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kairos12

(13,402 posts) Mon Aug 25, 2025, 11:40 AM Aug 25

Justice Jackson says MAGA SCOTUS plays "Calvinball." [View all]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/25/politics/supreme-court-justices-trump-lower-court

snip:
In a biting dissent in the research grant decision on Thursday, liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson described the result as “Calvinball jurisprudence,” in reference to the popular “Calvin and Hobbes” comic.

“Calvinball has only one rule: There are no fixed rules,” Jackson wrote. “We seem to have two: that one, and this administration always wins.”

That is perfect response to MAGATS on SCOTUS.

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Justice Jackson says MAGA SCOTUS plays "Calvinball." [View all] kairos12 Aug 25 OP

In my most authoritative voice... "I'll allow it." Torchlight Aug 25 #1

lol! Perfect judicial analysis! unblock Aug 25 #2

She can and should run for president SSJVegeta Aug 25 #3

I don't know. She is brilliant as a SC justice. We need her voice Raven123 Aug 25 #5

I dont care who it is. Anybody who can exemplify that level of moral courage so loudly SSJVegeta Aug 25 #12

We know at least two of them have no morals or brains newdeal2 Aug 25 #4

The Best Judiciary Money Can Buy!!!!! BurnDoubt Aug 25 #6

Yup. That is a very apt description. Something is rotten in DC. Time to find out what. Initech Aug 25 #7

History will record her dissents, barbtries Aug 25 #8

well said proud patriot Aug 25 #13

For Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson - Dem2theMax Aug 25 #9

I had to google 'Calvinball'. Justice Brown Jackson is damn right irisblue Aug 25 #10

Deadline: Legal Blog-Why Ketanji Brown Jackson accused the Supreme Court of playing 'Calvinball' for Trump LetMyPeopleVote Aug 25 #11