At a certain point you have to wonder what we're even doing here as a going concern. The idea that congress cannot delegate authority of its own volition is insane.
Guess having a Senate advantage and gerrymandered to hell and back congressional body wasn't enough. Now we just have 5 people deciding high rule.
Starting to wonder what the point of passing laws is anyway. Congress authorized this through the plain text of the law and SCOTUS just decided they knew better and Congress didn’t really mean it.
As Kagan points out, this is more Calvinball. The text of the legislation is the most important thing unless the text authorizes a policy SCOTUS doesn’t like. Then, a magical exception to the doctrine appears.
Well they did rule that the executive can still manage foreign policy but they did make sure to reserve the idea that judges can seize control back at any time if they don’t like the executive’s policy.So ... The American Supreme Court is the new Executive Branch?
Right? Biden can go home take a nap now?
Spoiler alert: they will say yes.Tune in next year to see if the court decides to simply end democracy as we know it in much of the country.
Spoiler alert: they will say yes.
I agree it is a major threat but to me the most likely answer is a slow slide as opposed to a big rupture, the one exception being if Democrats win in 2024 and Republicans straight out steal the election.Some people might call me alarmist but from my POV the prospects that the United States survives the next few years in its current form are less than 50/50.
Some people might call me alarmist but from my POV the prospects that the United States survives the next few years in its current form are less than 50/50.
I agree it is a major threat but to me the most likely answer is a slow slide as opposed to a big rupture, the one exception being if Democrats win in 2024 and Republicans straight out steal the election.
But really I think people do not fully accept or understand the extent to which Democrats passing big new policies is kind of pointless as SCOTUS will just invalidate them. Democrats need to recognize this and take a far more aggressive stance against the court to bring it back into line.
I mean the court just BARELY ruled that the executive branch was able to conduct foreign policy it didn’t like.
Personally I put it more around 30/70. With the 30 being "survive".
Women should leave.
Seems fair to me.
I think we'll get the (not so) slow side over the next couple years complements of SCOTUS and then probably the worst case scenario of a Republican steal in 24.
So ... The American Supreme Court is the new Executive Branch?
Right? Biden can go home take a nap now?
I agree it is a major threat but to me the most likely answer is a slow slide as opposed to a big rupture, the one exception being if Democrats win in 2024 and Republicans straight out steal the election.
But really I think people do not fully accept or understand the extent to which Democrats passing big new policies is kind of pointless as SCOTUS will just invalidate them. Democrats need to recognize this and take a far more aggressive stance against the court to bring it back into line.
I mean the court just BARELY ruled that the executive branch was able to conduct foreign policy it didn’t like.
Lol no I am not. This is the same position I’ve always had, I just ground the threat in reality and don’t come up with situations where I predict republicans will win more than 100% of open senate seats.You're starting to sound more like me everyday.
Now I'm really worried.
Has anyone discussed this segment from Samantha Bee yet?
The gist is that by executive order Biden could declare abortions legal on fed lands or enclaves. Military bases and such.