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Category: Supreme Court

Elections, Fog Of History, Law/Justice, Legal Docket, Parenthetical, Supreme Court1 Comment

Corporate Personhood: The Ruling That Wasn’t

June 2, 2026June 2, 2026 rcb30

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

Cassandra, Elections, Political Crack, Race, Stupid Republican Tricks, Supreme CourtLeave a comment

You’re Not Doing It White

May 13, 2026May 13, 2026 cassandraisright

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

Bigotry, Elections, Immigration, Parenthetical, Supreme CourtLeave a comment

The Trump Phone and Other Callbacks

May 12, 2026May 11, 2026 rcb30

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

Jamie O, Law/Justice, Political Crack, Supreme CourtLeave a comment

Roberts Denies The Right-Wing Wizard Council Is Political

May 8, 2026May 8, 2026 JCO

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

Adrastos, Congress, Elections, Gret Stet Politics, Legal Docket, Political Crack, Race, Supreme Court, The ClownfishLeave a comment

Gret Stet Of Confusion

May 5, 2026May 5, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Chaos in Louisiana as The Clownfish cancels Congressional primaries in search of partisan advantage. Continue reading Gret Stet Of Confusion

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The Justice In The Shadows

May 4, 2026May 4, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

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

Immoral Values, Jamie O, Law/Justice, Lost Cause, Political Crack, Race, Supreme Court, The Darnold1 Comment

What Kind Of Country Do You Want?

May 1, 2026April 30, 2026 JCO

The never-ending struggle that makes up a lot of our history. Continue reading What Kind Of Country Do You Want?

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Music, Odds & Sods, Supreme Court

Saturday Odds & Sods: Jeepers Creepers

April 4, 2026April 3, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Jeepers Creepers

Cassandra, Political Crack, Supreme Court

Justice Jackson Is Right

April 2, 2026April 2, 2026 cassandraisright

She usefully frames the issues in Chiles v. Salazar and uses her dissent as a public teaching tool. Continue reading Justice Jackson Is Right

Adrastos, Fog Of History, Iran, MAGA, Political Crack, Supreme Court, The Darnold

A Tacit Tehran TACO?

April 2, 2026April 2, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Trump’s Iran War speech lays an egg as does his Solicitor General at SCOTUS. Continue reading A Tacit Tehran TACO?

Adrastos, Legal Docket, MAGA, Malakatude, Political Crack, Supreme Court2 Comments

Malaka Of The Week: Judge Lawrence Van Dyke

March 16, 2026March 16, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

The judge is a troll. The MAGA malakatude, it burns. Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: Judge Lawrence Van Dyke

Adrastos, Law/Justice, Legal Docket, Political Crack, Supreme Court, The Darnold

Mood Swinging With The Supremes

February 24, 2026February 24, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Insult Comedian’s tariffs shot down by SCOTUS. Don’t spike the ball. Continue reading Mood Swinging With The Supremes

Adrastos, Fog Of History, Language, Legal Docket, MAGA, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media, Supreme Court1 Comment

Don’t Call Them Conservatives: Supreme Court Edition

December 9, 2025December 10, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Call them reactionaries, wingnuts, radicals, extremists, right-wingers; call them anything but conservatives. Continue reading Don’t Call Them Conservatives: Supreme Court Edition

Immigration, Jamie O, Law/Justice, Political Crack, Supreme Court, The Kavanaugh Mess1 Comment

The Kavanaugh Stops Must Stop

December 8, 2025December 8, 2025 JCO

This is an America only a sadist could love. Continue reading The Kavanaugh Stops Must Stop

Adrastos, Fog Of History, Legal Docket, MAGA, Political Crack, Supreme Court

Eve Of Corruption

December 8, 2025December 8, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Adrastos on the MAGA Supreme Court and its shady use of the shadow docket.
Continue reading Eve Of Corruption

Adrastos, Congress, Fog Of History, Legal Docket, MAGA, Political Crack, Supreme Court, The Darnold1 Comment

Third Term Chatter

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

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

Adrastos, Diary, Supreme Court

Post-Op Palaver

October 9, 2025October 9, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

The eyes have it. Continue reading Post-Op Palaver

Adrastos, Law/Justice, Legal Docket, MAGA, Political Crack, Supreme Court, The Darnold

The Comey Indictment

September 29, 2025September 29, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

MAGA’S trumped up case against James Comey fails both the smell and laugh tests. Continue reading The Comey Indictment

Adrastos, Fog Of History, Legal Docket, MAGA, Political Crack, Supreme Court, The Darnold

Quote Of The Day: Free Speech Edition

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

On MAGA free speech hypocrisy. Continue reading Quote Of The Day: Free Speech Edition

Adrastos, Congress, Law/Justice, Legal Docket, Political Crack, Supreme Court

Emil Bove Is A Perjurer

July 29, 2025July 29, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Lying his way to the top: The Emil Bove story. Continue reading Emil Bove Is A Perjurer

Adrastos, Fog Of History, Legal Docket, Political Crack, So Called Liberal Media, Supreme Court, Television, The Darnold

Shecky’s Six Pack Of Links

July 17, 2025July 17, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Get your red hot links about politics, the law, Canada, and The Gilded Age Continue reading Shecky’s Six Pack Of Links

Adrastos, Bobby Junior, Congress, Language, Political Crack, Supreme Court, The Darnold

Last Day Of June

June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

“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

Adrastos, Fog Of History, Immigration, Law/Justice, Legal Docket, Supreme Court

Giving Due Process Its Due

April 21, 2025April 21, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

The deportation freeze: Turning point or point of no return? Continue reading Giving Due Process Its Due

Adrastos, Film, Fog Of History, Legal Docket, Political Crack, Supreme Court, The Darnold1 Comment

Contempt

April 16, 2025April 16, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

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

Adrastos, Bigotry, Fog Of History, Political Crack, Supreme Court, The Darnold

Shecky’s Quick Hitters: MAGA Miscreants Edition

March 17, 2025March 17, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Shecky takes a poke at President Pennywise, ICE, Reich Chancellor Musk, and SCOTUS Continue reading Shecky’s Quick Hitters: MAGA Miscreants Edition

Adrastos, Law/Justice, Legal Docket, Political Crack, Supreme Court, The Darnold2 Comments

Blame It On Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh & Barrett

February 24, 2025February 24, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

Don’t call the Dobbs/Immunity Six conservatives. Continue reading Blame It On Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh & Barrett

Adrastos, Dipshit Insurrection, Legal Docket, Political Crack, Supreme Court, The Darnold2 Comments

The System Failed: Case Dismissed

November 26, 2024November 26, 2024 Peter Adrastos Athas

The son of a bitch got away with it. Continue reading The System Failed: Case Dismissed

Adrastos, Gret Stet Politics, Guns, Legal Docket, Malakatude, New Orleans, Supreme Court1 Comment

Malaka Of The Week: Liz Murrill

November 25, 2024November 25, 2024 Peter Adrastos Athas

The mendacious malakatude of Louisiana’s Attorney General burns. Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: Liz Murrill

Adrastos, Congress, Legal Docket, Political Crack, Supreme Court, The Kavanaugh Mess

The Kavanaugh Mess Revisited

October 10, 2024October 10, 2024 Peter Adrastos Athas

The Senator, The FBI, and Justice Bro. Continue reading The Kavanaugh Mess Revisited

Adrastos, Dipshit Insurrection, Legal Docket, Political Crack, Supreme Court, The Darnold

“Make Them Riot”

October 3, 2024October 3, 2024 Peter Adrastos Athas

Immunity, my ass. Continue reading “Make Them Riot”

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