Mastodawn

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As Lauren Egan notes, with upcoming empty seats on the Supreme Court anticipated, "the possibility of a Supreme Court confirmation fight has been the subject of rampant chatter among the Washington political class."

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-arent-buying-reports-of-justice-samuel-alito-staying-put-supreme-court-scotus-retirements-clarence-thomas

Dems Aren’t Buying Reports of Alito Staying Put

How the left is preparing for a midterm-year Trump SCOTUS vacancy—or even two.

The Bulwark

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"Remember when Amy Coney Barrett said of her colleagues 'we’re not a bunch of partisan hacks?' Well, they are a bunch of partisan hacks. And the number one partisan hack is John Roberts."

~ Norman Ornstein

https://xcancel.com/NormOrnstein/status/2045843172828295264#m

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"whatever was necessary to advance a conservative, pro-business, pro-religious cultural agenda seemingly dictated by The Federalist Society, the Koch Brothers network of billionaires, and arch-conservative Catholic Leonard Leo."

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"In conjunction with other conservative justices (notably Scalia, Alito, Thomas, and Kennedy), Roberts began reshaping long-standing jurisprudence by expanding and contracting the 'strike zone' at will—" (continued in /5)

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"The memos leaked to the NYTimes confirm what many court observers have long believed: that Roberts is manipulating the rules of the Court to advance his personal and political beliefs, which are centered around a conservative, pro-business, white Christian worldview."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/john-roberts-isnt-calling-balls-and

John Roberts isn’t calling balls and strikes; he’s changing the rules.

April 20, 2026

Today's Edition Newsletter

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"The scoop highlights the conservative justices’ brazen disregard for their own rules — both then and now — and the ways in which they are now ignoring the concerns that allegedly animated their action a decade ago."

The NY Times report by Jodi Kantor and Adam Liptak is linked below.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/us/politics/supreme-court-shadow-docket.html

Inside the Supreme Court’s Risky New Way of Doing Business

Secret memos obtained by The New York Times illuminate the origins of the court’s now-routine “shadow docket” rulings on presidential power.

The New York Times