The Supreme Court is returning to a new term to take up some familiar topics — guns and abortion — and concerns about ethics swirling around the justices.
The year also will have a heavy focus on social media and how free speech protections apply online. A big unknown is whether the court will be asked to weigh in on any aspect of the criminal cases against former President Donald Trump and others or efforts in some states to keep the Republican off the 2024 presidential ballot because of his role in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election that he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
Lower-profile but vitally important, several cases in the term that begins Monday ask the justices to constrict the power of regulatory agencies.
Even without any details concerning the cases, I can entirely confidently predict that they’re going to fuck us over at every turn.
The religious tribunal has decreed … more babies … and more guns!!!
Seems like a problem that fixes itself.
Nah, it just results in the children of conservatives killing loads and loads of leftists before they take themselves out to not face any consequences.
I don’t know any leftists that are any less well armed, and staunchly pro gun ownership than at least the moderate right. Socialism and an armed populace go hand in hand. We’re pro-choice AF though.
So about abortion being a states rights matter? That was just a joke, huh?
it’s up to the states, but only a select few states like florida and texas.
Pack the court.
Balance the court. It’s already been packed by McConnell starting in Obama’s second term. It should just be tied to the number of federal appellate courts.
Honest suggestion: let’s eliminate the court’s fixed size requirement, and simply add a permanent justice in the third year of every presidential term.
If the total number of justices falls below 7 at any time during a president’s term, the president may make one additional permanent appointment per term. Permanent appointments must be confirmed by the senate.
After making that second permanent appointment, the president may make temporary appointments to bring the total to 7. For these temporary appointments, the president may elevate any previously confirmed circuit court judge directly to the supreme court without additional confirmation. Any other nominee must receive Senate confirmation.
Any temporary appointment expires in the third year of the following presidential term.
This is great. Let’s fucking goooooo
Bad precedent, but I get the idea.
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I just researched this and that’s not true. FDR tried to get 13 justices on the court, but ultimately failed.
From what I can tell he literally didn’t.
The Supreme Joke, more like it.
Gottem.
This illegitimate court needs to be aborted.
213th trimester abortions?
Wow, the definitely not far right supreme court sure does have an unbiased and non political agenda.
Well that’s not good. sigh
At a minimum, the number of judges should at least match the number of federal districts we have
Here’s hoping they do the right thing…
Nope this is the year they dismantle everything just in time for Trump to overthrow our government. We need to impeach and remove all traitors from our government. When do we say enough is enough and bring out the Guillotines, Pitchforks, and Torches?
We aren’t organized enough to act before it’s too late 😞
Yeah hard to do that when almost half the country is begging for the dictatorship and loving the boot on their neck.
That still leaves more than half that don’t.
Yet there don’t seem to be organizations seriously preparing for the end of democracy.
I suspect it’s because anyone that was serious would be infiltrated by law enforcement.
The US has withstood vastly harder times than this. We are hardly at the ‘end of democracy’.
It’s not the 1800s anymore, everything happens a lot faster these days.
And going from “contested election” to “civil war” wouldn’t take long at all.
Almost did on January six
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I’m holding my breath /s
Glad to see they are picking up more gun cases. Various states have been blatantly disregarding court decisions on this matter.
