The fact that #SCOTUS hasn't yet ruled in Abrego Garcia isn't proof of *how* the justices are going to rule. But the longer it takes, the more it suggests that there isn't a majority of the Court who views this dispute with the same *urgency* that so many of us do. And that's a problem unto itself.
Unpersons who have been wrongly disappeared have the right to contest their disappearance by filing the correct paperwork prior to their wrongful disappearance.
Trump Refuses to Bring Back Those Wrongly Detained in El Salvador. You Could Be Next.
Will the Supreme Court allow permanent disappearances?
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/abrego-garcia-supreme-court-alien-removal-act/ #Trump #SCOTUS #Deportation #Disappeared #Politics #Authoritarian #Immigration #HumanRights #Justice #SupremeCourt
Nearly every major American social media platform is controlled by just one or two men. For example, Mark Zuckerberg owns just 13.5% of Meta's equity but controls 61% of votes. This setup grants him full control without financial risk
And Supreme Court decisions on corporate constitutional rights give those founders unprecedented power to shape society.
Today is the 108th birthday of Civil rights Legend, Irene Morgan Kirkaldy. She was arrested in 1944 for defying bus segregation and took her case to the Supreme Court.
You can learn more about her here: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/irene-morgan-kirkaldy-1917-2007/
@Remittancegirl I'd forgotten the clause about Congressional supremacy over the Court. The lower courts can't overrule #SCOTUS entirely on their own, but they can if Congress lets them. Unfortunately, right now the present Congress is headed in the opposite direction.
@Remittancegirl My impression has been that the #Constitution DOES give #SCOTUS the last say — but I'm not a lawyer, let alone a constitutional scholar.
But more to the point: no actual, possible, or conceivable law or constitution can legitimize a fascist #dictatorship. If it tries to, it instead delegitimizes itself. Utterly.
@Remittancegirl Hitler got his #EnablingAct from the legislature. #SprayTanHitler has obtained his from the courts. All those courageous lower-court judges can't really do anything if #SCOTUS won't back them up.
@Remittancegirl The #SCOTUS majority has gone full Nazi. Their own dissenting opinions said as much. If anyone was waiting for the moment when the last real guardrail went down, that was it.
#SCOTUS gave him immunity for "official acts". You can bet he's going to test the limits of that (e.g. invoking emergency powers) - the next step they are discussing is deporting citizens for exercising their protest rights.
That man’s life is gone. He has been ‘disappeared’ into a hellhole. And the court of last resort in the US has given their blessing to the LEGAL DESTRUCTION OF AN ABSOLUTELY INNOCENT LIFE. Do you think this couldn’t happen to you? Why? That man didn’t believe it could happen to him either. #Trump #SCOTUS
#SCOTUS (finally) appears to be writing majority opinions whenever it grants emergency relief. That's a *very* positive development.
But as today's bonus "One First" explains, the majority opinions that it's writing are leaving more than a little to be desired:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-140-...
Bonus 140: The New (and Sort-o...
It frightens me a lot when intelligent, thoughtful people say “oh, #Trump can’t do that (some awful illegal thing) because ____ won’t allow it”.
Wake the fuck up please. There is no one to stop him. #SCOTUS just allowed this administration to wash their hands of a completely innocent legal immigrant who they mistakenly sent to a foreign concentration facility.
The guardrails are GONE.
Understanding this landscape is crucial to our battle.
#Resisters!
@resistbot says #JessCraven petition to defend our courts from the triple assault of sycophant #Republicans in #Congress, #JohnRoberts Kangaroo #SCOTUS 
+ #Trump nearing 5000 signers! #LFG #USA #NAFO #FAFO #ResistBot
https://resist.bot/petitions/PDVYDP
I have seen ads for ambulance chasers on TV. I'm sure these will be the lawyers Trump hires to defend him in the supreme Court.
#scotus #felontrump #corruption
https://newrepublic.com/post/193790/justice-department-lawyers-leave-jobs-trump
@davidaugust Except that #SCOTUS gave him a free pass
Starting to feel like John Roberts is a traitor to the Constitution and the Rule of Law.
'Re-fired': Chief Justice John Roberts gives Trump greenlight to ax 2 agency heads — again
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fired-officials-scotus-stay/
