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<p>Former <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> Justice <a href="/tags/davidsouter/" rel="tag">#DavidSouter</a> died on Thursday at his New Hampshire home, the court said in a statement on Friday. He was 85.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> <a href="/tags/judicialindependence/" rel="tag">#JudicialIndependence</a> <a href="/tags/nonpartisan/" rel="tag">#nonpartisan</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-supreme-court-justice-souter-dies-court-says-2025-05-09/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-supreme-court-justice-souter-dies-court-says-2025-05-09/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/forme</span><span class="invisible">r-us-supreme-court-justice-souter-dies-court-says-2025-05-09/</span></a> </p><p>🧵Excerpts from a beautiful piece written in the NYT by David J. Garrow in 1994 on Souter’s remarkable contribution in Planned Parenthood v. Casey in which the <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> upheld the right to <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#abortion</a> as established by <a href="/tags/roevwade/" rel="tag">#RoeVWade</a>:</p>

<p>ProPublica has identified three lawyers with elite establishment credentials who’ve joined the DOGE effort. Two of their names haven’t been previously reported as working for the Elon Musk-led initiative.</p><p>Here’s what we know about them: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-doge-lawyers-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-doge-lawyers-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/elo</span><span class="invisible">n-musk-doge-lawyers-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>Our Supreme Connections database tracks who’s paid the Supreme Court justices, reimbursed their travel expenses or given them gifts.</p><p>We just added Justice Samuel Alito’s 2023 filing and newly uncovered Justice Clarence Thomas filings from the 1990s.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-new-filings?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-new-filings?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-supreme-connections-database-new-filings?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a></p>

<p>Money is pouring into Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election so fast that political observers now believe it is likely to reach $100 million by Tuesday, election day.</p><p>Already, it has become the costliest judicial race in U.S. history.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-race-most-expensive-us-history-elon-musk?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-race-most-expensive-us-history-elon-musk?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/wis</span><span class="invisible">consin-supreme-court-race-most-expensive-us-history-elon-musk?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/wisconsin/" rel="tag">#Wisconsin</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/billionaires/" rel="tag">#Billionaires</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a></p>

<p>The targeting of state supreme courts by special interests and billionaires can leave the public with the impression that justices are no different than any politician: devoted to serving their political allies, court observers say.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-musk-crawford-schimel-partisanship-elections?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-musk-crawford-schimel-partisanship-elections?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/wis</span><span class="invisible">consin-supreme-court-musk-crawford-schimel-partisanship-elections?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/wisconsin/" rel="tag">#Wisconsin</a> <a href="/tags/billionaires/" rel="tag">#Billionaires</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a></p>

<p>Urge your Congressmember to stand firm against the assaults on our <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a>, the <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> &amp; the rule of <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> by rejecting the <a href="/tags/judges/" rel="tag">#JUDGES</a> Act, the <a href="/tags/pepper/" rel="tag">#PEPPER</a> Act, the <a href="/tags/norra/" rel="tag">#NORRA</a> Act &amp; The <a href="/tags/niap/" rel="tag">#NIAP</a> Act today.<br><a href="https://resist.bot/petitions/PDVYDP" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>resist.bot/petitions/PDVYDP</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/resistbot/" rel="tag">#ResistBot</a> <a href="/tags/resist/" rel="tag">#resist</a> <a href="/tags/coup/" rel="tag">#coup</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/stephenmiller/" rel="tag">#StephenMiller</a> <a href="/tags/vought/" rel="tag">#Vought</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/potus/" rel="tag">#POTUS</a> <a href="/tags/teslatakedown/" rel="tag">#TeslaTakedown</a> <a href="/tags/fafo/" rel="tag">#FAFO</a> <a href="/tags/nafo/" rel="tag">#NAFO</a> <a href="/tags/putin/" rel="tag">#Putin</a> <a href="/tags/mbs/" rel="tag">#MBS</a> <a href="/tags/xi/" rel="tag">#Xi</a> <a href="/tags/modi/" rel="tag">#Modi</a> <a href="/tags/saudiarabia/" rel="tag">#SaudiArabia</a> <a href="/tags/gcc/" rel="tag">#GCC</a> <a href="/tags/uae/" rel="tag">#UAE</a> <a href="/tags/dubai/" rel="tag">#Dubai</a> <a href="/tags/oman/" rel="tag">#Oman</a> <a href="/tags/qatar/" rel="tag">#Qatar</a> <a href="/tags/bahrain/" rel="tag">#Bahrain</a> <a href="/tags/kuwait/" rel="tag">#Kuwait</a> <a href="/tags/petrostate/" rel="tag">#PetroState</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@resistbot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>resistbot</span></a></span> @[email protected]</p>

<p>Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting on efforts by right-wing activists to disallow ballots in a key judicial election, North Carolina Democrats have introduced a bill designed to prevent votes from being tossed out based on postelection rule changes.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-election-discarded-votes-legislation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-election-discarded-votes-legislation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-supreme-court-election-discarded-votes-legislation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/voting/" rel="tag">#Voting</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/judges/" rel="tag">#Judges</a> vexed by <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> &#x27;<a href="/tags/shadowdocket/" rel="tag">#ShadowDocket</a>&#x27; rulings in <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> cases</p><p>An extraordinary fight is occurring within the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> concerning a flurry of <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> decisions backing Trump, with judges voicing confusion over the rulings issued on an emergency basis while a Trump-appointed justice accused some of them of defying the nation&#x27;s top judicial body.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/partisancourt/" rel="tag">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="/tags/activistcourt/" rel="tag">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="/tags/federalistsociety/" rel="tag">#FederalistSociety</a> <a href="/tags/heritagefoundation/" rel="tag">#HeritageFoundation</a> <a href="/tags/leonardleo/" rel="tag">#LeonardLeo</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/judges-vexed-by-supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-trump-cases-2025-09-10/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/legal/government/judges-vexed-by-supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-trump-cases-2025-09-10/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/legal/governme</span><span class="invisible">nt/judges-vexed-by-supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-trump-cases-2025-09-10/</span></a></p>

<p>“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America<br>---</p><p>Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pau</span><span class="invisible">l-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/christianity/" rel="tag">#Christianity</a></p>

I am fully against hopium, copium, and their derivatives, but I think this is interesting.<br><br>Supreme Court strikes down most of Trump&#x27;s tariffs in a major blow to the president<br><br>From <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nbcnews.com/politics/supre</span><span class="invisible">me-court/supreme-court-strikes-trumps-tariffs-major-blow-president-rcna244827</span></a><br><br><a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a> <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a><br>