We have a great feature today about the Supreme Court. Liberals are despairing the Court being in conservative hands for a generation. But there's an important tool available to prevent the judiciary from dominating policy: Congress. (1/)
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Teaming up with @theintercept, @theprospect has found dozens of rulings that were not decided on constitutional grounds, but on interpretations of the statute. In those cases, Congress can just briefly change the statute and nullify the ruling. prospect.org/justice/how-to… (2/)
This was the subject of the very first bill Barack Obama signed, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. And @rmc031 and @Marcia_Brown9 looked at 8 major issue areas and found ways to reverse court rulings through statutory interpretations. prospect.org/justice/how-to…
Congress has generally failed to press the Court in this fashion, to study every ruling for how it can overturn them, to put pressure on unpopular and absurd pronouncements from the judiciary. This needs to be the new Congressional orientation. prospect.org/justice/how-to…
Great thanks to @MaryamSaleh for editing, Mike Haddad for the illustrations, and @rmc031 and @Marcia_Brown9 for writing. Great info in here, and a new agenda to stop the Supreme Court's dominance.
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