No one is coming to save us. I can live with that. We have to win the next election so decisively that Dark Brandon will expand the court to 13. In the meantime, I fight despair with Postcards to Voters and a whole lot of weed.
If we’re going to start impeaching, & a heart attack hasn’t already taken him by then, start with Thomas. He seems to be the most corrupt, bribery wise; plus having an insurrectionist for a wife. Then every one of the fkrs who lied about Roe. Those last 2 that were confirmed, & I was watching, I just knew they were lying about that. I could just see the glimmer in her eyes that she could barely wait to throw it out. All 6 of those conservatives are bad, but I guess the least disgusting is Roberts.
I just can’t believe we’re in this horrible situation!! 🤬🤬🤬
Absolutely! The corruption in the SC is frighteningly real and shocking. These justices are as corrupt as their great leader . When Joe Biden wins reelection, the number of justices to serve will hopefully be expanded to serve the People, not a dictator bent on vengeance whose only wish is to benefit himself.
That we have had a Republican appointed and therefore led SCOTUS like forever (John Roberts) we have a long-term problem getting worse with open corruption of the GOP in all strips.
Agreed. I also would like the attorneys to hypothetically pose the question of whether Donald Trump or the hypothetical former president, or the current president can kill the members of the Supreme Court if he does not like their rulings. I really think that forget the hypothetical kill political opponent, how about kill the Supreme Court justices. We have to get them thinking about how this decision will affect them personally!
And Treacherous-treasonous-tantruming-traitor-Trump and his criminal machine stole the election in 2016 with the help of Red State Republicans who threw people off the voting roles, and gerrymandered so that seats which should have been democratic were not, so all of his appointments should be scrutinized.
Indeed. And Russian money, to Super PAC like McConnell as reported and also the actual members like Ron Johnson or Rand Paul. And now, today 5/8, we have the warped and willing Speaker Johnson ready and willing to dismantle our laws and cases. Not what the founders had in mind. Great write up on Thom Hartmann today as well spelling it out and making me feel like being an activist.
I would like to see a real investigation into Kavanaugh take place. That would get rid of him. Then I’d like someone to sue the government because Obama wasn’t allowed to seat a Justice nine months before an election but Trump was allowed three weeks before an election. That should get rid of Barrett. And just f*cking jail Thomas for any one of dozens of things. Badda-bing Badda-boom…normalcy reins.
I don’t think he’d veto a bill from Congress to appoint 1 SCOTUS per appellate court if it arrived on his desk. Or term limits, which is another way around this b.s. And by 2022 he was supporting a pro-democracy work-around for the filibuster, but of course Manchin was having too much fun with his 15 minutes of fame to support democracy.
Manchin did as much damage to the country as did Moscow Mitch. They both can go fuck themselves. As far as SCOTUS is concerned— delay, delay, delay= fuck you, fuck you and fuck you everyday you enable the mango moron!
Everyone who truly wants to make major changes really should get the audiobook of “Allow Me to Retort - A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution” by Elie Mystal. Or listen to his 8 episode podcast “Contempt of Court”
It covers some of the main things we can do to rein them in & check their power. He says people always bring up term limits, but that is the least likely way, because their lifetime service is in the Constitution & I’m sure we all know that an amendment would be nearly an impossibility & take yrs to accomplish.
Remember the Equal Rights Amendment? It’s been decades & has still never been ratified by the requisite number of states.
The Dems need to have The House and the Senate. Then they can move to impeach Clarence Thomas. He should be removed permanently. I believe he said that he would recuse himself on hearings related to Trump because of his wife's envolvement in Jan. 6.
Yeah, but that was first term stance. Biden won't have two fucks left to give if he is re-elected and I think he will definitely expand the court. It should be 15 members, not just 13 (yeah, I know there are 13 federal circuits). Fifteen is more inline with other western democracies' supreme courts.
I like Elie Mystal’s recommendation of expanding the court to 29 & then we could have 3 panels of 9 hearing cases , much more efficient, hear more cases, etc. I like it
agreed- because Dark Brandon still hasn't gotten rid of Merrick Garland who has continued to fail us and
Dark Brandon still hasn't replaced Louis Dejoy, who is planning to fail us again. Dark Brandon isn't going to save us, unfortunately so I guess he's not so dark after all.
Biden cannot replace DeJoy! Only the PO governing board can. Biden filled vacancies ( I think 2), but the board has not voted to remove DeJoy. Biden is following the law.
Yesterday, my mail carrier was going off about how much letter carriers hate Dejoy. They are required to work at Amazon's warehouse on Sundays without overtime pay. Many have quit. He threatened to quit and because they are short staffed they told him he only has to work one Sunday a month. He is fucking pissed.
Maybe we need to start a ph calling campaign to the WH to tell Biden we want him to apply some pressure on that Postal Board to fire DeJoy before he has a chance to fk with the mail ballots again this year
Biden is very much the traditionalist. I’m kind of surprised we’ve managed to get him to be more progressive than I ever thought, especially about abortion, knowing what a staunch Catholic he is.
no, he's not...even though the argument for it should be, they rammed amy coney jesus fucker up our asses while the country was already fucking voting in an election year, but they couldn't consider merrick garland in March of an election year, cause 'election year'...that bullshit hypocrisy is reason alone to expand the court if the Ds have the power, but they don't got the balls, and they may never even have the power!
The clock is ticking on the ‘current’ constitution. I believe it just may blow up this November as this bullshit becomes so fucking normalized as if ‘oh well just another day’. The federalist society and evangelical christians will amend it to include all the things that are currently illegal to suit their fuhrer and America will exist in name only.
This current scotus is already ignoring the constitution!!! 14A Sec3 & now are considering criminal immunity which is definitely not provided for in the constitution. At a minimum they will do whatever necessary to delay to benefit DT even more than they’ve already done. idk how much more bending & breaking that document can take.
13 Fed Districts = 13 justices. POTUS will be open to it when Dems win both house & Senate. He entertained idea back in 2021 but was denied because didn’t have full senate support.
this is the only scenario that saves our country...but I don't see the Ds playing that game because at the end of the day, they are spineless too..."when they go low, we go high"....yeah, how's THAT working for America???
I think that the Dems abandoned that tactic about a year ago. Biden hasn’t been holding anything back in his campaign against Trump, and the performances of Dems like Raskin, Moskowitz, and Crockett prove that the gloves are finally off.
In addition to expanding the court, I really think some house cleaning is imperative. The Senate can impeach and should if it has a decisive lead, which I don't know that it will have. Let us hope Republican infighting gives Dems an advantage. There is no reason we should allow Clarence Thomas to sit on the court unchallenged and frankly Alito too. I really feel Roberts should be as well with his wife profiting from this, which means he is too. I also see that members lied to get on the court and they should be held to account. This could happen now if someone on the senate, namely one of my senators, Dick Durban would just initiate it. https://prospect.org/justice/2024-02-09-durbin-scotus-investigation-subpoenas/
Well, I’m back to losing sleep. Jesus fucking Christ can’t he just die on his gold-plated crapper already? (And by “he” I’m open to several possibilities).
I don't even think they're insane. I think they know exactly what they're doing, and are doing it out loud because there are no consequences for them. I listened to the hearing and even though I'm not a lawyer, I was gobsmacked at what I heard. The one bright spot was Katanji Brown Jackson, who was brilliant. She must be going absolutely fucking bonkers having to work with these bought and paid for hacks and their utter contempt for the law. I sure hope Biden sees the necessity, now, of expanding the SCOTUS
Nothing funny or witty to say...I feel like I've been gut punched. If we all dont vote and get every single person we know to vote-BLUE-then America is done. Damn it. There's a martini in my future tonight.
100% with you. I was starting to feel a glimmer of hope; then, the pro-Palestinian student protests erupted, which is sweet sweet nectar for the GOP. Chaos will drive many moderates into the Trump camp.
While I support the protest against Israel’s brutal, medieval destruction of Palestinians, many of the students (and activists) support Hamas and are issuing threats against Jewish students. All of this makes Biden’s reelection more difficult and less likely.
I raise my vodka tonic to your martini in commiseration and hope desperately our country and its justice system survive the barbarity in our midst. We live to fight another day…cheers!
And I believe those are not just students behind the protests. I think they're being organized by a GOP lackey (not sure if some aren't being paid) and yes, the motivation is to make POTUS look weak.
Cannabis gummies have a significantly less impactful effect on how you feel a few hours later than alcohol does. You can go outside and enjoy this gorgeous, verdant, spring. Listen to some fantastic, stimulatingly comforting music, dance in your bathroom....or front yard, maybe bring neighbors along to your dance....we need peace and joy now, because the Orcs are ruining the chance at having a good, decent life for so many. ☮️
Justice delayed may be justice denied, but when Joe wins in November, and the SCrOTUS has given a duly elected President all sorts of immunity, I'm thinking a hellfire missile to Mar-a-lago would be a fan-friggin-tastic idea. Go ahead SCrotus, fuck around. You'll find out.
Jeff, you are brilliant in your own right, and brilliant in assembling cogent and relevant comments from others. Thank you! Today is another master class. I generally am not a fan of cursing, in my personal life, or by others. I have always thought it easy and cheap and sorta classless.
Guess what? I LOVE your columns. Something about the last 10 or so years, and the abject and utter vulgarity, stupidity and debasement of our culture and our world by Trump and all his sycophants and acolytes, including obviously a bunch in black robes yesterday, demands a direct and dismissive response to these disgusting, embarrassing and dare I say CRAZY people.
Keep up the good work. I despair for the USA. I never thought I would see such perverted, craven, vile and immoral behavior from all of my fellow “good Christian people.”
It is a cult, and it is absolute insanity. People truly seem to want Hitler 2.0. How bizarre is that? Even if people truly want a king/fascist/strongman/dictator, how could ANYONE pick DJT???????
As I said to many during Covid, literally anyone on the planet would be better than Trump in being in charge. Today that is more true than ever, if that’s even possible. He should be in a mental institution with a dementia unit.
By the way, as a lawyer, to think that such a vulgar, evil and cruel human has us acting like 1930’s Germany is absolutely frightening.
Keep on keeping on, sir, and pray we wake up from this fever dream before it is too late. Thank you!!!
“scientists who have studied swearing for decades say using foul language is actually beneficial. Numerous studies have found using taboo words may be a sign of intelligence, honesty and creativity, as well as a way to withstand pain”. Given this proposition I’d say Jeff is a genius. 😉
So much, this I relate to. My language is peppered with words I never used outside before 2016. A dictator president is not what our parents and grandparents served toward in WW2. Never again, as my dear dad used to say.
FTrump, my late father in law was in the Marines in WW II, and participated in one battle, the worst of them all, Iwo Jima. How quickly we forget. We have clearly forgotten what “never again” was about. If the present day does not call for cursing those people out, I do not know what does.
My dad was Antifa, Class of 1945. Unfortunately, most of the people from WWII are no longer with us, so there isn't the memory of how fking awful it was, so we are having to relearn this shit all over again.
WHAT THEY ARE SUGGESTING IS THAT TRUMP OR ANY FUTURE PRESIDENT COULD ASSASINATE ANY FOREIGN HEAD OF STATE HE DOES NOT LIKE AND MOT BE CHARGED WITH A CRIME. WTF?
A little closer to home. He could assassinate any judge or Justice and call it official business. A despot doesn't need immunity if he owns the courts. Either the judge or Justice rules in his favor or they fall out a window. This is Putin's Russia. Kill the offending judge and his/her family and friends. This is Kim's North Korea. Trump's pals.
VOTE the republican traitors out of fucking office. keep control of the senate and add FOUR more justices, Hear that Biden? And after you win re-election and don't have the balls to do it which the Federalist assholes are counting on, resign, pass the baton to Kamala and I bet the fuck she'll have the balls to do it.
Why do people say, "Grow some balls?" Balls are weak and sensitive. If you really want to get tough grow a vagina. Those things take a pounding! -- Attributed to the late, great Betty White
Fact check: she never said that, and was apalled it is attributed to her.
"But while the observation has much of the cadence, attitude and wit that have made White so beloved by American audiences over the years, she never uttered those words and made no bones about it when they were recited to her by a writer for The Guardian: "That's what I hate about Facebook and the internet. They can say you said anything. I never would have said that. I'd never say that in a million years."
So, who did say it? Partial credit goes to New York standup comedian Sheng Wang, who delivered a lengthier version of the joke on the 28 January 2011 episode of Comedy Central Presents:
A friend said to me, "Hey you need to grow a pair. Grow a pair, Bro." It's when someone calls you weak, but they associate it with a lack of testicles. Which is weird, because testicles are the most sensitive things in the world. If you suddenly just grew a pair, you'd be a lot more vulnerable. If you want to be tough, you should lose a pair. If you want to be real tough, you should grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding."
Thanks for that Natalie. It does sound like something Betty would say, but I appreciate now knowing the truth about its origin. She was such a dear and witty woman. I would love to have a collection of her actual sayings.
I agree with STF that Betty White deserves a postage stamp. I bought several sheets of RBG stamps when they came out and gave them to my friends for Christmas.
I know! she was so amazing that I felt her legacy deserves to be a true one. when googling it for the reference, I saw a ton of people quoting it as hers, it is like once the lie is told, it is hard to get the truth in.
I love that like 75-80% of America opposes this guy but he gets the cushiest life because what few friends he has are all rich and live in terror of seeing anyone not rich be happy at all
"Could a President, in his/her official capacity, declare that their opponent is corrupt and assassinate their opponent, call it an official act, and be immune from prosecution?" Trump's attorney: "Yes."
In their minds, how many of the justices replaced "opponent" in that sentence with "a Supreme Court justice"? If a President could assassinate an opponent, what's to stop him from killing a judge he doesn't like? This is Putin's Russia.
One of the (backup) theories of Trump's attorneys is that the three branches of government are co-equal. In which case, a sitting President is not subject to the judgment of the Supreme Court. From a practical standpoint, the Executive is charged with enforcing the law (including the law as interpreted by the Court). What if he refuses to enforce the Supreme Court's rulings? (Irony.) What if he refuses to leave office at the end of his term? Then he is unaccountable for any crime--official or private. This is Putin's Russia.
A double mystery is the lack of self-defense by SCOTUS and the Free Press. Donald has been very clear about his disregard for the law and for courts who attempt to hold him to account for his words and deeds. He's said many times that the Press is the "Enemy of the People"--meaning his enemy, of course. Both of them should be shutting him down, for self-preservation! Are they really this clueless?
Trump is a sociopath and as such has no bottom. To your point, SCOTUS and the media keep acting as if this new normal isn’t subject to utter lawlessness at the hands of an amoral criminal. Trump doesn’t have friends. He has sycophants, rubes and enemies. None of these categories is attractive.
Sign this old bag up!! I will be 74 in May, poor health and tired as FUCK of all the repukelicans' bullshit!! I will fix an AK47 to my walker and do hand to hand combat!
Just like liar, fraud, con, grifter, traitor, criminal, scumbag Trump, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and especially Clarence-on-the-take Thomas are American Disgraces.
The real enemies of the people are the three old fucks on SCOTUS (excluding the liberals and sometimes the three religious kooks who can actually see reason at times). Expanding the court really is the only option. 13 districts =13 justices.
I wish one of the AG lawyers had made the point that a future president with total immunity could completely clean out the Treasury Department, send the money to a foreign country then split the country with OUR plane.
Are women the last remaining voice of reason in the court? Even Judge Amy is starting to question some of this nonsense (even in the emergency room discussion earlier in the week).
Alito’s hypothetical made me want to vomit. Do these originalists who mind read the dead founders honestly think that George Washington would have been ok with this shit?
No one is coming to save us. I can live with that. We have to win the next election so decisively that Dark Brandon will expand the court to 13. In the meantime, I fight despair with Postcards to Voters and a whole lot of weed.
unfortunately, I don't think Dark Brandon's on our side when it comes to expanding the Court
All of Scump’s judicial nominees should be considered suspect and voided because of his criminal behavior and history.
Plus, at least four of those fkers LIED under oath about Roe v. Wade being settled law during their confirmation hearings. IMPEACH THEM!
We need the House and a whole lot more D seats in the Senate to get that impeachment/conviction thing to occur.
If we’re going to start impeaching, & a heart attack hasn’t already taken him by then, start with Thomas. He seems to be the most corrupt, bribery wise; plus having an insurrectionist for a wife. Then every one of the fkrs who lied about Roe. Those last 2 that were confirmed, & I was watching, I just knew they were lying about that. I could just see the glimmer in her eyes that she could barely wait to throw it out. All 6 of those conservatives are bad, but I guess the least disgusting is Roberts.
I just can’t believe we’re in this horrible situation!! 🤬🤬🤬
Absolutely! The corruption in the SC is frighteningly real and shocking. These justices are as corrupt as their great leader . When Joe Biden wins reelection, the number of justices to serve will hopefully be expanded to serve the People, not a dictator bent on vengeance whose only wish is to benefit himself.
IMPEACH THE MUTHAS
That we have had a Republican appointed and therefore led SCOTUS like forever (John Roberts) we have a long-term problem getting worse with open corruption of the GOP in all strips.
Agreed. I also would like the attorneys to hypothetically pose the question of whether Donald Trump or the hypothetical former president, or the current president can kill the members of the Supreme Court if he does not like their rulings. I really think that forget the hypothetical kill political opponent, how about kill the Supreme Court justices. We have to get them thinking about how this decision will affect them personally!
I think feel "super" protected and immune-at least 5 or 6 of the 9.
And Treacherous-treasonous-tantruming-traitor-Trump and his criminal machine stole the election in 2016 with the help of Red State Republicans who threw people off the voting roles, and gerrymandered so that seats which should have been democratic were not, so all of his appointments should be scrutinized.
Indeed. And Russian money, to Super PAC like McConnell as reported and also the actual members like Ron Johnson or Rand Paul. And now, today 5/8, we have the warped and willing Speaker Johnson ready and willing to dismantle our laws and cases. Not what the founders had in mind. Great write up on Thom Hartmann today as well spelling it out and making me feel like being an activist.
I would like to see a real investigation into Kavanaugh take place. That would get rid of him. Then I’d like someone to sue the government because Obama wasn’t allowed to seat a Justice nine months before an election but Trump was allowed three weeks before an election. That should get rid of Barrett. And just f*cking jail Thomas for any one of dozens of things. Badda-bing Badda-boom…normalcy reins.
Completely
But first let’s get rid of the useless waste of gravity - Merrick Garland. What a useless POS!!
I think he may surprise you IF we take the house and keep the Senate.
Maybe after hearing that scotus supports assassination he may see the light
Nah bros
I don’t think he’d veto a bill from Congress to appoint 1 SCOTUS per appellate court if it arrived on his desk. Or term limits, which is another way around this b.s. And by 2022 he was supporting a pro-democracy work-around for the filibuster, but of course Manchin was having too much fun with his 15 minutes of fame to support democracy.
Manchin did as much damage to the country as did Moscow Mitch. They both can go fuck themselves. As far as SCOTUS is concerned— delay, delay, delay= fuck you, fuck you and fuck you everyday you enable the mango moron!
Well, that’s not harsh enough. I truly hate them both!
Everyone who truly wants to make major changes really should get the audiobook of “Allow Me to Retort - A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution” by Elie Mystal. Or listen to his 8 episode podcast “Contempt of Court”
It covers some of the main things we can do to rein them in & check their power. He says people always bring up term limits, but that is the least likely way, because their lifetime service is in the Constitution & I’m sure we all know that an amendment would be nearly an impossibility & take yrs to accomplish.
Remember the Equal Rights Amendment? It’s been decades & has still never been ratified by the requisite number of states.
This is me not holding my breath
Yeah, you’d be long dead.😔
We need to expand the Ds in the Senate, too, alas
The Dems need to have The House and the Senate. Then they can move to impeach Clarence Thomas. He should be removed permanently. I believe he said that he would recuse himself on hearings related to Trump because of his wife's envolvement in Jan. 6.
I’m sorry. But no. Thomas does not to be removed. He needs to burn in fucking hell.
I'm good with either, but would prefer the hell-for-eternity choice.
Triple hope that D Jones be correct.
Not yet. I walk in hope.
sadly you are right. but at some point he has to change his mind or acquiesce to the end of the USA.
Yeah, but that was first term stance. Biden won't have two fucks left to give if he is re-elected and I think he will definitely expand the court. It should be 15 members, not just 13 (yeah, I know there are 13 federal circuits). Fifteen is more inline with other western democracies' supreme courts.
I like Elie Mystal’s recommendation of expanding the court to 29 & then we could have 3 panels of 9 hearing cases , much more efficient, hear more cases, etc. I like it
I'm hoping that the SCOTUS argument that "maybe assassinating Biden would be totes apropos" might sway him a little there.
Of course hope and I are not on the best terms.
Hope is a very dangerous thing....l
agreed- because Dark Brandon still hasn't gotten rid of Merrick Garland who has continued to fail us and
Dark Brandon still hasn't replaced Louis Dejoy, who is planning to fail us again. Dark Brandon isn't going to save us, unfortunately so I guess he's not so dark after all.
Biden cannot replace DeJoy! Only the PO governing board can. Biden filled vacancies ( I think 2), but the board has not voted to remove DeJoy. Biden is following the law.
And of course, Biden can't increase the Supreme Court on his own either. Just a reminder to anyone newly coming into this issue .
That’s why we must increase our D numbers in both House and Senate.
Get ‘er done ✔️
well Trump had no problem brining him and replacing the former PO general
Trump fired the entire board if I recall correctly.
Funny how only he gets to do so much shit.
exactly
Yesterday, my mail carrier was going off about how much letter carriers hate Dejoy. They are required to work at Amazon's warehouse on Sundays without overtime pay. Many have quit. He threatened to quit and because they are short staffed they told him he only has to work one Sunday a month. He is fucking pissed.
Maybe we need to start a ph calling campaign to the WH to tell Biden we want him to apply some pressure on that Postal Board to fire DeJoy before he has a chance to fk with the mail ballots again this year
Biden is very much the traditionalist. I’m kind of surprised we’ve managed to get him to be more progressive than I ever thought, especially about abortion, knowing what a staunch Catholic he is.
no, he's not...even though the argument for it should be, they rammed amy coney jesus fucker up our asses while the country was already fucking voting in an election year, but they couldn't consider merrick garland in March of an election year, cause 'election year'...that bullshit hypocrisy is reason alone to expand the court if the Ds have the power, but they don't got the balls, and they may never even have the power!
I agree. He is a lifelong representative for his constituents and plays by the rules. Supreme courts come and go. The constitution is forever.
The clock is ticking on the ‘current’ constitution. I believe it just may blow up this November as this bullshit becomes so fucking normalized as if ‘oh well just another day’. The federalist society and evangelical christians will amend it to include all the things that are currently illegal to suit their fuhrer and America will exist in name only.
This current scotus is already ignoring the constitution!!! 14A Sec3 & now are considering criminal immunity which is definitely not provided for in the constitution. At a minimum they will do whatever necessary to delay to benefit DT even more than they’ve already done. idk how much more bending & breaking that document can take.
Hmmmmmmm
13 Fed Districts = 13 justices. POTUS will be open to it when Dems win both house & Senate. He entertained idea back in 2021 but was denied because didn’t have full senate support.
Maybe he will change his mind after this.🤞🏼
I am hoping he is being low key until he gets reelected and then he will do something about the court.
😡
Or weed.
Biden knows it’s unlikely especially with this quasi-supreme court we have now.
this is the only scenario that saves our country...but I don't see the Ds playing that game because at the end of the day, they are spineless too..."when they go low, we go high"....yeah, how's THAT working for America???
I think that the Dems abandoned that tactic about a year ago. Biden hasn’t been holding anything back in his campaign against Trump, and the performances of Dems like Raskin, Moskowitz, and Crockett prove that the gloves are finally off.
I’m there with you writing postcards and letters to voters! And microdosing weed and 🍄 to keep me sane.
Postcards? Me, too! But I'm saving my lungs with gummies these days...
In addition to expanding the court, I really think some house cleaning is imperative. The Senate can impeach and should if it has a decisive lead, which I don't know that it will have. Let us hope Republican infighting gives Dems an advantage. There is no reason we should allow Clarence Thomas to sit on the court unchallenged and frankly Alito too. I really feel Roberts should be as well with his wife profiting from this, which means he is too. I also see that members lied to get on the court and they should be held to account. This could happen now if someone on the senate, namely one of my senators, Dick Durban would just initiate it. https://prospect.org/justice/2024-02-09-durbin-scotus-investigation-subpoenas/
Well, I’m back to losing sleep. Jesus fucking Christ can’t he just die on his gold-plated crapper already? (And by “he” I’m open to several possibilities).
RUPERT!!! CLARENCE!!!
🎯🎯🎯
I don't even think they're insane. I think they know exactly what they're doing, and are doing it out loud because there are no consequences for them. I listened to the hearing and even though I'm not a lawyer, I was gobsmacked at what I heard. The one bright spot was Katanji Brown Jackson, who was brilliant. She must be going absolutely fucking bonkers having to work with these bought and paid for hacks and their utter contempt for the law. I sure hope Biden sees the necessity, now, of expanding the SCOTUS
Nothing funny or witty to say...I feel like I've been gut punched. If we all dont vote and get every single person we know to vote-BLUE-then America is done. Damn it. There's a martini in my future tonight.
I don't want to even be around humans today. I will tend to incivility.
I can relate.
100% with you. I was starting to feel a glimmer of hope; then, the pro-Palestinian student protests erupted, which is sweet sweet nectar for the GOP. Chaos will drive many moderates into the Trump camp.
While I support the protest against Israel’s brutal, medieval destruction of Palestinians, many of the students (and activists) support Hamas and are issuing threats against Jewish students. All of this makes Biden’s reelection more difficult and less likely.
I raise my vodka tonic to your martini in commiseration and hope desperately our country and its justice system survive the barbarity in our midst. We live to fight another day…cheers!
And I believe those are not just students behind the protests. I think they're being organized by a GOP lackey (not sure if some aren't being paid) and yes, the motivation is to make POTUS look weak.
Yup. One of the Proud Boys leaders was spotted in a crowd of student protesters at one of the universities this week.
Wow. Did not see that! Scary if they are involved!
Cannabis gummies have a significantly less impactful effect on how you feel a few hours later than alcohol does. You can go outside and enjoy this gorgeous, verdant, spring. Listen to some fantastic, stimulatingly comforting music, dance in your bathroom....or front yard, maybe bring neighbors along to your dance....we need peace and joy now, because the Orcs are ruining the chance at having a good, decent life for so many. ☮️
Justice delayed may be justice denied, but when Joe wins in November, and the SCrOTUS has given a duly elected President all sorts of immunity, I'm thinking a hellfire missile to Mar-a-lago would be a fan-friggin-tastic idea. Go ahead SCrotus, fuck around. You'll find out.
I say, I like the way you think!
Dream come true..and total immunity!
Jeff, you are brilliant in your own right, and brilliant in assembling cogent and relevant comments from others. Thank you! Today is another master class. I generally am not a fan of cursing, in my personal life, or by others. I have always thought it easy and cheap and sorta classless.
Guess what? I LOVE your columns. Something about the last 10 or so years, and the abject and utter vulgarity, stupidity and debasement of our culture and our world by Trump and all his sycophants and acolytes, including obviously a bunch in black robes yesterday, demands a direct and dismissive response to these disgusting, embarrassing and dare I say CRAZY people.
Keep up the good work. I despair for the USA. I never thought I would see such perverted, craven, vile and immoral behavior from all of my fellow “good Christian people.”
It is a cult, and it is absolute insanity. People truly seem to want Hitler 2.0. How bizarre is that? Even if people truly want a king/fascist/strongman/dictator, how could ANYONE pick DJT???????
As I said to many during Covid, literally anyone on the planet would be better than Trump in being in charge. Today that is more true than ever, if that’s even possible. He should be in a mental institution with a dementia unit.
By the way, as a lawyer, to think that such a vulgar, evil and cruel human has us acting like 1930’s Germany is absolutely frightening.
Keep on keeping on, sir, and pray we wake up from this fever dream before it is too late. Thank you!!!
“scientists who have studied swearing for decades say using foul language is actually beneficial. Numerous studies have found using taboo words may be a sign of intelligence, honesty and creativity, as well as a way to withstand pain”. Given this proposition I’d say Jeff is a genius. 😉
I agree. Jeff brings it to the highest form of art.
So much, this I relate to. My language is peppered with words I never used outside before 2016. A dictator president is not what our parents and grandparents served toward in WW2. Never again, as my dear dad used to say.
FTrump, my late father in law was in the Marines in WW II, and participated in one battle, the worst of them all, Iwo Jima. How quickly we forget. We have clearly forgotten what “never again” was about. If the present day does not call for cursing those people out, I do not know what does.
My dad was Antifa, Class of 1945. Unfortunately, most of the people from WWII are no longer with us, so there isn't the memory of how fking awful it was, so we are having to relearn this shit all over again.
Donny Dumbass thinks Americans who died fighting in wars are “losers and suckers.”
I never used to have profanity in my speak. But now it is rampant to the point of my mind not even questioning it.
I never liked over use of the f word. But in reference to trump & his trumpanzees, it’s the ONLY suitable word.
WHAT THEY ARE SUGGESTING IS THAT TRUMP OR ANY FUTURE PRESIDENT COULD ASSASINATE ANY FOREIGN HEAD OF STATE HE DOES NOT LIKE AND MOT BE CHARGED WITH A CRIME. WTF?
A little closer to home. He could assassinate any judge or Justice and call it official business. A despot doesn't need immunity if he owns the courts. Either the judge or Justice rules in his favor or they fall out a window. This is Putin's Russia. Kill the offending judge and his/her family and friends. This is Kim's North Korea. Trump's pals.
SCARY RIGHT.
VOTE the republican traitors out of fucking office. keep control of the senate and add FOUR more justices, Hear that Biden? And after you win re-election and don't have the balls to do it which the Federalist assholes are counting on, resign, pass the baton to Kamala and I bet the fuck she'll have the balls to do it.
Ovaries. Women have ovaries.
Don't butch up my KAMALA. 😊
Why do people say, "Grow some balls?" Balls are weak and sensitive. If you really want to get tough grow a vagina. Those things take a pounding! -- Attributed to the late, great Betty White
Fact check: she never said that, and was apalled it is attributed to her.
"But while the observation has much of the cadence, attitude and wit that have made White so beloved by American audiences over the years, she never uttered those words and made no bones about it when they were recited to her by a writer for The Guardian: "That's what I hate about Facebook and the internet. They can say you said anything. I never would have said that. I'd never say that in a million years."
So, who did say it? Partial credit goes to New York standup comedian Sheng Wang, who delivered a lengthier version of the joke on the 28 January 2011 episode of Comedy Central Presents:
A friend said to me, "Hey you need to grow a pair. Grow a pair, Bro." It's when someone calls you weak, but they associate it with a lack of testicles. Which is weird, because testicles are the most sensitive things in the world. If you suddenly just grew a pair, you'd be a lot more vulnerable. If you want to be tough, you should lose a pair. If you want to be real tough, you should grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding."
Thanks for that Natalie. It does sound like something Betty would say, but I appreciate now knowing the truth about its origin. She was such a dear and witty woman. I would love to have a collection of her actual sayings.
I agree with STF that Betty White deserves a postage stamp. I bought several sheets of RBG stamps when they came out and gave them to my friends for Christmas.
I know! she was so amazing that I felt her legacy deserves to be a true one. when googling it for the reference, I saw a ton of people quoting it as hers, it is like once the lie is told, it is hard to get the truth in.
“a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes”
-Jonathan Swift
Not Mark Twain:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/books/famous-misquotations.html#
OMG!! I had a good guffaw over that!! I’m still laughing so hard I can barely type. Have to send to my fellow Dems.
Love Betty ❤️
Is she on a stamp yet?
Should be ! She's a NATIONAL TREASURE.
I love that like 75-80% of America opposes this guy but he gets the cushiest life because what few friends he has are all rich and live in terror of seeing anyone not rich be happy at all
"Could a President, in his/her official capacity, declare that their opponent is corrupt and assassinate their opponent, call it an official act, and be immune from prosecution?" Trump's attorney: "Yes."
In their minds, how many of the justices replaced "opponent" in that sentence with "a Supreme Court justice"? If a President could assassinate an opponent, what's to stop him from killing a judge he doesn't like? This is Putin's Russia.
One of the (backup) theories of Trump's attorneys is that the three branches of government are co-equal. In which case, a sitting President is not subject to the judgment of the Supreme Court. From a practical standpoint, the Executive is charged with enforcing the law (including the law as interpreted by the Court). What if he refuses to enforce the Supreme Court's rulings? (Irony.) What if he refuses to leave office at the end of his term? Then he is unaccountable for any crime--official or private. This is Putin's Russia.
A double mystery is the lack of self-defense by SCOTUS and the Free Press. Donald has been very clear about his disregard for the law and for courts who attempt to hold him to account for his words and deeds. He's said many times that the Press is the "Enemy of the People"--meaning his enemy, of course. Both of them should be shutting him down, for self-preservation! Are they really this clueless?
Trump is a sociopath and as such has no bottom. To your point, SCOTUS and the media keep acting as if this new normal isn’t subject to utter lawlessness at the hands of an amoral criminal. Trump doesn’t have friends. He has sycophants, rubes and enemies. None of these categories is attractive.
The Justices discounted the President's ability to self-pardon. Again, this is moot if he never gives up the Power of the Executive Branch.
Maybe it’s time to have our own fucking insurrection
Sign this old bag up!! I will be 74 in May, poor health and tired as FUCK of all the repukelicans' bullshit!! I will fix an AK47 to my walker and do hand to hand combat!
You might be right and I mean right. Your right is like the right of the colonists against the king of England.
Agreed
I’m in
Just like liar, fraud, con, grifter, traitor, criminal, scumbag Trump, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and especially Clarence-on-the-take Thomas are American Disgraces.
Vote only Blue.
Retain control of the Senate.
Retake control of the House.
Re-elect President Biden.
Afterwards, expand the number of SCOTUS to 13.
The real enemies of the people are the three old fucks on SCOTUS (excluding the liberals and sometimes the three religious kooks who can actually see reason at times). Expanding the court really is the only option. 13 districts =13 justices.
I wish one of the AG lawyers had made the point that a future president with total immunity could completely clean out the Treasury Department, send the money to a foreign country then split the country with OUR plane.
As an official act.
Oh they will. They ALREADY are breaking the law right and left and DO YOU SEE ANYTHING HAPPENING TO THEM?????????
Are women the last remaining voice of reason in the court? Even Judge Amy is starting to question some of this nonsense (even in the emergency room discussion earlier in the week).
Alito’s hypothetical made me want to vomit. Do these originalists who mind read the dead founders honestly think that George Washington would have been ok with this shit?
I guess you get what you paid for.
Justice Amy even said that “they” were subject to IMPEACHMENT. Didn’t know that. Maybe she is getting tired of some of the nonsense.
Joe must pack the court to make up for McConnell’s errant fuckery.