But what happened to all the babies that were in Limbo? Are they just floating around in space now?
Theyâre in a caravan headed for El Paso.
Found one of them.
Now SCOTUS will take up the census citizenship question test, even though it hasnât been heard by an appeals court yet. Any bets on how theyâll decide it?
I think it will probably pass? The Census asks all kinds of weird shit. I havenât been really following it that closely though. I donât know what the details of the case are really.
The argument is basically that the Constitution says the census is necessary and important, which means it should be as accurate as it can reasonably be made; and that plenty of data show that asking the citizenship question suppresses the real count of people in the country, which makes it less accurate than it needs to be; and that there is no compelling reason to ask the question.
There will also likely be a fair amount of evidence found during the discovery process that the motives for adding such a question were, shall we say, less than honorable.
It is also important to note that the language of the Constitution stipulates a count of all the PEOPLE, not all of the citizens.
Sure, but theyâre not threatening not to count non-citizens.
Yes, but theyâre also (cynically) counting on households with undocumented non-citizens keeping quiet about them, so places with a large number of such people get fewer resources and less congressional representation.
I know the conservative justices traditionally donât look to predictable de facto real world consequences, though. If theyâd been in the majority in 1954 we wouldnât have gotten Brown v Board.
They may not be saying so, but the broad assumption appears to be that that is what would happen, which only benefits the Republicans.
Yes, if course. But will the Roberts gang see it that way? They donât seem to care much about transparent motivations as long as they arenât officially expressed.
Now Clarence Thomas wants to make it easier for public figures to sue for libel. In other words, Trump wants to start suing people and publications.
Would this guy just go away already?
Trump isnât going to sue anyone for defamation, because that would open him up to discovery.
And cut down on his publicity.
Thomas: Corporations are people and have rights, but people shouldnât have rights. Thatâs what the Founders intended.
Well, at least they give us a blow against civil forfeiture
Not sure if anyone had mentioned it, but Roberts sided with the left leaning judges again to rule against a Texas execution of a guy who was on the edge of being mentally disabled.
Iâd like to hope that this wasnât really about civil asset forfeiture, which should be wholly illegal. This is more about fines for actual crimes that the government has proof of.
The limit for civil asset forfeiture, that is, taking property from people not convicted of any crime, should be $0.