• originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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    11 months ago

    Luttig said it would be “impossible” for the Supreme Court to interpret the 14th Amendment any differently than the Colorado court.

    thats some solid optimism against a supreme court proven to be corrupt

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      11 months ago

      Same SCOTUS that already refused to hear Trump’s earlier election case (not this week’s story)?

      Same SCOTUS who refused to hear Alabama’s redistricting case, allowing a lower court’s judgement to stand?

      Y’all need to learn the difference between “conservative” and “partisan”.

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        11 months ago

        I tend to agree with your point, but they also dragged out legal precedent from ≈1850 to justify striking down abortion. They could just as easily go back to the pre-amendment version and say that the Framers never intended the 14th amendment to be a part of the Constitution; their conservatism isn’t exactly grounded in anything reasonable

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        11 months ago

        Sounds to me like a distinction without a difference. The reactionary judges are happy to work with the reactionary party to accomplish their goals. How can political actors be nonpartisan when their political philosophy is one and the same as that of a major political party?

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          11 months ago

          It’s a distinction with context. Partisan could be for any side. In this case it’s by conservatives who are define morality through the execution of toxic capitalism and profit without room for nuance.

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        11 months ago

        Taking two completely fake cases designed to set conservative legal precident isn’t partisan enough for you? They’re pretending to have some level of actual impartiality currently because of the scrutiny over roe, Clarence Thomas, etc. Plus those rulings they didn’t touch were legally sound enough that overturning them would cause riots outside their homes.