On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to use racial profiling in its militarized immigration raids across Los Angeles, halting an injunction that had barred officers from targeting Latinos based on ethnicity. The court did not explain the reason for its shadow docket order, which appeared to split 6–3 along ideological lines. In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that the decision was “unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation’s constitutional guarantees,” opening the door to violent persecution of Latinos—including American citizens—by “masked agents with guns.” The majority did not respond to this extraordinary charge, perhaps because it is so obviously true.

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      They gutted the 14th when they allowed Trump to run. They also used it to justify corporate personhood. Facists don’t really uphold anything ever except their own corruption and bigotry.

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      I am not a lawyer so don’t take this as legal advice. However it seems to me that the Supreme Court really doesn’t give a shit about the law, the Constitution, or our rights.

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        That’s been true since they decided corporations are indistinguishable from a single human being.

        Insert meme with photos of an enormous crowd, and one single person, and Pam claiming they’re the same photo.

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        also not a lawyer, but I don’t think it’s required to see the vile shit that gas been packed into our government.

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        I mean the decision to give presidents immunity from the law made that glaringly obvious

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      Didn’t the 14th Amendment also bind the federal government to the Bill of Rights at least? One ammendment did anyway but it was implemented oddly by the courts.

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        The “Bill of Rights” is just a fancy name for the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. As such, they are inherently a binding part of the Constitution. No other amendment is required to make them valid.

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          Until around the Civil War the Bill of Rights only applied to States and not the federal government. It was not an issue before that because the federal government was not up in everybody’s business either. They are only authorized to regulate interstate commerce in the us, and forbidden from inhibiting the free movements of people and goods in between the states.

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        Never heard of that before so for others:

        A Terry stop in the United States allows the police to briefly detain a person based on reasonable suspicion of involvement in criminal activity. Reasonable suspicion is a lower standard than probable cause which is needed for arrest.

        Wikipedia link.