Snoozefest alert! I agree, SCOTUS probably needs to clarify most of these nerdy fucking cases they take, but god damn, some of them are really over very trivial issues. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, most of their work is due to idiots in congress writing poorly-worded law, so they’re forced to fix it for them. Nonetheless, let’s get into this shit. Latrice Saxon, the respondent, worked for Southwest Airlines as a ramp-agent supervisor. Basically, she was in charge of, and sometimes assisted, all the mules that load cargo onto and off of planes. Most of these employees that work ..read more

The place—Salem Illinois railway yard. The time—August 2016. All around clumsy dipshit, Union Pacific railroad engineer Bradley LeDure was attempting to prepare some locomotives for an upcoming haul. There were three locomotives coupled together on a side track, typically where locomotives to be repaired are parked. LeDure boarded the locomotives to prepare them for his trip. All three were turned on, but he felt only one of them need be, so he was going to turn off two of them, and just drag them along on the trip. While walking on the outside of one of the engines, LeDure slipped and fell. A ..read more

Imagine a libertarian in the United States. It’s midnight, and he’s sitting at home in his underwear, binge-watching Better Call Saul reruns when he hears the door knob rattling. He spots the silhouette of a suspicious figure trying to gain entry. Is this person looking to rob the house, harm the homeowner, or who knows what? So anyway, what does the libertarian do? He grabs his gun, which is basically required of all libertarians to own, and as soon as this miscreant steps an uninvited foot into our hero’s home, Captain Liberty turns him into Swiss cheese! Libertarians are staunch supporters ..read more

Imagine going to buy a piece of property, and the realtor tells you it’s prime real estate. But then after you sign on the dotted line, you find out it’s in a flood zone, or close to something noisy like an airport. You got the ole bait n’ switch. That principle is at the heart of this case for Luxshare, involving  28 U.S.C. § 1782—but for SCOTUS specifically, it’s what the hell constitutes a foreign or international tribunal. I know, you’re already riveted, right? Well, a lot of people are apparently interested, because unlike most cases which have two sides, one representative each, an ..read more

In today’s world, a prevailing theme centers around the belief that everyone’s feelings are valid. The underlying message is clear: people are constantly grappling with emotional struggles, and the outdated advice to “suck it up and tough it out” is not only misguided but also detrimental to society’s collective mental well-being. Things like clinical depression, and other depressive disorders can’t just be prayed or willed away. They are the result of something gone awry within the network of our minds, and should be treated with sympathy and science, not dismissive attitudes. Families and f ..read more

You want to talk about arbitration clauses? Great! This is the SCOTUS case for you. Back in 2011, AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, was a SCOTUS case where the majority ruled that arbitration agreements, under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), were to be treated the same as any other fucking contract. The idea was, that once people agreed to arbitration via a contract, they couldn’t just be like, “Fuck this arbitrator, we’re going to court instead.” Presumably, congress also liked the idea of not tying up the courts with a bunch of nonsense that arbitrators could handle. For those who don ..read more

Back in 1971, SCOTUS heard a case called Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics. I won’t review that case here, but basically, some feds hassled a dude named Bivens by breaking into his house without a warrant and handcuffing him in front of his family. They went on to interrogate him intensely, and even strip-searched him. So Bivens, finding this less than pleasant, sued the feds for being constitution-violating pricks. At the time, the law prevented people from being allowed to sue cops operating in the line of duty, but SCOTUS was like, “These prick feds aren’t ab ..read more

Our kidneys are necessary for life—they filter toxins from your bloodstream, mix it into your urine, and you piss it out. As long as your kidneys work, any “wellness” treatment claiming to help you cleanse your body of toxins is absolute bullshit, and I hope any cunts promoting it choke on a bag of diseased kidneys. Kidneys can fail in a couple different ways, however. Sometimes they get an infection, which can be treated with minimal dialysis once the infection is cleared, and they can recover. Other times, they may have end-stage renal failure (ESRF), and require a shit-ton more dialysis, ba ..read more

Back in 2018, North Carolina, convinced they had a voter fraud issue, passed Senate Bill 824, their Voter ID law, requiring voters to present a valid government ID when attempting to vote in person, or by absentee ballot. If the voter does not have a valid ID, North Carolina provides the option to get an ID at no charge. Their concern is that less than scrupulous people would go and vote more than once. For instance, let’s say Joe Voter, a Democrat, lives with his grandpa Dick Voter, a Republican, and both of them are registered voters. Sadly, grandpa is senile, and doesn’t remember to vote an ..read more

As you may know, West Virginia is generally a low-income state. It’s not the place the rich and famous go to live. Part of the problem with West Virginia, is that its entire surface area is part of the Appalachian mountains—not a flat stretch of land in site. So sure, it’s gorgeous to look at. But it’s not easy to farm and the roads are more crooked than a Russian politician. Plus, building anything meaningful, such as a factory or highway on a mountain, is expensive as fuck. Even if you do build something, because of the crooked roads and massive elevation changes involved in driving on them ..read more