanieHolmes</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Altik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Altik</span></a> was selected to clerk for Justice <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeilGorsuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilGorsuch</span></a> for the term starting in October 2025, while <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kmiec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kmiec</span></a> clerked for Chief Justice <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a>, as well as for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SamuelAlito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelAlito</span></a> while <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> was still a federal circuit judge....</p>
Six Grandfathers Mountain<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@spocko" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>spocko</span></a></span><br>RE<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> BELIEVES Trump's bulls*** &amp; what it means...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpDistraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpDistraction</span></a> (unfortunately) is working, many folks are full of (it) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a></p><p>⭕That's the BS that distracts from "Trump company is not banning private foreign deals, they released a voluntary ethics agreement Jan 10, allowing it to strike deals with private foreign companies"</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@emptywheel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emptywheel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@nicolesandler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nicolesandler</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@lolgop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lolgop</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@rpardee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rpardee</span></a></span><br>Yes and Tobargan rides are dangerous</p><p>Jan 10 2025<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-business-ethics-white-paper-foreign-deals-golf-hotels-260a4343d52bb21614f04cfded7fd19a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/donald-trum</span><span class="invisible">p-business-ethics-white-paper-foreign-deals-golf-hotels-260a4343d52bb21614f04cfded7fd19a</span></a></p>
Spocko<p>I just heard <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@emptywheel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emptywheel</span></a></span> explain that Alito BELIEVES Trump's bulls*** &amp; what it means for future rulings.<br>Listen live at 5ET/2PT at youtu.be/Mu90iVJZVCU or <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@nicolesandler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nicolesandler</span></a></span> <br>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JackSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JackSmith</span></a> report release is covered too. Check it out!<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@lolgop" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lolgop</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a></p>
Babs E. Blue #IStandW/Zelensky<p>The crux of the <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a>/Trump conversation the other nt. Alito, “Hey Don buddy go ahead &amp; send that appeal of sentencing to us but we’re gonna throw the American public a bone &amp; let them think we’re still fair. Don’t worry we’ll have Barrett &amp; Roberts be the traitors -giving them some cover for the future decision we will throw your way - u know- vacating your conviction on appeal - why else do u think we granted u immunity ? Bye Don - hey- that $ u promised if I retire-how much was that again?</p>
jackhutton 🇺🇸<p>What? [NYTimes]: How a Phone Call Drew Alito Into a Trump Loyalty Squabble</p><p>The phone call centered on a former law clerk of Justice Alito’s. In the eyes of the Trump team, the clerk still needed to prove his loyalty to the president-elect.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/us/politics/alito-trump-phone-call-ethics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oE4.IMyd.vDGukd3d0M7O&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/01/09/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/alito-trump-phone-call-ethics.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oE4.IMyd.vDGukd3d0M7O&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alito</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scotus</span></a> </p><p>Alito should have recused.</p>
OUR COMMON GROUND<p>🍸 : Evening thoughts</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> is a liar; <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClarenceThomasForSale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomasForSale</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Kavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kavanaugh</span></a> is a liar; <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> is a liar. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> has both a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethics</span></a> problem. Recusal is not a resolution to crimes against oath of office or federal law.<br><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/raskin-recusal-alito-trump-hush-money" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/raskin-r</span><span class="invisible">ecusal-alito-trump-hush-money</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"The president-elect reportedly had a private call with Justice <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SamuelAlito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamuelAlito</span></a> on Tuesday... Hours later, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> filed a request with the court to dismiss his hush-money sentencing.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> spoke with Trump to recommend one of his former law clerks to a position within the forthcoming administration. Then, the following day, Trump’s lawyers had their own request of the bench: Block Trump’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> hush-money sentencing"<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/190037/donald-trump-samuel-alito-supreme-court-hush-money" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/190037/do</span><span class="invisible">nald-trump-samuel-alito-supreme-court-hush-money</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Laffy<p>Good try. Won’t faze Alito though. </p><p>Via Scott MacFarlane:</p><p>Rep Jamie <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Raskin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Raskin</span></a> (D-MD), urges Justice Sam <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alito</span></a> recuse from Trump NY case </p><p>“Having a personal telephone conversation with (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>) while he has active interests in matters currently pending before the court is plainly sufficient to trigger a situation in which.. impartiality might be questioned”</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;On Wednesday, Trump’s lawyers asked the U.S. Supreme Court to extend &#39;a sitting President’s complete immunity from criminal prosecution&#39; to the &#39;Presidential transition&#39; period or, at the least, to stop the sentencing while appeals continue.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Alito</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>immunity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <br />/6</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;Donald Trump is freely sharing his plans to run a nation where laws apply to others but not him — a framework encouraged by Chief Justice John Roberts — and their arguments are reaching a crescendo this week.&quot;</p><p>~ Chris Geidner</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Alito</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>immunity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/RuleofLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RuleofLaw</span></a> <br />/5</p><p><a href="https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-is-laying-out-his-legal-takeover" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lawdork.com/p/trump-is-laying-</span><span class="invisible">out-his-legal-takeover</span></a></p>
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