The second and FINAL #SCOTUS opinion today: Snyder v. US. Written by Justice Kavanaugh. The vote is 6-3. Jackson dissents, joined by Sotomayor and Kagan.
Geidner:
The final SCOTUS decision today is Snyder v. US. Kavanaugh has the court's 6-3 decision on ideological grounds, holding that the Section 666 bribery statute does not apply to "gratuities" given for public officials' past acts. Jackson writes the liberals' dissent.
Louisiana now requires classrooms to display the 10 Commandments by law
In 1980, in Stone v Graham, The Supreme Court ruled that Kentucky violated the establishment clause of the 1st Amendment by requiring the 10 Commandments be displayed in classrooms
This was long before a rogue, irreparably corrupt Supreme Court would legislate from the bench…
#Alito’s letter explaining his refusal to recuse in Jan 6th cases includes false statements to Congress (18 USC §1001) Watch how credible Alito’s neighbor is in her first TV interview
⚖️ She contradicts Alitos account and cites a police report and another eye witness.
#Alito’s letter explaining his refusal to recuse in Jan 6th cases includes false statements to Congress (18 USC §1001) Watch how credible Alito’s neighbor is in her first TV interview
⚖️ She contradicts Alitos account and cites the police report and another eye witness. The facts, eye witness, and police report show Alito is lying because the Alitos were flying the flag upside down in solidarity with the insurrection, when the Alitos' verbal attack on the neighbors occurred three weeks later.
Alito's lie about the pretext cast an even greater shadow because his consciousness of guilt over flying the flag in support of the overthrow of our government.
Argument with neighbors took place THREE WEEKS LATER.
To recap, Clarence Thomas received gifts from wealthy benefactors with business before the court including:
—38 vacations
—34 flights by private jet or helicopter
—A dozen VIP passes to sporting events
—Hundreds of thousands to Ginni
—A luxury RV
—Letting his mother live rent free
—Paying his family tuition
—Exclusive Club memberships
Corrupt Clarence is out of the news because of Donald's four indictments, but don't lose sight of #scotus massive corruption.
Alright, who’s ready to see #Trump get his just deserts? He fucked up the whole damn world & that’s not an overstatement.
PS #BabySquirrel & I had a lovely weekend. It’s as boy! (He’s developed discernible - stuff)
He is doing quite well! Name: “Ramone” because he’s a sweet little punk rocker.
On Thursday, the #scotus will be hearing arguments where lawyers for the criminal defendant are arguing that all former presidents are forever immune from criminal prosecution for any official acts done in office.
Failure to respect the election of a new President, is the ultimate crime against the people, who are the basis of government. The President, by constitutional design, should have no role- official or unofficial-in the determination of the people's
vote. Immunity for the crimes here alleged would be most abhorrent to the Framers, because immunity would upset the constitutional scheme and aid a President in overriding the people's power over him.
The Framers would also have been appalled that Trump, despite having left office, seeks permanent immunity. As a Federalist wrote for the Maryland ratifying convention:
It seems, however, that the president may possibly be continued for life. He may so, provided he deserve it.
Trump's lawyer is banging the drum that presidents can't be held accountable for official acts.
Justice Kagan asks if a coup is an official act. Lawyer says it could be.
Justice Sotomayor: If a president says a rival is corrupt and orders their assassination, "is that within his official acts for which he can get immunity?"
Trump lawyer D. John Sauer: "It would depend on the hypothetical, but we can see that could well be an official act.
This is so dark. Criminal Conduct Rubbed In The Face Of Americans.
In the crimal defendant's appeal to #scotus on his #January6th criminal fraud to block the certification of our election case, aka immunity delay case, vile fascist Samuel Alito and accused sexual abuser Brett Kavanaugh declined to acknowledge certain facts of the case during the oral arguments. Their stance has drawn attention and raised questions about the case's proceedings.
Corrupt Clarence implies presidents are always committing crimes- a blatent lie, giving cover to the biggest criminal in American history.
Their overtly unethical conduct laid bare in front of Americans, and it was disgraceful. It calls into question their certification and qualifications to work in the legal profession, in any capacity.
Republican partisans are and were during the hearing, a total disgrace to the American legal system.
Jared Kushner said he wants to develop "waterfront property" in Gaza
He's inking multi-billion dollar deals with Serbia and Albania
He got billions from MBS
He extorted a billion from Qatar to save 666 5th Ave
His corruption is a 5-alarm fire and
The GOP just shrugs
That Jared Kushner has the nerve to blithely talk about building luxury condos on the backs of murdered Palestinians and pushing the survivors out is just absolutely beyond me.
@marcelias I had this illusion that SCOTUS was supposed to decide if a legal action was based in Constitutional law, not political advocacy. How silly of me. Now I see we are no longer a nation of laws; we're a nation of Judases who will stab us in the back as soon as a dollar is attached to the knife. #corrupt#SCOTUS
David Weiss now says the salacious conspiracies were false. With the indictment yesterday of Alexander Smirnov, the source of those false claims, Weiss confesses he is a direct witness in an attempt to frame President Joe Biden, even as Weiss attempts to bury it.
We’d like to believe his VP & Cabinet would step in & invoke 25A for the good of the country…But…the kind of #corrupt ofcls #Trump attracts…would benefit from a demented president they could…manipulate….
I thought electing a #malignant#narcissist who idolizes dictators & appears to be loyal to #Putin was the worst conceivable outcome for our country, but I was wrong. A #demented malignant narcissist who basically works for #Russia is a hundred times worse.