Ep 240 — The Only Consistent Thing About The Supreme Court

DOCKET ALERTS:

The administration says it's going to prosecute anyone who touches the algae-ridden Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial. So far, that seems to be more bluster than reality.

Sadly, what isn't bluster is that Judges Reed O'Connor and Mark Pittman in Texas are handing down extraordinarily long punitive sentences for Antifa protestors to "send a message" not to criticize the government.

DOOFUS OF THE DAY: Postmaster General David Steiner, who tried to pass off voter suppression efforts to not distribute ballots as just "best practices" for the USPS. Fortunately, Judge Indira Talwani in Massachusetts permanently enjoined that part of Trump's plan to steal the midterms and ordered declared Trump's executive order unconstitutional and void.

MAIN SHOW:

It was a rough week at the Supreme Court, with SEVEN decisions all reaching extreme right-wing outcomes, all by the exact same 6-3 margin, and using contradictory legal "reasoning" to get there. The Supreme Court prevented victims of human rights abuses from suing the US company Cisco, while permitting Exxon Mobil to sue the Cuban government.

US v. Song [antifa protestors, docket via CourtListener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71912958/united-states-v-arnold/

California v. Trump [post office injunction, docket via CourtListener]

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.298518/

Exxon Mobil v. Corporation CIMEX [Supreme Court suits against Cuba]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-699_f204.pdf

Cisco Systems v. Doe [Supreme Court human rights suits]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-856_kjfm.pdf

Landor v. Louisiana Dep't of Corrections [Supreme Court Rastafarian religious liberty]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/23-1197_h3ci.pdf

Blanche v. Lau [Supreme Court lawful permanent residents]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-429_h3ci.pdf

Mullin v. Al Otro Lado [Supreme Court asylum applications]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-5_86qd.pdf

Mullin v. Doe [Supreme Court TPS]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-1083_f204.pdf

US v. Southern Poverty Law Center [criminal indictment of SPLC; docket via CourtListener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73223865/united-states-v-southern-poverty-law-center-inc/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc

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