The other ones rely on funding and appointments and lower court mechanics.
Not untouchable. But out of reach of the day to day politics of that branch. Congress can Impeach a SCOTUS member if they truly believe that they've done wrong. But the super-majority requirement of impeachment means that it has to be a decision that's above general politics.
The same idea is why only the Senate advises on their appointments. The Senate was believed to be a body that would be above petty politics given that it's members were to be appointed by the legislatures of the states. So the idea of a heavily partisan judge to get appointed was believed to be minimized.
Well I did say sometimes.
Remember when Biden gave up the ability to extend student loan freezes in exchange for funding the government? What a shitty deal maker.
I feel you. At some point distro designers decided that shutdown/reboot were suggestions instead of commands. I too have had troubles with hot backpack syndrome and it's super annoying especially when traveling. You think you're going to turn on your laptop on a plane with 100% battery ready to do some offline work and now you've got a lava hot brick with 7% battery life left.
And sometimes it will even work!
Systemic problems in how we measure "real" dollars have probably outpaced $30 in that timeframe.
$30 of increase since the 1980s is entirely are up by problems in how we measure CPI. Even the understatement in housing alone would eat up that "increase."
They'll find out that they have to pay the Cartels a big tax.
No obviously not. And if Congress wanted to pack the court in response to Alitos behavior they'd have that right. But they don't have the right to review his behavior.