The Florida law, now at the Eleventh Circuit, has been blocked for more than a year. Also: The Fifth Circuit heard arguments over the future of DACA on Thursday.
"Judge Gerald Tjoflat, is a 94-year-old Ford appointee"
This lifetime appointment shit needs to stop, it was never a good idea, though not our founders expected someone to live to be 94 (so lifetime appointment probably seemed fine). Nearly 50 damn years this man has been a circuit judge across what 9 presidencies?
Nation-wide injunctions by far-right federal district judges will continue to test the appellate courts into the indefinite future, as so many of these turkeys are quite young, recently appointed, and have absolutely no regard for judicial proprieties, sad to say.
The drag case reminds of a Supreme Court case in 2018 or so, when one of the Republican judges, probably Alito, said something like “well, these local judges aren’t going to sit around signing warrants all day, so this isn’t a real threat” and Sotomayor or Kagan had to point out that they have computers to issue them automatically. The judges that are willing to believe these drag bans are going to be interpreted narrowly don’t live in the real world.
Wondering if they went into the argument over whether drag shows, on their face, constitute lewdness. States like Tennessee, where I live, already have laws against public lewdness. Drag shows typically aren't lewd, unless you define the mere act of dressing as a woman as lewdness. When the law was passed here, some wondered whether it meant the Nashville Shakespeare Festival would have to be cancelled since, true to the tradition of Shakespeare's time, men sometimes played women onstage.
The Constitution provides age minimums for Congress and the Presidency. It should also require age minimums (and perhaps maximum ages) for Federal Judges.
Hamburger Mary’s! This is totally off-topic but back in the day, here in San Francisco, Hamburger Mary’s made the best burgers … bar none. Fedoras off to Perry’s, Clown Alley an Hippo Burger—now I’m hungry.
"Judge Gerald Tjoflat, is a 94-year-old Ford appointee"
This lifetime appointment shit needs to stop, it was never a good idea, though not our founders expected someone to live to be 94 (so lifetime appointment probably seemed fine). Nearly 50 damn years this man has been a circuit judge across what 9 presidencies?
Sounds like the very definition of lewd
Nation-wide injunctions by far-right federal district judges will continue to test the appellate courts into the indefinite future, as so many of these turkeys are quite young, recently appointed, and have absolutely no regard for judicial proprieties, sad to say.
The drag case reminds of a Supreme Court case in 2018 or so, when one of the Republican judges, probably Alito, said something like “well, these local judges aren’t going to sit around signing warrants all day, so this isn’t a real threat” and Sotomayor or Kagan had to point out that they have computers to issue them automatically. The judges that are willing to believe these drag bans are going to be interpreted narrowly don’t live in the real world.
Wondering if they went into the argument over whether drag shows, on their face, constitute lewdness. States like Tennessee, where I live, already have laws against public lewdness. Drag shows typically aren't lewd, unless you define the mere act of dressing as a woman as lewdness. When the law was passed here, some wondered whether it meant the Nashville Shakespeare Festival would have to be cancelled since, true to the tradition of Shakespeare's time, men sometimes played women onstage.
The Constitution provides age minimums for Congress and the Presidency. It should also require age minimums (and perhaps maximum ages) for Federal Judges.
Thanks Chris.
21 days people. Roll it BLUE
up and down ballot for
changes in the Judiciary;
94 yrs old = Term Limits
Hamburger Mary’s! This is totally off-topic but back in the day, here in San Francisco, Hamburger Mary’s made the best burgers … bar none. Fedoras off to Perry’s, Clown Alley an Hippo Burger—now I’m hungry.