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DoomsdaysCW<p>Clarence Thomas Faces Recusal Call From Democrats After Wife's Comment</p><p>Story by Kaitlin Lewis<br>September 10, 2024</p><p>"Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have called on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> Justice <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> to recuse himself from cases involving a religious legal group after his wife reportedly thanked the conservative organization for its efforts to block Supreme Court reform.</p><p>"Thomas, a conservative appointed by former President <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeorgeHWBush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeHWBush</span></a> in 1991, has been one of the justices at the center of calls for court reform after it was revealed that he has accepted millions of dollars in gifts from some top <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RepublicanDonors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanDonors</span></a> without disclosing the items and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LuxuryVacations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LuxuryVacations</span></a> to the court. Questions of Thomas' impartiality were also raised after his wife, conservative activist Ginni Thomas, pressured officials to overturn the 2020 election results in favor of former President Donald Trump.</p><p>"Investigative outlet <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPublica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProPublica</span></a> first reported last week that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GinniThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GinniThomas</span></a> recently praised conservative legal group <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstLibertyInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstLibertyInstitute</span></a> in an email to the firm's president and CEO, Kelly Shackelford, for the organization's work in opposing change to the High Court."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/clarence-thomas-faces-recusal-call-from-democrats-after-wife-s-comment/ar-AA1qhrqa?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&amp;cvid=398ed4e8afc44324839a6d16b9a3560a&amp;ei=8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/politics/cl</span><span class="invisible">arence-thomas-faces-recusal-call-from-democrats-after-wife-s-comment/ar-AA1qhrqa?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&amp;cvid=398ed4e8afc44324839a6d16b9a3560a&amp;ei=8</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImpeachClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachClarenceThomas</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArrestGinniThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArrestGinniThomas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImpeachClarenceThomasYesterday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachClarenceThomasYesterday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImpeachJusticeThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachJusticeThomas</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScotusIsCorrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScotusIsCorrupt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/January6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>January6</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HeritageFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Academi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Theocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theocracy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPPs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigOilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandWithStandingRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithStandingRock</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GinniThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GinniThomas</span></a> expressed her appreciation in an email sent to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KellyShackelford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KellyShackelford</span></a>, an influential litigator whose clients have won cases at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>. Shackelford runs the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstLibertyInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstLibertyInstitute</span></a>, a $25 million-a-year organization that describes itself as “the largest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> organization in the nation dedicated exclusively to defending religious liberty for all Americans.”</p><p>Shackelford read Thomas’ email aloud on a July 31 private call w/his group’s top donors.</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/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a></p>
Democracy Labs<p>How MAGA SUPREME COURT Justices and FIRST LIBERTY Steal Your Freedoms<br><a href="https://thedemlabs.org/2024/09/07/how-maga-supreme-court-justices-and-first-liberty-steal-your-freedoms/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thedemlabs.org/2024/09/07/how-</span><span class="invisible">maga-supreme-court-justices-and-first-liberty-steal-your-freedoms/</span></a><br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/firstlibertyinstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firstlibertyinstitute</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Ginni Thomas Praises Group Working Against U.S. Supreme Court Reform<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ginni-thomas-email-scotus-ethics-reform-first-liberty-institute" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/ginni-t</span><span class="invisible">homas-email-scotus-ethics-reform-first-liberty-institute</span></a></p><p>* First Liberty Institute’s Kelly Shackelford: call w. donors<br>* read supportive email f. Ginni Thomas<br>* leader of religious-rights group labels SCOTUS Justice Elena Kagan “treasonous” for backing stronger ethics code</p><p><a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/09/04/ginni-thomas-privately-praised-group-opposing-reform-thank-you-so-so-so-much_partner" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2024/09/04/ginni-tho</span><span class="invisible">mas-privately-praised-group-opposing-reform-thank-you-so-so-so-much_partner</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</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/GinniThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GinniThomas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnablingFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnablingFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstLibertyInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstLibertyInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KellyShackelford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KellyShackelford</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a></p>
Glass City Humanist<p>Religious Privilege Above The Law – Dad’s Place Church Bryan Ohio</p><p>Pastor Chris Avell was criminally charged for housing the homeless in his church. Where do we draw the legal line especially when the lives of those struggling is in the balance?</p><p><a href="https://glasscityhumanist.show/2024/religious-privilege-above-the-law-dads-place-church-bryan-ohio/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">glasscityhumanist.show/2024/re</span><span class="invisible">ligious-privilege-above-the-law-dads-place-church-bryan-ohio/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BryanOhio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BryanOhio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DadsPlaceChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DadsPlaceChurch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstLibertyInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstLibertyInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelessness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReligiousFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeparationOfChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfChurchAndState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Addendae 1</p><p>"Baseless Texas Lawsuit: Matthew Kacsmaryk Could Singlehandedly Shut Down Planned Parenthood<br>Abortion rights supporters fear Planned Parenthood will not get fair hearing before Matthew Kacsmaryk<br><a href="https://msmagazine.com/2023/08/03/texas-lawsuit-planned-parenthood-kacsmaryk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">msmagazine.com/2023/08/03/texa</span><span class="invisible">s-lawsuit-planned-parenthood-kacsmaryk/</span></a></p><p>* Trump-appointed anti-LGBT anti-abortion judge<br>* will rule on lawsuit against Planned Parenthood Federation of America</p><p><a href="https://persagen.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">persagen.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> &gt;&gt; search: "Matthew Kacsmaryk"<br>"First Liberty Institute"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MatthewKacsmaryk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MatthewKacsmaryk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstLibertyInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstLibertyInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PPFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PPFA</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Addendum 1</p><p>Texas Senate Democrats Call Out Justices Kacsmaryk, O’Connor<br>Missive Against right-wing Judge Shopping<br><a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/senate-democrats-judges-kacsmaryk-oconnor-judge-shopping" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">talkingpointsmemo.com/news/sen</span><span class="invisible">ate-democrats-judges-kacsmaryk-oconnor-judge-shopping</span></a></p><p>Matthew J. Kacsmaryk: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_J._Kacsmaryk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_</span><span class="invisible">J._Kacsmaryk</span></a><br><a href="https://persagen.com/docs/matthew_jinc_kacsmaryk.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">persagen.com/docs/matthew_jinc</span><span class="invisible">_kacsmaryk.html</span></a></p><p>Reed O'Connor: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_O%27Connor" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_O%2</span><span class="invisible">7Connor</span></a><br><a href="https://persagen.com/docs/reed_o_connor.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">persagen.com/docs/reed_o_conno</span><span class="invisible">r.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TexasSB8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TexasSB8</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JonathanMitchell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JonathanMitchell</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeartbeatBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeartbeatBill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReedOConnor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReedOConnor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kacsmaryk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kacsmaryk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstLibertyInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstLibertyInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ComstockLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComstockLaws</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ADF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AllianceDefendingFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AllianceDefendingFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConscientiousObjection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConscientiousObjection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neoconservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neoconservatism</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>cont'd 3/</p><p>* Author Linda K. Wertheimer (<a href="https://www.lindakwertheimer.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">lindakwertheimer.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>), author of: Faith Ed: Teaching About Religion in an Age of Intolerance<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@lindakwert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lindakwert</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://persagen.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">persagen.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> &gt;&gt; search: "liberty counsel"<br>"Liberty Counsel" OR "First Liberty Institute"<br>"First Liberty Institute"<br>"liberty counsel" AND "alliance defending freedom"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibertyCounsel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibertyCounsel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstLibertyInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstLibertyInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AllianceDefendingFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AllianceDefendingFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MatStaver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MatStaver</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MatthewStaver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MatthewStaver</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CultureWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homophobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transphobia</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Truth</span></a> does not stop <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lies</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Unethical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unethical</span></a> Conduct <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judicial</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/branch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>branch</span></a> until we mandate that it does. The controversial article <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MatthewKacsmaryk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MatthewKacsmaryk</span></a> didn't disclose to the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a>. The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/judge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judge</span></a>,who delivered high-stakes <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/abortionpills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortionpills</span></a> ruling last week, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/removed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>removed</span></a> his# name from <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lawreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawreview</span></a> article <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/criticizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criticizing</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Obama</span></a> era <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> people &amp; those seeking <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/abortions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortions</span></a> during his <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/judicial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judicial</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nomination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nomination</span></a> process, emails show. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/15/matthew-kacsmaryk-law-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">23/04/15/matthew-kacsmaryk-law-review/</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FirstLibertyInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstLibertyInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AntiChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiChoice</span></a></p>
Bongolian<p>David Von Drehle: Matthew <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Kacsmaryk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kacsmaryk</span></a> calls the right-leaning judicial branch’s bluff</p><p>"Amarillo is where so-called conservatives have engineered a cynical judicial tyranny in the person of Kacsmaryk. Formerly an attorney for the First Liberty Institute, a right-wing Christian law firm, Kacsmaryk has written that Roman <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a> doctrine concerning <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/marriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marriage</span></a>, family and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/sexuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexuality</span></a> — including a hard line against <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> and even <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/contraception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contraception</span></a> — should be codified in American law. I’m not sure where he came up with that, but it certainly was not from the Founding Fathers. 'Can a free government possibly exist with the Roman Catholic religion?' John Adams mused to Thomas Jefferson. No, Jefferson opined: 'In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty."</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/theocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theocracy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/firstlibertyinstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firstlibertyinstitute</span></a><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/12/texas-abortion-judge-kacsmaryk-mifepristone" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/opinions/20</span><span class="invisible">23/04/12/texas-abortion-judge-kacsmaryk-mifepristone</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@Deji" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Deji</span></a></span> "Before being nominated to the federal bench by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> in 2017, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Kacsmaryk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kacsmaryk</span></a> served as deputy GC at the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FirstLibertyInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstLibertyInstitute</span></a>. He argued against <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SameSexMarriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SameSexMarriage</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protections</span></a> for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gay</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> individuals, the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ContraceptiveMandate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContraceptiveMandate</span></a> and, of course, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/RoevWade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoevWade</span></a>." This is all about <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politicizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicizing</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hatred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hatred</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ideology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ideology</span></a> to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/dissolve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dissolve</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> - managed via <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/collusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collusion</span></a> of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/laserfocused" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laserfocused</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/acolytes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acolytes</span></a> placed in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/powerful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>powerful</span></a> roles from which they cannot be removed.</p>
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