I can only see the BBB and my imperative to seek its demise. There are only a few weeks to render it asunder. Many distractions are being proffered, but I will not look away from the mission to destroy the life-threatening BBB. The BBB will kill and bankrupt our most vulnerable. Food will be taken from children. Our courts will be harmed. Many will be forced into homelessness. Currently we annually pay $1 trillion in interest on our national debt. Our economy interest rates are going up as our creditworthiness declines! Future generations will be forced to deal with a national deficit nearly twice its current $36 trillion size. I can see the current deficit growing to $69 trillion by 2036, and then there will be $3.6 trillion of annual interest on that accumulated national debt. The CBO softballs future inflation rates (2%). The CBO softballs future interest rates (3.5%). I call BS. Let us take a look at more credible drivers, like the current interest rates gradually increasing from the current 4.91% to 5.8% and the current 2.3% inflation growing to 3%. It was the CBO that told us the 2017 TCJA tax bill would be deficit neutral and now we find out that it costs us $4.6 trillion over the next 10 years. And they want to make that tax cut permanent. Over my dead body. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/the-25-trillion-annual-deficit-plan?r=3m1bs
Thank you, Katie, for this amazing interview with Steve Vladeck. Just listening to Steve, and his detailed, articulate and passionate explanations, make those of us who are not lawyers respect and love the law. This is the very crux of why we must fight even harder to save our Democracy.
The wave of EOs and Emergency Docket appeals is designed to overwhelm the institutions of democracy. There's a purpose that should scare us into action.
The six Christian Nationalists on the Supreme Court prefer the Emergency Docket appeals so they don't have to actually make plain to the American people their unconstitutional decisions. This is not a conservative Court. Far too many of this Court's decisions are unconstitutional and based on their personal beliefs. Their "religious liberty" decisions are a clear violation of individual rights and are unconstitutional.
So, given the current circumstances of a corrupt runaway administration flooding the courts and "overwhelming" the supreme court, isn't it about time for Scotus reform. Really, nine justices to deal with these matters and two of them, themselves corrupt in a very Maga way. This supreme court has done much to pave the way to our current political and societal circumstances like corporations are people, their money is speech and unlimited campaign contributions. Not to mention gutting voting rights, striking down women's reproductive rights, the Chevron decision, gun rights, immunity for the president for "official" acts and so much more. The Robert's court is a joke.
We had a chance at the beginning of the Biden administration to reform Scotus by increasing the number of justices, limiting their terms and staggering their appointments, but, sadly, nothing ever came of the commission he appointed to look into scotus. Ironically, at the end of his administration, Biden, again advised and recommended reform for the court in very specific ways.
If the supreme court stands as it currently is, the country is doomed as they (the Maga right wing) seem hell bent on favoring big money, and letting them buy off politicians to make laws that favor them.
It sold us out years ago with its decision on Citizens United, it continued with its decision on Roe, its decisions in the shadow docket, its decision on Chevron, its decision allowing a cake baker to discriminate against the LGBTQ community for "religious liberty" and its decision concerning the Voting Rights Act where Alito stated black Americans are mostly Democrats so the gerrymandering in SC was political. The most egregious and unconstitutional decision was providing immunity to the presidential office.
Thank you for an illuminating conversation! 💙💙. As a lay person, I have a question concerning class action. The Supreme Court just granted the administration’s requested stay in DOGE/Social Security case (restoring DOGE's access to SSA data). Millions of Americans have grave concerns about the resulting misuse of our data that could be enabled by this action. Is a class action suit against the government/Supreme Court to quickly stop this stay even a possibility?
Trump, is at this moment, is accruing tanks in Washington. There is no way I believe this to be for the display of his birthday. He is preparing for a governmental, forceful, deadly assault on the government. You bet he will hold SCOTUS as concrete hostages and make them rule as he wishes. SCOTUS will be rendered irrelevant when it comes to a democratic and lawful republic.
He'll probably will launch an assault and occupy other governmental departments as well. THAT'S what the tanks and military personnel are for.
I can only see the BBB and my imperative to seek its demise. There are only a few weeks to render it asunder. Many distractions are being proffered, but I will not look away from the mission to destroy the life-threatening BBB. The BBB will kill and bankrupt our most vulnerable. Food will be taken from children. Our courts will be harmed. Many will be forced into homelessness. Currently we annually pay $1 trillion in interest on our national debt. Our economy interest rates are going up as our creditworthiness declines! Future generations will be forced to deal with a national deficit nearly twice its current $36 trillion size. I can see the current deficit growing to $69 trillion by 2036, and then there will be $3.6 trillion of annual interest on that accumulated national debt. The CBO softballs future inflation rates (2%). The CBO softballs future interest rates (3.5%). I call BS. Let us take a look at more credible drivers, like the current interest rates gradually increasing from the current 4.91% to 5.8% and the current 2.3% inflation growing to 3%. It was the CBO that told us the 2017 TCJA tax bill would be deficit neutral and now we find out that it costs us $4.6 trillion over the next 10 years. And they want to make that tax cut permanent. Over my dead body. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/the-25-trillion-annual-deficit-plan?r=3m1bs
The USA will be his 7th bankruptcy.
BBB= Big Beautiful Bill = Big Bad Bill is all crap and it will bankrupt us just as DJT has done to all of this companies.
Vtggggggggggg*
GREAT interview with Steve, Katie.
Thank you, Katie, for this amazing interview with Steve Vladeck. Just listening to Steve, and his detailed, articulate and passionate explanations, make those of us who are not lawyers respect and love the law. This is the very crux of why we must fight even harder to save our Democracy.
The wave of EOs and Emergency Docket appeals is designed to overwhelm the institutions of democracy. There's a purpose that should scare us into action.
The six Christian Nationalists on the Supreme Court prefer the Emergency Docket appeals so they don't have to actually make plain to the American people their unconstitutional decisions. This is not a conservative Court. Far too many of this Court's decisions are unconstitutional and based on their personal beliefs. Their "religious liberty" decisions are a clear violation of individual rights and are unconstitutional.
So, given the current circumstances of a corrupt runaway administration flooding the courts and "overwhelming" the supreme court, isn't it about time for Scotus reform. Really, nine justices to deal with these matters and two of them, themselves corrupt in a very Maga way. This supreme court has done much to pave the way to our current political and societal circumstances like corporations are people, their money is speech and unlimited campaign contributions. Not to mention gutting voting rights, striking down women's reproductive rights, the Chevron decision, gun rights, immunity for the president for "official" acts and so much more. The Robert's court is a joke.
We had a chance at the beginning of the Biden administration to reform Scotus by increasing the number of justices, limiting their terms and staggering their appointments, but, sadly, nothing ever came of the commission he appointed to look into scotus. Ironically, at the end of his administration, Biden, again advised and recommended reform for the court in very specific ways.
If the supreme court stands as it currently is, the country is doomed as they (the Maga right wing) seem hell bent on favoring big money, and letting them buy off politicians to make laws that favor them.
SCOTUS will be become hostages of Trump very soon. Actual hostages, physically - not metaphorically....
Has the Supreme Court sold us out yet??
It sold us out years ago with its decision on Citizens United, it continued with its decision on Roe, its decisions in the shadow docket, its decision on Chevron, its decision allowing a cake baker to discriminate against the LGBTQ community for "religious liberty" and its decision concerning the Voting Rights Act where Alito stated black Americans are mostly Democrats so the gerrymandering in SC was political. The most egregious and unconstitutional decision was providing immunity to the presidential office.
Excellent summary of the most horrible decisions, nick!
Beautiful work
This was excellent. Thank you!
Thank you for an illuminating conversation! 💙💙. As a lay person, I have a question concerning class action. The Supreme Court just granted the administration’s requested stay in DOGE/Social Security case (restoring DOGE's access to SSA data). Millions of Americans have grave concerns about the resulting misuse of our data that could be enabled by this action. Is a class action suit against the government/Supreme Court to quickly stop this stay even a possibility?
Trump, is at this moment, is accruing tanks in Washington. There is no way I believe this to be for the display of his birthday. He is preparing for a governmental, forceful, deadly assault on the government. You bet he will hold SCOTUS as concrete hostages and make them rule as he wishes. SCOTUS will be rendered irrelevant when it comes to a democratic and lawful republic.
He'll probably will launch an assault and occupy other governmental departments as well. THAT'S what the tanks and military personnel are for.
They decided to allow Doge access to our SS information 😒
Brilliant
Check this out: https://youtu.be/4FBdgAkcZUc?si=ui7T4U_i3Tv7N-9j
There is a problem! I can not hear her and all of the ones I have tried I can not hear! It is not muted!