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Chris Bertram@crookedfootball.bsky.social |
I'm old enough to remember when liberal progressives like Ronald Dworkin pushed the line that the US Supreme Court was a fount of supra-democratic wisdom and the the path to equality and justice. Maybe engaging in regular democratic politics to secure liberal aims would have worked out better.
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Robby_red
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Republicans always focused on the Supreme Court, it was their no1 priority to get a conservative majority
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Grumpy Philosopher
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I‘m not wholly convinced the Waldron position leaves our rights much more secure. I‘m at the shrugging and then throwing my hands in the air stage.
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Nich Hills
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Democracy rule #1: If an office is political, don't make it a job for life.
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Nich Hills
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SCOTUS is so political. I wonder how the highest courts in many first world countries dodged that bullet.
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Raven Onthill
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Commander knew different back in 1942.
But, given the tendency of US legislatures to deadlock, perhaps not.
openlibrary.org/books/OL1353...
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