| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| Pennsylvania Supreme Court election draws national | 2023-10-30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1718788457848558055 | 1718788457848558055 |
| If you repeat it often enough, it doesn't have to be true! | 2023-10-25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1717211310772084994 | 1717211310772084994 |
| What's the priority for consideration - state or Federal | 2023-10-20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715436009352303008 | 1715436009352303008 |
| Voters favor Supreme Court reform. Reactionary | 2023-10-18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1714678904840208745 | 1714678904840208745 |
| If the House GOP could get organized enough to elect a | 2023-10-13 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1712666060355403942 | 1712666060355403942 |
| Leonard Leo and Mitch McConnell have established minority | 2023-10-12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1712305676511568302 | 1712305676511568302 |
| When the Federal Supreme Court is mostly stuck on | 2023-09-22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1705027097318838333 | 1705027097318838333 |
| State constitutions are a lot longer than the Federal - | 2023-09-04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1698487517090045992 | 1698487517090045992 |
| A Second Amendment for food? Nobody saw this coming! | 2023-08-18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1692379245295861854 | 1692379245295861854 |
| Trumpists only cite history when it supports their aims. | 2023-08-02 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1686583638383890432 | 1686583638383890432 |
| Cruel and unusual OR Cruel or unusual? | 2023-08-02 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1686583089412370432 | 1686583089412370432 |
| What do you know about nondebtor releases? | 2023-07-27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1684386118782046208 | 1684386118782046208 |
| Specific plausible proposals for the FBI? How does that | 2023-07-27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1684385113499639808 | 1684385113499639808 |
| How the reactionary judiciary is groomed and maintained | 2023-07-20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1682054787884519425 | 1682054787884519425 |
| Federal Supreme Court affirms that state supreme courts | 2023-07-19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1681681150878838785 | 1681681150878838785 |
| Another year at the Supreme Court - mostly defending | 2023-07-14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1679907912981020672 | 1679907912981020672 |
| How do Trumpists and Federalists differ? | 2023-07-08 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1677556669403000832 | 1677556669403000832 |
| Judges don't necessarily bother to check facts | 2023-07-07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1677155532778668034 | 1677155532778668034 |
| “The highest court in the land should not have the lowest | 2023-07-04 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1676086289425371137 | 1676086289425371137 |
| Guantanamo is a national disgrace - | 2023-07-02 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1675376781170454528 | 1675376781170454528 |
| Another big win for Leonard Leo, groomer of reactionary | 2023-06-23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1672270789352263680 | 1672270789352263680 |
| De-politicize the Supreme Court! | 2023-06-21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1671495250819567616 | 1671495250819567616 |
| Anything goes in Texas? Maybe not! | 2023-06-09 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1666993907253809155 | 1666993907253809155 |
| Do you think the Federal bill of rights protects you from | 2023-05-26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1662245056646901761 | 1662245056646901761 |
| Good to see some unanimity on the Supreme Court for | 2023-05-26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1662197606544715777 | 1662197606544715777 |
| Justice at last? | 2023-05-26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1661946453680623616 | 1661946453680623616 |
| Special counsels are independent. That's why they're | 2023-05-24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1661254660873936896 | 1661254660873936896 |
| Peremptory challenges to peremptory challenges - | 2023-05-24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1661242094827233290 | 1661242094827233290 |
| Twitter Hotel? Don't they know that laws apply to poor | 2023-05-21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1660122121891368960 | 1660122121891368960 |
| The Supreme Court is back to normal, defending minority | 2023-05-16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1658299489474732033 | 1658299489474732033 |
| 78-year-olds need a lot of Viagra. Stiffing | 2023-05-16 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1658281249163681792 | 1658281249163681792 |
| Much ado about nothing. | 2023-05-16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1658278855906574337 | 1658278855906574337 |
| GOP still believes in states rights - for red states. | 2023-05-13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1657360749378048005 | 1657360749378048005 |
| "In an important moment for the rule of law, a jury heard | 2023-05-10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1656409414168113152 | 1656409414168113152 |
| How the chief groomer of reactionary judges does his work - | 2023-05-07 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1655029302096965634 | 1655029302096965634 |
| Supreme Court about to strike another blow in defense of | 2023-05-06 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1654861868639584256 | 1654861868639584256 |
| Consequences of lifetime appointments. | 2023-04-14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1646722197598404610 | 1646722197598404610 |
| Executive and attorney-client privileges do not | 2023-03-24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639341120475004928 | 1639341120475004928 |
| The lasting legacy of Leonard Leo and Mitch McConnell. | 2023-03-22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638582671994671104 | 1638582671994671104 |
| Stare decisis - when is it appropriate? | 2023-02-24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1628918889387286528 | 1628918889387286528 |
| These guys kept quiet | 2023-02-10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1623905054276345857 | 1623905054276345857 |
| The Supreme Court has never been far from the politics of | 2023-02-09 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1623708162066096128 | 1623708162066096128 |
| States have constitutions and supreme courts too! | 2023-01-25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1618064570895208449 | 1618064570895208449 |
| Musk couldn't get an unfair trial in California but he | 2023-01-16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614872098975125505 | 1614872098975125505 |
| Bannon wouldn't want to hire the kind of lawyer that would | 2023-01-16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614806027333152768 | 1614806027333152768 |
| Mandatory minimums - an idea that did not work as expected. | 2023-01-14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1614075290430607362 | 1614075290430607362 |
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========== Pennsylvania Supreme Court election draws national attention. https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/the-stakes-in-pennsylvanias-supreme #PS1justice ===== impress 6 time 2023-10-30 00:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1718788457848558055 ========== If you repeat it often enough, it doesn't have to be true! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/opinion/crime-public-opinion.html Especially if it's the truth about how you FEEL, rather than truth about facts. #PS1justice ===== impress 2 time 2023-10-25 16:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717211310772084994 ========== What's the priority for consideration - state or Federal constitution first? https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/new-mexico-supreme-court-hints-at #PS1justice ===== engage-rate NaN time 2023-10-20 18:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715436009352303008 ========== Voters favor Supreme Court reform. Reactionary megadonors do not. It was a long hard road to build a reactionary court. It will be a long hard road to undo it. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/the-justices-are-not-untouchable 18 year term limits would be a good start. #PS1justice ===== impress 1 time 2023-10-18 16:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714678904840208745 ========== If the House GOP could get organized enough to elect a Speaker, then they could offer a deal to the Senate - they expel Santos if the Senate expels Menendez. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/10/12/senator-menendez-fara-new-indictment-egypt/ They each deserve their day in court - just not on the public dime. #PS1justice ===== engage 2 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 96 likes 1 time 2023-10-13 03:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712666060355403942 ========== Leonard Leo and Mitch McConnell have established minority rule in the Federal judiciary, that now their allies want to do the same in the states. All it takes is money! https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/elections-are-the-wrong-way-to-pick Maybe elections aren't the best way to pick supreme courts. #PS1justice ===== impress 3 time 2023-10-12 03:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1712305676511568302 ========== When the Federal Supreme Court is mostly stuck on protecting minority rule, the action moves to state courts - about which most of us know very little. https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/welcome-to-state-court-report #PS1justice ===== impress 1 time 2023-09-22 01:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705027097318838333 ========== State constitutions are a lot longer than the Federal - so state courts spend more time interpreting them. https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/catching-up-with-state-courts #PS1justice ===== impress 1 time 2023-09-04 00:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1698487517090045992 ========== A Second Amendment for food? Nobody saw this coming! https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/in-maine-a-second-amendment-for-food #PS1justice ===== impress 1 time 2023-08-18 03:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1692379245295861854 ========== Trumpists only cite history when it supports their aims. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/alito-vs-history-again #PS1justice ===== impress 1 time 2023-08-02 03:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686583638383890432 ========== Cruel and unusual OR Cruel or unusual? https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/protecting-against-extreme-punishments #PS1justice ===== impress 1 time 2023-08-02 03:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1686583089412370432 ========== What do you know about nondebtor releases? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/26/sackler-opioid-purdue-pharma-oxycontin-immunity/ #PS1justice ===== impress 1 time 2023-07-27 02:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684386118782046208 ========== Specific plausible proposals for the FBI? How does that fit in the 2024 GOP? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/26/asa-hutchinson-fbi-reforms-trump/ #PS1justice ===== impress 2 time 2023-07-27 02:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1684385113499639808 ========== How the reactionary judiciary is groomed and maintained to defend minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/07/20/leonard-leo-clarence-thomas-paoletta/ There's plenty of money in it for everybody. #PS1justice ===== impress 5 time 2023-07-20 15:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682054787884519425 ========== Federal Supreme Court affirms that state supreme courts have normal overview authority over state election law. https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/the-supreme-court-and-the-states #PS1justice ===== impress 2 time 2023-07-19 15:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681681150878838785 ========== Another year at the Supreme Court - mostly defending minority rule, but one curve ball that must have given their reactionary groomers conniptions. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/supreme-court-term-in-review #PS1justice ===== impress 2 time 2023-07-14 17:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679907912981020672 ========== How do Trumpists and Federalists differ? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/07/maga-john-eastman-lin-wood-trump-impeachment-mayorkas/ Trumpist legal fantasies got nowhere in court, but got on Fox for process, not results. Meanwhile Leo and McConnell groomed real change in the judiciary. And got on Fox for results, not process. #PS1justice ===== impress 7 time 2023-07-08 05:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677556669403000832 ========== Judges don't necessarily bother to check facts https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/06/judges-decision-key-misinformation-case-is-latest-botch-facts/ Like other people, many just accept claims that strike an emotional chord. #PS1justice ===== impress 1 time 2023-07-07 03:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677155532778668034 ========== “The highest court in the land should not have the lowest ethical standards” https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-06-28/conflict-of-interest-ethics-code-supreme-court-samuel-alito-clarence-thomas #PS1justice ===== impress 6 time 2023-07-04 04:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1676086289425371137 ========== Guantanamo is a national disgrace - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#guantanamo "19 of the 30 men remaining at Guantanamo have never been charged with a single crime, some after 20 years in U.S. custody" https://apnews.com/article/us-guantanamo-detainees-un-investigator-cruel-treatment-bfae732732c7a3f596bb01e106f6fbca But Congress refuses to allow any change. #PS1justice ===== engage 1 engage-rate 33% impress 3 time 2023-07-02 05:32 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1675376781170454528 ========== Another big win for Leonard Leo, groomer of reactionary judges to defend minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/20/gov-ron-desantis-used-secretive-panel-flip-state-supreme-court/ #PS1justice ===== impress 6 time 2023-06-23 15:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672270789352263680 ========== De-politicize the Supreme Court! https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/supreme-court-term-limits #PS1justice ===== impress 5 time 2023-06-21 12:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1671495250819567616 ========== Anything goes in Texas? Maybe not! https://apnews.com/article/texas-ken-paxton-impeachment-nate-paul-e7c83297a0110cdb4502819568265ade #PS1justice ===== impress 3 time 2023-06-09 02:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1666993907253809155 ========== Do you think the Federal bill of rights protects you from state legislatures? John Marshall didn't think so, and the idea has only been accepted for sixty years. The defenders of minority rule are doing their best to turn back the clock. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/opinion/freedom-states-rights.html #PS1justice ===== impress 7 time 2023-05-26 23:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662245056646901761 ========== Good to see some unanimity on the Supreme Court for a change. https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-curbs-states-property-tax-windfall-2023-05-25/ Of course this should have been a slam dunk for any but the most fringey states-righters. #PS1justice ===== impress 10 time 2023-05-26 20:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1662197606544715777 ========== Justice at last? https://apnews.com/article/stewart-rhodes-oath-keepers-seditious-conspiracy-sentencing-b3ed4556a3dec577539c4181639f666c 18 years for sedition? He got off light. Meanwhile, even Texas GOP have their limits - https://apnews.com/article/texas-attorney-general-paxton-impeachment-1eaccf00ce80d26c4fc94eab1672e1bd Who knew? #PS1justice ===== impress 3 time 2023-05-26 04:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661946453680623616 ========== Special counsels are independent. That's why they're called "special counsels." https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/23/trump-letter-classified-meeting/ This letter is political theatre. #PS1justice ===== impress 3 time 2023-05-24 06:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661254660873936896 ========== Peremptory challenges to peremptory challenges - https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/getting-racial-bias-off-the-jury #PS1justice ===== impress 1 time 2023-05-24 05:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661242094827233290 ========== Twitter Hotel? Don't they know that laws apply to poor people, not rich people? https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-hotel-lawsuit-san-francisco-5feff6a002e077b106db32e102f3bc9a #PS1justice ===== impress 3 time 2023-05-21 03:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660122121891368960 ========== The Supreme Court is back to normal, defending minority rule just as it as for more of its history - Dred Scott, Plessy v Ferguson. https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/05/14/jamelle-bouie-clarence-thomas-cant/ Limiting justice terms to 18 years would be a good start toward a better future. #PS1justice ===== impress 6 time 2023-05-16 02:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658299489474732033 ========== 78-year-olds need a lot of Viagra. Stiffing recalcitrant female employees on their wages sounds more Trump-like, but probably impossible to prove if there's nothing in writing. https://apnews.com/article/rudy-giuliani-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-d98244030366913706b4a3235cc1fe46 #PS1justice ===== impress 20 time 2023-05-16 01:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658281249163681792 ========== Much ado about nothing. https://apnews.com/article/durham-trump-russia-probe-7e84f94ca9cf7905cbc5eddc108575b3 Years of effort for very little payoff. #PS1justice ===== impress 2 time 2023-05-16 01:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658278855906574337 ========== GOP still believes in states rights - for red states. https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/north-carolinas-rucho-redux #PS1justice ===== engage 1 engage-rate 33% expands 1 impress 3 time 2023-05-13 12:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1657360749378048005 ========== "In an important moment for the rule of law, a jury heard evidence against a former president and reached exactly the conclusion that it likely would have reached for anyone else" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/opinion/e-jean-carroll-donald-trump-verdict.html #PS1justice ===== impress 2 time 2023-05-10 21:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656409414168113152 ========== How the chief groomer of reactionary judges does his work - https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/05/04/leonard-leo-clarence-ginni-thomas-conway/ Carefully keeping it as convoluted and opaque as, e.g., Trump's empire. #PS1justice ===== engage 2 engage-rate 9% impress 22 likes 1 time 2023-05-07 01:58 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1655029302096965634 ========== Supreme Court about to strike another blow in defense of minority rule? https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/supreme-courts-next-target-the-regulatory They were groomed to deregulate! #PS1justice ===== impress 1 time 2023-05-06 14:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1654861868639584256 ========== Consequences of lifetime appointments. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/clarence-thomas-proves-justices-cant-police-themselves #PS1justice ===== impress 2 time 2023-04-14 03:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1646722197598404610 ========== Executive and attorney-client privileges do not unconditionally immunize anybody from criminal testimony or prosecution. https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/24/politics/trump-aides-executive-privilege-meadows/index.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1900958473581996 #PS1justice ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-24 18:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639341120475004928 ========== The lasting legacy of Leonard Leo and Mitch McConnell. Decades of grooming reactionary candidates for the Federal judiciary are paying off big time in defense of minority rule. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/ruling-with-a-gavel-and-a-grudge #PS1justice ===== impress 10 time 2023-03-22 16:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638582671994671104 ========== Stare decisis - when is it appropriate? https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/state-court-report-stare-decisis #PS1justice ===== impress 3 time 2023-02-24 00:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1628918889387286528 ========== These guys kept quiet https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-delaware-prisons-6057e74630701e1f77cf84aacbb3caaf But these guys are gifts that keep on giving! https://apnews.com/article/technology-new-york-city-legal-proceedings-sam-bankman-fried-business-e9c0be8d744dbccf289be82d6c29d79b https://apnews.com/article/crime-george-santos-pennsylvania-theft-business-e6d41c89261061f4775c7073c6ec14e8 "Some people simply can't help themselves" #PS1justice ===== impress 4 time 2023-02-10 04:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1623905054276345857 ========== The Supreme Court has never been far from the politics of the day, particularly in defending minority rule. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/president-biden-should-end-state But Biden didn't highlight those issues this time. He emphasized bipartisanship, while Sanders' response was extreme partisanship. #PS1justice ===== impress 24 time 2023-02-09 15:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1623708162066096128 ========== States have constitutions and supreme courts too! https://statecourtreport.substack.com/p/state-court-report-originalism-and #PS1justice ===== impress 1 time 2023-01-25 01:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1618064570895208449 ========== Musk couldn't get an unfair trial in California but he had hopes for Texas. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/musk-says-he-cant-get-fair-trial-in-california-wants-texas/ar-AA165eEa That's the problem with being a celebrity. The only people that haven't formed an opinion about you are probably missing a lot more than that. #PS1justice ===== impress 5 time 2023-01-16 06:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614872098975125505 ========== Bannon wouldn't want to hire the kind of lawyer that would be willing to work for him! https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/13/politics/bannon-schoen-we-build-the-wall/index.html #PS1justice ===== impress 2 time 2023-01-16 02:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614806027333152768 ========== Mandatory minimums - an idea that did not work as expected. https://brennancenter.substack.com/p/garland-takes-on-mandatory-minimums #PS1justice ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-14 01:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1614075290430607362