Jackson hammered the threat of a president 'emboldened' to commit crimes, knowing he won't be prosecuted: “I see that as a concern that is ~at least~ equal to the president being so worried about criminal prosecution that he is a little bit limited in his ability to function'

The likeliest outcome from Thursday's Supreme Court oral arguments on presidential immunity is delay — a win for Trump by another name talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-sup…

Alito Now Trying To Rile Up Concern That Women Could Get ER Abortions By Claiming Mental Health Crisis talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/abor… via Talking Points Memo

Great piece from Kate Riga on today's SCOTUS arguments on the Idaho abortion ban talkingpointsmemo.com/news/conservat…

The right-wing justices crafted a kind of anti-abortion fantasyland Wednesday where not only do abortion ban exceptions work, but that the narrowest ones will amenably stretch to cover all the sympathetic cases.
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“Where do we put them if every city, every village, every town lacks compassion and passes a law identical to this?” Sotomayor asked. “Where are they supposed to sleep? Are they supposed to kill themselves not sleeping?”

LOLWUT!?!?!? youtu.be/L9uNGA1FsK4?si…

wow so while AZ supreme court knocks down 15-week ban in terms of allowing abortions up to that limit, it is preserving the punishments for providers from the 15-week ban ~on top of~ the 2-5 year mandatory prison sentence from the 1864 near-total abortion ban

“Legislators, an overwhelming majority of whom have not experienced childbirth, nevertheless dictate that virtually all pregnancies in this State must proceed to birth notwithstanding the onerous burden upon women and girls,” Indiana judge Mark Bailey writes in concurrence.

Anti-abortion group lawyer Erin Hawley (yes that Hawley) was buried beneath a bipartisan dogpile as even the right-wing justices (sans Alito ofc) poked holes in her argument. Thomas, reading the writing on the wall, started laying groundwork for future mifepristone challenges

lol Kate Riga perfectly captures Sinema and her announcement here, calling a it a final 'It's not me, it's you' farewell to her constituents. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-s… via Talking Points Memo

And while McConnell had no problem withstanding the torrent of criticism from those invested in a functional democracy, he failed to stand up to Trump when it mattered most.
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These Supreme Court args over the rule banning bump stocks after the Vegas massacre in 2017 may actually kill me:

Alito: Can you imagine a legislator thinking we should ban machine guns but not bump stocks?

Jonathan Mitchell: Bump stocks can help people who have disabilities

Monday's oral arguments showcased the old-school, pro-business conservatives clashing with the more Trumpian culture warriors on the Supreme Court. Complete with Alito & Kavanaugh dueling over what's more 'Orwellian' - tyrannical private companies, or the big bad government ⤵️

As the Tennessee Senate minority leader told me, the anti-LGBTQ fusillade intensified after Dobbs: Before Dobbs, “bills that were so blatantly against what the Supreme Court had said died in committee. They died a swift death — that’s a big difference.” talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/tenn…

Looks like there's a very real chance that the Florida Supreme Court, stacked with DeSantis appointees, will use 'fetal personhood' to prevent citizens from voting on a constitutional amendment to protect abortion access. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida-c…