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no_hypocrisy

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9. The 6 Trump Justices can't avoid accountability. The shadow docket was a bandaid

Reply to ancianita (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 24, 2025, 07:40 PM

Sep 24

and now they have to perform surgery.

Their decisions on Shadow Docket cases can't be used as guidance for future cases. It's like your Mom telling you, "Because I said so." You don't know what you did wrong so you can avoid doing it again and getting punished.

If they decide against Trump, they're screwed. If they decide in favor of Trump, they'll have destroyed legal precedence by ruling against past legal tradition -- and possibly the American Judicial System.

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I don't get it. Nothing I've read here explains how they've "screwed themselves." ancianita Sep 24 #1

The 6 Trump Justices can't avoid accountability. The shadow docket was a bandaid no_hypocrisy Sep 24 #9

Unfortunately I don't think they are afraid of destroying legal precedence by ruling against past legal tradition LymphocyteLover Sep 24 #12

I see. Thank you. Given your excellent explanation, it seems like the Roberts' court legacy might matter, and so ancianita Sep 24 #13

Hoping the 6 conservative Judges have painted themselves into a corner KS Toronado Sep 24 #2

OMG!!! Absolutely love this!!?? a kennedy Sep 24 #6

This surfered Sep 24 #3

Ok, ok, love this MORE!!!! a kennedy Sep 24 #7

A gold-painted-little crown is missing on top of Justice matters. Sep 24 #18

I can only hope MLWR Sep 24 #4

I'm not feeling very confident that these SC enablers will do the right thing. Gimpyknee Sep 24 #5

Like they care. iemanja Sep 24 #8

So they get to tongue-kiss his cloaca all over again? Orrex Sep 24 #10

His "cloaca"! KPN Sep 24 #14

Barf! LOL! some_of_us_are_sane Sep 24 #21

I can dream maxrandb Sep 24 #11

Awesome! KPN Sep 24 #16

Only if there are actual elections Justice matters. Sep 24 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author KPN Sep 24 #15

They'll just kick those cans down the road Bettie Sep 24 #17

I often wonder how Scalia would have reacted to trump. LoisB Sep 24 #19

They're not a court anymore. They a part of the effort to reject the US... NNadir Sep 25 #22