“I doubt we would sit idly by if lower courts were to so subvert our precedents involving any other constitutional right,” [ummm what?] he wrote. “Until we are vigilant in enforcing it, the right to bear arms will remain ‘a second-class right.’” [#hypocrisy]
Justices #Alito & #Gorsuch said they too would have heard the case but did not provide reasons.
"The Trump regime is not content to merely castigate judges and justices. It is now arresting judges.
On Tuesday, it indicted Judge Hannah C. Dugan of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court on charges of obstructing federal agents from arresting a suspected undocumented immigrant who was appearing in her courtroom."
#Trump #SupremeCourt #immigrants #AbregoGarcia #AlienEnemiesAct #Alito #ClarenceThomas
/5
"The big news is that the three Trump appointees — Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett — joined the Chief Justice and the three Democratic appointees to set a limit onTrump.
I call this a showdown because Trump cannot abide limits. …
There’s no question what’s fueling the threats — as Trump’s outburst against the Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday shows."
#Trump #SupremeCourt #immigrants #AbregoGarcia #AlienEnemiesAct #Alito #ClarenceThomas
/4
"Of course, Justice Samuel Alito dissented, joined by Clarence Thomas. The two have moved so far into the dense fog of irrational rightwing legal blather that they have lost all credibility."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #SupremeCourt #immigrants #AbregoGarcia #AlienEnemiesAct #Alito #ClarenceThomas
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The #SCOTUS majority ALSO preemptively makes clear (in response to #Alito's written #dissent), that the government cannot get around #ClassAction treatment by agreeing to give notice to the class plaintiffs.
In rejecting jurisdictional arguments raised by the dissent, they bolster the lawsuits challenging the #AlienEnemiesAct.
#law #immigration #Rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #Judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #AbuseOfPower #Trump
#Alito continued:
District judges are “monarchs of their realm.” They "are vulnerable to an occupational disease, which is the disease of thinking, 'I am right & I can do whatever I want.'"
First of all, he’s describing himself.
Secondly, he is basically saying ignore judges because their judgment is questionable.
#law #SCOTUS #BirthrightCitizenship #NationwideInjunctions #immigration #Constitution #Judiciary #AbuseOfPower
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/may/15/donald-trump-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-us-politics-updates-news?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-68260bc38f08417cfd8689d8#block-68260bc38f08417cfd8689d8
Something worth reiterating:
During oral arguments on whether the ruling of a federal judge can be applied nationwide, not just in the judge's jurisdiction, #Alito made the following batshit point:
"There are 680 district court judges, & they are dedicated & they are scholarly ... but, you know, sometimes they are wrong.…”
[that’s what appeals are for; FFS]
#law #SCOTUS #BirthrightCitizenship #NationwideInjunctions #immigration #Constitution #Judiciary #AbuseOfPower
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#Alito invoked several hypotheticals of what he called “progressive” #schools setting their own #curriculum, including being “an #LGBTQ+ friendly school” w/ #books that present #SameSex couples as “a perfectly legitimate lifestyle,” [#bigot] or teaching #history from the standpoint of #Project1619, which sought to reframe how the #UnitedStates talks about #slavery. [this fuckin guy]
#law #SCOTUS #Constitution #ChurchAndState #NewApostolicReformation #education #FederalistSociety #ActivistCourt
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