More on the Trump administration efforts to bypass appeals courts

They want to go right to the Supreme Court with their two new Trump-appointed conservative justices.

2019 is the year the Supreme Court will make or break Trump https://t.co/i1UujSmPw3 pic.twitter.com/SpPbrg9CAQ

— CNN (@CNN) December 16, 2018

This is a cruel, disgracefully irregular, and legally dubious request that no normal SG would ask SCOTUS to grant. So of course this SG asked anyway. https://t.co/tU2ftg6qET

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 15, 2018

Don’t forget about Willie Horton

George H. W. Bush was better than any Republican president since him and I admire his service to the country Still, we can’t forget about this.

My friend Bob Herbert once called him George H.W. (Willie Horton) Bush. That ad was "nigger nigger" by another name, in the words of the infamous Lee Atwater. https://t.co/5hk4L2dXjC pic.twitter.com/Q5JoaeOEQU

— Brent Staples (@BrentNYT) December 1, 2018

The Horton ad "was a central part of a presidential campaign that focused on the fear of crime and argued, relentlessly, that 'revolving door' sentencing and prison policies were to blame for the problem."

Commentary by @JustADCohen at @BrennanCenter: https://t.co/8Nggyb5ayn

— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) December 3, 2018

My friend Bob Herbert once called him George H.W. (Willie Horton) Bush. That ad was "nigger nigger" by another name, in the words of the infamous Lee Atwater. https://t.co/5hk4L2dXjC pic.twitter.com/Q5JoaeOEQU

— Brent Staples (@BrentNYT) December 1, 2018

Grassley is wrong about Obama

Obama didn’t attack Alito, he criticized the Citizens United decision (and was right to do so since it brought lots of outside money into politics).

Also: Obama was right, Alito was wrong. And Grassley should retire https://t.co/oxt87A2iWo

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) November 24, 2018

Obama didn’t rebuke Alito, Senator. Your memory is faulty. Which might explain why you can’t recall Roberts’ response. https://t.co/kGeNOqzve1 https://t.co/FnZXd65vSK

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) November 22, 2018

I am seeing that many people believe this happened – who knows how many more after amplified by conservative media -yet it's literally the opposite of what happened. Obama criticized nobody by name. It was Justice Alito who visibly mouthed the words, "Not true." https://t.co/3uNwaQg9JH

— David Frum (@davidfrum) November 22, 2018

Kavanaugh accuser Ford continues to receive threats

Christine Blasey Ford says some good came out of her ‘terrifying’ testimony against Kavanaugh

Christine Blasey Ford Is Donating Her GoFundMe Money To Sexual Assault Survivors https://t.co/9b5E8MkH2g

— Marie Claire (@marieclaire) November 26, 2018

New immigration plan coming

NEW: Trump admin. expects to be sued over its draconian new immigration plan, which may be unveiled as soon as Thurs. afternoon, two sr. officials with knowledge of the discussions say — but with Judge Kavanaugh now on US Supreme Court, it expects to win. https://t.co/s4G49Uaowz

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 8, 2018

Trump administration going right to Supreme Court for appeals

Trump officials aggressively bypass appeals process to get issues before conservative Supreme Court https://t.co/W5T2POF20O

— Post Politics (@postpolitics) October 23, 2018

The Supreme Court is protecting Ross

The court decided that Wilbur Ross did not have to give a deposition about his statements about the 2020 Census (which I think are lies). They’re protecting Trump.

Wilbur Ross repeatedly lied to Congress about why he added citizenship question to Census but SCOTUS is shielding him from answering questions in deposition under oath https://t.co/13Lax6KdPa

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) October 23, 2018

Neil Gorsuch is already assisting the Republican project to rig the system: https://t.co/k9a1YLHRFH pic.twitter.com/QsRsyEJjIr

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) October 23, 2018

The courts forced Hillary Clinton to release every single email she wrote as Secretary of States, but won't make Wilbur Ross undergo a single deposition about the 2020 census. I guess there's a reason for this, but jeez.

— Kevin Drum (@kdrum) October 23, 2018

I cannot think of a good reason why the Supreme Court would block Wilbur Ross, who lied to Congress about the illegitimate citizenship question he wants to put on the census form to suppress the role of minorities, from submitting to a deposition. This is highly suspicious.

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) October 23, 2018

JUST IN: The Supreme Court blocks the deposition of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in a case challenging the decision to reinstate a citizenship question on the 2020 census https://t.co/VeL3dwBzEE pic.twitter.com/qUu55zwXdL

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 23, 2018

After evidence came out that Wilbur Ross gave me a false answer in Congressional testimony, Trump's DOJ is now claiming that we should not be able to look into "the internal decision-making of the executive branch." We must have more oversight https://t.co/XyG2GuWtd1

— Judy Chu (@RepJudyChu) October 23, 2018