It’s SCOTUS Time Again!

That’s right it is that magical time of year when SCOTUS listens to and then disregards everything to shove more crap down the throats of Americans.

It’s the first Monday in October, which means the Supreme Court gets back to work. This year, the overriding question is how much leeway the court will give President Trump as he flexes presidential authority. Justices are set to issue definitive rulings on major Trump policies—ranging from the legality of his tariffs to his push for greater control over independent federal agencies—that have so far been addressed mainly through temporary, emergency decisions, report the Washington Post and the AP. Details:

  • Among the headline issues is a case that could determine whether Trump can fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, a move with significant implications for the independence of the central bank. The case will be heard in January, per the New York Times.
  • Other pending matters include challenges to Trump’s sweeping tariffs, along with his efforts to end birthright citizenship, expedite deportations under a wartime law, and revoke protections for some 300,000 Venezuelan migrants.
  • “It’s hard to imagine bigger tests of presidential power than these potentially once-in-a-century separation-of-powers battles,” Deepak Gupta, a lawyer at the firm Gupta Wessler, tells the Times. “And we’re seeing more than one of them at once.”
  • Legal experts say the court, now dominated by a 6-3 conservative majority, will be forced to clarify its stance on presidential authority, either reinforcing Trump’s expansive view or pushing back. “It really is going to be a showdown,” Jennifer Nou, a law professor at the University of Chicago, tells the Post. “So many of the president’s big-ticket constitutional issues and policy initiatives are quickly coming up before the court. All of this is coming to a head.”
  • The first big case of the new term is Tuesday, when the court will hear arguments about a Colorado law that bans “conversion therapy,” aimed at changing a minor’s sexual orientation or gender identity, per Reuters.
  • The term also features major cases on voting rights, such as the legality of drawing majority-minority districts in Louisiana, and campaign finance rules.

Most of their cases will be to extend Donny’s executive powers….

Among the issues already on the court’s docket: a case that could end what’s left of the landmark Voting Rights Act; a case that could do away with one of the few remaining laws that limits campaign fundraising; a challenge to the Trump tariffs; a challenge to his firing of independent agency commissioners before their fixed terms are completed; and much, much more.

Indeed, coming soon is likely to be the unanswered question from last term: Did President Trump exceed his authority when he issued an executive order barring a constitutional provision that guarantees automatic citizenship for every child born in the United States?

Since Trump took office for a second term, the conservative court’s 6-to-3 majority has been rocking the boat big time. In just eight months, it has broken all records for granting a president’s wishes on the “emergency docket.”

By the end of last week, the court had granted 20 of Trump’s requests to block lower court orders opposed by the administration. In contrast, the court ruled against the administration in these emergency cases just three times.

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/06/nx-s1-5558414/supreme-court-term-preview

My guess most cases will have a 6-3 majority….the political hacks pertending to be judges will side with the despot in the WH as it has done so many times in the past 8 months or so.

Wanna venture any guesses?

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

6 thoughts on “It’s SCOTUS Time Again!

  1. What these 6-3 people seem to forget is that a Republican won’t always be in charge of this country (at least we hope not!), so some of their votes may come back to bite them on the you-know-where WHEN a Democrat again takes the Presidency.

    However, in the meantime, I must agree with Pete.

    1. WE can only hope but I still have reservations on Dems….campaigning they go 3 clicks Left of center if elected it goes 2 clicks Right center….I do not trust them. chuq

  2. I’m curious to know if a 6-3 decision that supports Taco is still enforceable if Taco is ousted by Article 25? Does the decision still stand or does it kick off yet another round of debates? Things are so fubar right now that you would get a better decision with a coin. I call heads!

    1. If I re4member Andrew the decisions will hold….there could be some sort of Congress action but too many cowards there……chuq

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