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."

#JohnRoberts #SupremeCourt #RobertsCourt #transparency #accountability #corruption #WhiteChristianNationalism #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety #OpusDei #ShadowDocket
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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

"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

#JohnRoberts #SupremeCourt #RobertsCourt #transparency #accountability #corruption #WhiteChristianNationalism #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety #OpusDei #ShadowDocket
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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."

#JohnRoberts #SupremeCourt #RobertsCourt #transparency #accountability #corruption #WhiteChristianNationalism #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety #OpusDei #ShadowDocket
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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

#JohnRoberts #SupremeCourt #RobertsCourt #transparency #accountability #corruption #WhiteChristianNationalism #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety #OpusDei #ShadowDocket
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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

"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.

#JohnRoberts #SupremeCourt #RobertsCourt #transparency #accountability #corruption #WhiteChristianNationalism #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety #OpusDei #ShadowDocket
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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

"On Saturday, The New York Times published a story about the U.S. Supreme Court’s actions a decade ago blocking the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan on what has become known as the shadow docket."

~ Chris Geidner

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https://www.lawdork.com/p/the-2016-memos-roberts-supreme-court-mess

The 2016 Supreme Court memos and the mess that John Roberts has made of his court

The New York Times scoop about the Clean Power Plan case SCOTUS memos highlights the conservative justices' brazen disregard for their own rules — both then and now.

Law Dork

The growing rift between the Vatican and Trump will hopefully lead to the very scary and secretive Opus Dei losing some of its influence both in the US and in Rome.

#USPolitics #OpusDei

Isn't it weird that it's easier to find a birthday for Leonardo Leo, an 18th century artist, than it is for #LeonardLeo of the #FederalistSociety infamy?

#OpusDei #TTJ

Marina estuvo una década en el #OpusDei y ahora relata cómo fue salirse" No te ponen una pistola en la cabeza, pero la #manipulación es constante" Marina Pereda en un libro donde relata su experiencia. "Me gustaría q sirviera para q se pueda entender la estructura que hay detrás. El Opus es "un engranaje de presiones" que marcan cada mínimo detalle de su día, incluso su despertar, y del que salirse es muy complicado. Especialmente, si tu familia forma parte de la obra
https://en.eldiario.es/MwzGSK