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John Roberts Begs the Liberal Justices to Stop Criticizing the Court (newrepublic.com)

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The chief justice doesn’t like his conservative Supreme Court colleagues getting called out for judicial overreach.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The destruction of queer rights in the US will harm me regardless of me ever setting foot in the country.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't be ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

I don't think they're being ridiculous to say that US politics has an impact outside of the US. To quote a former Canadian Prime Minister:

"Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt."