Jonathan Hensley
@jonathanhensley.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Towson University. Law, politics, guitars, Cadillacs, etc., etc. Believer in democracy and the rule of law. Views are my own, not my employer's.
Really remarkable to see federal judges, even anonymously, criticizing SCOTUS this way. You know things have gotten bad if they’re willing to do this.
🚨EXCLUSIVE:
Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases
Ten judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court needs to explain its rulings better, with some urging Chief Justice John Roberts to do more to defend the judiciary against external criticism.
www.nbcnews.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Really remarkable to see federal judges, even anonymously, criticizing SCOTUS this way. You know things have gotten bad if they’re willing to do this.
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Yesterday, in the context of an emergency (there was none) motion with no argument and limited briefing, the Court overturned almost a century of precedent to just about end independent agencies. This is not how real courts behave.
#notacourt.
#notacourt.
May 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Yesterday, in the context of an emergency (there was none) motion with no argument and limited briefing, the Court overturned almost a century of precedent to just about end independent agencies. This is not how real courts behave.
#notacourt.
#notacourt.
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one of the many infuriating things about this is that if the authors of the amendment wanted it to apply exclusively to the formerly enslaved they had the capacity to do so! they would have written it that way! they didn't!
Sauer keeps saying the amendment was suppose to apply to "former slaves" but the actual text of the 14th amendment is "all persons born or naturalized in the united sates," i thought conservatives were big text guys
May 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
one of the many infuriating things about this is that if the authors of the amendment wanted it to apply exclusively to the formerly enslaved they had the capacity to do so! they would have written it that way! they didn't!
On the other hand, there is this. Like I said, I’m still not too optimistic here.
Kavanaugh: “tell me what I can write in my opinion ruling for you, Trump admin, about why this wouldn’t be so bad.”
That fucking Guy.
That fucking Guy.
May 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
On the other hand, there is this. Like I said, I’m still not too optimistic here.
I don’t want to get too optimistic about these SCOTUS arguments, but even Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett have sounded pretty annoyed with D. John Sauer at various times in this argument.
May 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I don’t want to get too optimistic about these SCOTUS arguments, but even Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett have sounded pretty annoyed with D. John Sauer at various times in this argument.
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David Souter
David Souter - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Former Supreme Court justice David Souter has died. The first Bush administration’s nomination of Souter, who to the shock and horror of Leonard Leo and the Integralist Jurisprudential Experience turned out to be a radical communist aka a moderate Republican of a breed that’s now deader than disco, was a key moment in the ongoing […]
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May 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
David Souter
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David French’s column today says Harvard is “remarkably intolerant,” the speech environment is “abysmal,” and left-wing bias is “overwhelming.”
So I have a question: if they’re so biased against conservatives, how do they keep being a stepping stone for influential conservative lawyers and judges?
So I have a question: if they’re so biased against conservatives, how do they keep being a stepping stone for influential conservative lawyers and judges?
April 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
David French’s column today says Harvard is “remarkably intolerant,” the speech environment is “abysmal,” and left-wing bias is “overwhelming.”
So I have a question: if they’re so biased against conservatives, how do they keep being a stepping stone for influential conservative lawyers and judges?
So I have a question: if they’re so biased against conservatives, how do they keep being a stepping stone for influential conservative lawyers and judges?
Team Capybara all the way. www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
Video: Capybaras Make Posh Argentine Neighborhood Their Home
Over the past two years, biologists estimate the capybara population has tripled to nearly 1,000 in this gated community in Argentina.
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April 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Team Capybara all the way. www.nytimes.com/video/world/...