Tom Whalen
@tvwhalen.bsky.social
Retired pediatric surgeon & network chief medical officer. Married for nearly 49 years w 3 fantastic sons & 5 wonderful grandkids. Captain, Navy Medical Corps Ret. Executive Coach.
Trump v. Slaughter and the Fate of Humphrey's Executor open.substack.com/pub/supremei...
Oral arguments soon - a critical case that could even FURTHER widen Trump's Imperial Presidency.
Oral arguments soon - a critical case that could even FURTHER widen Trump's Imperial Presidency.
Trump v. Slaughter and the Fate of Humphrey's Executor
The Future of the Administrative State
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October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump v. Slaughter and the Fate of Humphrey's Executor open.substack.com/pub/supremei...
Oral arguments soon - a critical case that could even FURTHER widen Trump's Imperial Presidency.
Oral arguments soon - a critical case that could even FURTHER widen Trump's Imperial Presidency.
Friday, the Editorial Board of the WSJ celebrated the erosion of our Democracy.
supremeignominy.substack.com/p/wall-stree...
supremeignominy.substack.com/p/wall-stree...
Wall Street Journal: The Roberts Court's "Triumph"
Less a Legal Renaissance Than a Power Consolidation
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October 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Friday, the Editorial Board of the WSJ celebrated the erosion of our Democracy.
supremeignominy.substack.com/p/wall-stree...
supremeignominy.substack.com/p/wall-stree...
What might a 2028 Supreme Court decision allowing Trump to run for a third term look like?
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supremeignominy.substack.com/p/595-us-666...
595 U.S. 666 (2028)
Decisio Stulta
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October 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What might a 2028 Supreme Court decision allowing Trump to run for a third term look like?
supremeignominy.substack.com/p/595-us-666...
supremeignominy.substack.com/p/595-us-666...
Today’s post was written as a satirical future newspaper article, then read in terror as a possibility that may be realized. The most unlikely part of it would be “oral arguments” - it would more likely be the shadow docket.
supremeignominy.substack.com/p/six-justic...
supremeignominy.substack.com/p/six-justic...
Six Justices, One Coronation
The 2028 Supreme Court Decision That Time (and Term Limits) Forgot
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September 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Today’s post was written as a satirical future newspaper article, then read in terror as a possibility that may be realized. The most unlikely part of it would be “oral arguments” - it would more likely be the shadow docket.
supremeignominy.substack.com/p/six-justic...
supremeignominy.substack.com/p/six-justic...
Who knows what evil lurks? The Shadow Docket has become a key element in the fandom of the Silent Six toward Trumpism and our erosion of democracy.
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supremeignominy.substack.com/p/the-shadow...
The Shadow Docket Knows!!
Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Minds of (Five) Men (and One Woman)?
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September 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Who knows what evil lurks? The Shadow Docket has become a key element in the fandom of the Silent Six toward Trumpism and our erosion of democracy.
supremeignominy.substack.com/p/the-shadow...
supremeignominy.substack.com/p/the-shadow...
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We learned in grade school about “checks and balances.“ Now we have with this court “hating and abetting.“
We learned in grade school about “checks and balances.“ Now we have with this court “hating and abetting.“
The Most Ignominious Decisions of the Roberts Court
The Supremes push the Constitution toward Life Support
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September 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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We learned in grade school about “checks and balances.“ Now we have with this court “hating and abetting.“
We learned in grade school about “checks and balances.“ Now we have with this court “hating and abetting.“
The Most Ignominious Decisions of the Roberts Court
The Supremes push the Constitution toward Life Support
open.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.”
Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton
February 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
“People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.”
Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton
“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.”
Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton
February 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy.”
Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton
Over the centuries the Jesuits have done great good and also engendered a few negatives. Listen to the presupposition of St Ignatius:
“it is necessary to suppose that every good (person) is more ready to put a good interpretation on another’s statement than to condemn it as false.”
Good words
“it is necessary to suppose that every good (person) is more ready to put a good interpretation on another’s statement than to condemn it as false.”
Good words
February 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Over the centuries the Jesuits have done great good and also engendered a few negatives. Listen to the presupposition of St Ignatius:
“it is necessary to suppose that every good (person) is more ready to put a good interpretation on another’s statement than to condemn it as false.”
Good words
“it is necessary to suppose that every good (person) is more ready to put a good interpretation on another’s statement than to condemn it as false.”
Good words
I’m not saying I overreact to dog movies, but I just heard the theme to “My Dog Skip” and I started to cry.
February 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I’m not saying I overreact to dog movies, but I just heard the theme to “My Dog Skip” and I started to cry.
The unelected richest man in the World has done this, and desperate people will die. The cruelty is unparalleled.
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Exclusive: Catholic Relief Services lays off staff, cuts programs after USAID shakeup
An internal email says CRS is likely to be cut in half this year from Trump's freeze of U.S. foreign assistance. Cuts will "cost people's lives and livelihoods," a former bishops' conference official ...
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February 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The unelected richest man in the World has done this, and desperate people will die. The cruelty is unparalleled.
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