anti-democratic SCOTUS Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/anti-democratic-scotus/ A platform for change Tue, 23 May 2023 22:47:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Harlan Crow proves, once again, that the system is broken https://flux.community/joan-mccarter/2023/05/harlan-crow-proves-once-again-that-the-system-is-broken/ Tue, 23 May 2023 22:47:09 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13535 Harlan Crow, Texas real estate magnate and very dear friend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has instructed his lawyer to tell yet another Senate committee to pound sand. Congress doesn’t have the authority to oversee the Supreme Court, the lawyer asserted in a response to the Judiciary Committee’s request for details of the millions of […]

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]]> The Supreme Court is back in session, with new controversial cases that stand to change many Americans’ lives – here’s what to expect https://flux.community/morgan-marietta/2022/10/the-supreme-court-is-back-in-session-with-new-controversial-cases-that-stand-to-change-many-americans-lives-heres-what-to-expect/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:00:10 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12493 Following a dramatic year of controversial rulings, the Supreme Court began hearing new cases on Oct. 3, 2022, with a full agenda. The court overturned abortion rights and expanded gun rights in June 2022 as the new conservative supermajority began to exert its influence. Some of the court’s most important upcoming cases focus on the future of affirmative action, equal treatment of LGBTQ people, […]

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]]> Controlled by right-wing justices, US Supreme Court’s approval hits all-time low https://flux.community/kenny-stancil/2022/09/controlled-by-right-wing-justices-us-supreme-courts-approval-hits-all-time-low/ Fri, 30 Sep 2022 01:39:54 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12444 More than half of adults in the United States say they lack trust in the federal government’s judicial branch and nearly three-fifths disapprove of the way the U.S. Supreme Court is doing its job, according to survey results released Thursday, as the negative ramifications of opinions issued this summer by the high court’s reactionary majority continue to reverberate. […]

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