Thread by @MicheleDTweets

@DemocracyDocket @marceelias @allinwithchris 3 points which we must repeatedly spotlight about *THIS* #SCOTUS:

1. Not unlike the #MAGAMob takeover of the RNC and Republican Party, *THIS* SCOTUS has a shadow Chief Justice. It’s Clarence Thomas.

Thomas seems to have transitioned from the dichotomy viewpoint…

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@DemocracyDocket @marceelias @allinwithchris of the imperial presidency combined with state’s rights, so long as the presidency is held by a Republican, to a full-throttle, nakedly Libertarian, Koch Brother disposition.

2. It could be Chief Justice (in name only) Roberts siding with the liberal judges has far less to…

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@DemocracyDocket @marceelias @allinwithchris do with his personal views of the Alabama re-districting case and more to attempt to save the credibility of #SCOTUS and his legacy if not, save #SCOTUS and democracy.

3. There is a fundamental through line we must pin. It could almost be mistaken for a taunt from the…

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@DemocracyDocket @marceelias @allinwithchris TFG conservatives on #SCOTUS who are keenly aware of the current state (since the McConnell-led GOP majority decided after taking control in 2010 to thwart the Obama Administration) of near semi-permanent gridlock in the U.S. Senate, creating a legislative cemetery where…

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@DemocracyDocket @marceelias @allinwithchris almost all good bills go to die.

When hearing oral arguments last month in the Biden Administration’s COVID Vaccine & Testing Requirements Case (not a mandate) TFG conservative #SCOTUS justices teased counsel for the NFIB and Ohio’s Solicitor Gen…

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newyorker.com/news/daily-com…

@DemocracyDocket @marceelias @allinwithchris opinion points. They implied Congress could have passed legislation imposing COVID vaccine and testing requirements. Flowers, OH’s Solicitor General caught the pass, but fumbled it when Justice Sotomayor adeptly stated by establishing OSHA and appropriating an annual…

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@DemocracyDocket @marceelias @allinwithchris budget, Congress conferred authority for administration and oversight of matters such as COVID vaccine requirements and testing.

Justice Sotomayor didn’t mention the Senate passed a bill in Dec 2021 to overturn Biden’s COVID vaccine requirement…

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congress.gov/bill/117th-con…

@DemocracyDocket @marceelias @allinwithchris The bill was introduced by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL).

In light of the information we’ve learned RE: #SCOTUS Justice Thomas and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) are in regular communication, one must wonder if Sen. Scott was coached…

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c: @JaneMayerNYer @AshaRangappa_ @neal_katyal

https://twitter.com/JaneMayerNYer/status/1489650866772754436

@DemocracyDocket @marceelias @allinwithchris @JaneMayerNYer @AshaRangappa_ @neal_katyal to introduce #S2895 when he did in Dec. 2021 advance of #SCOTUS hearing oral arguments for Biden Admin’s COVID vaccine requirement? If so, by who?

The coincidence not only must be pondered, but also should be examined in reference to other legislation and #SCOTUS cases.

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@DemocracyDocket @marceelias @allinwithchris @JaneMayerNYer @AshaRangappa_ @neal_katyal @ThreadReaderApp Unroll please