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Judicial Supremacy Has Arrived. Last week’s Supreme Court decision didn’t just undermine the Voting Rights Act. It foreclosed the possibility of any new Voting Rights Act in the future, too. (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] 11 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Bullshit. The whole point of checks and balances within this system of government (though it's not working presently) is that Congress can work to override the judiciary when they get it wrong. The Constitution can be amended to enshrine the VRA, etc -- of course the states have to ratify which could be a tall order. And since the judiciary gave the president carte blanche to do whatever he/she wants, they could simply sign an executive order at this point to deal with this and say "Fuck you" to the Supreme Court.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    The Constitution can be amended

    Which requires either a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress or a convention called by two-thirds of state legislatures, followed by ratification by three-fourths of the states...

    ....and what part of our oh half century or so of bullshit makes it seem like this is even remotely possible?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Just because it likely won't happen doesn't mean it can't happen. And you seem to have purposefully left out the rest of my sentence: "to enshrine the VRA, etc – of course the states have to ratify which could be a tall order."

    This is the kind of cherry-picking that runs rampant in discourse today and adds literally nothing to the conversation.

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