"& even the right-wing faction on the court is trying to maintain the fiction that it’s still a deliberative body, not a MAGA rubber stamp.

But to rule against the administration would be to hand Trump a humiliating defeat on one of his signature policy issues."

Prefaced by:

"This isn’t a difficult case on the merits, but it puts the six right-wing members of the Court between a rock & hard place, not intellectually, but personally."

#Trump #tariffs #SupremeCourt #Constitution #Congress
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Paul Krugman notes that, though legal experts say the Trump tariffs case sitting at the Supreme Court is an open-and-shut case, the court is (shamefully) dragging its feet about ruling. Why?

"For a right-wing justice, ruling in the Trump administration’s favor in such an open-and-shut case would amount to admitting that you’re a pure partisan hack."

#Trump #tariffs #SupremeCourt #Constitution #Congress
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/profiles-in-cowardice-tariff-edition

"& even the right-wing faction on the court is trying to maintain the fiction that it’s still a deliberative body, not a MAGA rubber stamp.

But to rule against the administration would be to hand Trump a humiliating defeat on one of his signature policy issues."

Prefaced by:

"This isn’t a difficult case on the merits, but it puts the six right-wing members of the Court between a rock & hard place, not intellectually, but personally."

#Trump #tariffs #SupremeCourt #Constitution #Congress
/2

Paul Krugman notes that, though legal experts say the Trump tariffs case sitting at the Supreme Court is an open-and-shut case, the court is (shamefully) dragging its feet about ruling. Why?

"For a right-wing justice, ruling in the Trump administration’s favor in such an open-and-shut case would amount to admitting that you’re a pure partisan hack."

#Trump #tariffs #SupremeCourt #Constitution #Congress
/1

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/profiles-in-cowardice-tariff-edition

“That’s never been done before,” Leon, who was nominated by President George W. Bush, told a government lawyer during a hearing in D.C. federal court on #MarkKelly’s request for an injunction to halt the disciplinary proceedings. “You’re asking me to do something the #SupremeCourt’s never done.”

#law #MilitaryLaw #judiciary #military #Trump #Hegseth #RevengePolitics #idiocracy #MafiaState

@dangillmor

Sir, respectfully, you are old enough to remember the equal time rule. You do realize that the #USCongress abolished it after the #SupremeCourt uphelt it? My generation grew up without equal time because of corporate media who wanted this landscape.

Perhaps a rule requiring corporate outlets to have different political factions get equal prompting in front of users' eyes, so that #YouTube has to allow a #TownSquare and a #MarketplaceOfIdeas ? I want my generation to have their voices heard.

Objections overruled — Utah to expand its Supreme Court, with approval from Legislature, Cox

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox quickly signed the bill into law. After filling the new seats, Cox will have appointed five of the seven justices.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/01/31/court-packing-utah-gov-cox-gop/

#Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #politics #Utah #supremecourt #press

Objections overruled — Utah to expand its Supreme Court, with approval from Legislature, Cox

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox quickly signed the bill into law. After filling the new seats, Cox will have appointed five of the seven justices.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/01/31/court-packing-utah-gov-cox-gop/

#Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #politics #Utah #supremecourt #press