A forum-shopping dispute that been ongoing for two years briefly reached the Eleventh Circuit on Monday. Also: More on Alito. And: Law Dork in the news.
If you believe you're saving civilization, the end justifies the means. There's some of this on both sides, but it's particularly prominent, dark and ugly on the right at the moment.
Thank you Chris for everything you do keeping us updated, even though I'm not a lawyer, you do a real good job of breaking it down in decoding it for us regular peeps. 👍
When I was traveling frequently on business I had occasion to be on the same flight with one of my senators twice and the first time I asked him why he didn’t accept the upgrade to first class offered him and he explained that it wasn’t ethical as it could be viewed as bribery, even though his frequent flyer mile status was higher than others who got the seats, including me. There was at least one unused seat in first class on that flight, so by Alito’s argument, it wasn’t used so it didn’t have to be reported. While there are plenty of ethics issues in congress in general, apparently Alito holds himself to a far lower standard of conduct, likely because there aren’t any real reasons for him not to.
As always, thank Chris for explaining what might otherwise be opaque to some of us, especially with respect to the issue in Alabama. And congrats in getting recognition for your work on the Alito stock issue.
I had never (before this mess with Thomas and Alito) thought to apply Sutton's Law¹ to the SCotUS: "Why did you want to be a judge on the Supreme Court?" "Because they have no ethics standards!"
¹". . .A famous apocryphal story is that Sutton was asked by reporter Mitch Ohnstad why he robbed banks. According to Ohnstad, he replied, "Because that's where the money is". The quote evolved into Sutton's law,. . ." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Sutton#%22Sutton's_law%22
I wouldn’t have an issue with someone accepting a benefit or discount that’s offered on a commercial basis to the general public. I wouldn’t consider that an anything remotely close to bribery.
That said, I can see it creating an appearance issue where someone might see them getting an upgrade and wondering if they were getting it because of their position, even they actually weren’t.
Yeah, you have to admire the chutzpah considering repeated instances of right-wing forum shopping (Kacsmaryk, hello) and phony made up facts (the non-existent wedding website request). I'm still pissed off that the Senate or US Attorney didn't open an investigation into the latter.
Now is the time to shine a light on the dark waters surrounding Justice Alito. We all have our dark waters within. Justice's must work even harder to avoid their influence, Flag and trades are significant tells. We are in this together. Thank you Chris.
It is often simplistically noted that federal judges have life tenure.
They more specifically serve for good behavior. There are laws that apply to Supreme Court justices in that respect though they have refused to clearly admit they are mandatory as compared to advisory.
The Chief Justice wanted us to believe merely voluntarily showing up in front of a committee was a threat to separation of powers.
Alito is a blatant problem & in a more working system would be seriously in danger of impeachment hearings at this point. But the problem is shared. CJ Warren pressured Justice Fortas to resign. Roberts symbolically and literally refuses to show up.
Democracy has never been big in Alabama. It’s a state founded on racism and hate, this disturbing update is nothing new to Alabama residents, current and past.
Bravo for clarifying that the Republican bans apply to gender-affirming MEDICAL care. While legislators should not be involved in the first place, too many opponents of the bans disingenuously report them as bans on gender-affirming care.
The 2018 AAP guidelines "Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents" address care for gender dysphoria through 3 separate sections, "Gender-Affirmative Care," "Developmental Considerations," and "Medical Management." The first is essentially "talk therapy," which should proceed to medical care/management only after appropriately considering important developmental stages, the most important being puberty.
While it's subject to each doctor's interpretation, I consider the AAP guidelines to recommend against medical management (puberty blockers) in prepubescents. That's in line with FDA recommendations. The FDA has not approved puberty blockers for the treatment of gender dysphoria (although they're approved for precocious puberty because clinical trials show them to be effective for that disorder).
Moreover, and as a consequence of a major review by English health authorities (the "Cass Review"), many European nations have recently changed their guidelines. Medical treatment for gender dysphoria is now restricted to experimental programs because the evidence that they're effective in treating gender dysphoria is weak. More research is needed.
We’ve been through this previously, so I’m not sure, other than you wanting to dump this totally-irrelevant-to-this-post information in another comment section to push out anti-trans narratives, why you are doing this here.
The cass report is political and unscientific trite much like whatever this is you posted here this isn’t X so I can call transphobic bigots like you out
Wow, damn! I am really looking forward to your in-depth on the Alabama situation. Wow.
And judge shopping. Judge shopping. After all the crap in Texas and with the Fifth, this _TRUMP JUDGE_ is making judge shopping accusations!?
The hypocrisy is thick with that one🙄
If you believe you're saving civilization, the end justifies the means. There's some of this on both sides, but it's particularly prominent, dark and ugly on the right at the moment.
Saving civilization from what? Oh, humans aren't civilized🙄 We're the dumbest most savage animals on the planet.
Kitties rule. Plus, cute cat pictures are what the internet was created for.
Absolutely🤣
Thank you Chris for everything you do keeping us updated, even though I'm not a lawyer, you do a real good job of breaking it down in decoding it for us regular peeps. 👍
When I was traveling frequently on business I had occasion to be on the same flight with one of my senators twice and the first time I asked him why he didn’t accept the upgrade to first class offered him and he explained that it wasn’t ethical as it could be viewed as bribery, even though his frequent flyer mile status was higher than others who got the seats, including me. There was at least one unused seat in first class on that flight, so by Alito’s argument, it wasn’t used so it didn’t have to be reported. While there are plenty of ethics issues in congress in general, apparently Alito holds himself to a far lower standard of conduct, likely because there aren’t any real reasons for him not to.
As always, thank Chris for explaining what might otherwise be opaque to some of us, especially with respect to the issue in Alabama. And congrats in getting recognition for your work on the Alito stock issue.
I had never (before this mess with Thomas and Alito) thought to apply Sutton's Law¹ to the SCotUS: "Why did you want to be a judge on the Supreme Court?" "Because they have no ethics standards!"
¹". . .A famous apocryphal story is that Sutton was asked by reporter Mitch Ohnstad why he robbed banks. According to Ohnstad, he replied, "Because that's where the money is". The quote evolved into Sutton's law,. . ." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Sutton#%22Sutton's_law%22
I wouldn’t have an issue with someone accepting a benefit or discount that’s offered on a commercial basis to the general public. I wouldn’t consider that an anything remotely close to bribery.
That said, I can see it creating an appearance issue where someone might see them getting an upgrade and wondering if they were getting it because of their position, even they actually weren’t.
If forum shopping is a crime.....
Yeah, you have to admire the chutzpah considering repeated instances of right-wing forum shopping (Kacsmaryk, hello) and phony made up facts (the non-existent wedding website request). I'm still pissed off that the Senate or US Attorney didn't open an investigation into the latter.
Norms have to be defended or they cease to be norms.
Chris,
Now is the time to shine a light on the dark waters surrounding Justice Alito. We all have our dark waters within. Justice's must work even harder to avoid their influence, Flag and trades are significant tells. We are in this together. Thank you Chris.
Great piece Chris. Glad you
got some National exposure.
Seems there's a lot of judge
shopping going around in red
states. I'm shocked, I tell you,
shocked!😉
Thank you for your diligence. More frightening attacks on fair and equal justice that must be made public!
It is often simplistically noted that federal judges have life tenure.
They more specifically serve for good behavior. There are laws that apply to Supreme Court justices in that respect though they have refused to clearly admit they are mandatory as compared to advisory.
The Chief Justice wanted us to believe merely voluntarily showing up in front of a committee was a threat to separation of powers.
Alito is a blatant problem & in a more working system would be seriously in danger of impeachment hearings at this point. But the problem is shared. CJ Warren pressured Justice Fortas to resign. Roberts symbolically and literally refuses to show up.
Excellent coverage, Chris. Thanks for the always excellent explainer of the pending mess in the Eleventh Circuit and the ongoing Alito mess as well.
I appreciate you bringing up Alito's stock trade. Seems like a political move and an unwise trade at that.
Democracy has never been big in Alabama. It’s a state founded on racism and hate, this disturbing update is nothing new to Alabama residents, current and past.
Seems like there are more megalomaniacal, reactionary federal judges now than at any time in the past.
Bravo for clarifying that the Republican bans apply to gender-affirming MEDICAL care. While legislators should not be involved in the first place, too many opponents of the bans disingenuously report them as bans on gender-affirming care.
The 2018 AAP guidelines "Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents" address care for gender dysphoria through 3 separate sections, "Gender-Affirmative Care," "Developmental Considerations," and "Medical Management." The first is essentially "talk therapy," which should proceed to medical care/management only after appropriately considering important developmental stages, the most important being puberty.
While it's subject to each doctor's interpretation, I consider the AAP guidelines to recommend against medical management (puberty blockers) in prepubescents. That's in line with FDA recommendations. The FDA has not approved puberty blockers for the treatment of gender dysphoria (although they're approved for precocious puberty because clinical trials show them to be effective for that disorder).
Moreover, and as a consequence of a major review by English health authorities (the "Cass Review"), many European nations have recently changed their guidelines. Medical treatment for gender dysphoria is now restricted to experimental programs because the evidence that they're effective in treating gender dysphoria is weak. More research is needed.
We’ve been through this previously, so I’m not sure, other than you wanting to dump this totally-irrelevant-to-this-post information in another comment section to push out anti-trans narratives, why you are doing this here.
The cass report is political and unscientific trite much like whatever this is you posted here this isn’t X so I can call transphobic bigots like you out
Sorry you feel that way. I support LGBTQ equality, equity, and inclusion.
Impeach this son of a xxxxx now
ITMFA
The Alabama situation sounds...
What on earth is happening?