In Her Dissent, Kagan Underscored The Political Mechanics Underlying The Majority Opinion In Usually

“In her dissent, Kagan underscored the political mechanics underlying the majority opinion in usually bald terms for a justice on a Court so prizing comity and respect. She traced the conservatives’ recent rulings, in which they give themselves enough excuses to toss Chevron since it’s become outmoded anyway. In each, the majority grasped for novel reasons to ignore the precedent. In a one-two punch, Kagan also pointed out that this kind of behavior, reverse engineering a string of cases to get a hall pass to overturn long established precedent, has become habitual. “This Court has ‘avoided deferring under Chevron since 2016’ because it has been preparing to overrule Chevron since around that time,” she wrote. “That kind of self-help on the way to reversing precedent has become almost routine at this Court.””

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Supreme Court Executes Massive Power Grab From Executive Branch In New Ruling

“…reverse engineering a string of cases to get a hall pass to overturn long established precedent, has become habitual.“

That’s the entire game.

The stolen SCOTUS majority is throwing out precedent and overturning decades of settled law. It is taking rights and protections away from all Americans, and rightly has its lowest approval rating in history. It is almost finished making itself into an unelected, unaccountable, untouchable Star Chamber. It has become the enforcement arm of the people behind Project 2025. I fully expect them to rule in favor of Trump’s outrageous immunity claim, because they are fully on board with everything he did and intends to do if he seizes power again.

This SCOTUS majority is a direct and existential threat to everything we think of when we hear “the American way of life”, laws and precedent be damned.

As far as I can tell, the only way to do anything about this is to expand the Court to nullify them, and I just don’t see that happening any time soon.

Color version of my Nightcrawler illustration. I have prints available in my shop if you're interested: justmadbooks.etsy.com

What about that time Australia hired a furry artist for the Olympics. Still better art than the ACT centennial hot air balloon.

2021: The Royal Australian Mint puts out a call for artists to submit portfolios of "Japanese style" cartoons, in preparation for a commemorative series of coins and artworks to be released for the Tokyo Olympics.

The campaign would have a cross promotional tie-in with Australia's largest supermarket, Woolworths where 24 million collectables themed on the artworks would be given away.

It wasn't until the final artist was selected that they realised the people at the Royal Australian Mint had somehow mistaken the anthropomorphised animal-humans that seemed popular on the internet for a popular children's cartoon franchise.

“They knew exactly what they wanted," explained the artist, "we worked together to make sure they got what they envisioned, I tailored what I made to their examples/feedback. They just didn’t know there was a word for it, basically, or that it was SO popular.”

Needless to say, when the artworks were released online people immediately called a spade a spade, headlines were made around the world, and the furry community expressed bemused joy that the Australian government had apparently just released an official fursona.

Unfortunately for those innocent soles that had planned the campaign, given they had just minted $24 million worth of furry coins they couldn't exactly scrap the whole thing, and they were forced to just push ahead while doing their best to ignore the large community of internet oddballs salivating at their every move.

Anyway, here's some of the art:

Here's some of the collectable cards given out free to kids by Woolworths:

Here's the largest commission I've ever done. The dimensions of the full piece are 88" by 68", consisting of 32 11"x17" inch illustration boards.

Took five years to finish in between other projects. All together it kind of makes a nice 35 year anniversary image for the franchise actually in my opinion.

Not every Transformers is represented here, but the following 140 characters plus three ships are:

#Primus

#Computron

#Smokescreen

#Cosmos

#SkyLynx

#Springer

#Superion

#Hubcap

#Trailbreaker

#Skids

#Mirage

#Sideswipe

#Arcee

#Kup

#WreckGar

#Hound

#Powerglide

#Rattrap

#Scrounge

#Doublecross

#Grotesque

#Repugnus

#Ark (Ship)

#Blurr

#Drift

#Broadside

#Brawn

#FortressMaximus (IDW)

#Chromia

#OmegaSupreme

#Metroplex

#Seaspray

#Beachcomber

#Quickswitch

#Tracks

#Wheeljack

#Ironhide

#Bluestreak

#Pipes

#Mainframe

#Ratchet

#Bulkhead

#Inferno

#Windblade

#Ironfist

#Guzzle

#Whirl

#Tailgate

#LostLight (Ship)

#RedAlert

#Huffer

#Windcharger

#Nautica

#Swerve

#Prowl

#Bumblebee

#Rodimus

#FortressMaximus (G1)

#Defensor

#Gears

#Eject

#Jetfire

#Impactor

#Rotorstorm

#Sandstorm

#Blaster

#Rewind

#Chromedome

#Steeljaw

#Aileron

#Jazz

#Optimus

#Ramhorn

#Outback

#Hardhead

#Perceptor

#Warpath

#Swoop

#Snarl

#Bumblebee

#Roadster

#UltraMagnus

#Elita1

#Sludge

#Slag

#Grimlock

#Gnarl (#Sharkticon)

#Menasor

#Reflector

#Galvatron

#Abominus

#Unicron

#Skywarp

#Breakdown

#Cyclonus

#Scourge

#Dreadwing

#Squawkbox

#Devastator

#Ratbat

#Buzzsaw

#Nemesis (Ship)

#Slugslinger

#Weirdwolf

#Starscream

#Predaking (#Prime)

#TidalWave

#Trypticon

#Lockdown

#Ramjet

#Bombshell

#Thrust

#Rumble

#Kickback

#Shrapnel

#Dirge

#Laserbeak

#Soundwave

#Nova Prime

#Bruticus

#Kremzeek

#Sunstorm

#Scorponok

#Megatron

#Predaking

#Overlord

#Thundercracker

#Ravage

#Blitzwing

#Needlenose

#TheFallen

#Tarn

#Mindwipe

#Vos

#Helex

#Tesaurus

#Kaon

#Frenzy

#Shockwave

#BlackArachnia

#Knockout

#Sixshot

#Octane

#Astrotrain

#Transformers #G1 #Autobots #Decepticons #Predacons #Prime #Wreckers #Protectobots #Combaticons #Constructicons #Dinobots #Aerialbots #Stunticons

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