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NonilexThe exchange was so awkward, it should have been followed by the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme song. While <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> was shaking hands down the aisle, exiting the House chamber after his address last night, network cameras caught him as he turned to Chief Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JohnRoberts</a>, patted him on the back, & said, “Thank you again. Thank you again. I won’t forget.” Roberts, whose back was to the camera, then headed for the exit.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Immunity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CorruptCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorruptCourt</a>

NonilexWhy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> Thanked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JohnRoberts</a>The conservative justices are frequently accomplices to Trump’s assault on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a>.By Adam Serwer<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Immunity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CorruptCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorruptCourt</a> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/congressional-address-supreme-court/681926/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/congressional-address-supreme-court/681926/</a>

NonilexUnpopular rulings on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elections</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abortion</a>, presidential <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immunity</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guns</a> & other issues — as well as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> cases against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>, which will likely move forward if he loses — have driven down public <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trust</a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#justice</a> system.That decline may be hard to reverse no matter which candidate prevails — especially if the courts play a role in deciding the winner.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#judiciary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#courts</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vote</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoteBlue</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrisWalz2024</a>

NonilexEven as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#election</a> will shape the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#judiciary</a>, the judiciary may also shape the election. As in 2020, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> have already asked federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#judges</a>, including those on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a>, to resolve disputes about ballots before Election Day. Their rulings could determine the outcome of a close race.Perhaps related, Americans’ faith in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#courts</a> has eroded in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> era.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#courts</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vote</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoteBlue</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrisWalz2024</a>

NonilexThe appeals courts lean slightly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republican</a>, while the district courts lean <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democratic</a> (if you count senior judges who work less but still hear cases)…. The next president will likely be able to tip that balance, letting one party’s appointees make up a clear majority of judges.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#judiciary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#courts</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vote</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoteBlue</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrisWalz2024</a>

NonilexIn a typical 4-yr term, a president replaces about ¼ of the country’s 870 active federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#judges</a>, across both federal district & appeals courts. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> filled 231 vacancies, & President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> may equal that number before the next <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a> takes over.Partly as a result, Republican & Democratic presidents have each appointed about ½ of the judges on federal courts.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vote</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoteBlue</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrisWalz2024</a>

NonilexIn the lower <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#courts</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#judges</a> can serve for life. So the more a president appoints, the more he or she can shape the country. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> hears only about 80 cases per year, meaning that lower courts are often the final arbiter on many issues. They set <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#precedent</a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#justice</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bankruptcy</a> proceedings, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corporate</a> disputes & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antitrust</a> enforcement, & on whether federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#laws</a> & rules are <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/constitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#constitutional</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vote</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoteBlue</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrisWalz2024</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harris</a> also wants to enact <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TermLimits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TermLimits</a> & an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethics</a> code for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a>, given the revelation that Thomas & Alito accepted luxury gifts w/o disclosing them. That’s unlikely if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> control the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Senate</a> — & maybe even if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> do, thanks to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/filibuster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#filibuster</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vote</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoteBlue</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrisWalz2024</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> seem more likely to control the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Senate</a> next year. If they do, they can block <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#a</a> President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KamalaHarris</a> from filling a vacancy, much as they did Barack <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Obama</a> in 2016. “If he were re-elected, he’d probably get to appoint one if not two members to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a>,” Harris said of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> last week. She did not say how many appointees she may get if she wins.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vote</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoteBlue</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrisWalz2024</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> appointed 3 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> justices as president. If he wins, he may get more appointments than <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KamalaHarris</a> would have. In recent years, judges have retired in time to let the president they prefer fill their seats. The oldest justices today— <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClarenceThomas</a>, 76, & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Samuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Samuel</a> Alito, 74—are <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republican</a> appointees. If they retired during a 2nd Trump admin, he could choose young replacements to cement <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservative</a> control of the court for decades.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrisWalz2024</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> allows <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Virginia</a> effort to strike <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SUSPECTED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SUSPECTED</a> noncitizen voters  VA Gov <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GlennYoungkin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlennYoungkin</a> (R) asked the justices to intervene after lower courts blocked efforts to cancel registrations of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#voters</a> who COULD BE <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/noncitizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#noncitizens</a>.  A divided <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> cleared the way Wednesday for VA ofcls to remove ~1,600 voters from the state’s registration rolls LESS THAN ONE week before the presidential <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#election</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElectionLaw</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vote</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrisWalz2024</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/30/virginia-noncitizen-voter-purge-supreme-court/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/30/virginia-noncitizen-voter-purge-supreme-court/</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> declines to intervene in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Texas</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emergency</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abortion</a> case  The justices rejected the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> admin’s request to block a lower court ruling barring emergency <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abortions</a> that would conflict w/state <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>.  SCOTUS on Monday refused to require doctors in Texas to perform certain emergency abortions when the procedure would conflict w/the state’s strict <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbortionBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbortionBan</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReproductiveRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbortionIsHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbortionIsHealthcare</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/07/supreme-court-emergency-abortion-texas-case/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/07/supreme-court-emergency-abortion-texas-case/</a>

NonilexEach justice would be required to publicly release their opinions & disclose how they voted on issues considered on an emergency basis, sometimes referred to as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ShadowDocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShadowDocket</a>. Such decisions, which have become more common & increasingly controversial in recent years, don’t identify how each justice voted.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JudicialEthics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Judiciary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JudicialReform</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CourtReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CourtReform</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUSreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUSreform</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

NonilexIt would require the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRS</a> to initiate an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/audit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#audit</a> of the justices’ tax returns each year, release the results & make the tax filings public. Nominees to the court would have to disclose 3 yrs of tax returns.Another measure would allow a two-thirds vote of the court to force a fellow justice to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/recuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#recuse</a> from a case.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JudicialEthics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Judiciary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JudicialReform</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CourtReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CourtReform</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUSreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUSreform</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MitchMcConnell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MitchMcConnell</a> held open the seat that had been occupied by Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AntoninScalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntoninScalia</a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservative</a>, until <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> became president. Trump put forward Neil M. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gorsuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gorsuch</a>.  McConnell said <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MerrickGarland</a>’s nomination came too close to the 2016 presidential election, but he later helped push through the nomination of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmyConeyBarrett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmyConeyBarrett</a> [less than 1 month prior to the 2020 election]…, after the death of Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuthBaderGinsburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RuthBaderGinsburg</a>, a *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#liberal</a>*.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legislation</a> would also require <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> nominees to be automatically scheduled for a vote in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Senate</a> if their nominations have lingered in committee for >180 days.  The measure would prevent senators from blocking a president’s nominees by refusing to hold a vote on them, as then-Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MitchMcConnell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MitchMcConnell</a> (R-KY) did after President Barack <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Obama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Obama</a>’s nomination of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MerrickGarland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MerrickGarland</a> in 2016.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JudicialEthics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUSreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUSreform</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

NonilexDuring the rollout, each president would approve justices in the first & third year of their terms.  The bill would also require a ruling by ⅔ of the high court & the circuit courts of appeals, rather than a simple majority, to overturn a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> passed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Wyden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wyden</a> said the current court has been too quick to discard <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/precedent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#precedent</a> & curtail <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rights</a> by narrow majorities.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JudicialEthics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Judiciary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JudicialReform</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CourtReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CourtReform</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUSreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUSreform</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

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