Florida’s restrictions on ex-felon voting will likely remain in place at least for August’s primary, after the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to remove a hold on a trial judge’s ruling that those restrictions are unconstitutional.
Last gasp from a dying republican party.
They won’t be missed when they’re gone.
SCOTUS majority following the Bush v Gore precedent of “whatever helps the GOP is correct”.
SCOTUS puts it thumb on the scale for the GOP.
This is exhibit 28 for the new judicial act. (1) two new judges on the Supreme Court, (2) expand the Federal Appellate Courts and District Courts by 40%, (3) there is a judicial emergency in Palmyra Atoll. It needs full time attention. So everyone confirmed to the District Court and Circuit Court between 1/21/17 and 1/19/21 will be transferred to the new 14th Circuit. Their jurisdiction will be limited to cases arising on Palmyra Atoll and they will not be allowed to visit or sit in any other court.
Given this involves personnel, not a law of general application, filibuster does not apply…
Four of these festering fellows were appointed by Republican presidents who lost the popular vote. So, yeah, egalitarian representative Democracy is not really an important constituent of their philosophy of governance. And Thomas, well, he’s just an asshole.
The only times John Roberts vote against the Republicans, is when he feels that they shooting themselves on the foot. I’m still waiting for one decision that is s real blow.
Sotomayor for Chief Justice.
It would actually be the 12th Circuit.
Legal question I do not know the answer to:
District court issues preliminary injunction, 11th Circuit affirms.
District court holds trial, issues permanent injunction, 11th Circuit issues temporary stay of permanent injunction, Supreme Court declines to vacate the temporary stay.
Isn’t the preliminary injunction back in effect while the permanent injunction gets worked out? If not, why not?
My understanding is that the preliminary injunction gets merged into the permanent injunction, but the appellate court says that the permanent injunction can’t be given any effect pending appeal. Seems to me that should be the P.I. back in effect.
[ETA: This was intended to be a standalone post, but I see I accidentally made it a reply. Oops.]
No other option that packing the court and re-litigate all the shit that Roberts has been pouring over us.
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK! Well, at least we know that poll taxes are OK again in 2020.
Get 'em able to vote.
Whatever it takes
Worry about the Anger and Corrections when we are better able to ACT
It is far from clear that court costs and fines are any kind of tax, much less a poll tax under the 24th Amendment. It’s a question of first impression. The Equal Protection and Due Process arguments, on the other hand, are well founded.
That’s like saying that Everest is “just another mountain”.
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They can cause a lot of damage before they’re gone, though.
Good analogy. It’s friggin’ shameless. One would think they would be embarrassed to be so blatantly partisan, but they’re utterly unprincipled men.
I’ll donate to a fund that pays all of the poll taxes.
Agree with @mondfledermaus that dems need to pack the courts and that Roberts votes against the conservative majority only to preserve the appearance of credibility, to be used when it really counts to maintain gop power.
Has Bloomberg spent the gadzillion dollars he promised yet?
ETA: weird that I also did not mean for that to be a reply.