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Artisanal_Shitposter t1_iyofdab wrote
Reply to comment by UltraVires33 in We're Tom Wolf,Eliza Sweren-Becker, and Ethan Herenstein. We work on democracy reform at the Brennan Center for Justice. Ask us anything about the Supreme Court’s upcoming case Moore v. Harper and the “independent state legislature” theory. by TheBrennanCenter
In other words, will they do the job they swore an oath to do, or the job they were installed for?
Artisanal_Shitposter t1_iyoek38 wrote
Reply to comment by TheBrennanCenter in We're Tom Wolf,Eliza Sweren-Becker, and Ethan Herenstein. We work on democracy reform at the Brennan Center for Justice. Ask us anything about the Supreme Court’s upcoming case Moore v. Harper and the “independent state legislature” theory. by TheBrennanCenter
But what would stop a partisan SCOTUS from simply quashing those laws? This court doesn't seem to respect precident. So what's to stop them from reaching the conclusion that this is illegal or unconstitutional, then working backwards to find support for that conclusion?
Typically I wouldn't be concerned about the court behaving in such a fashion. But this court has already shown they're capable of behaving that way.
Artisanal_Shitposter t1_iyog0qm wrote
Reply to comment by TheBrennanCenter in We're Tom Wolf,Eliza Sweren-Becker, and Ethan Herenstein. We work on democracy reform at the Brennan Center for Justice. Ask us anything about the Supreme Court’s upcoming case Moore v. Harper and the “independent state legislature” theory. by TheBrennanCenter
Yeah, okay. But what do we do when this group just says 'lol we don't care' and rules in favor?
Just because they're expected to present an opinion doesn't mean it actually needs to be logical or reasonable. They're ultimately able to rule however they want. Yeah?
For those of us with no faith in these schmuks, what's the next step when they ruin democracy? Can their ruling be challenged at all, is there any check against it?