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Heftylefty

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27. Political influence on SCOTUS

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Tue Jul 1, 2025, 01:06 PM

Jul 1

Then Senator Hillary Clinton nailed it with her explanation of voting 'no' on Alito's nomination in 2006. Every GOP nominee to the court since has been cut from the same cloth. "I fear that Judge Alito will roll back decades of progress and roll over when confronted with an administration too willing to flaunt the rules and looking for a rubber stamp,"

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New Yorker detected political influence on SCOTUS a year ago [View all] True Dough Jun 27 OP

Excellent. Some of the media gets it, at times. Silent Type Jun 27 #1

That time, for that cover, was last July after the immunity ruling. highplainsdem Jun 27 #10

Love the image of the court, and we have a new bumper sticker as well - SAFT JoetheShow Jun 27 #2

K&R for, *excellent*! - they should have done the hands swollen & bruised. UTUSN Jun 27 #3

That cover is from last July, responding to the immunity ruling. Not sure there were any photos of highplainsdem Jun 27 #4

I'm always so out of touch and needing correction!1 - I assume posts are current UTUSN Jun 27 #6

It's perfectly understandable to assume it's current. The date is on the magazine cover, but the OP highplainsdem Jun 27 #8

"date/cover" - another of my flaws, I don't go that deep on posts, wouldn't notice such details. UTUSN Jun 27 #11

Damn! That's powerful. Grim Chieftain Jun 27 #5

Whoa, damn! PatSeg Jun 27 #7

True Dough, the "takes on" wording in your thread title makes it sound like this is a new cover when it's a year old. highplainsdem Jun 27 #9

highplainsdem, True Dough Jun 28 #13

It's obvious from the replies in both threads about that cover that not everyone noticed the cover date. Your highplainsdem Jun 28 #16

I see no other complaint like yours True Dough Jun 28 #19

Most people responding quickly to OPs never look at the replies, which is why we so often see hoaxes highplainsdem Jun 28 #20

I'm in complete agreement with highplainsdem. Gimpyknee Jun 28 #21

I thought it was new until Higplainsdem pointed it out MadameButterfly Jun 28 #25

The thread title True Dough Jun 28 #26

So what? It is perfect..... State the Obvious Jun 27 #12

The New Yorker never gives an inch mountain grammy Jun 28 #14

Spot on! Emile Jun 28 #15

Kick dalton99a Jun 28 #17

K&R spanone Jun 28 #18

It is pellucidly clear that WOLFMAN87 Jun 28 #22

Well done NYT! Martin68 Jun 28 #23

The most corrupt SCOTUS in history LetMyPeopleVote Jun 28 #24

Political influence on SCOTUS Heftylefty Jul 1 #27