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Rhiannon12866

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Wed Jul 1, 2026, 05:10 AM 10 hrs ago

Main Justice - The Supreme Court is a MESS: DEEPLY FLAWED Decisions That Cut Both Ways - MS NOW



As Andrew puts it, Chief Justice John Roberts is “cherry-picking.” He’s flying solo in this short edition of Main Justice (more to come with Mary in the next episode).

Andrew gives a quick briefing on several of the Supreme Court’s most consequential end-of-term rulings, starting with the decision not to hear an appeal in the E. Jean Carroll case. Andrew also touches on the Court’s decision to uphold a Mississippi law to allow mail-in ballots that are sent by Election Day to be counted but saves his deepest analysis for two similar cases with opposing decisions: the firings of Lisa Cook and Rebecca Slaughter.

While the Court ruled that the Trump administration must have cause to dismiss Cook from the Federal Reserve, it allowed the government to fire Slaughter from the Federal Trade Commission, a decision which Andrew calls deeply flawed showing the conservative majority’s support for a “unitary executive.”

And finally, Andrew breaks down the Court’s narrow decision to uphold birthright citizenship, and why the tight 5-4 split is the story. - 06/30/2026.

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Main Justice - The Supreme Court is a MESS: DEEPLY FLAWED Decisions That Cut Both Ways - MS NOW (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 10 hrs ago OP
;-{) THIS Goonch 9 hrs ago #1
Good photo! Amy Coney Barrett is the one of the vultures most likely to go along with the Democratic minority Rhiannon12866 9 hrs ago #2

Rhiannon12866

(261,455 posts)
2. Good photo! Amy Coney Barrett is the one of the vultures most likely to go along with the Democratic minority
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 06:23 AM
9 hrs ago

But this is a pretty revealing portrait!

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