Any Showdown Over Warmaking Powers Could Ultimately End Up at Supreme Court

Such a case could give conservative justices a chance to let presidents launch wars without limits or authorization.

https://murica.website/2026/03/any-showdown-over-warmaking-powers-could-ultimately-end-up-at-supreme-court/

Any Showdown Over Warmaking Powers Could Ultimately End Up at Supreme Court – The USA Potato

Sam Alito has an oil money problem

Nearly 30 percent of Alito’s individual stock portfolio is directly tied to fossil fuels.

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Trump defiende su visión excluyente de EE UU y ataca a los demócratas en el discurso del estado de la Unión más largo de la historia

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://elpais.com/us/2026-02-25/trump-defiende-su-vision-excluyente-de-ee-uu-y-ataca-a-los-democratas-en-el-discurso-del-estado-de-la-union-mas-largo-de-la-historia.html

“Friends” or “Prospects” ~ a fine line.
It will be interesting to see, when Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice #SamuelAlito resign from the Supreme Court, how many chartered vacations they are invited on by their billionaire ‘friends’.

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"In a 6-3 decision, the #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS holds that International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) – a 1977 statute which grants the president authority to regulate or prohibit certain international transactions during a national emergency – does not authorize the president to impose the #tariffs "

Justices #ClarenceThomas, #SamuelAlito, and #BrettKavanaugh dissented."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/feb/20/us-iran-nuclear-deal-trump-agreement-strikes-latest-news-live-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-699877e88f0803e8d9610dc4#block-699877e88f0803e8d9610dc4

US supreme court rules against Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs – live

Conservative justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Brett Kavanaugh dissented in the 6-3 ruling

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If Alito does retire before the midterm this elections, his replacement could be just as bad or even worse.

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5693380-judge-james-ho-trump-supreme-court/

#USPolitics #USLaw #SupremeCourt #SamuelAlito #JamesHo

SCOTUS Says Trump Can’t Commandeer Illinois National Guard Troops

The Trump administration, for all intents and purposes, declared war on Chicago back in September. It was inevitable that Chicago and the state of Illinois would eventually be targeted by Trump, wh…

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