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turbinetree

(26,342 posts)
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 02:26 PM Thursday

SCOTUS Shadow Docket Proves They Work For Trump

There’s no longer any doubt that the country’s highest court favors the felonious insurrectionist p*ssy grabber.

By NewsHound Ellen — July 10, 2025

Political Science Professor Adam Bonica prepared a chart (see below) that is worth at least a thousand words. He accompanied it with the explainer, “When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases. For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.

Even worse, Bonica points out that all the nationwide injunctions blocking Biden administration policies were issued by Republican-appointed judges. Those blocking the Trump administration were issued by a bipartisan set of judges.

The MAGA Supreme Court is not calling “balls and strikes,” as Chief Justice John Roberts claims. It’s a huge majority of “balls” for the Republican felon and 100% strikes for his Democratic predecessor.

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/07/scotus-shadow-docket-stats-prove-what-we

And if anyone wants to fully understand what a shadow docket is..................and the merit docket read on...........

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/supreme-court-shadow-

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in2herbs

(3,817 posts)
1. Reason and evidence why the 6 judges on this court should be impeached as soon as Ds have a majority. nt
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 02:29 PM
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Botany

(74,704 posts)
3. She Won, Part II: Seven Judges. Direct-to-Cell Satellites. A Hijacked Election
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 04:48 PM
Thursday
https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/she-won-part-ii-seven-judges-direct

Just seven days after Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden, the Senate rammed through Judge Aileen Cannon—a Federalist Society loyalist—to the federal bench, again via the nuclear option. The seat? It would later oversee Trump’s classified documents case.

Think about that. Before he even walked out of the White House with stolen materials and a failed insurrection attempt, Donald Trump had already secured the judge who would protect him. He wasn't just breaking the law—he was fortifying his legal escape route in advance, with an assist from Senate Republicans.

FakeNoose

(37,815 posts)
4. Your link for the Brennan Center is dead ... but thanks for posting this anyway
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 05:08 PM
Thursday

K & R! This proves what we knew all along.

Texin

(2,762 posts)
5. No. I believe these justices work for The Heritage Foundation whose SCOTUS short list had these
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 05:23 PM
Thursday

particular people on the list, all of whom are/were rethugs, many of whom are Catholic, all could be classified as Evangelical or Opus Dei elites of considerable family or personal wealth. They don't "work" for 47 per se, but it just aligns with what they and their handlers and backers want, not to mention the tech billionaires, Wall Street, Old Money Ruling Class, etc.

SidneyR

(160 posts)
6. Checklist on the road to fascism . . .
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 05:23 PM
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Capture the legislature, capture the media, capture the courts, capture the military and police . . . we're there, done and cooked.

GAJMac

(244 posts)
7. Actually
Thu Jul 10, 2025, 06:30 PM
Thursday

I'm not sure that they favor the "felonious insurrectionist p*ssy grabber" so much as they favor their billionaire owners...

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