Pack. The. Court!
Alito Refuses Calls for Recusal Over Display of Provocative Flags
Submitted 11 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
Submitted 11 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Friendly reminder every single SC justice recently said none of them need any oversight in any situation…
They all know Alito, and he’s not even the worst one.
They achieved a position that’s literally above the rule.of law, and more than anything they all agree it should stay that way.
retrospectology@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah that was a disappointment from Jackson.
I guess the way to deal with that is literally for the other branches to just start ignoring the SC decisions. It’s not a good thing that it gets to that point, but if the SC is going to play that game then you simply exploit their biggest weakness as a branch; they have no enforcement mechanism of their own.
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 11 months ago
See the problem with opening that can of worms is the sheer amount of cherry picking it would open the law up to
“If the feds ain’t gonna follow Heller, I don’t see why the states should have to follow Obergefell!”
Suddenly everyone’s pointing fingers and declaring they have the right to nullify each other’s shit and basically we’ve just opened the door to having to answer questions at the very feet of the constitution to be able to even to begin to sort everything out.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This is what happens when only the most immoral achieve heights of power, and then you let the powerful determine their own accountability. So much for checks and balances…