The Court is Corrupt. Say It With Me.


by Talking Points Memo

Talking Points Memo— I was watching cable news this afternoon at the gym. And I saw one of those examples of what has now become a Trump/Roberts Court-era set piece, where principled and very smart lawyers and/

The Center Square—Cuellar says he's innocent of public corruption charges. (The Center Square) – Federal prosecutors indicted longtime Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife on Friday on foreign bribery charges. The indictment unsealed in the Southern District of Texas charged the 68-year-old Democrat and wife Imelda Cuellar, 67, with participating in two schemes involving bribery, unlawful foreign influence and money laundering. Both made an initial court appearance Friday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Dena Palermo in Houston. ...

Daily Kos—ICYMI: Say goodbye to the NRA, how courts are taking our rights away. The NRA is falling apart, and the gun cult may be going with it  Does this mean no more Republican family Christmas pics with all those guns? Jimmy Kimmel jabs at Trump and ‘puppy killer’ Kristi Noem Being a late-night host is wonderful when there’s so much ridiculousness to pick from. Cartoon: Déjà vu History does love to repeat itself. Conservative judges are rolling back rights with trickery Lengthy, complex judicial opinions are just hiding what we’re losing. Democrats might stop the...

Breitbart—Appeals Court Says States Must Fund Transgender Surgeries. Eight Democrat-nominated judges shoved transgender surgery closer to becoming a constitutional right via their decision Monday in a federal appeals court.