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(DIR) Post #B57RC9eXtLOl4Pg9YW by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-04-09T13:41:01Z
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#GiftArticle#SCOTUS remade by #Trump ushers in historic defeats for #CivilRights
The court is the first since at least the ’50s to reject claims in a majority of cases involving #women & “#minorities”.The shift ends a streak of successive courts expanding protections beginning with the civil rights era. But the historic nature of the current court is also evident in other key areas of the #law over the 5 terms since the 3rd of Trump’s appointees joined the bench.https://wapo.st/4c9sLWx
(DIR) Post #B57RYdTlgB4FwfMEIC by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-04-09T13:45:16Z
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In addition to #CivilRights, the court powered by #Trump’s picks — Justices Neil M. #Gorsuch, Brett M. #Kavanaugh & #AmyConeyBarrett — has pushed to the right of any modern court on #religious rights & #voting issues.The court has also entered a new era of extreme #partisanship. None over the past 7 decades has been as starkly polarized.
“There is no center now,” said political science professor Lee Epstein, who performed the analysis with Andrew D. Martin & Michael J. Nelson.#law #SCOTUS
(DIR) Post #B57Ri4mRXkbRDzau7U by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-04-09T13:47:00Z
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A yawning gulf has opened between the left & right flanks of the court, Professor Epstein said.
“The #polarization in American society seeps into the #Senate. It seeps into the #presidency. It is naturally going to seep into the #courts. It would be surprising to see another John Paul Stevens,” Epstein said, referring to the late justice noted for his moderation. “Partisan identity & ideology have become so intertwined.”#law #SCOTUS #Trump #extremism
(DIR) Post #B57S3jSLVTVvSZWJkW by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-04-09T13:50:54Z
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The analysis examined 270 decisions handed down by #SCOTUS between 2020 & 2024—the first 5 terms of the 6-justice conservative majority—& drew on the Supreme Court Database….The professors compared that data to the body of rulings under Chief Justice #JohnRoberts before 2020, as well as rulings handed down under the 6 other chief justices dating back to the New Deal era. The analysis did not include rulings from the current term or orders in cases on the court’s emergency docket.#law #Trump
(DIR) Post #B57SDddE172oI7Kfx2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-04-09T13:52:41Z
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Overall, the Supreme Court has consistently leaned to the right for 50 years. That pattern has persisted despite the country being closely divided politically & the White House & #Congress regularly changing hands between Democrats & Republicans. Republican presidents have had more opportunities to name justices than Democratic presidents have had.
The current court has expanded upon the pattern.#law #SCOTUS #Trump #extremism
(DIR) Post #B57SOYNhsTtPC2HLFo by lawyersgunsnmoney@mstdn.social
2026-04-09T13:54:33Z
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@Nonilex Leonard Leo, his Federalist Society and his billionaire backers flat out won. Makes me ill to see us bear this loss.
(DIR) Post #B57Se8sGTqJgiY0O00 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-04-09T13:57:29Z
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One of the most notable findings of the analysis was the court’s shift on civil rights, Epstein & Nelson said. Since the 3 #Trump appointees joined the court, the share of cases won by the side advocating an expansion of #CivilRights fell to 44%.In all the other time periods going back to the early 1950s, #SCOTUS issued rulings in favor of expanding civil rights in a majority of such cases. The high-water mark for rulings in favor of civil rights was 74% during the court of Earl Warren.#law
(DIR) Post #B57T6b9cvgLIXDh9xw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2026-04-09T14:02:36Z
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The Warren court of the 1950s & 1960s is remembered as one of the most liberal in history, banning school #segregation in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education & expanding #Votingrights & the rights of criminal defendants.#law #SCOTUS #JohnRoberts #Trump #extremism
(DIR) Post #B57UeyTkobgOfu46NM by RnDanger@infosec.exchange
2026-04-09T14:20:02Z
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@Nonilex I didn't know that justice but I'm fairly certain the ever present desire for centrism is why we have this terrible mess, actually
(DIR) Post #B57V1YSPjGSydACnei by RnDanger@infosec.exchange
2026-04-09T14:24:07Z
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@Nonilex Passive tense. It's Republicans that made the gulf, and they expect Democrats to repair it. Which, unfortunately, they are trying. Democrats are trying to repair a gulf they didn't make and they can't control in order to appease their political adversaries because actual left candidates are excluded by process filters on the system. We have no Left
(DIR) Post #B57WiHTIrCCkMBYgzo by woodenmachines@mastodon.social
2026-04-09T14:42:53Z
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@Nonilex #scotus remade by the Leonard Leo and the #heritagefoundation The right still hasnt gotten over Brown, but the ball got rolling after they anointed Bush jr. imagine where we would be if we hadn’t invaded Iraq and Afghanistan, two countries that had nothing to with 9/11 #EmpireInDecline #epsteinClass #oil #oligarchs
(DIR) Post #B57YTY5SzxixSBVowq by FIAR_Light@beige.party
2026-04-09T15:02:44Z
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@Nonilex I hope John "Bumke" Roberts owns a handgun. Then he can go the way of his nazi predecessor when the time comes.
(DIR) Post #B57ZCCWo08I1cXajr6 by peterbrown@mastodon.scot
2026-04-09T15:10:51Z
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@Nonilex in Scotland politicians have no role whatsoever in appointing judges. Nobody knows the political sympathies of the judges and the judiciary is entirely independent of politics.
(DIR) Post #B57gxl4o4HOs3n7Su8 by k_leyton_cooper@mastodon.social
2026-04-09T16:37:27Z
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@Nonilex 😠😠😠😠😠
(DIR) Post #B57z16k9lX9DIpCuqu by johntinker@hear-me.social
2026-04-09T20:00:10Z
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@Nonilex Students' Rights, Tinker v. Des Moines, 1969, Warren