• ToastedPlanet
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    The Supreme Court has numerous issues. For starters, they aren’t elected so they aren’t beholden to the people. They have minimal ethics guidelines so they can accept bribes from billionaires. They don’t have term limits, so they are effectively 9 kings and queens. The electoral college allowing two presidents to win their first term without the popular vote and the Senate giving conservative states over representation has allowed conservatives to capture the court. edit: typo

    These compounding issues are destroying our democracy. If we don’t fix these issues we will not have democracy. The Supreme Court is already stripping rights from people, it’s only a matter of time before Republicans win back the Congress and the Presidency. If the Republicans are still controlled by fascists then and we haven’t fixed these problems we are going to be trouble.

    ideally should is doing a lot of lifting in that sentence- They don’t. Local governments are often dominated by landlord interests, as well as homeowners- that’s often accomplished by systematically disenfranchising renters.

    Yeah, rent is way too expensive. Another reason for socialism to the pile. edit: spacing

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      I would make the case that the supreme court has never been anything other than a reactionary institution, and it sounds like you agree.

      I would go on to point out that the rights ‘won’ by the supreme court are ephemeral and can be snatched away at any moment-

      Take some of the examples of ‘liberal’ rulings- Roe vs wade came about the whole question of abortion from a liberal angle of privacy. Rather than simply providing a universal standard of prenatal healthcare to people, they opted for this sideshow. It’s never been about life, maternal mortality is ridiculously high in the the US, it’s about maintaining the profitable status quo.

      The gay marriage ruling is another example of how worthless rights won by supreme court are- and how we should expect them to be retracted at any moment.

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        Yeah, with the way the Supreme Court is now definitely. The concept of settled law was bullshit. It’s nine votes and whoever has the most wins. McConnell understood that better than most apparently. Hopefully we will be able to fix this in time to stop a fascist take over.