The National Security Dodge
Tales of Trump’s armory arch and White House press ban. The first offends the eyes; the second, the constitution.
Category: Supreme Court
9 Is Not A Magic Number: Expand The Court
There are 13 judicial circuits and only 9 Supremes. Bring on the lucky 13. Continue reading 9 Is Not A Magic Number: Expand The Court
Shecky’s Quick Hitters: The Pretender
Punching through the chaos of MAGA madness. This time: The Pretender, Theatre Kid In Chief, The Ballroom Bungle, The Curious Case Of The Perky Stalker, Peace Is Not At Hand, and Not Everything Sucks.
The Crackpot Court
SCOTUS upholds birthright citizenship 5-3-1. Kavanaugh provides a loophole for future challenges. Thanks for nothing, Justice Bro. Continue reading The Crackpot Court
Corporate Personhood: The Ruling That Wasn’t
Fourteenth Amendment protection for corporations was (very) intentionally not part of this 1886 SCOTUS decision. So how did one Chief Justice and a court employee let things get so off the rails? Continue reading Corporate Personhood: The Ruling That Wasn’t
You’re Not Doing It White
The GOP redistricting dance is not meant to confuse you. It’s meant to overtly profess white supremacism. Continue reading You’re Not Doing It White
The Trump Phone and Other Callbacks
Nobody’s calling this fiasco the Don & Eric Phone. Also: updates on Virginia’s redistricting and the effort to pack immigration flights with South African whites. Continue reading The Trump Phone and Other Callbacks
Roberts Denies The Right-Wing Wizard Council Is Political
How dare you say we’re a political body, says the head of the far-right organization known as the Supreme Court of the United States. Continue reading Roberts Denies The Right-Wing Wizard Council Is Political
Gret Stet Of Confusion
Chaos in Louisiana as The Clownfish cancels Congressional primaries in search of partisan advantage. Continue reading Gret Stet Of Confusion
The Justice In The Shadows
Gutting the Voting Rights Act with Sam the Sham Alito and John Roberts. Don’t call them judicial conservatives. Continue reading The Justice In The Shadows
What Kind Of Country Do You Want?
The never-ending struggle that makes up a lot of our history. Continue reading What Kind Of Country Do You Want?
Saturday Odds & Sods: Jeepers Creepers
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Jeepers Creepers
Justice Jackson Is Right
She usefully frames the issues in Chiles v. Salazar and uses her dissent as a public teaching tool. Continue reading Justice Jackson Is Right
A Tacit Tehran TACO?
Trump’s Iran War speech lays an egg as does his Solicitor General at SCOTUS. Continue reading A Tacit Tehran TACO?
Malaka Of The Week: Judge Lawrence Van Dyke
The judge is a troll. The MAGA malakatude, it burns. Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: Judge Lawrence Van Dyke
Mood Swinging With The Supremes
Insult Comedian’s tariffs shot down by SCOTUS. Don’t spike the ball. Continue reading Mood Swinging With The Supremes
Don’t Call Them Conservatives: Supreme Court Edition
Call them reactionaries, wingnuts, radicals, extremists, right-wingers; call them anything but conservatives. Continue reading Don’t Call Them Conservatives: Supreme Court Edition
The Kavanaugh Stops Must Stop
This is an America only a sadist could love. Continue reading The Kavanaugh Stops Must Stop
Eve Of Corruption
Adrastos on the MAGA Supreme Court and its shady use of the shadow docket.
Continue reading Eve Of Corruption
Third Term Chatter
MAGA’s dream of a Trump third term is America’s nightmare. It’s also illegal but when did that ever stop them? Continue reading Third Term Chatter
Post-Op Palaver
The eyes have it. Continue reading Post-Op Palaver
The Comey Indictment
MAGA’S trumped up case against James Comey fails both the smell and laugh tests. Continue reading The Comey Indictment
Quote Of The Day: Free Speech Edition
On MAGA free speech hypocrisy. Continue reading Quote Of The Day: Free Speech Edition
Emil Bove Is A Perjurer
Lying his way to the top: The Emil Bove story. Continue reading Emil Bove Is A Perjurer
Shecky’s Six Pack Of Links
Get your red hot links about politics, the law, Canada, and The Gilded Age Continue reading Shecky’s Six Pack Of Links
Last Day Of June
“Who calls the tune? Last day of June. Who speaks the truth? Last day of June. Who breaks the news?
Last day of June.”
Continue reading Last Day Of June
Giving Due Process Its Due
The deportation freeze: Turning point or point of no return? Continue reading Giving Due Process Its Due
Contempt
In which Adrastos expresses his contempt for the bad political and legal actors involved in the illegal imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Continue reading Contempt
Shecky’s Quick Hitters: MAGA Miscreants Edition
Shecky takes a poke at President Pennywise, ICE, Reich Chancellor Musk, and SCOTUS Continue reading Shecky’s Quick Hitters: MAGA Miscreants Edition
Blame It On Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh & Barrett
Don’t call the Dobbs/Immunity Six conservatives. Continue reading Blame It On Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh & Barrett