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I don't trust them either.
Yeah. As much as I want them to keep fighting, it's probably for the better they don't in this case. I've realized that the GOP want people to keep appealing and have it go straight to SCOTUS.
I wouldn't be surprised if this SCOTUS starts handing down "rulings" for Null v Null cases - completely unsolicited and unprompted bans and overturns of settled precedent. In other words, literally lawmaking from the bench, the thing that fascist conservatives have been disingenuously railing against for years.
They already did that with Roe. Suddenly decided that 50 years of precedent didn't matter and overnight destroyed all confidence the country had in the SC.
A case still had to make it's way to them. They will drop that pretense soon enough.
They'll just reveal "the Willard case", a 6-0 decision, that the 19th Amendment to the Contitution is Unconstitutional. It cites the Pragmatic Sanction, a foundational text to our Republic, as the reason that women are not allowed to vote or hold property.
Feels like they’d go after 14th before 19th. Since it enables so many other things and they want slavery back.
I uh, I hate the be the one to tell you this.
The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
Slavery never went away, it just needs an extra step. It's why Republicans criminalize "being Black," why they love to criminalize lots of things they don't like. In fact they probably would love to keep the 13th exactly as it is because it gives them perfect cover for the rubes. "We're not racist, we just don't like criminals!"
As for the 14th, they don't have to burn it, they just have to constantly reinterpret it around White Grievance politics. See the redistricting fight currently happening today. Drawing voting districts to accurately represent minority populations in Congress is "akshually racist against white people."
Fascists speaking out of both sides of their mouths? Unheard of!
Inconceivable!
unpossible!
Trust is earned, they must have heard that as "burned."
The supreme court only matters because we believe in it. States could just.. choose not to follow their instructions.
Trump has been doing it all year so why not
Because he runs the federal government right now, and the federal government has power over the states, so he will punish them.
Half a year...
This is gonna be awesome when it starts happening.
Well... expect more of this about a lot of things. We're in the endgame now.
This endgame is different than last weeks? Don't kid yourself.
Why wouldn’t everyone just trust a corrupt, illegitimate, unelected, unaccountable, fascist organization that shows open contempt for the US Constitution, rule of law, democracy, and basic ethics? /s
Gotta wait until the SC has some… personnel vacancies, if you get my drift.
There's four justices over the age of 70 (one is Sotomayor). Not that age means much in regards to mortality when one has the resources that they do
I believe above user was subtly referencing other causes for personnel vacancies like being greeted by Luigi's of this world.
Bummer. They since the outcome would be the same, they should make the SC go on record to rule on it. Put it in the history books.
Then it can't be appealed later.
Anything can be reconsidered by a later SCOTUS if they're willing
Yeah, stare decisis means nothing anymore according to this Supreme court.
They bend over backwards to get the outcome they desire.
Knowing this Supreme Court, it could totally be worse than the same outcome.
They could also deliberately go out of their way to make it worse.
Then they've already won.
A SCOTUS ruling could potentially make the outcome worse, widen the scope and enshrine it as a national precedent.
There is always wisdom in picking your battles.
Right. That was my addled minded point. They've already won. Thank you for expanding on it, since I very clearly missed the explanation. Whoops
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