Funny how SCOTUS had no problems whatsoever with nationwide injunctions when Biden was president…

It's going to be awhile before folks recognize just how damaging this is, if it plays out as I expect.

Trump's entire life policy is to ignore norms, contracts, laws, and opposition until he's stopped. It's still dumbfounding he's gotten this far, because he's not some strange unknown entity - he's a typical sociopath, pushing boundaries as far as they'll go in his favor until he's actually prevented from doing so.

His "litigate to delay" strategy is right in line with this. And now the norm is that his administration doesn't just get to act unlawfully until a court enjoins him from it (if even that, and if even he follows the order). It's now that his administration gets to act unlawfully to any individual who hasn't, on their own, challenged it and won in court. And given how fast he is normalizing fascism, even if a substantial number challenge him, in a year when the cases are "won," it'll be too late, the moment will be lost.

If there was any doubt as to the health of the rule of law, this is basically the end of the line.

The main takeaways here are:

The justices, in a 6-3 vote along ideological lines, said that in most cases, judges can only grant relief to the parties who brought a particular lawsuit and may not extend those decisions to protect other individuals without going through the process of converting a suit into a class action.

The court did not rule on the legality of Trump’s order purporting to end birthright citizenship, although the three liberal justices said the president’s directive was clearly unlawful.

So, the plaintiffs will need to certify as a class in order for judges to issue nationwide injunctions now. That's a pretty huge shift.

“The universal injunction was conspicuously nonexistent for most of our Nation’s history,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote in the majority opinion.

So was your right to vote. Shall we let the executive branch take that away on a whim as well?

Supreme Court tears down the constitution and rule of law

This is the most important thing, in my opinion, that the fucked up Trump court has ruled on. Saying a president can't be prosecuted for crimes that were performed as part of his job was wild but unlikely to actually occur. This is both wild and already occurring on a daily basis. This is so unbelievably asinine.

To sum up: if a judge rules a law or action is obviously unconstitutional, the only person it is unconstitutional for is the person who brought the case to that specific judge.

Say Trump announces that you're not a citizen, that gay marriage doesn't exist, that all women must give birth annually, whatever. If you're victimized by it, and have the money or can find a freebie lawyer, maybe you sue the federal government, and maybe you win. But even if you win, you only win for you. The millions of others in exactly your same situation each need to file their own lawsuits, and hope to win. (Unless it's a class action lawsuit, which involves separate and very, very difficult legal hurdles.)

If I'm understanding this wrong, and cripes I hope I am, please 'splain it to me.

Well, clearly the court only said that the three judges in question had to stop issuing nationwide injunctions, right? The others haven't done anything yet, and since each case has to be tried independently....

So fucking stupid. And a clear signal that they're going to start deporting citizens now, since even though I can show my birth certificate, I can't show my parents, or my parents parents and so on. Trace it back far enough and everyone will run into an ancestor that they can't prove the citizenship of. "Oops, your citizenship is actually invalid! We're sending you to a central American prison".

Only in the aftermath will we know which moment was the final toppling, but for now, I'd nominate this.

The best time to plant a tree buy a gun was 20 years ago, the second best time is now

And America's descent into fascism continues unabated.

Buy guns. Buy ammo.

My estimate is that this will result on 410 lawsuits filed per day. :o

I think it's not a smart move to have 150 000 lawsuits per year over the same question - it's much preferable to have 1 lawsuit for a whole class of people - defending the rights of everyone in the same situation - and some extra lawsuits for those who want to present a unique take on the matter.

Are the judges of the highest court in America actually high?

So, they're limiting judges' ability to...checks notes...uphold the Constitution in court?

There is no more rule of law. Don't assume the legal system will deliver justice (it was never great at that, but now it's openly, flagrantly rigged).

SCOTUS: Supreme Corruption Of The United States

Constitution much?

This is really bad.

Its time to BURN THE WHOOOOOOLE FUCKIN THING TO THE GROUND. That is all.

The Supreme Court and the rule of law:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcZzlPGnKdU

It's bad but it's not over yet. They're using this as a way to give him what he wants with regard to his propagandized concerns about "activist judges" while leaving the door open to siding with the Constitution on birthright citizenship. At least that's how it seems unless someone can set me straight.