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FED UP Judge STRIKE BACK…at Supreme Court?!?

2025-10-01 News & Politics
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Judicial Hypocrisy: Supreme Court Justices Reject Precedent While Rebuke Lower Courts

Discover the growing legal conflict where Supreme Court justices publicly dismiss established precedent while simultaneously punishing lower courts for allegedly ignoring SCOTUS rulings.

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  • The core foundation of the US legal system, stare decisis, faces internal attack from a sitting Supreme Court justice.
  • Lower federal judges are actively resisting following ambiguous, one-paragraph emergency rulings from the Supreme Court's shadow docket.
  • This situation creates "open warfare" between the appellate levels regarding judicial authority and interpretative meaning.

This segment analyzes Justice Clarence Thomas's recent comments dismissing precedent alongside specific cases where lower courts (like Judge Young and Judge Lamper) defended their right to ignore vague SCOTUS shadow docket orders. It details the inherent conflict: SCOTUS demands adherence to its rulings but refuses to provide the necessary legal reasoning for lower courts to follow.

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Justice Clarence Thomas just publicly declared in an interview that we should effectively screw precedent, and that he, and presumably the rest of the MAGA 6 on the Supreme Court, are not bound by legal precedent (the rules and principles developed in prior cases, the very foundation of more than 200 years of Supreme Court history. Popok discusses the hypocrisy that while Thomas throws out precedent, others on the Supreme Court rebuke lower court judges for not following it, and lower court judges have had it and are firing back at the Court. Subscribe: @LegalAFMTN Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: https://go.snapstream.com/affiliate/meidastouch/meidasnews?utm_campaign=4490308-affiliate2025&utm_content=customerpartner Support the MeidasTouch Network: https://patreon.com/meidastouch Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-meidastouch-podcast/id1510240831 Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook: https://facebook.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Instagram: https://instagram.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@meidastouch

Top Comments (10)

@tadias13 2025-10-01

This court is not supreme; it is corrupt.

559 21 replies
@satnav-j5v 2025-10-01

So Republicans are surprised to find out that the law also applies to them

291 5 replies
@cherylbarrett3443 2025-10-01

Our Morally Inferior Court must face legal consequences for their insurrection against the US Constitution.

290 30 replies
@danieldupont2484 2025-10-01

Judges should boycott the Supreme Court!

276 6 replies
@cbrow541 2025-10-01

make the scotus accountable

242 11 replies
@patriciahorton9413 2025-10-01

The Supreme Court is garbage

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@JasKen-h8e 2025-10-01

The Supreme Court has not only allowed the convicted felon in the White House to destroy America, they have bent over backwards to enable him. They are shameless! Their legacy will be the destruction of the Constitution and the end of democracy in America. Justice Roberts has lost control.

96 4 replies
@Dbeach-k5l 2025-10-01

I watched the Clarence Thomas appointment & his sexual harassment hearing, he should have never been confirmed. Another abuser of women & the Law. Sickening then sickening now.

76 5 replies
@Stargate-l5v 2025-10-01

I am so, so very glad that a Judge is speaking up on the actions of the Supreme court. We need many more Pro-American judges to speak against the partisan Supreme court. Thank you for speaking up your honor. 🇺🇸💪

69 1 replies
@sharonjohnson2439 2025-10-01

All the lower court judges must band together and put an end to it

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