Daniel Roberts @drobertsimg.bsky.social

Unfortunately, speaking as both a poli sci major and a lawyer, the courts have awarded themselves that power and in the absence of a historically unprecedented event, there is no chance they will relinquish it. I wish it weren’t so, but lawyers are, for now at least, the last word on all of those.

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Patrick Schmidt @pdwschmidt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 18:12 UTC

That is how we are encouraged to think of a constitutional system, but historically, protest--real, actual protest, people in the streets--and voting trump courts.

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