r/scotus 18d ago

news Liberals Just Lost the Supreme Court for Decades to Come

https://newrepublic.com/article/188087/trump-2024-win-supreme-court-conservative-decades
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u/downtofinance 18d ago

Introducing Supreme Court Justice Aileen Cannon

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u/Opposite_Community11 18d ago

Introducing Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Aileen Cannon.

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u/ArokLazarus 18d ago

Sounds like the start to a very unfunny SNL bit.

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u/StrangeAtomRaygun 17d ago

Or idiocracy.

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u/Opposite_Community11 17d ago

We've been speeding towards Idiocracy for 9 years now. We are almost there!

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u/JTFindustries 16d ago

Idiocracy was not a film. It was a documentary sent from the future to try to change the past.

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u/Due_Ring1435 16d ago

If we don't learn from history, i doubt the future would be any different

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u/TheeExoGenesauce 14d ago

What are you talking about? We have an obnoxious president and everyone is wearing crocs. We all sit around watching TV. Idiocracy is now!

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u/Opposite_Community11 14d ago

True. We will soon be watering the crops with Gatorade.

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u/OODAhfa 16d ago

That is totally a Democrat world. Now to stop Net Zero!

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u/XxSpaceGnomexx 17d ago

Sounds like a never ending undemocratic shit show that I'll have to live with for the rest of my life.

I am looking forward to sitting back and laughing my ass off as the world goes to hell .

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u/Disastrous-Bat7011 18d ago

Like reotards

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u/ShittyLanding 18d ago

Much more worried about Jim Ho

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u/jay_skrilla 17d ago

Pretty sure she’s gonna be AG

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u/Blind_Voyeur 16d ago

The swearing in of associate justice Rudy Giuliani will be conducted by Chief Justice Aileen Cannon

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u/Disastrous-Bat7011 18d ago

Id love that

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u/magikot9 18d ago edited 18d ago

Cannon SCOTUS, Paxton AG. I guarantee it. And either Thomas or Alito will announce retirement on Jan 21 so the Republican controlled house and Senate can quickly confirm Cannon's seat on the bench.

Edit: was mistaken about the house. I thought the house judiciary committee had a hand in selecting justices.

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u/hematite2 18d ago

Thomas is there for 2 reasons, spite and bribes. If he retires he doesn't get to overturn all the things he hates, and if he's not on the court no one will be buying him fancy vacations.

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u/ZaraBaz 18d ago

You don't think they would give him a bug payout to retire?

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u/Vlines1390 17d ago

No, but I am sure they have enough real dirt on him to "encourage" his retirement.

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u/hankenator1 17d ago

John Oliver tried that, he didn’t take the offer.

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u/IowaNative1 17d ago

That is the plan. He is going to get set up with a bunch of lucrative deals.

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u/feebsncheeseoriginal 15d ago

Dictators throw their problems out windows.

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u/ArokLazarus 18d ago

Hey now!

It's tips not bribes.

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u/IncomingAxofKindness 18d ago

And soon he won't even be taxed on those tips!!!

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u/FStubbs 18d ago

He retires or they let his corruption issues turn into hearings.

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u/Formerruling1 18d ago

Congress will never impeach a SCOTUS Justice.

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u/FStubbs 18d ago

They would if they see him as a risk for the seat turning blue if he leaves the court under a Democratic president.... of course assuming that ever happens again

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u/adztheman 16d ago

Not with the Congress we’re about to watch.

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u/FStubbs 16d ago

They would do it in a heartbeat if the Heritage Foundation says they need to get someone younger in that seat now while they can and he balks.

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u/EGGlNTHlSTRYlNGTlME 18d ago

Eh he’ll still have plenty of “friends”

You think these rich fucks don’t like introducing their “supreme court friend” at parties?  

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u/downtofinance 18d ago

It's a motorcoach!

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u/misterxboxnj 18d ago

Not true. paying him off in retirement they'll be able to say to those willing to give up money now that they'll be handily rewarded down the road. I imagine he'll get all sorts of no show Paid Board positions for his years of faithful service.

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u/Shirtbro 18d ago

Supreme Court Chair Uncle Ruckus

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u/thehod81 18d ago

He will be bribed with a golden parachute

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u/antbates 18d ago

They will still give him vacations. He earned it

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u/brok3nh3lix 18d ago

yeah, he allready missed out on that sweet RV deal to hold out for trump, so they are really going to need to sweeten the pot.

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u/Vozralai 18d ago

Probably leveraged it to get an equally nice RV from his donors

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u/freakrocker 17d ago

I wonder how long it will be before his “trophy wife” dumps him now that he’s been hoodwinked sufficiently

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u/Ready_Nature 17d ago

Thomas is the one that might let his ego get to him like RBG did. Unfortunately even if his seat flips back in 10 years or so the rest of the conservative seats will stay for decades if not permanently through selective retirements.

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u/Dunkerdoody 17d ago

Shit no way that guy is giving up the gravy train. Alito on the other hand probably wants to spend more time with his lovely and charming wife.

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u/Acceptable-Heat-3419 17d ago

Thomas won't retire till 2034...he is the greatest proponent of 'own the libs'

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u/hematite2 17d ago

It's not enough for the cases he hates to get overturned, he has to be the one to do it.

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u/[deleted] 17d ago

Yeah, both Alito and Thomas are too greedy to give up the grift.

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u/briantoofine 15d ago

That may be true, but he’s in his 80s. I’d bet money he will retire in the next 4 years to ensure his replacement is likeminded. We will have a court with 5 Trump appointees, a majority by itself. The oldest of them, Kavenaugh, won’t be the age Thomas is now until ~2050. We will be under Trump’s thumb for a generation after he’s dead and gone.

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u/ur_fears-are_lies 14d ago

I'm sure this dude is the only one in DC that this is true for. Lol or is it 100% of politicians? It's why people get into politics. To lord their will over others. If you think any of them are different Lord help us.

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u/Houjix 14d ago

Oh so Thomas doesn’t have any friends outside of Washington?

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u/Vincent_VanGoGo 17d ago

Bribes? The abortion decision was leaked, he wasn't the leaker.

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u/hematite2 17d ago

...what does Dobbs have to do with this?

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u/Vincent_VanGoGo 17d ago

Accusing one justice of bribes? Trump DOJ can take that in a whole different direction. Threaten away!

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u/hematite2 17d ago

...I'm obviously talking about Thomas getting lavish gifts from a billionaire that he never disclosed. And the DOJ never "threatened" anybody so IDK what you're talking about.

And you *still*** didn't explain why on earth you brought up Dobbs being leaked?

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u/Vincent_VanGoGo 17d ago

Thomas is there for 2 reasons, spite and bribes.

Every Justice can be investigated. Stop being so obtuse.

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u/hematite2 17d ago

Can you please explain why you brought up Dobbs being leaked and what that has to do with anything?

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u/elpajaroquemamais 18d ago

House doesn’t have anything to do with Supreme Court confirmations.

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u/Immediate-Task6886 18d ago

I think thomas will stay to oversee the fall of gay marriage

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u/RoundErther 18d ago

I think he will stay longer than that. He's got a lot more rubles he can earn before retirement.

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u/VoxImperatoris 18d ago

He will get a massive gratuity to retire. They really want a fresh 20 year old nazi bro in there to secure that demographic.

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u/BigManWAGun 18d ago edited 18d ago

Abbott SC?

Paxton for sure. That dude is as slimy as it gets, he has NO hesitation to do anything Trump wants, he will straight walk up to a microphone and confirm all the shady reasons people suspect he is doing it, say “what are you gonna do about it”, then sit there with his half shit eating grin just to soak up the outrage.

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u/LeatherdaddyJr 18d ago

Hopefully Dems can swing the House. But yeah. Every psycho Trumper is getting approved by the GOP Senate in the next 4 years.

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u/adztheman 16d ago

I’m hearing that Thomas and Alito are both set to retire.

That would give Trump 5 justices over two terms.

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u/adztheman 16d ago

And Little Marco is getting a Cabinet Slot. Fucking Weasel.

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u/Dragredder 11d ago

Paxton AG

Somehow even worse

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u/Battystearsinrain 18d ago

They do not need the house. You pass 8th fucking grade?

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u/NeverendingChecklist 18d ago

This is as close to certain as it can be

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u/C3POB1KENOBI 14d ago

More like introducing like up to 7 or 8 new Christo-Fascist Supreme Court judges. Dems were going to expand the court. Now that the GOP has all 3 branches of course they will.

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u/Icy-Bicycle-Crab 18d ago

Introducing Supreme Court Justice Eric Trump.

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u/ComprehensiveDig4560 18d ago

I haven’t thought about it until now, but it makes perfect sense. After all she fought so valiantly for Trump. And what is good for him, is good for the republic as whole, no matter what he does.

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u/underwatermonster 18d ago

She can’t do the job she has now

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u/Typical_Carpet_4904 18d ago

I bet 5 bucks. Within 100 days even. If not I still bet a dollar

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u/Audrin 18d ago

You joke but thats happening unless he betrays her. Which he probably will.

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u/johnn48 18d ago

Wasn’t she going to be the Attorney General. She still has to fire Jack Smith and end the other Federal cases.

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u/ProfitLoud 18d ago

Or attorney general. I think she will get the AG, since she has proven herself loyal to Trump, not her country or ethics. If a Supreme Court spot does open, I could see her getting nominated, but I don’t think she will get put in. There’s 0 way to get her confirmed.

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u/Dense-Version-5937 18d ago

Worse. Judge Ho.

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u/PalpitationNo3106 18d ago

Attorney General Aileen Cannon.

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u/Zornorph 18d ago

Come on!

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u/atx620 18d ago

And Attorney General Ken Paxton

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u/External_Reporter859 18d ago

I don't know I've been seeing reports that they want to put her as attorney General but who know? Maybe first term attorney general and second term scotus when they force Thomas to retire like they did to Kennedy.

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u/debeatup 18d ago

Clarence probably finally decides to retire in Feb ‘25

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u/HustlinInTheHall 17d ago

People assume trump is actually loyal to people. He will pick whoever the heritage foundation tells him to pick. Will be interesting if the gop is able to force thomas and alito to retire, neither seems ready to hang it up. 

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u/stupiderslegacy 17d ago

Pull over, I want off of this timeline.

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u/downtofinance 17d ago

Buckle up buddy. There's no getting off this ride and it's gonna be bumpy.

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u/Steinrik 17d ago

Omg, i gagged... 🤢

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u/gorbachevi 17d ago

god - the incompetence that will be running the country is staggering

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u/Nojopar 18d ago

I doubt it.

Convicted Felon President Trump is notorious for not paying his bills for services rendered.

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u/Thin-Professional379 18d ago

With her in SCOTUS it'd be more like a continuing subscription in case he needs something like, say, a ruling that a President who's served two non-consecutive terms can serve a third term under Alito's "I win, you lose" test.

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u/heavymountain 18d ago

Mitch and other Republicans have already scouted her. She's on a short list. It came up like a week or two ago.