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Miles Archer

(22,491 posts)
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 09:25 AM 5 hrs ago

Harvard Law Professor explores the existential life of a SCOTUS justice who's a beer-loving Trump-loving sexual predator

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a Trump appointee, occupies a unique position following a 6-3 decision against the president on tariffs, according to Harvard Law School professor Richard J. Lazarus.

Lazarus argued in a Washington Post column that Kavanaugh should use his current favor with Trump to defend the Court's institutional integrity after the president attacked his colleagues.

Following the ruling, Trump posted on Truth Social, "My new hero is United States Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and, of course, Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. There is no doubt in anyone's mind that they want to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

Trump likely singled out Kavanaugh for his dissenting opinion, in which the conservative justice agreed that refunding tariff revenue would create a "mess' for the Trump administration. Thomas and Alito were also in the minority in the ruling.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-kavanaugh/

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Harvard Law Professor explores the existential life of a SCOTUS justice who's a beer-loving Trump-loving sexual predator (Original Post) Miles Archer 5 hrs ago OP
I assume Trump has dirt on all three of them. yardwork 5 hrs ago #1
They have always been extremely conservative though Polybius 5 hrs ago #3
Sure, but many of their decisions are not conservative. yardwork 2 hrs ago #4
My point still stands Polybius 1 hr ago #5
Boof Boy wants to be Chief Justice someday. Chasstev365 5 hrs ago #2

yardwork

(69,158 posts)
4. Sure, but many of their decisions are not conservative.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 12:51 PM
2 hrs ago

"Conservative" means being cautious about reading more into the Constitution than is written.

These decisions are radical, not conservative. They undermine the bedrock principles in the Constitution.

Polybius

(21,732 posts)
5. My point still stands
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 01:43 PM
1 hr ago

I don't think "dirt on them" is the issue here. I think they vote this way on their own.

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