“We will not dwell on Justice Jackson’s argument, which is at odds with more than two centuries’ worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself. We observe only this: Justice Jackson decries an imperial Executive while embracing an imperial Judiciary.”
— SCOTUS majority opinion today
SCOTUS dropped a bunch of excellent decisions today, including in the case brought, among others, by a group of Orthodox Ukrainians in Maryland who want to opt out their children from lessons in gender propaganda. These are very important victories, and we should celebrate.
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Wow, the majority justices on SCOTUS did not mince their words, for once! I am quite surprised since it seems that the hitherto pretty solid facade of consensus about Madam Justice Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson’s judicial competence is crumbling.
Until now a certain tradition of gracious courtesy has prevailed, an honorable code according to which SCOTUS justices, even though they may disagree with each other even to a considerable extent in their judgments, promote the view that all appointees on SCOTUS are equally competent and equally deserving of the honor.
What is quite clear, instead, is that Madam Justice Ketanji Onyika Brown Jackson owes her appointment to the melanin content of her skin, rather than her judicial acumen and intellectual accomplishments which, when one reads her opinions, appear to be rather limited indeed.
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All cheating programs, whether camouflaged as Affirmative Action, quota, or DEI, reflects poorly on every member of preferred individuals. That must be especially difficult for a woman like Barrett, a female with clearly demonstrated superior intellect and acquired knowledge, to work around the likes of Jackson and Sotomayor.
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Good news! A great day for cats, dogs, and ducks around the country!
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TPS should be abolished as a category altogether. It’s impossible to organize normal life in a country with millions of people loitering around in a temporary status. These are people in limbo. They don’t plan long-term. They have zero buy-in into the communities that are forced to host them.
This is a great start but we shouldn’t rest until the entire category is scrapped for good.
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Imagine not dying of shame before putting your name to this piece of writing.
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OK, I didn’t see this until now. I truly have no words. I would fail a Freshman on the spot for this kind of writing. I have, indeed, failed Freshmen. And this woman sits on the Supreme Court.
This is embarrassing.
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Coming from a country where Supreme Court judges often struggle with even basic reasoning, it’s been a real relief to live somewhere with justices who are genuinely sharp, whether you agree with them or not. This is why it’s so depressing to see even this institution getting hollowed out by DEI.
Justice Roberts has had to tell her a few times to shut up and let the lawyers speak lol.
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“Martian arriving here from another planet” is amazing writing. There’s no ambiguity about which planet it’s arriving from. It’s Mars!
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Imagine in a small working group like SCOTUS, where members are practically bound to each other for life, one person is significantly below everybody else in IQ. She routinely can’t understand what the rest of them are on about. And they all have to pretend to listen to her in all seriousness.
This is torture for everybody involved.
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Clarissa took the words out of my mouth. And excuse the figure of speech.
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