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Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 4h

“…by a bevy of Platonic Guardians, even if I knew how to choose them, which I assuredly do not.” The Supreme Court certainly seems to be acting like that with the notion that whatever MAGA wants, MAGA gets, full stop. 2/2

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Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 4h

Me neither—my assumption is that in the short term, we are going to get terrible law on this. A Supreme Court that would immunize Presidents from liability for criminal acts would do anything without blinking. Learned Hand wasn’t wrong when he said. “For myself it would be most irksome…” 1/2

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Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 5h

I count 11 judges who would be likely to vote as the majority did here: Bade, Bennett, Bress, Bumatay, Callahan, Desai, Forrest, Ikuta, Miller, Nelson and Van Dyke. Murguia will be on the panel so you need 6 of 28 to come from that group to uphold this if rehearing is granted—not great odds.

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Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 5h

Lower court judges are playing an important role here, letting us know that they can see that what the Administration is doing is unjustified and illegal in length well reasoned decision. It’s painstaking work that is worth doing and I’m glad they are doing it.

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The Real Zanetta @therealzanetta.bsky.social · 6h

AMERICA FIRST!! Amirite?

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

Trump using a Chinese* excavator to destroy the White House is a bit on the nose as metaphors go.

*Volvo is owned by Geely Holding, a Chinese company.

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Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 6h

Was it the inflatable frog, chicken or the naked bike riders that caused the panel majority to fret about open rebellion and the threat of violence in Portland?

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Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 6h

The Seventh Circuit’s conflicting decision in a case with facts that were more favorable to the Administration, makes en banc rehearing more likely still.

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Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 6h

Given the fact that the panel gave Judge Immergut the back of their hand in a particularly cavalier way and the intensity of Graber’s call for en banc review, I think the likelihood of en banc rehearing is pretty high.

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Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 6h

Justice Jackson accused the current court of having two rules: Calvinball (there are no rules) and the GOP Administration always wins. If Democratic Administrations want to actually govern, expanding the court is a necessity.

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Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 6h

No—the next step is to petition for rehearing from the full Ninth Circuit which will vote on whether to grant en banc review before an 11 judge panel.

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Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 6h

I think Leah Litman’s critique of the Supreme Court is fully justified. I also think that many lower court judges and the three Supreme Court judges who are dissenting from this are doing extraordinary and commendable work. lareviewofbooks.org/article/why-...

Why the Supreme Court Is Not to Be Trusted | Los Angeles Review of Books

Laurie L. Levenson cross-examines Leah Litman’s “Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes.”

lareviewofbooks.org

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Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 6h

Graber is signaling that she wants en banc review in the clearest language imaginable.

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Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 6h

The number of Supreme Court judges is not inexorably fixed at nine. Congress might want to bear that in mind in 2029 and thereafter.

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Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 7h

This is serious stuff, made much more serious by the violent rhetoric of the current administration.

www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...

Federal judges facing threats after ruling against the Trump administration speak out

Federal judges rarely speak outside of their rulings in court. But now many are publicly warning about threats they face this year after ruling against the Trump administration.

www.npr.org

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Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 7h

There are district court and court of appeals judges who are fighting the good fight at considerable personal cost, including putting themselves at risk for violence. That should be rewarded rather than poo pooed. www.cbsnews.com/news/pizza-d...

Federal judges targeted nationwide by "pizza doxxings"

As federal judges face a rise in threats, some have faced a spate of strange, unnerving incidents in which an unknown person orders a pizza to their home.

www.cbsnews.com

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Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 7h

Judge Graber: “I urge my colleagues on this court to act swiftly to vacate the majority’s order before the illegal deployment of troops under false pretenses can occur. Above all, I ask those who are watching this case unfold to retain faith in our judicial system for just a little longer.”

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 1d

"we are all, how you say, trying to find l'homme who did this"

the very dapper man from today's photo from the Louvre heist

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 1d

It’s worth a try, but I’m not sure it will work. From what I’ve seen of the conservative supermajority in this Supreme Court, they will do whatever they need to in order to continue to give the GOP a leg up.

Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe wait a day or two to see if it falls apart (which it has). Give Obama credit—he’s smarter than that.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Wild that the opposition party is running against the guy who has a strangle-hold on the ruling party.

Would they rather the Dems ran against Wendell Wilkie?

“Strangely, Dems target correct political target” is just a bizarro headline.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Lead front-page story in today's NYT

Time-travel dept:

-I don't remember front-page NYT stories "It's 1993, and GOP Is Still Running Against Clinton." That's what they did, for huge mid-term win.

-Nor "It's 2009, and GOP Is Still Running Against Obama." Which they did, for huge win.

Weird.

Headline: "It's 2025, and Democrats Are Still Still Running Against Trump"

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.

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BeSeriousUSA 🐝 @beserioususa.bsky.social · 2d

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Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 7d

Also—excuse me. Your knowledge of American History has to be thin not to understand the role of racism in pre WWII American and the Southern Strategy that the GOP adopted from Goldwater forward.

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Harrydoesntmind @harrysimon.bsky.social · 7d

That really is a nuts response, as the author of the original post noted. If you weren’t watching the racism at Palin Campaign rallies and Tea Party rallies in 2009, you weren’t paying attention. If you can’t see Trump explicitly ran on race in 2016 and 2024, I can’t help you either.

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