A new low for Clarence Thomas?

Clarence Thomas claimed in a dissenting opinion that Covid vaccines are derived from the cells of “aborted children.”

No Covid vaccines in the U.S. contain the cells of aborted fetuses. https://t.co/13YartfO5Z
— POLITICO (@politico) June 30, 2022

Terrible Supreme Court Decision on the EPA

"The [anti-EPA decision] is the product of a coordinated, multiyear strategy by GOP attorneys general, conservative legal activists and their funders to use the judicial system to…weaken the executive branch’s ability to tackle global warming."https://t.co/VIS0mKfZ4b
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) June 30, 2022

The Supreme Court’s EPA ruling could make it impossible for President Biden to meet his goal to cut U.S. pollution by half, experts said. https://t.co/KAyWaM63or
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 30, 2022

Justice Kagan: "The Court appoints itself—instead of Congress or the expert agency—the decision- maker on climate policy. I cannot think of many things more frightening. Respectfully, I dissent." https://t.co/L3sGnqB8Zg
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 30, 2022

The issue isn't just that the *current* Congress is subject to the filibuster-induced deadlock; it's that *no* Congress will ever have the *capacity* to regulate across every issue with the specificity that "major questions" requires. It's not pro-democracy; it's anti-regulation.
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) June 30, 2022

The Supreme Court fundamentally rewrote America's separation of powers in its big EPA decision, effectively placing the judiciary at the head of much of the Executive Branch of government.https://t.co/S9rvUwhKun
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) June 30, 2022

Great column on Democratic leadership by Perry Bacon, Jr.

With a radical GOP on the brink of consolidating power, it's time for new party leadership, @PerryBaconJr writes https://t.co/J6jRCYpxUz
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) June 30, 2022

State constitutions on abortion

i'm proud we get to publish this article, by @yeargain: it's on what all 50 state constitutions, and the territorial constitutions, say about abortion.

These texts, and the judges interpreting them, are so critical. Here's your state-by-state guide:https://t.co/Kkf5R0jFyj
— Taniel (@Taniel) June 30, 2022

Congressional Generic ballots since the abortion decision

Do voters want Democrats or Republicans in Congress? https://t.co/4M3WjG3Cto
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) July 15, 2022

We now have 3 Congressional Generics since Roe ended:

NPR/Marist 48 Dem 41 R +7
Morning Consult 45 Dem 42 R +3
Yahoo/YouGov 45 Dem 38 R +7
and in this poll
"Pro-choice Dem" vs "Pro-life R" is 47-32.

It's a new election. https://t.co/DdbRi3N4Nx
— Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) June 28, 2022

What is your preference for the outcome of this year's congressional elections: a Congress controlled by Republicans or a Congress controlled by Democrats?

Democratic control 42%
Republican control 44%

(CNBC All-America Economic Survey, RV, 7/7-10/22)https://t.co/l9hgFOS0NF
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) July 17, 2022

Republicans lose slight edge on the generic ballot (@Ipsosus) Details: https://t.co/Fc9cxemGsn pic.twitter.com/AhwexNh4RZ
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) July 13, 2022

Great tweet on costumes

Father level: expert. pic.twitter.com/IPbJ2ZHQjW
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) June 30, 2022

Wisconsin Republicans block the Democratic governor from making appointments

I’m sure other Republican legislatures will do this.

Some US states are not functioning democracies, and the reason is not mobs, but people in suits and robes deciding to ignore the voters.
In WI, state Supreme Court works with co-partisan GOP legislature to block Dem Governor from making appointments. https://t.co/DlUn4ywDHd
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) June 30, 2022

New, from me: The Jan 6th hearings have rightly directed our attention to the risks that Trump poses to US democracy.

But a dispute over an obscure political appointment in Wisconsin tells us about broader GOP sponsored democratic backsliding. https://t.co/ec2VVP1B8U
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) June 30, 2022

The Cuyahoga River before the EPA – it caught on fire 6/22/69

Quick reminder of what the Cuyahoga River looked like in 1967 prior to the creation of the EPA and the Clean Water Act. pic.twitter.com/ve6S358a2o
— edburmila.bsky.social (@edburmila) June 30, 2022

The Cuyahoga River caught on fire in 1969.

Randy Newman even wrote a song about it. So did REM.

Burning River®

Worst Supreme Court term ever?

As far as I know it is.

overturned Roe v. Wade
made it easier to carry guns
eliminated consequences for not giving Miranda rights
killed EPA’s ability to make regulations to combat climate change
decision on prayer case allowing the coach to pray on the field

I am sure I left some out but those are the ones that come to mind

Undoing Roe is awful. Kneecapping environmental regulation is existential. This Supreme Court has just come down on the side of civilizational collapse.
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) June 30, 2022

Well, that whole entire Supreme Court term sucked ass.
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) June 30, 2022

Not a bad summary, sadly. Not every case, of course, manifests this "We're doing this because we can" attitude, but all the blockbusters do. We're now governed by an elite cabal of dubious legitimacy, the quintessential tyranny of the minority. This can't be allowed to stand. https://t.co/sKenlEMSSj
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) June 30, 2022

Chuck Schumer goes after the “MAGA Court” after recent SCOTUS rulings.

“First on gun safety, then on abortion, and now on the environment – this MAGA, regressive, extremist Supreme Court is intent on setting America back decades, if not centuries,” Schumer says in a statement. pic.twitter.com/49CElAHpWl
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 30, 2022

This is what a judicial coup looks like pic.twitter.com/dTZ4zgHJdg
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) June 30, 2022

The Supreme Court has gone rogue. We are in a full-blown Constitutional crisis. Congress must act. And we must pressure Congress to act, while it still can. #TheMajority
— Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) (@HC_Richardson) June 30, 2022

In one term, the extremist Supreme Court:

-overturns Roe v. Wade

-guts Miranda rights

-ends regulations on open-carry of guns

-allows prayer in schools by employees

-ends federal regulation of greenhouse gases
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) June 30, 2022

an unmitigated disaster of a Supreme Court Term. and only 25 or so more to go…
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) June 30, 2022

The Supreme Court has moved relentlessly to the right, issuing blockbuster decisions on cases from abortion to climate change that will transform U.S. life. By one standard measurement, the term that ended this week was the most conservative since 1931. https://t.co/WpQ1DdX8bS
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 1, 2022

New —> Democrats run Washington, but the Supreme Court delivers big wins for GOP https://t.co/41AK6aWZSb
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 1, 2022

It’s now abundantly clear that Trump’s appointees are in control of this court, and they’re not searching for consensus. https://t.co/iHxY8hWrog
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) July 9, 2022

The Supreme Court is historically right wing – and historically polarized. 21% of decisions were split by the party of the appointing president, which is unprecedented in the modern era.

Our end-of-term wrap-up, with @ameliatd and @elena___mejia:https://t.co/dq91Gq4BrL pic.twitter.com/8jk45NAOaR
— Laura Bronner (@laurabronner) July 5, 2022

The signature moment of the Supreme Court’s conservative majority — overturning Roe v. Wade — would have been enough to highlight the term.

But the justices of what scholars say is one of the most conservative courts in decades did far more than that. https://t.co/nV8PfhZu0b
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 2, 2022

The Supreme Court rules this country with ruthless efficiency and unchecked power. This term provided only a taste of what the 6–3 supermajority has in store for us. https://t.co/ntiUlOWYNw pic.twitter.com/ra3Hhzr2vt
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 30, 2022

I'm hard-pressed to think of a more momentous Term in the Supreme Court's history. Ever.

Maybe there have been individual decisions that were more important, but the number of significant, paradigm-shifting rulings, and all in the *same* direction, really has no precedent IMHO.
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) June 30, 2022