During Thursday’s Supreme Court oral arguments over birthright citizenship, Justice Amy Coney Barrett once again proved herself a thorn in the side of her benefactor’s administration.
In a lengthy exchange with U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer, Barrett grilled the lawyer about the administration’s plans to follow judicial rulings.
“Did I understand you correctly to tell Justice Kagan that the government wanted to reserve its right to maybe not follow a Second Circuit precedent, say, in New York, because you might disagree with the opinion?” Barrett asked Sauer point blank.
In response to Barrett’s question, Sauer answered, “Our general practice is to respect those precedents, but there are circumstances when it is not a categorical practice.”
A shocked-sounding Barrett exclaimed, “this administration’s practice or the long-standing practice of the federal government?”
Been saying for a few years, this SCOTUS is not Republican, is not partisan. They are conservative. They owe Trump nothing. And believe it or not, they’ve made a couple dozen rulings that would be considered liberal, woke, whatever. (I have links if anyone cares. Was so astounded I started collecting stories.) I would be remiss in my post not to mention Alito and Thomas being bought and paid for. LOL, put that in Gemini and got those names right back, even AI “gets” it. I’d take any pair of conservatives over those two, any given Sunday
Want to piss off a judge? A judge of any political stripe? Question their authority. And that’s what Barrett is hammering Sauer on.
“Are you going to fucking respect circuit court rulings, or not”, you little cock-sucking insect, which she didn’t say, but I wish she had.
And yet they still made Trump king.
Don’t try to sane wash the court that keeps overturning longstanding precedent for ideological reasons.
Some are easily bribed
Means nothing unless they enforce their rulings. They have the ability, will they use it?