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minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down7·2 years agoRepublicans don’t want to get rid of it because it helps them against Democrats. Democrats don’t want to get rid of it because it helps them lock out progressives. We’re stuck with it.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years ago How would the Democrats “get rid of” a supreme court decision? Stacking the courts and bringing another case. Or an amendment. So like I said, we’re stuck with it.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoSCOTUS does not need a case to reverse itself or review a law. In fact there’re startlingly few rules around SCOTUS.
Republicans don’t want to get rid of it because it helps them against Democrats. Democrats don’t want to get rid of it because it helps them lock out progressives. We’re stuck with it.
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Stacking the courts and bringing another case. Or an amendment.
So like I said, we’re stuck with it.
add more justices
SCOTUS does not need a case to reverse itself or review a law. In fact there’re startlingly few rules around SCOTUS.