Any reason to think this opinion has any value? The world is full of complete garbage opinions.

They determined the previous ruling, which was actually so terrible RBG actively spoke against it and told the Dem's they needed to codify RVW, was incorrect. And they were right. There's absolutely no way judges, outside of activist judges, could have ruled RVW implementing term limitations for abortions.

And yet, during their confirmation hearings these judges were asked about RVW and they all disagreed with everything you said, calling it established precedent and settled law that has been set for 50 years. I wish at least one of the conservative judges had not lied about how they feel about precedent and RVW during their confirmation. But of course they had to lie in order to acquire the power to do what Congress is unwilling to do.

The whole reason we're in this problem in the first place is that the legislative branch has basically ceded its power. People in Congress don't want to be responsible for changing laws so they just have the Supreme Court do it for them. There was no way any kind of anti-abortion legislation was ever going to make it through Congress, so they just legislated from the bench and had the Supreme Court take away women's rights.

But more dark money is pouring into federal elections with less disclosure, and 501(c)(4) nonprofits that don’t disclose their donors reported less than $25 million in spending to the FEC during the entire 2022 election cycle — the lowest total since the **Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision **rolled back restrictions on corporate political speech. Months later, the Supreme Court’s SpeechNow.org v. FEC ruling —which effectively paved the way for super PACs — ushered in a new era of massive donations and groups spending unlimited sums on independent expenditures.

I can't help but notice that the Supreme Court is really leading the way with "bribes are cool" decisions here. It's almost like they are a corrupt group of people getting lavish gifts.

I'd be even more worried about it if he gets reelected. He'll stop all military aid to Ukraine and Putin knows he can intimidate Trump. Two wackos with nukes is a bad recipe. Can't believe we allow that con man to become Commander In Chief.

Yeah, best to do these things on a Friday.

Color me inspired. Now I just need to decide which friend gets the gift of the secret harmonica.

We should consider making a TV show about this. It would be like The Sopranos only in this case the mafia is running a country. Lots of shitty stupid back deals and betrayals and people being thrown out windows, that sort of thing.

See, I think misinformation about matters of public health is actionable. What I mean is that if you provide misinformation about something that results in damage to my health then you should be held legally liable.

Misinformation about covid-19 directly resulted in deaths of American citizens. There were people being admitted to emergency rooms for overdosing on ivermectin, and half the electorate seems to think that vaccines are now a bad idea. Measles is making a comeback because Donald Trump didn't want to be embarrassed about saying something wrong. And there's no penalty. For directly getting people killed with lies there's no penalty. It's just free speech. Yelling fire in a crowded movie theater may not be protected by free speech, but putting up a sign that says EXIT over a closet door that goes nowhere before the fire breaks out apparently is protected.

So let's say I want to sell a brand of cigarettes, and I want to put on the side of my brand a big label that says smoking does not cause cancer. That's free speech right? How can they stop me from doing that?

Because to a Trump appointed judge, covid misinformation is just free speech. Can you imagine if the White House tried to tell people that ivermectin didn't work for the virus? That would be directly contradicting the last president.

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Just some of the things the John Roberts court has done:

Overturned Roe v Wade https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/19-1392

Ended race based affirmative action https://www.oyez.org/cases/2022/20-1199

Blocked student loan forgiveness https://www.oyez.org/cases/2022/22-506

Approved LGBTQIA+ discrimination https://www.oyez.org/cases/2022/21-476

Prevented New York from enacting gun laws https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/20-843

Allowed forced prayer in school https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/21-418

Prevented the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/20-1530

Further protected dark money in politics https://www.oyez.org/cases/2020/19-251

Made it easier to give minors life without parole https://www.oyez.org/cases/2020/18-1259

Evidence of innocence isn't enough to prevent death penalty https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/20-1009

The death penalty can be painful and torturous https://www.oyez.org/cases/2018/17-8151

Allowed Trump's muslim travel ban https://www.oyez.org/cases/2017/17-965

Undermined unions https://www.oyez.org/cases/2017/16-1466

Sanctioned voter suppression https://www.oyez.org/cases/2020/19-1257

Police can violate your Miranda rights https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/21-499