The more I learn about the actual mechanics of SCOTUS (when they're not accepting largesse from billionaires or luxurious speaking gigs, or complaining about news coverage, or contemptuously attacking Democrats, or imperiously legislating from the bench), the more insane it is that 9 people can operate with zero transparency, choose what…
The more I learn about the actual mechanics of SCOTUS (when they're not accepting largesse from billionaires or luxurious speaking gigs, or complaining about news coverage, or contemptuously attacking Democrats, or imperiously legislating from the bench), the more insane it is that 9 people can operate with zero transparency, choose what cases to accept at whim, decide when to allow oral arguments and when to shove through decisions on the shadow docket.
This is a ludicrous system even with good faith justices; it's moronic with the Federalist Society lackeys and their theological fanaticism.
The more I learn about the actual mechanics of SCOTUS (when they're not accepting largesse from billionaires or luxurious speaking gigs, or complaining about news coverage, or contemptuously attacking Democrats, or imperiously legislating from the bench), the more insane it is that 9 people can operate with zero transparency, choose what cases to accept at whim, decide when to allow oral arguments and when to shove through decisions on the shadow docket.
This is a ludicrous system even with good faith justices; it's moronic with the Federalist Society lackeys and their theological fanaticism.