Some days, the Republicans on the Supreme Court inflict rank harm on individuals who happen to be Black (or happen to be women or LGBTQ+). Other days, they attack the whole group, ripping down entire legal structures that Black people (or women or the LGBTQ+ community) rely on for protection.
On Tuesday, the Republican majority did both. In a 6–3 ruling that broke along fascist–Democrat lines, the court managed to ignore a blatant violation of a prisoner’s constitutional rights and neutered an entire federal law meant specifically to protect people in prison. And then, just for good measure, it continued its assault on congressional authority.
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