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YES! This is SO TRUE!! Headlines are meant to get EYES on the article and heighten emotions to spread chatter and get even MORE eyes in their articles!! Don't spread misinformation. READ it for yourself FIRST!
I need an answer to an important question. Why can’t the next Democratic President have the DOJ investigate each Supreme Court member? If no President can be prosecuted, why not revamped the court? Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has shown us how we got here by following the money. I believe Members should have a binding code of ethics, have 20-25 yr appts and should have a minimum of 20 members. Rotating them randomly for each case. They receive 10,000 submissions per yr and hear under 100. It would solve some of the issues. Ppl selected T bc they realize our gov just isn’t working at all. Simple example, they can’t even get minimum wage raised.
You made a critical point which is vital for people to understand.
Journalist are in such a rush to meet deadlines, and be the first to file before the competition.
This means that their analysis of complex legal situations is usually superficial given the specialized nature of the law.
Getting legal stories right is made even more difficult because many judges, including the radical judges on the right nominated by Mr. Trump and confirmed by the Republicans in the Senate who represent a minority of the U.S. electorate, are cynical and disengenuous.
Justices Alito and Thomas, are NOT conservative judges.
Chief Justice Roberts, and Associate Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh are politicians in Black Robes who held political jobs before being placed on the bench.
Amy Coney Barrett is more difficult to pigeon hole.
In any event, it is lazy to denominate them "Conservatives."
Please be more careful on your word choice, and urge the others at Legal AF, to refer to the Six as Radical Right Judges, or Republican Judicial Nominees.
Judge Luttig is the model of a real conservative judge.
He demonstrated this when he shared his thoughts about the meaning of the 4th of July, the reason for the Colonial Rebellion against the British Crown, and when he analyzed the grievances of the roughly 1/3 who favored being independent.
Since Judge Luttig did not aim to please the Republican political elite, he was never nominated for the Supreme Court.
In any event, very few legal specialists believe that most journalists, including those at legacy publications like the New York Times, Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal fully understand the legal matters they report.
You are doing a great job. Continue to use the Legal AF platform you occupy in a good way, to educate the public, politicians, journalists, opinion makers, and influencers.
Thank you for your excellent explanation.
Thank you for breaking it down and weeding out the deceit. There’s just so much going on with this regime, it’s exhausting!
YES! This is SO TRUE!! Headlines are meant to get EYES on the article and heighten emotions to spread chatter and get even MORE eyes in their articles!! Don't spread misinformation. READ it for yourself FIRST!
Yes. I hate the headlines that often have nothing to do with story!!
Or worse . . . are misleading.
Is there any legal recourse against these newpapers for not correctly publishing titles? Get my drift?
That’s IT?? Brother!
Trump will do as he pleases no matter what the court says, and whether it's legal or not (and/or defies the constitution).
Facts and accuracy and nuance in a world of sound bites. Thank you 🙏
Excellent information about written dissents!!
I need an answer to an important question. Why can’t the next Democratic President have the DOJ investigate each Supreme Court member? If no President can be prosecuted, why not revamped the court? Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has shown us how we got here by following the money. I believe Members should have a binding code of ethics, have 20-25 yr appts and should have a minimum of 20 members. Rotating them randomly for each case. They receive 10,000 submissions per yr and hear under 100. It would solve some of the issues. Ppl selected T bc they realize our gov just isn’t working at all. Simple example, they can’t even get minimum wage raised.
This is from YouTube Heritage foundation channel… sharing because this is what Trump does ….
https://youtu.be/YK8avFtDyMY?si=lX2NPvus_mSbiIvI
Drives me nuts!
Rachel,
You made a critical point which is vital for people to understand.
Journalist are in such a rush to meet deadlines, and be the first to file before the competition.
This means that their analysis of complex legal situations is usually superficial given the specialized nature of the law.
Getting legal stories right is made even more difficult because many judges, including the radical judges on the right nominated by Mr. Trump and confirmed by the Republicans in the Senate who represent a minority of the U.S. electorate, are cynical and disengenuous.
Justices Alito and Thomas, are NOT conservative judges.
Chief Justice Roberts, and Associate Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh are politicians in Black Robes who held political jobs before being placed on the bench.
Amy Coney Barrett is more difficult to pigeon hole.
In any event, it is lazy to denominate them "Conservatives."
Please be more careful on your word choice, and urge the others at Legal AF, to refer to the Six as Radical Right Judges, or Republican Judicial Nominees.
Judge Luttig is the model of a real conservative judge.
He demonstrated this when he shared his thoughts about the meaning of the 4th of July, the reason for the Colonial Rebellion against the British Crown, and when he analyzed the grievances of the roughly 1/3 who favored being independent.
Since Judge Luttig did not aim to please the Republican political elite, he was never nominated for the Supreme Court.
In any event, very few legal specialists believe that most journalists, including those at legacy publications like the New York Times, Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal fully understand the legal matters they report.
You are doing a great job. Continue to use the Legal AF platform you occupy in a good way, to educate the public, politicians, journalists, opinion makers, and influencers.
ALOHA...
Well. This is why I steer clear of MSM. The majority have a right-wing agenda. Murdock has a LOT to answer for.
Can a justice on the Supreme Court be impeached?