Democratic lawmakers are criticizing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s recent interview with the Wall Street Journal in which he stated “no provision” in the Constitution allows Congress to regu…
There’s merit to the idea that a branch of government shouldn’t be as affected by what the current administration happens to be. In practice, it’s been republicans throwing piss baby fits to delay any democratic candidates until a republican administration, but the initial intent wasn’t as flawed.
Branches of government should be affected by elections. That’s the ultimate decider in a democracy. Voters have a right to elect the stupid party. It’s the responsibility of better people to do better in elections.
Also, the Constitution says the Supreme Court clearly is created by Congress. So Alito is not even being an “originalist” here. The Constitution doesn’t even say that the Supreme Court can decide laws are unconstitutional. Isn’t that Marbury v. Madison or something? The Supreme Court just decided they could do that.
Yep. The reality of what all of us were taught in US History and Civics classes is very different from the reality and has been since we learned about it.
It’s much harder to keep people in line when it’s all run on house of cards in good faith lol.
Expand and term-limit SCOTUS. Why does a branch of the government operate this way?
There’s merit to the idea that a branch of government shouldn’t be as affected by what the current administration happens to be. In practice, it’s been republicans throwing piss baby fits to delay any democratic candidates until a republican administration, but the initial intent wasn’t as flawed.
Branches of government should be affected by elections. That’s the ultimate decider in a democracy. Voters have a right to elect the stupid party. It’s the responsibility of better people to do better in elections.
Also, the Constitution says the Supreme Court clearly is created by Congress. So Alito is not even being an “originalist” here. The Constitution doesn’t even say that the Supreme Court can decide laws are unconstitutional. Isn’t that Marbury v. Madison or something? The Supreme Court just decided they could do that.
Lying ass “originalists”.
Yep. The reality of what all of us were taught in US History and Civics classes is very different from the reality and has been since we learned about it.
It’s much harder to keep people in line when it’s all run on house of cards in good faith lol.
The Supreme Court has always been bad except for a brief period of a few decades after FDR threatened it with packing.