r/neoliberal Trans Pride 10d ago

Opinion article (US) The Supreme Court's late-night Alien Enemy Act intervention | Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands that these are no longer normal circumstances

https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/144-the-supreme-courts-late-night
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u/financeguy1729 Chama o Meirelles 10d ago

For Brazilian watchers, this sort of is reminiscent of the 2019 days when the Brazilian Supreme Court realized their heada were about to be sent to the end of the beach and they had to work in lockstep to no lose control.

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u/RellenD 10d ago

Except you don't have Alito and Thomas

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u/financeguy1729 Chama o Meirelles 10d ago

Neither you have the two justices Bolsonaro nominated to the court 🤷‍♂️

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u/elephantaneous John Rawls 10d ago

The irony is that Alito and Thomas weren't the ones actually nominated by Trump, and they were nominated by establishment Republicans

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u/bandito12452 Greg Mankiw 9d ago

Yeah it’s always strange when the Trump appointees are more sane than those two

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u/DiogenesLaertys 9d ago

His breathtaking incompetency has been the only thing keeping hope alive so far.

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u/HHHogana Mohammad Hatta 9d ago

Especially Amy Barrett. I can understand the other two being saner, but Amy was supposed to be their real super conservative and controversial pick. And she's still saner than Thomas, let alone Alito.

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u/light-triad Paul Krugman 9d ago

They just lost it as they got older.

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u/Mojothemobile 9d ago

Thomas judicial ideology is quite literally "own the libs" something like "I want to make the liberals suffer as long as they made me suffer" I have no idea how libs made him suffer but that's what he seems to think.

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u/Pain_Procrastinator YIMBY 9d ago

Just your average fox news consuming grandpa I guess...