Instead of putting the Supreme Court in charge of US laws, the Framers of the Constitution did the opposite: they put Congress in charge of the Supreme Court. Why isn't congress regulating them?

Of the six-vote hard-right majority on the Supreme Court, only one of them was appointed by a president who actually won his election (Thomas: Bush Sr.). The other five were appointed by George W. Bush (lost in 2000 by over a half-million votes) and Trump (lost in 2016 by over 3 million votes).

The urgency and ferocity with which they're ripping our Constitution to shreds seems driven by their knowledge of their own illegitimacy.

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-Thom

Thursday's Daily Stack

Hour One: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court...
- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Senator (D-RI) & author of 3 books... his latest is The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court

Article: "The Memo" by Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Article: "Leonard Leo" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Federalist society" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Right-Wing Dark Money Group Gets $1.6 Billion Donation From Tax-Dodging Business Mogul" by Jake Johnson.

Article: "How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment" by Michael Waldman.

Article: "American Rifleman" by Wikipedia.

Case: "Buckley v. Valeo", 1976.

Case: "First National Bank Of Boston V. Bellotti", 1978.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Article: "Ginsburg Withdraws Name As Supreme Court Nominee, Citing Marijuana 'clamor'" by Steven V. Roberts.

Site: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse Youtube Channel.

Article: "Iran–United States relations" by Wikipedia.

Site: Trita Parsi.

Article: "Are SCOTUS Republicans In On a Plot to End Democratic Presidencies Forever?" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Trump-Aligned Legislators in NC Pose Danger to Democracy, Report Says" by Michael McElroy.

Case: "Ardoin v. Robinson" (Republican gerrymander).

Speech: "July 10, 1832: Bank Veto" by Andrew Jackson.

Case: "Wisconsin Legislature v. Wisconsin Elections Commission" (Republican gerrymander).

Case: "US v Vaello-Madero" (Americans living in PR).

Case: "Vega v. Tekoh" (Miranda rights).

Case: "Garland v. Gonzalez" (noncitizens).

Case: "Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez" (noncitizens).

Case: "Egbert v Boule" (4th Amendment).

Case: "Rivas-Villegas v. Cortesluna" (police immunity).

Case: "City of Tahlequah, OK v. Bond" (police immunity).

Case: "West Virginia v EPA" (Clean Air Act).

Book: "The Hidden History of the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of America" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "2022 State Trifecta Map: GOP With Full Control of 23 States, Dems 14" by Americans For Tax Reform.

Article: "Moore v. Harper, Explained" (state legislatures can choose electors) by Eliza Sweren-Becker, Ethan Herenstein.

Bill: "Marriage Protection Act" by Rep. Hostettler, John N. [R-IN-8] (Introduced 10/16/2003).

Case: "Louisiana v American Rivers" (pollution).

Article: "State Legislatures Are Torching Democracy" by Jane Mayer.

Article: "GOP Makes Historic State Legislative Gains in 2010" by Tim Storey.

Article: "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding is unconstitutional: Fifth Circuit" by Reuters.

Case: "Merrill v Milligan" (Republican gerrymander).

Case: "Shinn v Ramirez" (6th Amendment, convictions due to bad lawyers).

Article: "The Supreme Court is Set to Gut The Voting Rights Act — Again" (Merrill v Mulligan) by Take Back The Court.

Article: "Supreme Court Could Strike Deathblow to Affirmative Action" (Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admission v. University of North Carolina) (affirmative action) by Take Back the Court & Equal Justice Society.

Article: "Supreme Court is a Danger to the Separation of Church and State" (Kennedy v. Bremerton School District) (rights of queer Americans) by Take Back the Court.

Article: "The Supreme Court is Poised to Upend Gun Violence Prevention Laws" (New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen) (gun owner licensure laws) by Take Back the Court.

Case: "Dred Scott v Sandford" (African Americans cannot sue as not citizens).

Tweet: "Bigger corporate profits account for *over half* of the higher prices people are paying. [video]" by Rep. Katie Porter.

Article: "It's the economy, stupid" by James Carville.

Article: "Georgia breaks first-day early voting record, nearly doubles figure from last midterms" by Kevin Breuninger.

Article: "Trump-backed congressional candidate Bo Hines says he 'can't afford' to give up his salary. But federal records show he has no salary." by Hanna Kang.

Case: "Roe v. Wade" (1973) (abortion legal).

Article: "Fake ballot found in Georgia was meant to 'cast doubt on election integrity': report" by David Edwards.

Article: "2022 poll: Republicans close gap on midterm ballot by attacking Democrats on crime" by Andrew Romano.

Article: "Something is Off...The Pundits, That Times Poll, And 2022 Turnout Numbers Can't All Be Right." by interdependence.

Article: "Pre-registering some takes on the midterms" by Matthew Yglesias.

Article: "Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty files petition with the Supreme Court to halt student loan handout" by Taylor Penley.

Article: "New Eastman emails unearthed 'straightforward crime' by Trump: CNN legal analyst " by Matthew Chapman.

Article: "Trump deposed in rape-defamation lawsuit by writer E. Jean Carroll" by Dan Mangan.

Article: "Phil Knight donates $1M to Christine Drazan after donating $2M to Betsy Johnson last month" by Fox 12.

TV: "THE CIRCUS: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth" by Showtime.

Book: The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap by Stephanie Coontz.

Law: "2nd Amendment". A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed..

Article: "Blunderbuss" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Federal Assault Weapons Ban" (1994-2004) by Wikipedia.

Case: "Marbury v. Madison", 1803 (judicial review).

Article: "Art Pope" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Raphael Warnock" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Mehmet Oz" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Jon Stewart on supporting America's veterans: "Don't penalize veterans for your budgeting error"" by CBS News.

Hour Three: The Truss Debacle
- Victoria Jones, Chief Washington Analyst-The DC Radio Company

Article: "Where did Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng go wrong?" by Sue Nethercott.

Article: "Here are the shortest-serving prime ministers in UK history, including Liz Truss" by Jon Haworth.

Article: "Margaret Thatcher" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Liz Truss is trying to channel Margaret Thatcher. Why it's not working." by Robert Ralston.

Article: "Cambridge Analytica" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Brexit" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Online membership vote in leadership contest will be secure, says Tory chairman" by PA News Agency.

Article: "Boris Johnson considering running again to be PM, say allies" by Pippa Crerar, Jessica Elgot.

Article: "Keir Starmer renews call for immediate general election after Truss resigns" by Heather Stewart.

Article: "Keir Starmer" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Rishi Sunak" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Penny Mordaunt" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Candidates to replace Liz Truss as Tory leader will need at least 100 nominations" by Faye Brown.

Article: "‘Out by Christmas': Keir Starmer jokes about title of Liz Truss book on her time as PM" by Mary-Kate Findon.

Article: "EU media and leaders blame Brexit for UK political ‘insanity' as Truss quits" by Jon Henley.

Article: "The Debt Ceiling: An Explainer" by Cecilia Rouse, Ernie Tedeschi, Martha Gimbel, and Bradley Clark.

Article: "MAGA Candidate Arrested for Masturbating While Parked Near a Preschool: ‘I F*cked Up'" by Michael Luciano.

Article: "Qualified immunity" by Wikipedia.

Site: Alex Wagner Tonight on MSNBC.

Article: "Texas schools send parents DNA kits to identify their kids' bodies in emergencies " by Danielle Campomoar.

Article: "Putin has been redefining ‘sovereignty' in dangerous ways" by Roland Paris.

Article: "Ohio Senate debate: Tim Ryan and JD Vance attack each other over jobs and too much party loyalty" by AP.

Article: "Tim Ryan (Ohio politician)" by Wikipedia.

Article: "J. D. Vance" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Ohio House candidate Majewski loses GOP support following allegation he lied about military service" by Christopher Wilson.

Article: "Ozone layer" by Wikipedia.

Article: "House of Saud" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Monarchy of the United Kingdom" by Wikipedia.

Article: "T. E. Lawrence" (Lawrence of Arabia) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Petroleum & Other Liquids: Exports" by EIA.

Article: "Illinois governor candidates Pritzker, Bailey confident after final debate before election" by WLS.

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