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Key take away: The greatest threat to the winner of the next election is a strong breeze.
Key take away: The greatest threat to the winner of the next election is a strong breeze.
The moderation seems like the best since at least Obama was running.
The Supreme Court even today has over twice the approval rating as Congress (that’s not saying much). Overthrowing one branch of government seems like a novel idea. There is a process for removing justices but it’s never been done before. Only one justice has been impeached, Samuel Chase, and he wasn’t even removed from the bench.
He/She looks like a younger Bernese Mountain Dog. Which is kind of interesting because the breed was dying off even in Switzerland around 1900 before efforts taken to re-establish the breed.
If the United States supreme court (and really its legal system too) had any integrity, it would champion doing so.
I think most of the liberal justice would argue the court is and that’s the problem. The keystone of Originalist philosophy is that judges should be impartial and leave policy decisions to the people (except when the constitution prohibits restrictions). To do that they are supposed to follow the original meaning, not the contemporary understanding.
In Living Constitutionalism judges are expected to apply their own personal standards and worry about the practical reproductions (that they for see).
There’s a few like that and ‘Breach of Peace’ clearly designed as a catch all for the “It never occurred to us someone would do that” scenarios.
It’s definitely rife for abuse, even if it is often used for more banal things.
Most Americans are keyed in on the intricacies of the Court. You can find a few polls showing this like this one where 1/10 of college graduates think Judge Judy has a chair at SCOTUS.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/19/politics/judge-judy-supreme-court-poll/index.html
The poll used her real name, Judith Sheindlin, but still not a good look.
The classic example of correlation≠causation
For anyone interested in the changes in the Court here’s a video of two of the former justices explaining the different perspectives between living constitutionalism and originalism. Right now there’s a shift from one to the other. Just like there was a shift around the 50s.
Tldr of the holding:
When the SEC seeks civil penalties against a defendant for securities fraud, the Seventh Amendment entitles the defendant to a jury trial.
Link to opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-859_1924.pdf
Edit: Here’s the text of the 7th Amendment for non Americans
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
TLDR of the TLDR:
Court said the gov charged him with the wrong thing. Look for another charge, he’s probably screwed.
Posted this in another thread on the issue but worth saying again because most people see to be confused as to the actual implications of this ruling:
Although a gratuity or reward offered and accepted by a state or local official after the official act may be unethical or illegal under other federal, state, or local laws, the gratuity does not violate §666.
Tldr the ruling only was about in relation to one law. The party may be guilty of a form of corruption under a different law.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-108_8n5a.pdf
Read page 2 of the syllabus where it says “Held:” until page 4 if you want the shorter version.
Otherwise there’s a 16 page explanation under the “opinion of the court” section directly after the syllabus, for those who are interested in a longer explanation.
This is a new combination for me. I’ve hear of desk guns, and other oddities, but this is novel.
Definitely, the Civil War had a lot of hints of “what’s to come”. So many poorly implemented ideas of the period would later become staples of warfare.
Pretty good advice.
It’s not terrible, maybe they could have gone broader but generally the Court sticks to narrow rulings.
Thanks for linking to the direct opinion. Not my first time hearing of the case but it is useful for going back to the actual holding. Kinda shocking IJ didn’t, you’d think they’d want to post their W.
Gasp I say, Gasp!
To be fair they’re only one justice off. Jackson hasn’t been on the bench for too long. It’s not like they’ve got Scalia up there.
I wouldn’t be terribly shocked if a caveat was made for this kind of action. When you consider not just the inaction but them prohibiting parents from intervening you have materially different facts.
I don’t see a massive change coming but perhaps a narrowly tailored ruling.