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"On Friday the conservative-dominated US supreme court handed down a series of
important judgments on issues ranging from the power of the judiciary to
religious rights in schools. Media attention generally focused on the wording
of the rulings and their impact.
But the court’s liberal minority of just three justices penned dissenting
opinions that were similarly potent, revealing the sharp divisions on America’s
top legal body and also showed their deep concern at the declining health of
American civic society and the authoritarian bent of the Trump presidency.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered an acidic sermon against the court’s 6-3
decision to end lower courts’ practice of issuing nationwide injunctions to
block federal executive orders, reading her dissent directly from the bench in
a move meant to highlight its importance.
The decision is seen as limiting the power of judges to halt or slow
presidential orders, even those whose constitutionality has not yet been
tested, such as Trump’s attempt to remove the right to automatic US citizenship
for anyone born inside US borders.
“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates,” states
Sotomayor’s dissent, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown-Jackson.
“Today, the threat is to birthright citizenship. Tomorrow, a different
administration may try to seize firearms from law-abiding citizens or prevent
people of certain faiths from gathering to worship.”
As opinion season ends in the first months of Donald Trump’s second presidency,
the court’s decisions have expanded the power of the presidency and limited the
power of lower courts to block Trump’s agenda."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
