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The Judicial Branch needs to be brought to heel
Posted on 3/17/17 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 3/17/17 at 12:38 pm
And I was thinking this before Trump was elected.
Founders never intended for a 5-4 ruling on the USSC to decide the direction of an entire nation.
We show too much deference to the Judiciary and just accept their decisions as unchangeable facts.
Founders never intended for a 5-4 ruling on the USSC to decide the direction of an entire nation.
We show too much deference to the Judiciary and just accept their decisions as unchangeable facts.
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Posted on 3/17/17 at 12:39 pm to weagle99
Congress can check their power with a constitutional amendment. While that isn't easy to do, it is possible.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 12:40 pm to AggieDub14
Congress can check their power in some ways now without a Constitutional amendment. GOP won't do anything.
This post was edited on 3/17/17 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 3/17/17 at 12:40 pm to weagle99
I think the current model of our version of federalism is failing. Lots of why's and how's, but I don't think it's hard to see this isn't working.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 12:41 pm to weagle99
So......why was the right wing so hopeful that the Supreme Court would overturn Obamacare and "make things right again"?
Seems like courts suck when they rule against you, but they are the best things ever if they rule in your favor.
Seems like courts suck when they rule against you, but they are the best things ever if they rule in your favor.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 12:44 pm to weagle99
Yes, but couldn't SCOTUS just use Judicial Review to block those methods? A Constitutional amendment is the only guaranteed way to limit Judicial Review. You can't call something unconstitutional if it's literally part of the constitution.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 12:45 pm to weagle99
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Founders never intended for a 5-4 ruling on the USSC to decide the direction of an entire nation.
5-4 splits are a fairly small percentage of total cases. There are far more 9-0 decisions...
Posted on 3/17/17 at 12:47 pm to weagle99
Lawyers are better than you at every level, just lay there and take it like a man.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 12:50 pm to weagle99
Yeah frick checks and balances, right?!? 
Posted on 3/17/17 at 12:50 pm to weagle99
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And I was thinking this before Trump was elected.
Founders never intended for a 5-4 ruling on the USSC to decide the direction of an entire nation.
We show too much deference to the Judiciary and just accept their decisions as unchangeable facts.
The judicial branch is in place to check someone like Trump who didn't win the popular vote and wants to pass through unpopular, fringe policies that harm the nation. Deal with it.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 12:51 pm to cameronml
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The judicial branch is in place to check someone like Trump who didn't win the popular vote and wants to pass through unpopular, fringe policies that harm the nation. Deal with it.
Well put
Posted on 3/17/17 at 12:52 pm to weagle99
quote:Congress and the President do things "the Founders never intended" every day. If you only hold the judicial branch to a constructionist standard then checks and balances fall apart.
Founders never intended for a 5-4 ruling on the USSC to decide the direction of an entire nation.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 12:54 pm to cameronml
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The judicial branch is in place to check someone like Trump who didn't win the popular vote and wants to pass through unpopular, fringe policies that harm the nation. Deal with it.
That may be the dumbest post of the day. Congrats
Posted on 3/17/17 at 12:55 pm to cameronml
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The judicial branch is in place to check someone like Trump who didn't win the popular vote and wants to pass through unpopular, fringe policies that harm the nation. Deal with it.
MUH POPULAR VOTE
Posted on 3/17/17 at 12:58 pm to Erin Go Bragh
Not really. The post actually understands the government unlike you who thinks everyone is supposed to fall in lock and step behind a president you like but do everything in their power to obstruct a president you don't like. Repubs started this whole obstruction form of politics when obama got elected and now they want to bitch cause libs are doing it.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 1:02 pm to TigernMS12
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The post actually understands the government
The poster said the reason why the judiciary exist is to stop presidents who fail to win the popular vote.
The poster said the reason why the judiciary exist is to stop unpopular policies.
THAT IS NOT WHY THE JUDICIARY EXISTS.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 1:03 pm to weagle99
There should never be life time appointements any judges at any level and term limits to all elected and appointed officials...
Posted on 3/17/17 at 1:12 pm to cameronml
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The judicial branch is in place to check someone like Trump who didn't win the popular vote and wants to pass through unpopular, fringe policies that harm the nation. Deal with it.
That's funny, I thought the branch was there to check the other two branches to make sure the laws passed and enforced were constitutional, not whether the laws were popular or mainstream. Pretty sure there are no caveats about whether a president won the popular vote or not when it came to their interpretation of the constitutionality of the laws.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 1:24 pm to Erin Go Bragh
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The poster said the reason why the judiciary exist is to stop presidents who fail to win the popular vote.
The poster said the reason why the judiciary exist is to stop unpopular policies.
The poster said neither of those things? You need to get those glasses checked. That or learn better reading comprehension skills.
Posted on 3/17/17 at 1:24 pm to Erin Go Bragh
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The poster said the reason why the judiciary exist is to stop presidents who fail to win the popular vote.
The poster said the reason why the judiciary exist is to stop unpopular policies.
THAT IS NOT WHY THE JUDICIARY EXISTS.
I'm pretty sure his point was the judiciary is there to stop an angry loud minority of the population (which you are in you are far right or left) from doing things that will fundamentally change the country for the majority who don't agree with the changes.
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