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Nonilex5 of today’s justices personally & significantly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/benefited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#benefited</a> from the consequences of the ruling, including by accepting jobs or appointments under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bush</a>’s admin [add <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Neil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neil</a> Gorsuch to the above list]. Not only have none of these <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservative</a> jurists expressed remorse about their actions or the decision, w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MooreVHarper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MooreVHarper</a> they have in fact normalized the court’s meddling so that if the opportunity arises, they can do so again.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoteBlue</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarrisWalz2024</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/landslide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landslide</a>

Chuck DarwinBacked by a cabal of wealthy conservative patrons like industrialist <a href="https://c.im/tags/David" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#David</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Koch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Koch</a>, banker <a href="https://c.im/tags/Richard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Richard</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mellon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mellon</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Scaife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scaife</a>, and the devout Catholic entrepreneur <a href="https://c.im/tags/Frank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Frank</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hanna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hanna</a>, the Federalist Society under Leo became a breeding ground for conservative judges who were recruited at law school, groomed through the society’s program of events and talks, and then bound together through their careers. “The key was to figure out how to develop what I call a ‘pipeline’ — basically, where you recruit students in law school, you get them through law school, they come out of law school, and then you find ways of continuing to involve them in legal policy,” Leo later explained. In 2005, the Federalist Society began openly advocating for <a href="https://c.im/tags/John" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#John</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Roberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Roberts</a> — a former member — to be nominated to fill a vacant seat at the Supreme Court, the first time it had campaigned publicly for a particular candidate. A few months later, its sway had grown so much that it torpedoed President George W. Bush’s own preferred candidate for another vacant seat on the Supreme Court — <a href="https://c.im/tags/Harriet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harriet</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Miers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Miers</a>, a judge and close friend of the president who wasn’t a member of the Federalist Society — and pressured him to nominate <a href="https://c.im/tags/Samuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Samuel</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alito</a>, one of its members, in her place. Leo worked closely with the "Judicial Confirmation Network", a new nonprofit organization set up using funds from <a href="https://c.im/tags/Robin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Robin</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Arkley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arkley</a>, a California businessman known as the “foreclosure king,” who had made billions buying up mortgages of people in financial difficulties. The idea for <a href="https://c.im/tags/JCN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JCN</a> had been hatched at a dinner in Washington attended by Leo and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia shortly after Bush’s reelection in late 2004. JCN spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on radio and online advertisement to shape public opinion. It was run by <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neil</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ann</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Corkery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corkery</a>, a couple who had been members of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Opus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Opus</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dei</a> since at least the eighties. Neil had been a critical figure in getting a new residence for male, celibate members of the Catholic movement built in Reston, Virginia. “Opus Dei members preach their faith through their work as well as the friendships they develop,” Ann explained. She and her husband would later preach their faith by becoming central figures in a series of nonprofits that would channel dark money for Leo’s efforts.

Andy DaitsmanThe Constitution doesn’t lay out a mechanism for it but in point of fact Supreme Court justices don’t actually enjoy lifetime tenure. Article 3 says they “shall hold their Offices during good Behavior.”Being found guilty of violating a law should surely void their appointment. Yes, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Clarence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Clarence</a>, I’m looking at you. You too, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Neil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neil</a>.

EcomateIn '69, we went to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a>, Planted a flag on moon's face. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Buzz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buzz</a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Neil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neil</a>, they made the trip, Returned to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Earth</a>, no slip or flip.The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> landing was no fake, No prank, no joke, no mistake. Rocks they brought back are the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/proof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#proof</a>, Mission that was quite the coup.So next time you want to doubt, Remember what I'm talking about. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Moon</a> landing was real, you see, A giant <a href="https://mas.to/tags/leap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leap</a> for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanity</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/aiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aiart</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/stablediffusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stablediffusion</a>

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