Here's my updated chart of #SCOTUS's rulings to date on emergency applications from the Trump administration.

See if you can spot the pattern...

A chart listing the Supreme Court's rulings on emergency applications from the Trump administration, the last 20 of which have been granted in full or in part, and almost always over dissents from (only) the Democratic appointees.

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  1. Now do the same thing, Steve, for the emergency docket during the Biden presidency.

    The thing that sticks out for me is the treatment of the documents case before Judge Cannon. What a joke.

    These people earned all the disrespect, unless we see the same treatment

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  2. The same people who said Biden could not forgive student loans. Is the pattern one of pathological cruelty?

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  3. It goes without saying all the GOP wanted to do was OWN SCOTUS - they worked hard to achieve that - and dem voters who decided a purity test was more important than democracy are all complicit in allowing this to happen

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  4. Unconstitutional Violations of Civil Rights of ALL Americans. The Supreme Court is a corrupt body, working against America.

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  5. SCOTUS has declared war on Constitution. It’s only through consent of People that Court retains legitimacy. I revoke consent. I hope Blue States as bloc take a page from SCOTUS’ book & flex state sovereignty as means of circumventing tyrannies of these petty & perfidious jurists. I’m f*cking done.

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  6. The pattern:

    If a lower court decides against TACO 45, the SCOTUS will enjoin the lower court, usually on the shadow docket, without explanation.

    If a lower court decides for TACO 45, and his opponents appeal, the SCOTUS will deny cert, again without explanation.

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  7. Last week, the Trump Administration filed its 24th emergency application (in 32 weeks, for a rate of 1 application every 1.33 weeks) with the Supreme Court. That astounding statistic demonstrates that the Administration is counting on the Supreme Court to alter the law, blessing Trump's power grabs.

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  8. Is there another chart for Biden Admin emergency applications and outcomes? Because that comparison is also necessary.

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  9. SCOTUS WORKING FROM THE SHADOW DOCKET…….WORKING IN THE SHADOWS LITERALLY…..

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  10. No wonder Trump said “Thank you” so sincerely at the end of the State of the Union speech this year. He has Roberts in his back pocket too.

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  11. Since the magabilly SCOTUS arsonists no longer believe in the constitution, do we need to believe that they have any moral or legal authority?

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  12. So when they grant a stay as part of an “emergency,” are there any required timeframes for bringing the full case before them? Or can it languish in this state forever?

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  13. Hitler's power grab also involved taking over the judiciary.

    In 1923, Hitler led a failed coup and went to jail for treason. 10 years later he took power through legal means: judiciary; propaganda; paramilitary violence in the streets.

    Eventually the Courts caved.

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  14. It would be good to compare the regime's winning % in the lower courts to their batting average at the Extreme Court. That would probably give even more credence to the belief that Roberts and Co. are bought and paid for.

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  15. Doing what they were hired to do; give Drumph legal cover to destroy America, snd establish White supremacy again.

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  16. Sickening that the “highest” court is this corrupt to support an Authoritarian Trump Gov’t—-Leonard Leo got his 6 cucks!!

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  17. The 6 justices that continue to enable Trump either believe in his vision or have been threatened. They are trampling over precedent and twisting logic to a point most can not comprehend. I see no other explanation at this point. They could stop using the shadow document but they choose not to.

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  18. The U.S. political and legal system design is so weak that one party since 1991 has installed nothing but partisan hacks into the Supreme Court, hacks that don't even try to hide their complete subservience to a president who doesn't even try to pretend to follow the law. The U.S. is a failed state.

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  19. Damn near everything is an emergency that the raping pedophile convicted felon CREATED and damn near everything has a dissent from the rational side of the court.

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  20. Curious - are all the yellow bc rump requested an emergency ruling? Wondering if result is the same (pro-rump) if others made the request. If others can request an emergency ruling, why aren’t we flooding scotus’ zone?

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  21. So basically if it hits the scummy SCOTUS, they grant a stay every single time. Why even have lower courts if they are just going to overrule them.

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  22. What was an insurgency in disguise is now an open attack on our most basic principles by the supposed guardians of the same.

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  23. Throughout his entire life people have looked the other way when he committed a crime and just caved to his wishes. That is one reason we are where we’re at….he’s a spoiled brat and a bully getting his way his entire life with zero consequences. Enough is enough.

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  24. Utter madness It is pretty clear now that SCOTUS, through incompetence, graft, twisted ideology, and/or malicious intent, has become an enemy of democracy and the constitution. We are living in very very dark and dangerous times.

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  25. Conservative SCOTUS aren’t gods. They have to follow the law like everyone else. If they flagrantly & illegally are taking away the rights of people of color I WANT TO KNOW WHY FOLKS IMPACTED BY THEIR DECISION CANT SUE THEM!

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