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The thing that will always be true is that BIPOC aren't just racial targets, but also targeted by gender. Women are a majority in the U.S., and they still have fewer rights & protections than men, because women sustain a racial hierarchy for men. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...

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A ‘Gut Punch’: Black Women Fired by DOGE Work to Overcome Shame and Self-Blame

This story is a collaboration between MindSite News, Capital B, The 19th, and The Nation, and was edited by MindSite News. Photographs by Kuwilileni Hauwanga When Sharon Davis opened her email at 5 a....

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Here is a link to the CourtListener page. I've purchased all of the relevant documents to make them available to anyone here: www.courtlistener.com/docket/74798...

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 17h

The second Trump administration has now officially surpassed the first Trump administration with its 42nd application to #SCOTUS for emergency relief. This one is in the same case about lower ad rates for political parties in which the Court previously granted a stay in September. It’ll be 26A476:

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Kelsey Reichmann @kelseyreichmann.bsky.social · 16h

Apparently every emergency application must come up to SCOTUS at least twice now

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This Is Fine Dog Meme in Burning House

ALT: This Is Fine Dog Meme in Burning House

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Debra Johnson @debj11.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"Then, on Friday, The Washington Sun reported that administration officials told the Justice Department "to move slowly on any abortion-related actions ahead of the midterm elections." www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

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Todd Blanche’s marching orders on abortion restrictions couldn’t be clearer

Republicans’ claim that overturning Roe v. Wade would “send abortion back to the states” came with a hidden asterisk.

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

For those of you who are buying into Justice Alito's self-congratulatory book tour/media onslaught....

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you were Justice Alito and you wanted Republicans to get out and vote in Senate races, this is exactly what you would say.

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This by Jack Goldsmith in @theatlantic.com is on target, situating Alito exactly where he and his jurisprudence sit on the Court. Goldsmith captures the fracturing of FedSoc regulars and the new right, something I'm writing about in my book. Here's Goldsmith: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

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Zombie Originalism

Samuel Alito’s efforts to revamp the conservative legal philosophy reveal that a new movement is ascendant.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/10/2026

who knows if jackson can win this thing but i am glad that he is making clear that susan collins's whole scam is to do everything she can to make life worse for mainers and then take credit for mitigating it in the slightest way possible

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A lot of the commentary on a potential Supreme Court retirement seems to be based on a pre-Dobbs/pre-Trump mindset. On the right, the stakes really aren't as high any more. There is no Roe to overturn. They have a 6-3 court. And Trump prefers Alito & Thomas to the justices he himself appointed.

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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#ELB: ‘Use your majority’’ In the unlikely event of a Supreme Court vacancy, Republicans are ready to act” electionlawblog.org/2026/use-your-m…

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Note: Texas is planning on killing Jamaal Howard later today. Requests for stays of execution are pending at the Supreme Court.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

After Tennessee talks about efforts to preserve evidence in a "collaborate process," the judge responds: "Efforts are different than an order from the court." There is also discussion of separate fed'l litigation—of which Pike isn't a part—that does place requirements on Tenn Dep't of Correction.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Tennessee's response is that there is no pending execution, so, the court could give no relief in this case. The judge pushes back, asking the state if they can confirm there wouldn't be a new execution date set in the future, which the lawyer says he can't (essentially ending the argument, imho).

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This matters today because it is a part of assuring/convincing the judge that she could have jurisdiction under the current complaint without a new case needing to be filed.

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Debra Johnson @debj11.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Senator Tillis & Senator Cassidy should start a support group for Senators who regret voting for & installing unqualified people like Hegseth & RFK Jr. into public office & allowed them to harm the country. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

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Tillis calls Hegseth vote his ‘biggest regret’

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) wrote in his upcoming book that he views his confirmation vote for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as the “biggest regret” of his career. Tillis’s upcoming memoir — “How to Lo...

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Scott Johnson @scottjohnson1956.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Just arrived here. I'm a refugee from Twitter and Threads. Looking to connect with fellow resisters of Trumpism.

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Debra Johnson @debj11.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"...Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company ‌pursues a lawsuit alleging that the law is unconstitutional." www.reuters.com/world/us-app...

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US appeals court blocks Minnesota law barring 'nudified' photos in XAI lawsuit

Elon Musk's xAI on Friday persuaded a US federal appeals court to halt Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images as the technology and social media company ‌pursues a lawsu...

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ChofuAlum @chofualum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Especially now that ALL of your data is bought & sold across this entire nation. There's nothing stopping the scammers from using your data to just take your $$ instead of trying to scam you out of it. When Amazon/Walmart/etc can use your data to charge you more/less, it's the age of the scammer.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026

Oh, yeah they definitely do. For starters, tons of people ask the Court to hear their appeals. Most of those requests get denied. But the justices talk to each other about which cases they'll take up and hear oral argument for

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026

well, here's an alternative conspiracy for you: could it actually mean there are 5 votes to kick the case on standing and not even reach the merits yet? I could see Alito's bitchass being like, 'ugh well in that case i might as well not be here anyway'

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 03/10/2026

i hate to do Supreme Court tea leaves, but as I'm reading up about Suncor before Monday's oral argument, a thought just occurred to me some folks voiced suspicion about Alito's late-announced recusal like 'hmm does that just mean he knows there are already 5 votes for big oil,' right?

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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

On the insanity of the "medicalized" facade of the death penalty with @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social and SCOTUS versus all environmental protections, ever, with @whitehouse.senate.gov. Another non-curtainraiser show.

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Cruel and Unusual, Bought and Paid For

Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · October 3 · 1h 12m

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I just took down a post I put up earlier today commenting on a Politico article spinning Alito’s CBS interview as “confirming” that he’s considering retirement. After watching the clip, my analysis didn’t hold up. Thanks to @adambonin.bsky.social for posting that in the replies and pushing back.

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Coming up at the Supreme Court tomorrow:

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My newsletter is up. Eric Schmitt should be mocked and John Roberts should be hounded and I will not be persuaded otherwise. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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Eric Schmitt Deserves to Be Mocked Forever

In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent relives the senator’s glorious face plant. Plus: whyt John Roberts’s also deserves our mockery.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yes, it is always possible that the Court will do something it hasn't done before. I just think there are good reasons why it hasn't wanted to, and still won't want to, open a Pandora's Box of having its docket swamped by red state vs. blue state political disputes where it has to play trial court.

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Vaudeville Vanillin @lovovmelife.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

But after Trump v. CASA, universal relief can only be granted by SCOTUS. I haven’t read the plaintiff states’ briefs, but my knee-jerk reaction is to just assume the worst. SCOTUS also hasn’t intervened in state court litigation before it reached the highest appellate court, but look at Malliotakis…

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Alito has a book out and is doing some interviews (he turned me down)

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026

New Baby Boom! Lawyered: In a SCOTUS filing this week, Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas likened the mailing of abortion pills to mailing anthrax or mail bombs. (Only one of those has FDA approval.) The ban states are challenging New York, California, and Massachusetts' telehealth shield laws.

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