Tigeraholic1 Posted May 16 Posted May 16 13 hours ago, buddha said: None of the liberal justices publicly dissented. 1 Quote
romad1 Posted May 18 Posted May 18 Post by @mirrorpond.bsky.social — Bluesky Trick🌊 @mirrorpond.bsky.social Follow SCOTUS: Student Loan forgiveness illegal ! Bad Biden! SCOTUS is fine with Slush funds paid by the US government for those storming the Capitol and convicted. Quote
buddha Posted May 18 Posted May 18 3 hours ago, romad1 said: Post by @mirrorpond.bsky.social — Bluesky Trick🌊 @mirrorpond.bsky.social Follow SCOTUS: Student Loan forgiveness illegal ! Bad Biden! SCOTUS is fine with Slush funds paid by the US government for those storming the Capitol and convicted. were they asked to rule on trump's slush fund? honest question, did i miss it? Quote
CMRivdogs Posted May 23 Posted May 23 Interesting move... Quote On May 14, 2026, Governor Josh Green signed Senate Bill 2471 into law. Now called Act 011, the law states that corporations and other artificial entities created under Hawaii’s state laws do NOT have the power to spend money or contribute anything of value to influence elections or ballot measures. Instead, these business entities possess only the powers that are “necessary or convenient to carry out their lawful business or organizational purposes.” This law is an in-your-face challenge to the post-Citizens United world where corporations have been playing God with our elections. What Hawaii basically said was: Corporations are NOT people, and we’re not letting them hijack our democracy anymore. But, Act 011 flips the script: it doesn’t try to regulate speech. Instead, it goes to the systemic root of the issue: because corporations are artificial “persons” created by the state, if the state charters them then the state gets to define exactly what powers those artificial “persons” get to have. This law is powerful in how straightforward it is. It reaffirms that corporations, LLCs, partnerships, nonprofits — basically any artificial entity formed under the laws of the state of Hawaii — only have the powers “necessary or convenient” for their legitimate business purposes. Influencing elections, funding ballot measures, bankrolling candidates or PACs? Definitely NOT on the list of “necessary or convenient business purposes.” More in the link. But the law includes all businesses in Hawaii, but includes out of state companies as well. It doesn't restrict free speech Then this,,, Quote What is really impressive is that even in Hawaii’s heavily Democratic legislature, SB 2471 passed with strong Republican backing, too. In fact, the votes were unanimous in the Senate and near-unanimous in the House. Why? Because legislators from both sides of the aisle recognized the problem of unchecked corporate influence. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted May 23 Posted May 23 (edited) 1 hour ago, CMRivdogs said: Interesting move... More in the link. But the law includes all businesses in Hawaii, but includes out of state companies as well. It doesn't restrict free speech Then this,,, Montana is doing something like this also. Corporations operate under state law. A state can decide what kind of corporate structure and purpose they allow. I'm sure there will be some kind of challenge under the ICC eventually but we'll see. The flaw in Citizens United has always been the fallacy that sits at its heart, which is that the 'corporation' has some kind of independent existence and thus some kind of standing under the constituion. They do not, they are 100% the creation of statute law, and thus what they may and may not do under terms of incorporation must be subject to statute law under any consistent logic. State legislatures could decide tomorrow that every current corporation in America ceases to exist and then recreate corporate existence on a different set of operating principles. Edited May 23 by gehringer_2 Quote
pfife Posted June 3 Author Posted June 3 (edited) Republicans can gerrymander, Democrats cant. Just like the text of the constitution says Scrotus Edited June 3 by pfife Quote
gehringer_2 Posted June 3 Posted June 3 (edited) 25 minutes ago, pfife said: Republicans can gerrymander, Democrats cant. Just like the text of the constitution says Scrotus "The District Court also failed to follow...." I love (not) the legal conceit that you can just do some semantical handwaving and then argue from your sophistry that reality is not what it is plainly is. 3000 years ago civilized people already knew that 'making the worse appear the better cause' in the teaching of the youth should be considered a capital offense. Edited June 3 by gehringer_2 Quote
chasfh Posted June 3 Posted June 3 The so-called "shadow docket" is just one more hole blown into the crumbling wall of democracy. Quote
chasfh Posted June 22 Posted June 22 (edited) The strangling of democracy continues apace, and all I can say at this point is, I sure hope they are leaving a digital paper trail confirming intent. Edited June 22 by chasfh Quote
romad1 Posted June 25 Posted June 25 3 Alito opinions... He must be retiring to give Trump another pick. NO and Nuh uh until 2029. The precedent has been set. Quote
chasfh Posted June 25 Posted June 25 (edited) 3 hours ago, romad1 said: 3 Alito opinions... He must be retiring to give Trump another pick. NO and Nuh uh until 2029. The precedent has been set. If Alito is truly on board with the overall program, if the Democrats win the Senate, he will retire the day after they confirm as much, and the president and lame duck Senate will rush through a replacement pick, and it will be someone on the order of Aileen Cannon. And If Thomas is on board with the overall program, he will resign the same day and they rush through someone on the order of Jeanene Pirro, only someone worse and who has a pen15. Edited June 25 by chasfh 1 Quote
oblong Posted June 25 Posted June 25 Although Fetterman will play along I wouldn't be surprised of some of the outgoing R's do not. Of course we may still have an R senate in 2027 anyway. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted June 25 Posted June 25 1 hour ago, chasfh said: If Alito is truly on board with the overall program, if the Democrats win the Senate, he will retire the day after they confirm as much, and the president and lame duck Senate will rush through a replacement pick, and it will be someone on the order of Aileen Cannon. And If Thomas is on board with the overall program, he will resign the same day and they rush through someone on the order of Jeanene Pirro, only someone worse and who has a pen15. I think Thomas will die in office. Can't imaging him wanting to retire. Quote
Tigerbomb13 Posted June 25 Posted June 25 (edited) 5 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: I think Thomas will die in office. Can't imaging him wanting to retire. Oh, as we know he can be bribed! Throw him enough lavish gifts and I think he would. Edited June 25 by Tigerbomb13 Quote
gehringer_2 Posted June 25 Posted June 25 Just now, Tigerbomb13 said: Oh, as we know he can be bribed! exactly - as long as he keeps the office the bribes are there for the taking. why would he walk away from such a sweet deal? Quote
chasfh Posted June 25 Posted June 25 17 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said: Oh, as we know he can be bribed! Throw him enough lavish gifts and I think he would. We now know that's going to take more than just a luxury motor home and a million dollars a year for the rest of his life. Quote
romad1 Posted June 29 Posted June 29 OH, we are about to be hit with some insane **** today. Guesses: Trump can rename any day of the week to Trumpday Todd Blanche has the ability to issue pardons if they involve Epstein Something, something Texas and Jesus or the bible or requiring everyone to eat Chik Fil A. Quote
chasfh Posted June 29 Posted June 29 2 minutes ago, romad1 said: Oh this is going to **** the SAVE Act Well, here's a pleasant surprise! Quote
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