It's helpful.

In my opinion, not many people are aware of how federal courts work. The response on other posts to this stay reinforce that.

it would have been over, which was not true. Krasnov would have appealed the decision be made by the entire SC.

Justice Jackson did just as I guessed, she chose the best and quickest way to end the stay.

is as intelligent as anyone who has sat on the USSC. She is a good and decent human being. She is not going to betray people. There are others on the court who are vile, disgusting human beings. People should know the distinction.

My children have often told me that no one is interested in the things that I fine fascinating. Yet, that is 99% true, at most. There are others who have an equal interest in all three branches of the federal government. (grin)

These days, all four adult children think it odd that I spend hours each day watching educational programs about each branch. There are pod casts that feature outstanding federal lawyers providing fascinating information on the federal court system. In the past, I was involved in an environmental case in federal court. Working at the county mental health clinic, I sat in on two DOJ investigators grilling one of my clients. One of my nephews is married to an attorney that practices in federal court. It's an impressive, at times imperfect system that the public should be familiar with.

as am I, their deceased father, grandfather, my deceased cousin, are attorneys, as is my quite alive brother (thank goodness!) It's a famiy thing, for which I am thankful!

not everyone is as interested in the federal court system -- or are retired and can enjoy watching pod casts etc all day -- like myself. But rather than become furious without understanding not only "what" happened, but much more importantly, "why" it happened, would seem a meaningless misuse of outrage ...... when there are so many valid reasons to be furious and outraged.

I think it's possible that you don't understand how far things have already gone to hell.

There are no easy solutions now. None.

Jackson is doing what she can. She is outvoted. Why are you assuming the worst of a highly accomplished Justice who has never once faltered from doing what she can to support our democracy?

It means more to me than you can imagine.

I should know better than to respond emotionally rather than rationally. I was taught better than that.

I get triggered when bullies seem to get away with the vilest behavior, and there seems to be nothing anyone can do to stop it. Yes we were hoping that their party's multiple defeats at the polls, would cause at least some Republican members of the House and Senate, to rethink their blind allegiance to tsf, but they're still marching to his tune, by refusing any compromise to reopen the government.

I know we have a chance at changing that a year from now, but there's a whole lot more damage he can do in that time. I know that's reality, I just can't get the emotional side of my brain, to be okay with the fact that he is being allowed to hurt so many people without being held accountable or facing consequences for it.

I appreciate the interpretations provided by legal eagles on DU

It's very disappointing how many DUers leaped to instantaneous anger and blame without having a clue.

I can't help but feel that some folks were so quick to attack her because she's a Black woman. They probably don't think of themselves as biased but when the chips are down some people are very quick to assume the worst.

wrong now to blame Justice Jackson. This doesn't excuse letting my emotions take over. I can only say for me it was a knee jerk furious emotional reaction that once again a bully wasn't able to be stopped. That's on me though because I still have issues with why my parents left me in that horrible Catholic School, even knowing how much emotional damage it was doing to me, and that my former boss was unqualified for his job, hated women because of his ex wife, and did virtually no work, but in the end, he won because he was a Republican male in a county ruled mostly by Republican males who almost always stick up for each other, even when they're wrong.

Realistically I know life isn't ever going to be truly fair, but again I don't know how to stop being emotionally triggered by that. Prayers and years of therapy, and people telling me I just have to accept that, hasn't stopped the sadness and anger that people who have done nothing wrong, get hurt, and the ones who hurt people on are too often never held accountable.

Rich people eat. Not complicated. No one on SCOTUS is going to go to bed hungry this weekend.

Explain why so many Democrats "couldn't bring themselves" to vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016, allowing Trump to put THREE corrupt judges on the Supreme Court?

Adding to the corrupt judges already appointed by W, that gives the court a 6-3 conservative majority. And those 6 aren't just conservative - they're corrupt.

So here we are. Didn't happen last night. Happened on Election Day 2016.

The road to how we ended up here was a long one that was paved with *just enough* people at many steps along the route making short-sighted electoral decisions that maybe made them feel good in the moment but now are leading to kids not being able to eat.

Everyone was adequately warned.

And it's very likely that Trump will get to appoint more utterly corrupt justices to this Court over the next 3.5 years.

Good to read the facts. Despite.........

(from the link in the OP)

Become informed before you accuse the only Black female Supreme Court Justice of being uncaring, corrupt, or foolish.

It's not a good look.

Of course I wanted it to be different, but this is a hostile Court she is dealing with.

It’s no fun being poor, especially now.