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malaise

(293,094 posts)
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 05:50 AM 7 hrs ago

May be a dumb question but why hasn't the Supreme Court ruled that unmarked

Federal folks cannot take over cities and states. It is all illegal.
When does this become an emergency.

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May be a dumb question but why hasn't the Supreme Court ruled that unmarked (Original Post) malaise 7 hrs ago OP
The system is doing a stress test DemMedic 7 hrs ago #1
Looks like Michael Parenti's malaise 6 hrs ago #2
Because the "Supreme Court" works for the corporations that own and run this country. SamKnause 6 hrs ago #3
Sure looking that way malaise 6 hrs ago #5
new name poozwah 5 hrs ago #6
My husband and I refer to it as 'Trump's Daddy' Cloudhopper 4 hrs ago #9
All true from our perspective debsy 4 hrs ago #10
As long as we keep on saying that we are, we are. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 4 hrs ago #15
Have they heard a case suitable for such a ruling? n/t Shrek 6 hrs ago #4
im assuming it hasnt been brought to them yet samnsara 5 hrs ago #7
Because Clarence wants a new motorhome. Vinca 5 hrs ago #8
If Clarence was smarter... rubbersole 4 hrs ago #12
The supremacist court proves that the US is full of justice. markodochartaigh 4 hrs ago #11
It's what the SCOTUS wants. hadEnuf 4 hrs ago #13
Bill Barr said... GiqueCee 4 hrs ago #14

malaise

(293,094 posts)
2. Looks like Michael Parenti's
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 06:17 AM
6 hrs ago

Democracy for the Few, Gramsci ‘s Prison Notes and Lenin’s Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism best describe the American political system. I may add Ralph Miliband’s The State in Capitalist Society.

SamKnause

(14,739 posts)
3. Because the "Supreme Court" works for the corporations that own and run this country.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 06:42 AM
6 hrs ago

Their job is to curtail our freedoms not to increase or hold the line on the few freedoms we have.

6 of them are Christian Nationalists so they agree with what is happening.

Some of them are bought and paid for.

Money is not speech !!!!!!!!!!

Corporations are not people !!!!!!!!!!

Cloudhopper

(166 posts)
9. My husband and I refer to it as 'Trump's Daddy'
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 08:18 AM
4 hrs ago

as in 'he ran to daddy again.' Or SCORRUPTUS

debsy

(771 posts)
10. All true from our perspective
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 08:19 AM
4 hrs ago

But the ones in power don’t share this basic, decent human rights oriented world view. Therefore, those of us who are decent are also fucked.

rubbersole

(11,005 posts)
12. If Clarence was smarter...
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 08:40 AM
4 hrs ago

...he would have asked his "friends" Harlan and Leo for a private jet in addition to the motor home. Chump change to those manipulating fuck-wads. The Federalist Society and its benefactors (Koch brothers) need to be first up at the Tribunals.

markodochartaigh

(5,066 posts)
11. The supremacist court proves that the US is full of justice.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 08:34 AM
4 hrs ago

You can buy as much justice as you can afford.

Just ask Clearance Thomas; Have gavel, will travel. No job too large. *Offer not available to the poor, the tired, the huddled masses, or those yearning to be free.

hadEnuf

(3,534 posts)
13. It's what the SCOTUS wants.
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 08:40 AM
4 hrs ago

Or at the very least they don't care one whit about it as long as the means justify the ends.

Their goals have been made very clear since their appointments and then the fascist takeover of the court.

GiqueCee

(3,451 posts)
14. Bill Barr said...
Thu Jan 15, 2026, 08:41 AM
4 hrs ago

... that to impose ethics rules on the SCOTUS would purge all the conservative justices. Or at least that what the meme said, so it must be true, right?

Roberts, along with John Bolton, was one of the assholes that stopped the counting of "hanging chads" in a Florida precinct before Rehnquist's crew even handed down their ruling. He's been a skeezy weasel all his miserable life.

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