#EAS #WEA for Crittenden, #AR; #Cross, #AR; #Lee, #AR; #Mississippi, #AR; #Poinsett, #AR; #St. Francis, #AR; #Tunica, #MS; #Benton, #TN; #Carroll, #TN; #Chester, #TN; #Crockett, #TN; #Decatur, #TN; #Dyer, #TN; #Fayette, #TN; #Gibson, #TN; #Hardeman, #TN; #Hardin, #TN; #Haywood, #TN; #Henderson, #TN; #Lauderdale, #TN; #McNairy, #TN; #Madison, #TN; #Shelby, #TN; #Tipton, #TN; #Weakley, #TN: National Weather Service: A FLASH #FLOOD WARNING is in effect for this area until 6:45 PM CDT. This is a da
#EAS #WEA for Crittenden, #AR; #Mississippi, #AR; #DeSoto, #MS; #Marshall, #MS; #Fayette, #TN; #Haywood, #TN; #Lauderdale, #TN; #Shelby, #TN; #Tipton, #TN: National Weather Service: A FLASH #FLOOD WARNING is in effect for this area until 5:15 PM CDT. This is a dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order. Source: NWS Memphis TN #Crittenden, #AR; #Mississippi, #AR; #DeSoto, #MS; #Marshall, #MS;
#EAS #WEA for Franklin, #KY; #Harrison, #KY; #Henry, #KY; #Scott, #KY; #Shelby, #KY: #Tornado Warning issued April 3 at 1:02AM EDT until April 3 at 1:30AM EDT by NWS Louisville KY Source: NWS Louisville KY #Franklin, #KY; #Harrison, #KY; #Henry, #KY; #Scott, #KY; #Shelby, #KYwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
#EAS #WEA for Franklin, #KY; #Henry, #KY; #Shelby, #KY: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 1:30 AM EDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Louisville KY #Franklin, #KY; #Henry, #KY; #Shelby, #KYwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OF
#EAS #WEA for Henry, #KY; #Jefferson, #KY; #Oldham, #KY; #Shelby, #KY: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 1:00 AM EDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Louisville KY ** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
#EAS #WEA for Henry, #KY; #Jefferson, #KY; #Oldham, #KY; #Shelby, #KY: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 1:00 AM EDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Louisville KY #Henry, #KY; #Jefferson, #KY; #Oldham, #KY; #Shelby, #KYwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEE
#EAS #WEA for Boone, #IN; #Delaware, #IN; #Hamilton, #IN; #Hancock, #IN; #Hendricks, #IN; #Henry, #IN; #Madison, #IN; #Marion, #IN; #Rush, #IN; #Shelby, #IN: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 2 at 9:18PM EDT until April 2 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN Source: NWS Indianapolis IN #Boone, #IN; #Delaware, #IN; #Hamilton, #IN; #Hancock, #IN; #Hendricks, #IN; #Henry, #IN; #Madison, #IN; #Marion, #IN; #Rush, #IN; #Shelby, #INwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFIC
@easwatch #EAS #WEA for Crittenden, #ARwx #Mississippi, #AR; #Haywood, #TN; #Lauderdale, #TN; #Shelby, #TN; #Tipton, #TN: #Tornado Warning issued April 2 at 7:58PM CDT until April 2 at 8:45PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN Source: NWS Memphis TN #Crittenden, #AR; #Mississippi, #AR; #Haywood, #TN; #Lauderdale, #TN; #Shelby, #TN; #Tipton, #TNwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
#EAS #WEA for Crittenden, #AR; #Mississippi, #AR; #Haywood, #TN; #Lauderdale, #TN; #Shelby, #TN; #Tipton, #TN: #Tornado Warning issued April 2 at 7:58PM CDT until April 2 at 8:45PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN Source: NWS Memphis TN #Crittenden, #AR; #Mississippi, #AR; #Haywood, #TN; #Lauderdale, #TN; #Shelby, #TN; #Tipton, #TNwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
@easwatch #EAS #WEA for Crittenden, #ARwx #Cross, #AR; #Poinsett, #AR; #St. Francis, #AR; #Shelby, #TN: #Tornado Warning issued April 2 at 7:21PM CDT until April 2 at 8:15PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN Source: NWS Memphis TN #Crittenden, #AR; #Cross, #AR; #Poinsett, #AR; #St. Francis, #AR; #Shelby, #TNwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
#EAS #WEA for Crittenden, #AR; #Cross, #AR; #Poinsett, #AR; #St. Francis, #AR; #Shelby, #TN: #Tornado Warning issued April 2 at 7:21PM CDT until April 2 at 8:15PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN Source: NWS Memphis TN #Crittenden, #AR; #Cross, #AR; #Poinsett, #AR; #St. Francis, #AR; #Shelby, #TNwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
#EAS #WEA for Effingham, #IL; #Shelby, #IL: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 6:30 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Lincoln IL #Effingham, #IL; #Shelby, #ILwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
#EAS #WEA for Bullitt, #KY; #Jefferson, #KY; #Shelby, #KY; #Spencer, #KY: #Tornado Warning issued March 30 at 10:04PM EDT until March 30 at 10:30PM EDT by NWS Louisville KY Source: NWS Louisville KY #Bullitt, #KY; #Jefferson, #KY; #Shelby, #KY; #Spencer, #KYwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
@easwatch #ALwx #EAS #WEA for Chilton, #AL; #Coosa, #AL; #Shelby, #AL: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 10:00 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Birmingham AL #Chilton, #AL; #Coosa, #AL; #Shelby, #ALwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR
#EAS #WEA for Chilton, #AL; #Coosa, #AL; #Shelby, #AL: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 10:00 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Birmingham AL #Chilton, #AL; #Coosa, #AL; #Shelby, #ALwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFF
@easwatch #ALwx #EAS #WEA for Shelby, #AL: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 9:00 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Birmingham AL #Shelby, #ALwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
#EAS #WEA for Shelby, #AL: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 9:00 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Birmingham AL #Shelby, #ALwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
@easwatch #ALwx #EAS #WEA for Shelby, #AL: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 8:45 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Birmingham AL #Shelby, #ALwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
#EAS #WEA for Shelby, #AL: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 8:45 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Birmingham AL #Shelby, #ALwx** DO NOT RELY ON THIS FEED FOR LIFE SAFETY, SEEK OUT OFFICIAL SOURCES ***
On the U.S. Supreme Court
—Chief Justice John Roberts and his Republican majority have spent decades systematically dismantling the guardrails of American democracy.
Itself the product of unprecedented norm-breaking
—encouraged by a fifty-year special interest campaign designed to weaponize the judicial branch
—it is the Roberts majority that has hastened our endemic institutional collapse.
We can draw a straight line, for example,
from the Roberts Court’s 2010 #Citizens #United decision, which invalidated Congress’s bipartisan campaign finance limits on the farcical premise that independent expenditures could not be corrupting,
to the imminent shadow presidency of erratic mega-billionaire Elon Musk, Trump’s biggest outside spender.
Citizens United set the stage for the proliferation of political nonprofits and the establishment of #Super #PACs,
giving oligarchs like Musk a megaphone loud enough to drown out ordinary voters.
The decision turbocharged Trump’s rise, allowing his allies to flood the airwaves with disinformation and propaganda,
meanwhile trapping Democrats in a system of corporate-funded campaigns that has eroded their ability to represent the working class.
Three years later, in #Shelby #County v.#Holder, John Roberts completed his career-long vision quest to dismantle the Voting Rights Act,
invalidating its preclearance requirement for states with a history of racial discrimination.
Erasing the national consensus first achieved in the bloody crucible of the Civil Rights Era
and repeatedly reaffirmed by near-unanimous bipartisan Congresses, Roberts deemed racial discrimination a relic of ancient history,
declaring that “nearly 50 years later, things have changed dramatically.”
A flood of Republican state voter suppression laws followed, funded, and orchestrated by the same interests to which Roberts owed his majority.
“Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet,”
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg warned in her searing Shelby County dissent.
But soaking us was the whole point.
The downpour continues.
Final results for the 2024 House elections were tallied recently, and Republicans will owe a razor-thin 220-215 majority to the three seats the GOP flipped thanks to the North Carolina legislature’s brazenly partisan gerrymander,
a move blessed by the Supreme Court’s Republican justices’ 2018 decision in #Rucho v. #Common #Cause.
In that case, the Roberts Court
—so power-hungry that leading legal scholars have dubbed it the “Imperial Court”
—conveniently found that #partisan #gerrymandering,
-- a practice dominated by norms-be-damned Republican state legislatures,
-- presented a “political question” that was outside their purview to resolve.
