With the stroke of their pens, six unelected Supreme Court justices blocked student debt relief, ended affirmative action, and made it easier to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people
What happened to the belief that the Supreme Court had no role in legislating?
@voron @rbreich I seem to recall Trump getting impeached twice. Once after he was out of office, which was the most absurd bit of political theater since the Vatican put a corpse on trial.
Oh yeah, while they were busy impeaching him the first time, COVID was really getting a foothold in the USA and the health authorities were saying No Big Deal.
Moral of the story: don't impeach what you cannot convict. It's not intended as political theater.
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Hitler and the Nazis knew they needed to control the courts if they were going to raise their Third Reich.
#Republicans and the #FederalistSociety has funneled billions over the past few decades to do the same.
The Nazis did it in about six months.
@rbreich Are people seeing this craziness? It is as if the progress the world has made over many decades is being attacked while people sleep.
The reality is The United States is a shithole country.
It was a lie
@rbreich When they legalized abortion and redrew voting districts, Leftists loved them for it and the Right hated them for it.
When they threw abortion back to the states and banned affirmative action, Leftists hated them for it and the Right loved them.
Nobody has a principled position here (judges should not legislate.)
The reason judges have that power is the politicians don't want to decide those issues. They know either choice will make half the nation hate them. So leave it for judges.
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