One way you know that KBJ is having an impact is that White’s Only Law Twitter can’t stop talking about her today, even though they won everything. Also because Amy Barrett was huffing and puffing about her in her majority opinion, while playing nice with Sotomayor
Love her
The 3 Liberals on SCOTUS are doing a masterful job of leaving a paper trail for history of the countless legal obscenities from the conservative majority. Without question this is the most corrupt SCOTUS in history.
Democrats still have a narrow, but effective way to fight back—SCOTUS says Trump can now issue any decree as law. States need to fight back.❗Read the article—especially the last paragraph! bsky.app/profile/that...
I have to disagree. The Taney Court, which gave us Dred Scott was the worst. However, the Roberts Court IS giving it a run for its money.
It's pretty close.
The gap IS narrowing.
In the distant future this supreme court will be looked to as part of the definition for the phrase 'A race to the bottom'.
So what? Not gonna change the outcome. They'd make a bigger statement if they resigned en mass.
And let Trump appoint 3 more? C’mon
Sooner or later it becomes the right move regardless. Since the impact is blunted if it's not all three at once, I'm sure they've already had discussions about where to draw the line if the majority holds to its course. And, well, I trust their judgment.
They're brilliant, and capable of thinking strategically. Contrary to what some might say, the difference between a 6-3 majority and a 9-0 majority is enormous in how it affects the future of the court.
Yes, if the court has a future; if it should have one. There remain actions it could (now imaginably) take that would change our answers there, and presumably the liberal Justices' too. I assume we're a long way off from the red line even as of today, but I believe there is one.
The other branches' actions play into this too of course by affecting the context of SCOTUS decisions. A Congress doing its job might be enough to preserve the Court into the future
The 4 oldest Justices in order are Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, and Roberts, all 70 or older. None are inclined to retire right now. That means the next President has a strong probability of significantly changing the balance...for better or for worse.
What next president?
There's no connection
Not right now, certainly, sadly.
And that will change what? 9-0 vs 6-3 has the exact same outcome. Do the math!!!
And let the King appoint three more MAGA justices?
Wouldn't surprise me if by 2028 it's a 13-3 majority. He can do whatever he wants.
It's very bad, but we should keep some realism here. Establishing a 14 member SCOTUS over a Democratic filibuster isn't going to happen. There are enough real threats without claiming there's nothing to be accomplished through opposition. That's defeatist.
Since when does Schumer block bills?
Heck! By 2026 for the midterms.
What difference would it make? A majority is a majority.
1) Trump isn't winning everything, not even at SCOTUS, so it's pretty clear it does matter. 2) A larger majority means it will be longer before the conservative majority can be overturned. Play the long game. It's how Conservatives achieved this position in the first place.
SCROTUS has sided with trump 94% of the time. Lower courts have sided against trump 94% of the time. How Pollyanna-ish do you wish to be?
The only way the court will change is through impeachment. Need an election first. Ain't gonna happen.
Since you've concluded we're doomed, perhaps you should sit down, shut up, and get out of the way of those who are trying to save American democracy. We know it's going to be hard. We don't need you to tell us it's impossible.
I went to two protests so far. I am not going "sit down and shut up". I know where the routes to success are, and the SCOTUS is clearly not one of them. Nor are the midterms. Sorry to have a better grip on reality than you. So you can take your attitude to North Korea, okay?
I cried when she was sworn in. She is from my generation, and I think she is a freaking rock star ⭐️ One spot of hope on a very dark horizon
Amy showed her card.
Most of us saw it after Dobbs.
Making the worst people mad is a pretty solid unit of measurement for doing the right thing.
I always enjoy the discovery of a new unit of measure. 😊 🌡️ 📏 📐
it's 3 intelligent well educated people against 6 immature ignorant um... people?
KBJ is a very intelligent woman!
KBJ is not playing nicely while the Seditious Six rewrite the Constitution. We the people are grateful.
We are!!
This is not for Bluesky people as a chide but for you to share wi those who need to come out & help us win Democracy. We need all the help we can get. We need our voices to be louder, stronger, united, and resolute. We owe it to past & future generations. youtu.be/tBu7I4mjyWQ?...
I’m heartbroken for KBJ on a personal level. She has what should be ultimate job, and she has to be miserable.
Or knows every day that shes doing the right thing.
No she likely feels completely powerless
I guarantee that the Justice has never felt completely powerless in any professional role.
She kind of is tho. Idk how she feels, I guess she told you lol but her only professional power is dissenting with the other two leftists. Remind me how that’s going
I wish she was living a different reality for sure but I wonder if she feels free to be blunt in the face of *everything* in a way she might not have if things were more “civilized and polite?” 🤷🏻♀️ I hope she knows she speaks for millions every time she pushes back against the racists/fascists.
ACB is & always has been a nazi- she’s one of them, so anyone hoping she’s not, will be continually disappointed
Winning isn't enough they want submission
This is why it's a travesty that she has Black children she more than likely stole from Haiti.
KBJ should be Chief Justice.
Amen! I dream of this. Eyes on the prize.
Fuck all of those people. KBJ is a thoughtful arbiter of the law, so she's plenty worthy. I am proud of her record.
it's called racism
It’s even crazier given that Barrett’s opinion was objectively terribly written. Saying that you’re not going to even try to counter the arguments made by one of the dissents isn’t an “own”. It’s what you when you know that your position is indefensible.
And the amount of racism I’ve seen directed at KBJ today is disturbing.
Hence the user name
That's zero impact. Nothing changed, they won everything., where is this impact? Yt ppl mad at a black woman? She could have concurred with the decision, and they'd still say something angry about her. Reactionaries reacting does not impact make.
As usual, if conservative white lawyers are against you this hard, you are doing something very right
I have enormous respect for KBJ, she's one of the best scotus justices since justice Sotomayor.
This was my philosophy growing up with my conservative white lawyer stepfather.
Barrett basically had one of those racist white women meltdowns when they get called a racist by a black woman
Looking for more to read on the decision, I came across the federalist's article on Jackson vs Barrett. That was a big mistake. 🤬
Every day I'm angry. You and plenty others kept asking Joe Biden to consider adding more justices to the court. Barack Obama asked Justice Ginsberg to retire...and on and on....No we are here where Barrett got her lick in when KBJ called them all out. I just cant today.
Wish she could have just talked to the manager at Kohls instead of this 😔
😂
I would have substituted Kohl's with Target.
She is not even qualified to be a judge on The Voice.
Karen.
Weird how RGB was friends with a White Supremacist (Scalia).
She was a better person than most of us will ever be.
She hid her cancer. She is the reason why we are in a semi dictatorship. She gave Rs 2 seats. Obama begged her to go. Her ego was far more important than our democracy.
You're lying. Their friendship was professional and cordial. Proof that Obama begged her to go?
Ginsberg publicly rejected the calls for her to step down. This was widely reported at the time.
Oh so that is identical to the president literally begging her. Got it. BTW, I was an adult at the time and remember all that. I would prefer that she had stepped down but the poster above is a BS artist
You should build an alter to RGB in your house. This is cult behavior. She blew her legacy because of her ego. "Back in 2013, President Barack Obama met with Ginsburg, with hopes that the then-80-year-old, two-time cancer patient could be persuaded to retire."
I don't really think it's ego. I think it's more naivete. I actually don't worship anyone in politics. They're all vehicles to me, unless I know someone who knows them personally
There is no doubt whatsoever the administration discussed it with her, as probably did any number of senators. There wasn't any secret about it, though I'm sure it was discussed delicately. She became pretty churlish about it. It was a terrible ending to a brilliant career
We have to go back to Neanderthal times to find a precedent for our decisions.
Not sure what you’re referring to, but she can hardly be a racist when she’s adopted a black child.
Yeah, a lot of white plantation owners had black children. Sometimes they educated and raise them "close to white" and STILL OWNED them on paper as slaves. Just saying, it's perfectly easy for parents to be utter pieces of garbage.
She's adopted 2 Black children. Why do you think she adopted them? They're a shield to protect her when her racism is called out. It's also a weird, racist, conservative Christian thing to adopt non-white children to "rescue" them. Check out the DeVos adoption mills.
Was gonna block but in #TGIF spirit I may just watch the replies for a while 👀
🤣🤣🤣 Little racist in a sock, why are you crying???
Say sike right tf now
Please see Strom Thurmond and Essie Mae Washington-Williams. White people can most definitely have Black children and still be racist.
I adopted a black son. I still have my moments. It's not a get out of manners free card.
I hope this is sarcasm…
Why in the world would a woman like that adopt a Black kid? That poor child is in for a world of sh%t.
She has 2 Black children to shield her from being called a racist. It's also a weird conservative Christian thing to adopt non-white children to "rescue" them. She thinks it helps her to get to Heaven
As mentally ill as MAGA is, I believe it.
I totally agree.
Ethiopia outlawed across cultures foreign adoption since the south USA North Carolina murder by wh!te adoptive mother Brutalized beaten starved maimed Ethiopian daughter named Hannah Had Ethiopia close doors on foreigners adopting designer Favorite Black & or Horn of Africa kids
😢
Virtue signaling.
KBJ has no more fucks to give
To her credit, it didn’t take her long to run out.
I can envision ACB scowling and muttering "Who does she think she is after all I BOUGHT I MEAN I ADOPTED TWO BLACK CHILDREN FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE" while writing that.
Bondi’s comments about everything today made me want to reach through my tv and slap her around. bitch slap her. And I’m 💯 a non-violent type. Harder and harder to sit comfortably with Good Trouble when the assaults on decency and humanity are so egregious.
The time for non-violence may be reaching its end.
Recommended: Red Wine and Blue video with Erica Chenoweth on "How Women Will Defeat Authoritarianism" youtu.be/BS0Dd-0Smf4?... We can do this!
cool! thank you 💙🌏🌍🌎🇺🇦
Now enshrined in the public record. I'd say she should be ashamed but shame isn't familiar to her.
Racist gonna race
Barrett stole her Seventh Circuit seat from a more qualified Black woman.
Truth
I feel bad for Barrett's children. They deserve a better human for a mother.
Tell her she isn’t a Catholic because she is at odds with the Pope.
She's probably Opus Dei. They're utterly wacky.
I was just about to say this
Unfair. Word on the street is that barrett doesn’t care if you’re pink, purple, yellow, green, blue, ecru, fuchsia, orange, teal, red, maroon, mother of pearl…
What street is that? Her comments say something totally different
Joke street fuck face.
What do you think the Stepford Justice would do if thousands of white women wrote in to tell her she's a racist? (and an a$$hole too)
I feel so bad for those kids 😞
Justice Jackson, if you're nasty.
She's a traitor to her OWN ADOPTED BLACK CHILDREN.
Please. They are window dressing for her Pure White Christian cosplay. Remember when she was inducted? Her bio kids had new clothes. Her Black kids rewore clothes that didnt fit. She adopted them as cover.
Will white folks ever realize they weren't special. When those in real power show their hand and it turns out their bank acct not fealty determined their fate will they realize the class/race war was a ruse in a bigger plan. As money dwindles and they're in same bread line as those they blamed....
will they get it or just walk to frt of the bread line because they are entitled to the scraps first. If this regime successfully ends this democracy they(who believe they're powerful) will no longer be useful
She has a black friend, tho..😬
And a black adopted child? Probably named Token
It's crazy because it wasn't more than a few months ago that this very same court didn't have a problem with nationwide injunctions when it came to the Biden administration? 🤷 Hmm, what's changed? 🤔
When it comes to ppl like ACB/R's in general, forget what they say. Rather pay attention to what they DO, because platitudes and political spin is cheap. Actions however, can be deafeningly loud leaving little to interpretation. So while R's claim they're not racist, their actions suggest otherwise.
The Karen of SCOTUS
so of the 20 new justices were going to add, how many like her can we get?
21 hopefully!
💯
To recap: KBJ was causing some good trouble.
I appreciate her intellect, honesty, and courage; and that KBJ knows and acts as if the threat and the damage being done are as real as they are. offscreen.com/view/imagine...
Have you ever tried to read any of KBJ? She's an intellectual lightweight. I guess the impact you are referencing is comical?
Thank you for your esteemed, scholarly take.
I don't think Barrett has the slightest idea about how millions of Americans actually live but she doesn't strike me as stupid. So I find it difficult to believe she's completely oblivious to the racism that is behind all this.
I know many intelligent people who are blind to it. You have to be willing to hear and see what you ignore most of your life.
she's from my state of Indiana..tons of people live in bubble & turn blind eye to it. We still have kkk & sundown towns. Our governor said interracial marriage should be left to the states, our lt governor said 3/5 compromise was good idea, & people ignored it. Shes probably a "bubble" resident 😫
She can’t see past her bitterness.
acb is there to serve her role to the white male and she knows it
KBJ gives me hope during these very dark days.
She ALMOST makes me forgive Joe Biden for Clarence Thomas.
Never happen!
Laugh or cry. Amy Comey Baloney criticized KBJ for being EXTREME
Amy Comey told the woman who cant define what a woman is "Gurl. You dumb!!!"
So my mother was not a citizen when I was born. Does that mean I'm not a citizen now?
not everything is about you, Boomer
Why would you say this? People are legitimately worried.
Because white Boomers do not need to be worried about themselves. Duh.
Why wouldn't boomers have to worry?
WHITE Boomers.
I'm white. I've been accused of being Latino.
It wasn't a serious question, but your hostility is noted. You might consider getting over yourself.
you have some smooth moves!
Not walking anything back. But you're certainly trying to avoid responsibility for your unnecessary hostility.
Thank you. I’m genuinely concerned about the mental state of the resistance. On more than one occasion, I have been attacked, belittled and demeaned for sharing information or asking questions. Many in the resistance seem to be just as vicious as the current authoritarian regime. Mother help us all!
the Executive Order that overturns the 14th amendment has not yet gone into effect and would only cover people born when the EO is in effect. It has no retroactive power It is still deeply wrong, illegal and unconstitutional
And it's only the first step in the Whitening process.
Do you follow Marc Elias or any informed historians and attorneys? It's a good idea. They often offer context to legal matters. Stay safe.
I don't want to speak too early—any justice has the power to disappoint (cough cough RBG dying in her seat)—but I truly think she's on track to being one of the all-time greats.
(Ketanji Brown Jackson, to be clear. Not the mediocre church lady that way too many people are defending in your mentions. Good god.)
Man it’s so insane how separate LawSky lanes must be. I have yet to see one solitary person doing anything but yeeting Coney Barrett into the sun.
I'm not even from LawSky, they're just in this comment section! Unless OP has sensibly nuked them all by now
I feel so bad for her, stuck on this court
KBJ is a rock. Barrett is a mud pie.
Barrett is 'mud' that came from the rear of a animal perhaps.
I so wish we had 9 of her. She's so brilliant. It would be the best thing to happen to our country.
Amy Coney Barret. Bitch lied under oath, as did all of Trump's appointees to the supreme court. That's it, that's all.
Maybe one day, we'll all just be people (~);}
White people..... pfff (and I'm white) (~);}
Deep analysis
KBJ is amazing
KBJ is our saving grace & I couldn’t agree more that all the chatter on Twitter reveal how threatening people find her. If they believed the nonsense they spew about her, then they wouldn’t feel compelled to talk so much about her 😏
She spoke the truth
Yep! KBJ hit HOME!🎯
She is a religious fanatic nut!
I love her
Clearly, their "originalist" vs "contextualist" proclivities are interchangeable, contingent on whether it promotes the GOP agenda, or not. The MAGA wing of the SCOTUS has well & truly jumped the shark. Their perfidy will be their undoing. Americans who've read the Constitution will not abide this.
She knew what she was up against: “Ketanji Brown Jackson Wore A Symbol of Silent Rebellion at Trump’s Inauguration” – HuffPost
Didn’t know this. Ruth Bader Ginsberg had a special collar she wore when ‘dissenting’
Correct.
Corrupt GOP
Mad because KBJ showed the path forward
That was some rotten huffing and puffing, the Midwest bitch. You cannot tell me that these folks are collegial while walking the halls of the Supreme Court.
She's the best they've got, bar none.
Her book is friggin' great. She narrates her audiobook. So good
I'm ashamed to say I didn't know this. Thanks for telling me! I love her. She's the Jasmine Crockett of the Supremes.
KJB is so much smarter, has more class, and is so brave that she puts coward and traitor BArrett to shame WE MUST ALL MAKE THESE 6 CONSERVATIVE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES PAY THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THEIR RACISTS OPINIONS
Barrett is such a racist bitch, she forgot that she has an adopted African American daughter
Amy CrackCorn has two (2) adopted children of color. Neither of whom are “African American”. They are Haitian. Or if you insist, now Haitian-Xtofascist. I pity them.
I have never played a video game. I realize you play many. Do you ever feel like you've been Twilight Zoned into a game you have no chance of winning?
Mitch McConnell lied, cheated and stole to build his conservative Supreme Court…the country is now at the mercy of the King Trump court.
and pretended he was for 🍊🤡's impeachment just to pull out in the end - disgraceful
There is no Scotus, no congress, no presidency.. they've seen to that
I can't get over the under OATH "respect precedent" of the three who perjured themselves!
What Jackson called out so powerfully— that Sotomayor did not — was the impact on poorer people: bsky.app/profile/earl...
This is why we have DEI. Different people bring radically different understandings of what life is like in these dis-United States. KBJ may not have grown up poor, but she is an African America and sees what others may overlook. .
OMG. That Barrett bitch was obsessed with KBJ. Not even taking time to try to make any cogent arguments against what KBJ said (not that there are any). Just flinging ad hominem attacks.
PROTECT KBJ at all costs! She is a beacon of light in these insane times.
can we now stop pretending that these are judges. They are political actors who throw whatever on paper to realize their right wing agenda.
dems need to learn from this playbook hold MAGAts accountable and responsible for each and every teeny tiny infraction 🦶🏼🦶🏼 🔥🔥
Amy Conan O'Brien finally stopped teasing us.
She in demonstrably the smartest justice.
That’s curious?🤨 Wonder what that’s about? She’s scared of La Latina!
Irritating the fuck out of them as they absolutely incinerate the Constitution is some consolation, I guess
The three liberal justices: all women, one black,one Jewish and one Hispanic.Imagine the hate they get on a daily basis.
Does it matter?
