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In wrapping up this session the Supreme Court finished strong. In the last couple of days we have: Trump v. Casa - The Supreme Court said that federal district judges have been greatly overstepping their authority in issuing universal injunctions. As an example from what I googled, G W Bush had 12 universal injunctions in 8 years. Obama had 20 in 8 years. Trump has had 40 in less than 5 months. Of those, 35 were issued in only 5 districts. So out of almost 100 federal district courts, 5 have been used as a hatchet job. Anything that Trump does, take it to one of those federal courts and end it. Had Obama had this happen so the same pace as Trump, he would have had 900 universal injunctions, not 20. Mahmoud v. Taylor - In Montgomery County, Maryland, the school board decided that several LGBTQ books would be used from Pre-K through 5th grade. The district however had an opt out option if the teacher used the books for class assignments. Not so shockingly, the school district was stunned at the volume of opt out requests. So they changed the policy to no opt outs allowed for any reason. The Supreme Court struck down the ban on an opt out choice as it violated the First Amendment right to freedom of religion. Apparently some people have forgotten or haven’t understood that freedom of religion at school doesn’t mean only that religion can’t be pushed at public schools but it also can’t be denied. Seriously, who thinks that reading books on sexuality starting at 4 years old is a good thing… much less forced. Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton - Yep, a Texas case. Texas passed a law where accessing online adult content sites required age verification. The FSC claimed that it violated the free speech of adults to require age verification. The Texas law did not ban anything but only required age verification. The FSC claimed that showing your age violated the Constitution. The Supreme Court said that the state governments already restrict such material from over the county sales and a person can be asked to verify age by producing an ID. The same is true for tobacco and alcohol sales as examples. So why should digital media have less of a standard? The Supreme Court said that it didn’t and having as age requirement for online material that minors might access is no different than face to face, over the counter transactions. Overall it seems like a great couple of days from SCOTUS.

@DCT what’s to laugh at…. i get there is some nonsense from the right but it doesn’t compare to the all out ridiculousness the left puts out there. just look at the 3 cases tvc mentioned…..we’ll look at the last two cause we all know that the 1st can’t be looked at without “orange man bad” hatred. the last two….all sexual…..typical left nonsense…. yes or no is that not “left nonsense”

Today, the Supreme Court made a ruling that appears to permanently end what has become too commonplace lately, universal or nationwide injunctions. In the last couple of decades, it has become an issue with federal district judges issuing a ruling in court that stopped a nationwide law or presidential executive order. Federal district judges are the federal equivalent of a county felony judge in Texas. If you get indicted for a felony in Jefferson County, for example, you will go to trial in one of the three felony courts in Jefferson County in Beaumont. The district judge’s authority deals with a motion or a trial in front of that judge. The district judge is not an appeals court level but the trial court level. The Supreme Court just issued a ruling that the universal (nationwide) injunction was beyond the authority of the federal district judges. So when Trump or any future president issues an executive order or the DOJ tries to enforce a federal law, one of the trial court level federal district judges can’t with the stroke of a pen end the order or the law. The case is Trump v. Casa about birthright citizenship. The ruling today has nothing to do with that case which still has to be hurt. What it seem to do was to stop the federal district judges for putting a nationwide halt to executive orders. It seems like this has been brewing for a long time and the Supreme Court finally stepped in. Also Justice Amy Coney Barrett blasted Justice Brown Jackson who dissented in the ruling. Her comment was that Brown Jackson: “Decries an imperial executive while embracing an imperial judiciary”.

I’ll be at the game today 4-1 this year.. let’s see if I can make it to 5. Pregame meal at Pappasitos for lunch right now, margs and fajitas, meeting with friends at Biggio’s for appetizers and drinks at 330, late night dinner at Pluckers. Fun filled day, Geaux ‘Stros!

Personally speaking i dont care which way someone voted whether right or left.. dont go outta your way and push your agenda on me or tell me who I should support. Ima grown man and have/will continue to support mine no matter who's in there....!

I completely agree. If you have family members that are there please make your rounds and at least give staff the impression that someone is always looking over their shoulders. You have to be that voice.

Trying to decide if that’s a xxxx, reformed skinhead, or a not yet grown conehead…

If we are talking about non-qualified folks in administrations.......Meet the ex-deputy assistant secretary of spent fuel and waste disposition of the office of nuclear energy......

Life without parole with no chance to appeal isn’t a bad deal though. Hopefully he will live to be 95 and spend more than 3 generations in a cell.

Yes but it can be done. There are about 900 federal district court judges. They are, like I mentioned, the federal equivalent of our county courts. So if one judge doesn’t like a political executive order, if someone files for an injunction with the stroke of a pen he banned the other 900 judges from an opinion. There are more steps in certifying a class action lawsuit or injunction. The class has to be so large as to make it a burden to file individually. The class has to have the same claim of the violation. Such as, is a person being deported because of an overstayed visa, the person had a green card but was convicted of a crime, the person entered the country illegally, etc. While they all deal with deportation, they are from different causes so they may not fit in a class. I believe there must be a finding that the class will win in the action. There must be a belief that all members of the class will benefit from the action. Again, is being deported because asylum was denied the same as being deported as a legal resident but being convicted of a crime? If no, in my opinion they aren’t in the class. Also the claims of a defense must be the same. So my deportation is illegal because I have a permanent resident green card whereas another person may say, my deportation is illegal because I asked for asylum. Those are not the same defenses. So while a class action is certainly possible, there are more hoops to jump through to make it universal (nationwide). A federal judge always has the authority to issue an injunction in his district. The issue is can he force other courts across the country into his decision? I suspect that even though the lower courts have been admonished by the Supreme Court, some will soon disregard the decision by simply certifying everything as a class action.

To be honest, outsmarting folks that hate Trump based on his personality rather than his policies is not very difficult, they are literally rooting for the failure of common sense ideas.

Hader sets an Astro record with 22 consecutive saves to start the season. McCullers is coming off IR and will get start tomorrow.

When this decision is finally addressed it will be 6-2. Justice Jackson will have to excuse herself as she can’t even define what a woman is… Citizenship would be way out of her (it?) league.

OUCH! We will not dwell on JUSTICE JACKSON's argument, which is at odds with more than two centuries' worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself. We observe only this: JUSTICE JACKSON decries an imperial Executive while embracing an imperial Judiciary. Justice Barrett in Majority Opinion [Hidden Content]

They bring things upon themselves and then don’t understand why. victim mentality

SCOTUS has made a ruling about this case. No more lower court universal injunctions. It has a bearing on birthright citizenship as it only applies to those who brought the suit. It doesn’t block Trump’s EO about negating birthright citizenship. This is HUGE! Sounds like a class action lawsuit will have to be pursued. Very difficult. Makes it ‘seem’ SCOTUS is going back to the original intent of the 14th which applied to former slaves.

Hamshire-Fannett (3-0) Hamshire-Fannett 33, Little River-Academy 14 Hamshire-Fannett 33, Lamesa 20 Hamshire-Fannett 35, Kingsville 6 Bracket play Fri 8:45am vs Hitchcock Hardin-Jefferson (1-2) Benbrook 36, Hardin-Jefferson 12 West 19, Hardin-Jefferson 13 Hardin-Jefferson 27, Port Isabel 18 Bracket play Fri 8:45am vs Mineral Wells Kountze (0-3) Junction 20, Kountze 13 Hearne 19, Kountze 6 East Bernard 33, Kountze 18 Bracket play Fri 8:00am vs Tioga

Mentioned in another thread how Mossad was great at what they do in their sphere of the world. But, the U.S. is global. When people say ‘they’ control the airspace over such and such, the U.S. controls the satellites. Not much goes on that we can’t see ahead of time anywhere/any time. That’s part of the reason the Chinese are reportedly trying to develop a ‘satellite killer.’ If you haven’t heard of it, do a search for <China/Russia developing satellite killer>. Trump created the Space Force for a reason. People laughed. But, it’s no joke. By the way, 7th gen aircraft are already in test phase. Rumors have it that AI is being integrated. Makes me think of the movie Stealth.

I think this is appropriate here…..

Quite a few ppl are going with Obama care these days. Affordable He'll never replace it cuz he can't come up with anything better... America's Healthcare is a joke.

Biden is the most Anti-American president in our nations history.

After reading the digital version of DC, I have come up with the following...... The region goes through Dist 11 Everybody in district 9 has holes to fill on defense If not 11 then 12. Both College Station schools and Weiss are ranked Stuff I've heard about PA during the summer........ The kids have been doing well on the local 7v7 scene Jones has been playing QB on his team Martin has been playing RB on his team Also, no mention of Jones as a returning starter and Morgan listed Martin as RB

Something, and I am sure there are more, things we agree on.

Result of the agreement on lawsuit could reach north of $30 million with $16 million upfront [Hidden Content]

That doesn't matter in baseball. No salary cap.

…..and this is when gas prices usually go up due to summer driving demands. but, but he said he would stop the Ukraine war on day one….lol.

Agree, too bad so many folks base their opinion on a policy or a person simply on their relationship with Donald Trump. TDS will be live and well until 2028, then it will become VDS.

SMH. Is this the case in all aspects of your life?

Yes

I like him now since he is against Trump. If they become friends again then I won't like him.

The government has to spend money. At least I know it’s not going to provide condoms for Gaza, or for trans surgeries in prison or otherwise, or to the freakin Taliban. Hey, we could do like Pelosi said….”pass it then read it”. Oh no, the dems had it read. What hypocrites.

PASSED THE SENATE AND BACK TO THE HOUSE ON SCHEDULE TO BECOME LAW ON INDEPENDENCE DAY

Who mentioned you? Thought you didn’t like making it personal.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You would think that he was named the head of the CIA or the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for this military. He is the head of an agency with less than 20 people. It’s function is to coordinate with federal, state and local governments and non-profit organizations and universities mainly by giving grants for the study on how to recognize and prevent terrorism. OMG!! The country is going to fold if some free money to non-profits and universities isn’t divided up right!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

What a great shutout!! Astros take the series from a great Chicago club.

Seems most games I attended when in the N.L. were against the Braves. I thought there were more Braves fans than Astors. My work use to give us tickets, so there was no preference. I did get to see Maddux pitch…..phenomenal. Back to the Stros….what a difference a pitcher can make….😃

McCullers would have a 3-0 count and throw a slider for ball 4. That pissed me off.

Where is Newton located ? Is that a Louisiana team ? Ive never heard of them

Actually a good point! [Hidden Content]

This is going to be fun to watch......

Overshadowed by SCOTUS ruling now.

One of the comments I read about this issue. Thought it was very appropriate. “Sad what the party of Roosevelt, Truman and JFK has sunk to. Remember "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." Now its ask not what I can do for my country. Ask what my country can give me free.” Welcome to the New Democratic Party. They’re reaping what they’ve sown.

Always the best games when one swing of the bat can be the difference between winning and losing…..every inning.

Medicaid funding planned parenthood? Supreme Court says NO! [Hidden Content]

ULSD added some cost. Friggin regulations again. But, I agree.

Absolutely - 99% of all delivery vehicles use diesel. It needs to go back to the days when diesel was $1.00 or more cheaper than unleaded. I bought my first 3/4 diesel truck when it was that way.

For me, baseball is all about that top of the 8th tonight. Bases loaded with one out, get a strikeout and a ground out to get out of it with a 1 run lead. That’s exciting. Astros win 2-0, second straight shutout of the Phiilies. Peńa gets my vote for player of the game.

Laughing at Iran’s assessment….no comment needed.

Fuel is on the rise, I along with all the competitors increased our rates not long ago, may have to again.. which hurts the customers of course We haul hazardous waste. So I know all about the trucking

There's one thing that's been toppling great leaders for many years. This particular thing is undefeated in that regard.....