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> the current supreme court seems perfectly willing to throw out decades of settled law on an ideological whim, and actually, for that matter, happily interpret
by tmp10423288442 19d ago
> the current supreme court seems perfectly willing to throw out decades of settled law on an ideological whim, and actually, for that matter, happily interpret very clear congressional statutes in very odd ways
Fortunately or unfortunately, the Supreme Court has always been willing to do that. This court has been overruling decisions of the Warren Court, just as the Warren Court overruled decisions from the Lochner Era.
- watwut 19d agoOverruling bad decisions is not a problem. Following is a problem: > decades of settled law on an ideological whim, and actually, for that matter, happily interpret very clear congressional statutes in very odd ways This court is not like the previos one. Things are not the same