"Trump's election was an unprecedented attack on our nation's institutions," they cried.
https://twitter.com/RepMondaire/status/1382500499748950018
you dont need to pack the court if you are still in total control
you don't need total control if you aren't interested in absolute power
The Cathedral is not going down without a fight
The Cathedral is going down
you don't need total control if you aren't interested in absolute power
The Cathedral is not going down without a fight
The Cathedral is going down
The politicization of the Supreme Court, both genuinely and apparently, is accelerating and at an accelerating course
By all accounts, SCOTUS is the most respected and revered of the three branches of government
Once the Supreme Court is viewed in the same vein as POTUS and Congress--& with the same contempt--the legitimacy of the state will suffer a major blow (maybe even the largest possible)
Once the Supreme Court is viewed in the same vein as POTUS and Congress--& with the same contempt--the legitimacy of the state will suffer a major blow (maybe even the largest possible)
To have Supreme Court decisions be regarded as illegitimate (not incorrectly judged, but illegitimate) has happened before but with massive political consequences
Having many people feeling comfortable if not obligated to defy SCOTUS ruling would be one.
Having many people feeling comfortable if not obligated to defy SCOTUS ruling would be one.
I shouldnt be surprised that, ironically, so many progressives havent learned MLK's lesson:
If u push the state to use force against dissenters, especially peaceable ones, it will alienate an enormous percentage of the masses would otherwise be perfectly submissive to its edicts
If u push the state to use force against dissenters, especially peaceable ones, it will alienate an enormous percentage of the masses would otherwise be perfectly submissive to its edicts
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