• whoelectroplateuntil@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    I mean, the whole argument hinges on the fact that the procedures around Section 3 are ambiguous, but clearly since states haven’t tried to do it themselves before, that means they obviously don’t have the authority. So, the precedent exists not because it actually exists in some ordinary, mundane, definable way, but because it can be inferred to exist by the fact that it doesn’t exist.

    May as well have signed it in crayon, too.

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      8 months ago

      It doesn’t really make any sense, the SCOTUS expects congress to vote on enforcing laws that they passed 150 years ago every time the issue comes up? Why? They already voted.

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        8 months ago

        Many of there recent ruling use that logic, like the epa one that says the must be hyper specific. Ending the ablity of the government to functio is the core goal of republican party.

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          8 months ago

          This is a bit more than just that, though, it was a 9-0 ruling. There really is no more faith to be had in the court as a whole.