The Supreme Court just gave the Trump administration a green light to traffic humans to random countries around the world—including war zones where migrants face torture, slavery, or death. And the…
In our system a large enough majority in congress can overrule a lot of what the courts are doing unless they go absolutely bonkers.
The court can say there’s nothing the in the constitution that prevents “X”, but congress with a large enough majority can pass a bill without the president’s signature to expressly allow “X”.
Our courts have not yet shown a willingness to go totally rouge and have voted against Trump several times this administration alone, but they always could go rouge I suppose. And of course they make shitty decisions like these.
Overturning Roe was a rogue act, completely defying precedent. Just recently they ruled that banning healthcare for trans children is constitutional too, despite it clearly being discrimination based on sex i.e. a recognized class.
They’re making rogue decisions all the time, they just occasionally rule against Trump so you don’t start losing faith in the Courts and don’t start looking for alternative solutions.
In our system a large enough majority in congress can overrule a lot of what the courts are doing unless they go absolutely bonkers.
The court can say there’s nothing the in the constitution that prevents “X”, but congress with a large enough majority can pass a bill without the president’s signature to expressly allow “X”.
Our courts have not yet shown a willingness to go totally rouge and have voted against Trump several times this administration alone, but they always could go rouge I suppose. And of course they make shitty decisions like these.
Overturning Roe was a rogue act, completely defying precedent. Just recently they ruled that banning healthcare for trans children is constitutional too, despite it clearly being discrimination based on sex i.e. a recognized class.
They’re making rogue decisions all the time, they just occasionally rule against Trump so you don’t start losing faith in the Courts and don’t start looking for alternative solutions.