Amy Coney Barrett rips Ketanji Brown Jackson over dissent in birthright citizenship case

 NY Post  

“Holy s—, this is about as brutal as I’ve ever seen SCOTUS be on one of their own,” attorney Kostas Moros wrote on X in response to Barrett’s “imperial Judiciary” quote. “Translated: ‘you are so stupid that you aren’t even worth responding to.'”

"Conservative Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett stunned veteran bench watchers Friday with a blunt takedown of liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s “extreme” dissent in the landmark birthright citizenship case in which the Supreme Court curtailed lower court use of universal injunctions.

"“We will not dwell on Justice Jackson’s argument, which is at odds with more than two centuries’ worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself,” wrote Barrett, the court’s second-newest justice, in a jaw-dropping rebuke of her colleague, the newest justice.

"“We observe only this: Justice Jackson decries an imperial Executive while embracing an imperial Judiciary.”

"Barrett had authored the majority opinion in the case, the most consequential on the docket this term, which gave President Trump a major win by limiting the power of district judges to block his actions.

"Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor penned the main dissent for the left flank of the high court, which Jackson joined." . . .

“The FACT that six Justices were OK with signing onto an opinion where Justice Barrett took a personal shot at Justice Jackson is a VERY STRONG indication that Jackson has alienated her colleagues and there is a growing lack of respect for her work,” mused X user Shipwreckedcrew, whose profile describes them as a former federal prosecutor.

" 'Justices circulate Memos among with their legal views on certain cases in order to bring others around to their thinking. Given what she has written in her dissent, imagine the memos that Jackson must have sent around in this case.” . . .  Emphases mine, TD

Justice Barrett gives Justice Jackson the nastiest judge-on-judge smackdown I’ve ever seen   Andrea Widburg

"With apologies to Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson must have been appointed based on her XX chromosomes (even though she doesn’t know what a woman is) and her melanin level. Take those away, and she is a truly dim bulb. But now that she’s on the Supreme Court, she’s a dim bulb with dreams of an all-powerful (leftist) judiciary.

"However, showing that the more intelligent people on the Court have finally lost patience with her, in today’s excellent decision saying that lower courts may no longer issue universal (or nationwide) injunctions, Justice Amy Coney Barrett gives Jackson a smackdown the likes of which I’ve never seen in a Supreme Court decision.

"The Supreme Court issued Trump v. CASA, Inc. this morning. Here are some key points from the main opinion." . . .

.Let me say again that, in all my years of reading appellate and supreme court decisions, whether state or federal, I’ve never seen anything like this. And so, while the opinion was a great win for the Trump administration and a necessary brake on out-of-control leftist judges, what social media caught was the fact that Jackson has clearly worn out her welcome amongst the members of the court with IQs over 100. Indeed, even Sotomayor and Kagan wouldn’t join her dissent, while six of the justices signed on to the main decision.

Blame must be assigned where it belongs; to the witless Biden and his unlearned handlers who placed Judge Jackson in this unfortunate position and set her up for predestined failure. Sadly, I see her on the opposite end of the spectrum from Justice Clarence Thomas.TD

"Ketanji Brown Jackson is a great example of how DEI feeds racial prejudice. When you elevate morons just because of their skin color, people get the mistaken idea that all people of that skin color are morons. It's a terrible thing to do to people."

Joel Berry Managing Editor of @TheBabylonBee, bestselling author of Postmodern Pilgrim’s Progress, USMC vet, grumpy dad

Momdani "is a typical know-it-all who actually knows nothing. His real-world experience is less than that of typical high school student from flyover country."

 Issues & Insights

"Unlikely, on both counts. The 33-year-old is a typical know-it-all who actually knows nothing. His real-world experience is less than that of typical high school student from flyover country."

Townhall

" 'Zohran Mamdani, winner of the Democratic Party’s New York City mayoral primary, is overflowing with Marxist ideas of how to govern that are so lousy that it’s hard to believe he got more than his own vote in Tuesday’s election. Each of them is horrendous, from free bus services to rent control to punitive taxes on those who create prosperity, but none are quite so laughable as his proposal to establish a chain of city-run grocery stores.

"Mamdani’s campaign literature – overflowing with empty leftist jargon – says if elected he “will create a network of city-owned grocery stores focused on keeping prices low, not making a profit.” The mission “is lower prices, not price gouging.” 

"In an interview, the socialist Mamdani said he wants “a pilot program of one store in each borough that builds on the feasibility study that was done in Chicago,” which, incidentally, was never released and has been put on a dusty shelf where it will grow moldy.

"Apparently not even that city’s Marxist mayor believed he could make the idea work.

"It’s nearly impossible to imagine any adult would propose opening government-owned grocery stores. The concept might make for spirited debate in a junior high social studies class. In the real world, though, there are consequences.

“If the city of New York is going socialist, I will definitely close, or sell, or move or franchise the Gristedes locations,” says John Catsimatidis, the CEO of the Gristedes chain, which “has been feeding New Yorkers for over 100 years.”

"This should alarm Mamdani. It won’t. He’ll be glad to get rid of a dirty profit-monger who doesn’t belong in his socialist utopia.

"Far from New York is Erie, Kansas, which became known as the “small town that saved its only grocery store — by buying it.” The city took over Stub’s Market in early 2021 after learning that it was to close.

"But it didn’t go well. The Wall Street Journal reported in October 2023 that it was “losing money almost every month.” City Clerk Jamie Janssen told the Journal that the goal was “to narrow losses to under $100,000 this year.” Losses had reached $132,000 the year before, even though volunteers stock the goods, some of which are donated by local businesses." . . .

Blue-State Socialism: You Wanted It, Now You Get It … Good And Hard   

. . ."We’re not gloating here. The Democratic Party was once a serious political group that based its popularity on appealing to centrist blue-collar working-class Americans and moderate urban liberals. The extreme left was largely, though not entirely, marginalized. "Today, that’s sadly no longer true. Take California." . . . 

Mamdani promises “freebies”   . . ."Mamdani is a ludicrously inexperienced candidate who tends to speak aggressively and insistently, which is the tone of an immature know-it-all. His personal work experience is extremely limited and there are no notable accomplishments marking his life since he graduated from Bowdoin College.

"As a true Marxist, his campaign derives its impetus from the communist slogan of “from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” Since life is sustained at a basic level by the air we breathe and the food we eat, he has promised to have government run grocery stores where food prices will be kept down because the stores will not pay property tax or rent. As someone who had many students from the former Soviet Union after it collapsed in 1991, I heard many stories about obtaining food in the USSR under communism where all the grocery stores and butcher shops were government-owned.

"Students regaled me with stories of how family members would have to line up for hours at butcher shops to obtain even one chicken. Furthermore, to even be certain that a decent chicken awaited the customer after a long wait, bribes had to be paid ahead of time to those running the shops. The range of items for sale was quite limited. There was a pathetic lack of choice in the former USSR, a country big on promises but weak on delivery." . . .

Democrats Discover Innovative Strategy Of Promising Free Stuff To Stupid People   (Babylon Bee parody) 

  . . ."This is really fantastic stuff," said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. "Free stuff for stupid people's votes? What a breakthrough! All we have to do is lie about how much stuff we can give away, and those horrible Republicans will never hold office again." . . .

How the Transgender Movement Turned the Left Against Women

 Victor Davis Hanson

"Transgenderism is an old phenomenon. It was very, very rare, a very small percentage of the population. Sometime around 2005 to 2015, it exploded as a civil rights issue. And the numbers have been vastly inflated. It’s been trendy among young people on campus. But it has almost destroyed female sports in a way that’s ironic, tragically ironic, because the Left once was a protector and the champion of female sports and now it’s de facto, it’s destroyer."

Victor Davis Hanson, a senior contributor for The Daily Signal, is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and host of "The Victor Davis Hanson Show." His website, The Blade of Perseus, features columns, lectures, and exclusive content for subscribers. 

Those Hamas tunnels

How Hamas Underground Tunnel Works  Video

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AOC, Psaki, and Mamdani rejoice in New York

 

Rich Terrell

Jen Psaki Fawns Over Zohran Mamdani 

 . . ."Psaki’s full embrace of Mamdani without a shred of caution for his socialism suggests an emerging mood among the Democratic Party that the response to the party’s foundering after Kamala Harris’s defeat should be to push further to the left.

"That would seem to contradict the initial conclusions the party drew from its defeat, which seemed to be that its radicalism on gender ideology and critical race theory had gone too far and that it had drifted away from pocketbook issues to its detriment. Nevertheless, it seems some Democrats are increasingly concluding that backing away from advertising its most extreme social positions so prominently does not preclude the party from pursuing a radical agenda when it comes to the economy." . . .

New York Democrat says Mamdani is ‘too extreme’ to lead NYC… "At least two moderate House Democrats from New York are criticizing New York City's presumptive Democratic nominee for mayor, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.

"Socialist Zohran Mamdani is too extreme to lead New York City. His entire campaign has been built on unachievable promises and higher taxes, which is the last thing New York needs," Rep. Laura Gillen, D-N.Y., said in a statement Wednesday."

"Beyond that, Mr. Mamdani has called to defund the police and has demonstrated a deeply disturbing pattern of unacceptable antisemitic comments, which stoke hate at a time when antisemitism is skyrocketing. He is the absolute wrong choice for New York." . . .

. . . "She and Suozzi have both been known to break from their own party on issues like law enforcement and illegal immigration during her brief time in Congress so far.

"They're also breaking from Democratic leaders in her criticism of Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-proclaimed democratic socialist whose platform includes city-owned and operated grocery stores.

"Both House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in public statements on Wednesday that they had spoken to Mamdani since his victory." . . .

Zohran Mamdani’s shock win over Andrew Cuomo fuels rumors of AOC 2028 presidential run: ‘Broadens her horizons’

"Speculation is swirling about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s plans for 2028 after she successfully endorsed dark-horse socialist Zohran Mamdani in the heated New York City Democratic mayoral primary.

"Many observers believe the lefty “Squad” member will try to move up from her House seat — whether to the Senate or even the White House — in the aftermath of Mamdani’s stunning upset over ex-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Tuesday night.

“ 'It just continues to open more doors,” Corbin Trent, Ocasio-Cortez’s former spokesperson and author of America’s Undoing Substack  told The Post. “It just broadens her horizons.” . .  .

"But the democratic socialist’s win is also exciting Republicans who will have plenty of “fodder” — such as Mamdani’s pie-in-the-sky plans for government-run grocery stores and his anti-police and anti-Israel rhetoric.

"Those issues will be tough for Democrats to “navigate” between now and the 2026 midterms, according to a fourth party insider." . . . 

Five Musicians Who Hate Bruce Springsteen

Studio Number Six

Comments to this post: "First saw Bruce in 1974 and twice since then. His performances are legendary for a reason - he gives every ounce of energy for 3+ hours, every concert. He incorporates sax, piano, organ and electric guitar into a blend of melody that starts slow, changes beat mid-stream and then finishes by bringing it all back together. He is a poet who tells a story and paints a picture with words, nick names and metaphors that some can't understand. I get that his music may not be for everyone, but I don't get the hate."

"Springsteen is a hypocrite. He lives his life like a millionaire rock star should, but he wants everyone to think he is the common man. The common man's daughter doesn't compete in the most expensive sport there is in the Olympics. That is equestrian if you didn't know. His daughter rides around on horses worth a half a million dollars. I don't have a problem with that, he has earned his money, but don't act like you are working for minimum wage."

"I couldn’t care less about what Richards says about anything. He can’t sing and his lyrics are pedestrian. Springsteen doesn’t profess to be blue collar. He acknowledges he’s rich. That doesn’t mean he can’t comment on the blue collar life that he experienced as a child. I think it’s noble that, in spite of his wealth, he continues to have empathy and writes songs about those less fortunate. The overrated Richards still plays blues music. He’s also rich. Does that make HIM a phony? No. Lyrics are a form of literature. Was Bowie ever a spaceman or a Spider from Mars?" . . .

Sinister Civil War group photo

Strange story behind this picture.

Unbelievable Tales  "In the summer of 1864, a group of Civil War soldiers posed for a photograph at their wooded campsite during a quiet midday break. Decades later, that image resurfaced in an unexpected place—faded but intact. When experts zoomed into the background, they noticed something deeply unsettling hiding among the trees.

"What began as a routine archival project quickly turned into a full-scale investigation with implications no one could have predicted. Who was the man in the photo? And why did his presence make seasoned historians go pale?"

Betrayal From Within: Feds Launch Manhunt for Deep State Operative Who Leaked Classified Iran Strike Intel

RTM

"White House officials have launched an intensive search for a suspected government employee who illegally disclosed classified Pentagon intelligence that questioned the effectiveness of recent American airstrikes against Iranian nuclear facilities.

"The leaked assessment originated from the Defense Intelligence Agency and was first published by CNN on Tuesday." . . .

"Administration officials praised the operation’s secrecy prior to execution, with one source stating that the mission’s success stemmed partly from preventing unauthorized disclosures beforehand.

"The military operation marked the first operational deployment of America’s 30,000-pound bombs in combat.

"These weapons succeeded where Israeli 2,000-pound bombs had previously failed during the recent 12-day conflict.

"Trump revealed on Wednesday that approximately 900 pounds of enriched uranium remains buried beneath extensive rubble at the Fordow facility. 

"The president expressed confidence that Iran would abandon its nuclear ambitions following the devastating strikes.

"The uranium in question was enriched to 60 percent purity, falling short of the 90-93 percent level required for nuclear weapons production. 

"Trump made these remarks following the NATO summit in The Hague.

"The president also criticized media coverage of the operation, describing journalists as attempting to diminish what he characterized as an extraordinary victory for American national security.

"Administration sources indicated that prosecution of the leaker represents a high priority. " . . .

AOC Faces More Trouble After Yearbook Photo Surfaces

RTM

Vice President JD Vance later dismissed talk of a potential 2028 presidential bid by Ocasio-Cortez as “the stuff of nightmares.”

@AOC if you're a BX girl then why are you in
 my Yorktown yearbook? Give it up already.

"Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) faces renewed questions about her background after yearbook photos emerged showing she attended high school in an affluent suburban community, contradicting her frequent portrayal as a “Bronx girl.”

"The controversy erupted following a social media exchange between the Democratic representative and President Donald Trump, where Ocasio-Cortez defended herself by invoking her alleged Bronx roots.

"Trump had criticized Ocasio-Cortez in a lengthy Truth Social post after she called for his impeachment, describing her as “one of the dumbest people in Congress” and questioning her intelligence and educational background.

"The President’s post also targeted her test scores and suggested she take a cognitive assessment similar to one he claims to have recently completed successfully.

"Trump grouped Ocasio-Cortez with other progressive legislators including Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), accusing them of promoting harmful “radical” policies.

"Ocasio-Cortez responded to Trump’s attack by writing: “Also, I’m a Bronx girl. You should know that we can eat Queens boys for breakfast. Respectfully.”

"Her response gained significant attention on social media platforms, though not necessarily the type she intended to generate." . . .

Ocasio-Cortez Exposed — Leaked Photo

The Babylon Bee covers the bombing of Iran Nukes as only they can

 Trump Bombed Iran. Here's How 12 Media Outlets Covered The Story

"Welp, it looks like Trump bombed Iran. The Babylon Bee has assembled headlines from various media outlets here in one place so you can pick a little bit of the truth out of each to learn the whole story. 

"Here's how different media outlets are covering the historic news:"

New York Times — Quiet Middle Eastern Community Devastated By Unprovoked Trump Attack

Fox News — Trump Neutralizes Terrifying Iran Nuclear Threat With Mere Seconds To Spare

New York Post — AYATOLL-YA SO! Iran Out Of Luck As Trump Drops Bodacious Bunker Buster

CNN — Trump Cruelly Deprives Poor Iranian Children Of Nuclear Weapon They've Always Dreamed Of

MSNBC — Iran Is Now The George Floyd Of The Middle East

BBC News — REMINDER: Next Call To Prayer Is In One Hour. Allahu Akbar.

One America News — Yay Trump For Avoiding War - Oh Wait, He Bombed Iran? Really? I Mean, Yay Trump For Bombing Iran

Vice — I Took Fentanyl And Slept With A Penguin

Vogue — 5 Kinky Tricks You Can Try In The Bedroom To Show Your Support For Iran

Not The Bee — Trump Just Bombed The Snot Out Of Iran And The Responses Are STRAIGHT 

The Babylon Bee — Iranian Nuclear Facility Escapes Bombing By Identifying As Mar A Lago (That's Right We Just Have The One Joke)

Al-Jazeera — TRUMP JUST BOMBED OUR HEADQUARTERS!!!

CNN: Hiroshima 'Barely Set Back' By Atomic Bomb (Babylon Bee parody)

 . . ."At publishing time, CNN had stood by its reporting and stated it would do so until an American went to ground zero to take pictures.'"

Trump says Israel sent agents into Iran’s Fordo nuclear site, saw ‘total obliteration’

Times Of Israel

Broc Smith

"US President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that Israel sent agents to Iran’s Fordo nuclear site after US struck it earlier this week, insisting the attack was a success and warning that he was willing to strike again if Iran tried to revive its enrichment program

" 'You know they have guys that go in there after the hit, and they said it was total obliteration,” Trump told reporters at the NATO summit in The Hague, speaking about the bombing of Fordo.

" 'Israel is doing a report on it now, I understand, and I was told that they said it was total obliteration. I believe it was total obliteration, and I believe they didn’t have a chance to get anything out because we acted fast.”

"A leaked US intelligence report suggested this week that the strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities did not destroy their underground components, and that much of Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium may already have been spirited out of the sites before they were bombed. The White House has rejected the report’s findings, while condemning the leak.

"Israeli officials told the Kan public broadcaster Wednesday, responding to Trump’s comments, that they were unaware of any Israeli operation at the Fordo nuclear facility after the strike.  

"US President Donald Trump says he will strike Iran again if it tries to restart its nuclear enrichment program, but he’s sure it won’t be necessary.

"Asked by a reporter if the US would carry out more attacks if Tehran rebuilds its uranium enrichment facilities, Trump said, “Sure. But I’m not going to have to worry about that. It’s gone for years.”

"Asked how long he thinks the Iranian nuclear program has been set back, Trump said: “I think it’s basically decades, because I don’t think they’ll ever do it again. I think they’ve had it. I mean, they just went through hell. They’ve had it.' ” . . .  Full article here...

Iran’s Stunning Admission That Proves Trump Was Right, CNN Most Hurt UPDATED

AMERICAN SPECTATOR UPDATE: CNN’s Credibility? Totally Obliterated!  

You know why CNN hates Hegseth, right? It’s not just that he’s working for the Trump administration, but also that he was previously employed by Fox News, a cable network that millions of people actually watch, while CNN is down there in the ratings basement hoping to beat Spongebob Squarepants.

"Trafficking in fake expertise is routine practice at CNN, where their dwindling audience is now expected to believe that such personalities as Kasie Hunt and Erin Burnett know more about the effectiveness of U.S. military weapons than does Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. It’s worth noting in this context that CNN invested heavily in the idea that Hegseth was not qualified to be in charge of the Pentagon, despite his experience as an officer in the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq.

"Scarcely had the B-2 bombers returned from their bombing mission against Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility than CNN went to work to prove that the Air Force mission was a failure. Why would an American news network devote itself to such a task? Because the president of the United States — a guy named Donald Trump, perhaps you’ve heard of him — is a Republican, and CNN is staffed by what Professor Glenn Reynolds calls “Democratic operatives with bylines.” For the past decade, CNN’s coverage has been based on the fundamental assumption that everything Trump does is bad and everything Trump says is wrong. CNN is all anti-Trump, all the time, and, because Trump declared that the mission in Iran was a success, therefore CNN’s coverage was dictated by the assumption that “Operation Midnight Hammer” was a failure." . . . Full Article here..

Matt Margolis  

"When even Iran admits defeat, but our own media refuses to give America credit, you know the fix is in" 

"It’s a telling moment when the world’s leading state sponsor of terror is more honest about American military success than the so-called guardians of truth in our media. Iran’s regime, notorious for its propaganda and defiance, has now publicly conceded that recent U.S. strikes “badly damaged” its nuclear facilities. 

“ 'The Iranian foreign ministry admitted that their nuclear facilities were ‘badly damaged’ by U.S. strikes over the weekend after reports surfaced about a low-confidence U.S. intelligence assessment suggesting otherwise,” National Review reports.

"This is no minor admission — this is Tehran waving a white flag, if only for a moment, and acknowledging that American power still matters. Yet the legacy media, so quick to trumpet any narrative that undermines U.S. strength, have bent over backwards to ignore or diminish this reality." . . .

"Rather than acknowledge a clear victory, CNN and others rushed to circulate a conveniently “leaked” intelligence report claiming the operation only set Iran back a few months. The report, conveniently classified until it became politically useful, magically appeared in the hands of CNN’s Natasha Bertrand, best known for pushing the phony Hunter Biden laptop “disinformation” narrative. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wasn’t having it. She torched the report as “flat-out wrong” and slammed CNN for laundering a smear campaign on behalf of the swamp, using an “anonymous, low-level loser” in the intel community as cover." . . .

CNN's Iran Leak Spreader Was a Hunter Biden Laptop Fake News Perpetrator

"CNN is aerobically back-patting national security correspondent Natasha Bertrand for her "incredible reporting" suggesting the Trump team wasn't very successful in it's bunker-busting of Iran's nuclear facilities. She always finds anonymous sources inside the intelligence community who assist in the anti-Trump spin. 

"They don't mention her previous "incredible" intel disinformation. Bertrand was promoted from Politico to CNN after she "fortified" the 2020 election against Donald Trump by hyping the disinformation campaign by 51 intelligence officials who claimed that the highly damaging (to the Joe Biden campaign) information on Hunter Biden's laptop about the family influence-pedding business was actually the result of Russian disinformation.

"So instead of eternally bearing the Scarlet Letter "D" for "Disinformation" for spreading a fake news story about Hunter Biden's laptop, Bertrand is back at it again with the same antics." . . .

Also, this same Natasha Bertrand making claims about the Iran strike kicked off the “Hunter Biden’s laptop is Russian disinfo” conspiracy.