SCOTUS Thread (News and Discussion) II: Rape Isn't On My Calendar

[Tyche]

Kentucky is a closed primary process. So it's more a strategic registration. I don't really care what democrat wins the primary. Kentucky probably isn't electing them in statewide elections. I do care which republican wins, so I can at least pick the best of the worst.

[thetruepandagod]

imagine if everyone just registered republican so that they could control the republican party

[Cyn]

One of the few decent things about NC is that unaffiliated voters just walk into the primary and ask for a democrat or republican ballot. Makes lack of commitment and dubious claims of moral superiority because "Well, good thing I'm not a ___" so much better.

[Cail]

Cross-Posting from the NFL thread

Supreme Court allows antitrust suit against NFL to proceed

The Supreme Court said Monday that an antitrust challenge against the NFL, and the way the league sells the rights to telecasts of pro football games, can go forward.

The league's 32 teams pool the rights to telecast their games, negotiating packages with the major networks as well as the DirecTV satellite service. The lawsuit was filed by businesses and individuals who say they purchased a package of games from DirecTV. A lower court ruled that the NFL's contract with DirecTV may limit competition in violation of federal law. The arrangement has been in place for more than 25 years.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that in rejecting the NFL's appeal at this early stage of the lawsuit, the high court was not necessarily endorsing the claims.

"In sum, the defendants -- the NFL, its teams, and DirecTV -- have substantial arguments on the law. If the defendants do not prevail at summary judgment or at trial, they may raise those legal arguments again'' in a new appeal to the Supreme Court, Kavanaugh wrote.

[Vaspinne]

Any time this thread is bumped for the next little while, I'm just gonna assume it's someone posting that SCOTUS has announced that Trump won.

[Sirious]

Not gonna happen

[Garaku]

Anyone else expecting the Repubs to go ahead and stack SCOTUS when they sweep the election? ( . .)

[Athas]

They uh, already did.

[Garaku]

I mean with... more?

[Day]

well the dems just spent months saying we should expand the court so shouldn't be any argument

[Jaybar]

Only if they stack it to a proportional liberal/conservative number

[Sirious]

Hearing the ACA case, it's already a foregone conclusion. Must be frustrating to argue your case when you know you have zero possible chance with 6:3

[Kaslo]

Hearing the ACA case, it's already a foregone conclusion. Must be frustrating to argue your case when you know you have zero possible chance with 6:3

Questions from Justices are technically never telling on the outcome.

[Sirious]

Merely formality, just call it what it is, any and every case is just wasting time. I get it, drill and ceremony etc but it's a farce.

[archibaldcrane]

I highly doubt they kill the ACA on this absurd challenge.

[Tyrath]

I highly doubt they kill the ACA on this absurd challenge.

With this SCOTUS makeup I'm having trouble being as sure as you are. Especially with Biden incoming as the new president, it'd be great for them to remove insurance from millions of people and then blame it on the new admin.

[Kaslo]

With this SCOTUS makeup I'm having trouble being as sure as you are. Especially with Biden incoming as the new president, it'd be great for them to remove insurance from millions of people and then blame it on the new admin.

precedent > politics has always been the way of the Courts.

[Zealot]

I will also be surprised if they don't take down the ACA but it is also true that the SCOTUS's favorite thing to do is nothing.

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[Kaslo]

https://twitter.com/annievanleur/sta...794824192?s=20

The article has several reactions to Justice Frat Bro's questioning.

[Yabby]

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