Is bottomless annoyance at Republicans what "normal person" politics is in late Sept/early Oct 2026?
If so, that might not be a majority for Reconstruction—at last not unless Democrats interpret it that way regardless. Which they absolutely should.
Kevin Elliott
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![Steve Vladeck, a professor a Georgetown Law, writes up breaking developments from the Supreme Court. The last post in the three-post thread is the kicker, for our purpose here.
"#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS grants a stay in the third-country removals case; clears way for Trump admin. to continue removing non-citizens without a full chance to litigate the conditions in those countries (while also taking up the full merits appeal).
"Link: [URL of a supremecourt.gov PDF]
"By my math, the order was filed 11 minutes after the Trump administration's reply brief came in."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:v35s7l2l3nyjyxvqf427r5av/bafkreicppbo3jr5ugrdiyipnhxdav3aojviofdvoq22qulqh3bxlru2pii)
