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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/5013999

Don't worry, Steiner will make sure it won't pass in the Senate. maybe-later-honey

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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

That's because the court has to (allegedly) explain its justification for the opinion and ruling and it is supposed to be able to make sense to anyone reading it.

Alito's Dobbs opinion shows that regarding is our current Federalist Society jurists, none of them Cardinal Richelieu, they.

For any court below SCOTUS there's procedure to challenge someone's dumb opinion, and in the case of the US Supreme Court, they get an exception by fiat (and no one has been able to successfully legislate new regulations).

If we taught this stuff in school, we could say it's something for future generations to fix, but we don't even do that.

The president, by comparison, is not required to justify vetoes, and can veto something by pure whim. We've already seen how line-item vetoes are dangerous when the executive is ideologically biased against a bill's intent.

But yes, SCOTUS has an unbalanced level of power because it's presumed to be governed by reason, not ideology and bribery.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Very cool explanation. Thank you!!