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What to expect as the Supreme Court weighs in on gender-affirming care for trans youth
19thnews.org/2024/12/supreme-c

* 1st time SCOTUS deliberates over state’s authority to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth
* wh. such ban constitutes sex discrimination
* will impact legal battles surrounding gender-affirming care bans across U.S.

#SCOTUS #US_v_Skrmetti #Skrmetti #conservatism #supermajority
#transgenocide #transphobia #TransHealthcare #discrimination
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #Christofascism

The 19th · What to expect as the Supreme Court weighs in on gender-affirming care for trans youth By Orion Rummler
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U.S. Supreme Court: U.S. v. Skrmetti
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_S

* pending SCOTUS case
* whether bans on gender affirming care for children violate Equal Protection Clause of 14th Amendment to U.S. Constitution
* access to puberty blockers, hormone therapy, gender reassignment surgery
* case likely to be withdrawn under Trump2

#SCOTUS #US_v_Skrmetti #Skrmetti #conservatism #supermajority
#transgenocide #transphobia #TransHealthcare #discrimination
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #Christofascism

My #wishes for #2025 (not that I think any of this will come true):

1.
#KamalaHarris is sworn-in as the 47th #POTUS.
2.
#Democrats get a #SuperMajority in the #House and #Senate
3. Democrats use their Super Majority to admit
#PuertoRico and #DC as the 51st and 52nd State.
4. The
#SCOTUS is expanded from 9 justices to 13 justices, with the 4 new justices being all liberal.
5.
#RoeVWade is codified into law.
6.
#QualifiedImmunity is outlawed.
7. Donald
#Trump and his entire family is imprisoned.
8. Elon
#Musk has his citizenship revoked and is deported back to South Africa

One can wish, can't they?

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When speaking to supporters from the swing state, where both #Trump & VP #KamalaHarris have doubled efforts to capture the #election count in Nov, Trump lamented the criticism aimed at #SCOTUS#conservative #supermajority & said it should be “illegal.”

“They were very brave, the #SupremeCourt. Very brave. And they take a lot of hits because of it,” Trump said. “It should be illegal, what happens.“

#authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny
#law #democracy #HarrisWalz2024

[thread] filibuster
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibust

* members of legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation to delay or entirely prevent decision

Mitch McConnell
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Mc
* blocked President Obama's judicial nominees
* invoked nuclear option to elim. 60-vote req. to end filibuster for Supreme Court nominations

Persagen.org >> filibuster

en.wikipedia.orgFilibuster - Wikipedia

#UKGeneralElection propaganda in newspapers & on the WWW that tries to scare you about a "supermajority" is lying to you.

In countries such as the U.S., Germany, Ireland, and France, the written constitutions specify that a few things can only be enacted if ⅗, ⅔, or even ¾ agree. That is what a #supermajority is.

There is no such thing in the U.K. Parliament. Anything over ½ counts.

Remember that this was even true for constitutionally fundamental things such as Brexit.

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While lower courts have relied on the #Chevron in tens of thousands of cases evaluating #FederalRules, #regulations & orders, #conservatives have balked at the legal #precedent, & the approach has fallen out of favor since #SCOTUS moved to the #FarRight. The court’s #conservative #supermajority includes 3 justices nominated by the #criminal #Trump, whose admin put a premium on judges skeptical of federal government power & the so-called “administrative state.”
#law #ActivistCourt #ExtremistCourt

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... followed by:

"Power grab": Sotomayor warns that alarming SCOTUS ruling is "part of a disconcerting trend"
Sotomayor accused the court's right-wing majority of seek to diminish federal regulatory authority
salon.com/2024/06/27/power-gra
thehill.com/regulation/court-b

The Supreme Court of the U.S., an eviscerator of rights to self-determination (access to abortion; ...), has a 6-3 conservative supermajority: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_

Analysis of recent decisions sheds light on their tactics, collusion

Teeing up the next one: Expert says SCOTUS roadmap helps right-wingers revise deranged cases
Conservative justices dropping "hints" for conservative legal activists going forward
salon.com/2024/06/26/teeing-up

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“The importance of confirming judges is no excuse for his failure to exercise his committee’s #oversight authority to investigate the most serious #ethics & #corruption scandals in #SupremeCourt history, especially when the few judges #Durbin hopes to confirm before November would inevitably see their rulings shredded by the Court’s captured #RightWing #supermajority in service to its #billionaire backers,” Aronson said.