*May 20, 2023
Qasim Rashid, Esq.

Justice Gorsuch calls Covid safety measures “the greatest peacetime intrusions on civil liberties in American history.”

White wealth privilege is ignoring 400 years of Native genocide, 265 years of Black slavery, & 99 years of Jim Crow—but lamenting 1 year of PTO during COVID.😑

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Show threadDavePerrino ✅May 20, 2023
@QasimRashid These people are supposed to be some of our top intellectuals. Yet when they complain about the medical emergency measures take not one of these freedumb-lovers consider that we live in a SOCIETY that is interdependent. What one does can effect countless others.
Show threadJohn BreenMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid Waiting until Gorsuch personally experiences a rape, then he can tell me about what the greatest intrusion into civil liberties is.
Getting a vaccine or wearing a mask is not one of them.
Show threadCuriousMatterMay 20, 2023
@jab01701mid @QasimRashid He'll never be able to enjoy being forced to carry a nonviable fetus to term, like recent SCOTUS rulings have enabled for some. But someone did ask him to wear a mask at the market. The injustice.
Show threadMichael GemarMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid Clever to include “peacetime” since the Supreme Court has never actually overturned Korematsu.
Show threadQasim Rashid, Esq.May 20, 2023
@michaelgemar excellent point
Show threadSane ThinkerMay 20, 2023
@michaelgemar @QasimRashid Thank you for mentioning Korematsu. While familiar with WWII Japanese internment camps, I was unfamiliar with this case. I am deeply concerned with #ClimateCriisis and civil rights to protest, which are actively being undermined. https://geoffreydeihl.substack.com/p/the-real-eco-terrorists
The Real Eco Terrorists

Want to Be a Felon? Try Protecting the Planet.

Sane Thoughts for Insane Times
Show threadTom Bellin May 20, 2023

@QasimRashid Also, this is a bald faced lie. No one, at any time, was forced to stay in their home.

This is a Supreme Court Justice spouting off Newsmax quality nonsense.

Show threadLAF and LOVEMay 21, 2023
@tob @QasimRashid THIS
Show threadKelly McCubbinMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid
How does he define "peacetime?"
Show threadGregory McCrackenMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid The ridiculousness if the statement, and the astonishing bias it reveals, calls into question whether he is qualified to sit on our nation's highest court.
Show threadClay RiversMay 20, 2023

@QasimRashid
Forget that guy. And expand the Courts.

Fin.

Show threadMichael BuschMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid I recall how Neil Gorsuch deliberately endangered other Justices and the SCOTUS staff by refusing to wear his mask during in-person sessions during the peak of the initial Omicron wave of the pandemic: https://truthout.org/articles/gorsuch-goes-maskless-at-supreme-court-increasing-colleagues-covid-risk-levels/ .
Gorsuch Goes Maskless at Supreme Court, Increasing Colleagues’ COVID Risk Levels

Washington D.C.'s COVID hospitalization rate has increased by 162 percent over the past week.

Truthout
Show threadMatt PritchettMay 20, 2023

@QasimRashid

Supremely out of touch.

Show threadcowvinMay 20, 2023

@QasimRashid An example of: "Tell me you're white without telling me you're white."

It would be fun to write an #AI to identify white privilege in writing.

Show threadLuke KaniesMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid @icymi_law I mean. When he says “we” he’s white. I mean, right.
Show threadarceuthobiumMay 20, 2023
@lkanies @QasimRashid @icymi_law but even for white men it’s not true.
Show threadstoicmikeMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid More proof that conservatives are brain dead.
Show threadJustin WilliamsMay 20, 2023

@QasimRashid (Not at all) funny how he describes a period with 1,128,903 deaths
of US citizens "peacetime".

That's

159x the deaths of the War on Terror
4375x the deaths of the Gulf War
20x the deaths of the Vietnam War
2x the deaths of the Civil War
3x the deaths of World War II

That's not "peacetime".

Show threadGATEKEEPERMay 20, 2023
@jstnwill @QasimRashid
We all know who died at a higher rate of Covid. Red State Republicans. Because they're ignorant sheeple. That's their herd immunity..
Thank the stars for Joe Biden.
Show threadBaylus C. BrooksMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid Why do we ever allow people in positions of authority who do NOT understand science & reality? That's WHY we have a federal govt. To protect us from these major threats. GD these people!
Show threadDaniel BrotherstonMay 20, 2023

@QasimRashid Remember...transgressions against white people, no matter how small, are always greater than transgressions of ANY scope against any non-white person.

White supremacy in a nutshell.

Show threadMartha LemertMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid but he’s fine with lockdowns at schools because guns have more rights than kids.
Show threadDirty HippieMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid Does "Justice" Gorsuch have any grey matter in his skull?
Show threadRon DeSantis's BDEMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid
People who complain about wearing masks during COVID are cowards.
Show threadpmarsMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid acknowledging that statement and coming up with worse intrusions only puts sensible public health actions on the same list as horrific human rights abuses
Show threadGrandpa DonMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid
It's clear that his definition of civil liberties applies only to those he recognizes as human. That, or he feels whites are at war with all the "other" so all that you mention was not "peacetime." That implies he thinks they won when their orange nazi stole the election in '16. Either way, he is a travesty on the court, albeit not the worst.
Show threadLitzz11May 20, 2023
@QasimRashid Imagine being a woman in her 5th month and told by your doctor that your fetus has died inside your body and you have to wait until you're nearly dead with sepsis to get any medical treatment because of the state you happen to live in.
Show threadLitzz11May 20, 2023

@QasimRashid Or, imagine being the parent of a trans teen and some busybodies in your state government have told you what kind of treatment your kid can have, again just because of the state you happen to live in.

Like this Tennessee mom:

https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/mom-of-trans-teen-moving-out-of-tennessee-to-protect-her-family/

Show threadedgeoforever 🍎May 20, 2023
@QasimRashid he does recall that these “unprecedented horrors” took place under the rule of #TFG , right? RIGHT? Anyway, this says more about their warped view of the world than anything
Show threadFrank Bennett 🇯🇵May 20, 2023
@QasimRashid That's ... what? That just doesn't make any sense. Coordinated responses by independent government entities is just how federalism works. Why do stupid people keep rising to the top like this? It's very disturbing.
Show threadReneeVoiceBrandMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid Ghastly Gorsuch wouldn't wear a mask when asked by Justice Sotomayor due to her health issues. He's an arrogant white supremacist!
Show threadlegraLeGraMay 20, 2023

@QasimRashid @Bman

I just read

“An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793” by Jim Murphy

It is remarkable how many parallels there were between the way society dealt with yellow fever and Covid.

Politics.

Mistakes.

Recriminations of (non white) leaders who organized life saving policies

Rich flight

Poor blight

Racial disparities

Initial shocking deaths

Mundane future waves

American Past is indeed Prologue

Show threadMessagingMattersMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid Also Japanese-American internment.
Show thread4GrandMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid It’s always a reminder when white wealth privilege speaks. They always remind you who they are.
Show threadGFJacobs Is Still MaskingMay 20, 2023

@QasimRashid the disinformation is coming from the corrupt Supreme Court, as well.

#SCOTUS #CORRUPT #CORRUPTION #CorruptToTheCore

Show threadKerri LevineMay 20, 2023

@QasimRashid

Ooooh, he needs to do some research on SCOTUS rulings and pandemics.

Show thread🇨🇦 TRH 🇨🇦May 20, 2023
@QasimRashid 1. Term limits. 2. Elections not appointments.
Show threadCellyBlueMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid selective memory loss. Alternative Facts.
Show threadProf Kemi FGMay 20, 2023

@QasimRashid

Literally this

Show threadTimothy SwanMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid Who would have thought Gorsuch would be one of the worst justices of all of them? Breathtakingly partisan and cruel, full of bad takes and bad faith.
Show threadPJT NorthMay 20, 2023

@QasimRashid

He is entitled to his opinion. It doesn’t say much about him though. Discretion and consideration used to be integral to our court system. Apparently not anymore.

Show threadLoueeMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid It would be shorter to write Gorsuch says many words. What a clown.
Show threadk cavaliereMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid Gorsuch needs to retire and stop offering senile opinions. Civil liberties do not include the spread of contagions.
Show threadKanaMaunaMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid As compared to what, the liberty of the grave?
Show threadEarthy TonezMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid while obviously ludicrous, I think it’s important not to underestimate this sentiment. I think there are a shocking number of people who are passionately politically motivated by this idea.
Show threadRoscuroMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid that shit had my blood boiling. Niel really typed that all out, had his clerks read it, and signed off on it.
Show threadDaniel Thomas BuroshMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid Gorsuch is far-right fuckface piece of garbage and I look forward to the day when a student at one of those law school symposiums stands up to th microphone and says that to his face.
Show threadFrank CoteMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid you're right.
Show threadChupacabra 78704May 20, 2023
@QasimRashid He clearly was not one of us during Covids worst.
Show threadDarwin WoodkaMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid this fucking tool
Show threadenmodo ⚛️ 🧬 🇺🇦 🍉May 20, 2023

@QasimRashid as he pretends over a million people didn't die during this peace time "invasion". Meanwhile the consequences of right wing efforts to weaponize common sense precautions means that next time many more millions will die needlessly.

But yeah, compared to other things like slavery, or depriving women of bodily autonomy... It's a drop in the ocean.

Show threadADHDeanASLMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid I guess he forgot about the patriot act
Show threadSensible CroneMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid Shut up, Neil.
Show threadchicatingMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid jeez, selfish much?
Gorsuch must be Gaelic for "lack of proportion."
And I guess we could shop while stepping over bodies, like their gun policy...
Show threadDerFinsterlingMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid To be fair (not that we should be fair to Gorsuch, fuck that guy, but):
There are not a lot of years in US history left if you limit them to "peacetime".
Show threadVHaschMay 20, 2023

@QasimRashid

On top of all that, I'll bet a whole lot of parents forced their kids to eat VEGETABLES instead of cookies!

What they're saying is the government should have just let people drop like flies during the outbreak.

Show threadCrystal_Fish_CavesMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid out of touch much? #scotus should be dissolved
Show threadJeff ♨️ DarcyMay 20, 2023
@QasimRashid Translation: "liberty" means *his own* convenience and gift opportunities, while "history" means *his own* adult lifetime. He can't see beyond that. What a fucking snowflake.