this SCOTUS is going to relegate itself into oblivion Archived Message Posted by suburbanmyth on June 7, 2022, 10:09:09 study finds water is wet only a matter of time before a majority of americans get fed up with minority rule. Message Thread: this SCOTUS is going to relegate itself into oblivion - suburbanmyth June 7, 2022, 10:09:09 it is said that the people are revolting* - bbonb June 7, 2022, 12:43:39 Some people are revolting, that's for sure. - osklister June 7, 2022, 12:57:38 The majority is sick of minority rule - TarheelIllini June 7, 2022, 12:10:21 Nationwide racial justice protests two years ago - RangerDanger June 7, 2022, 13:12:07 1860s maybe ...* - complainant June 7, 2022, 12:49:40 God knows some people are drooling over the idea... - KingTalkyTiki June 7, 2022, 13:06:44 Intellectual consistency is not a prerequisite - complainant June 7, 2022, 13:10:38 The issue is it doesn't matter if people disagree or how far out of line they are - reggiedunlop June 7, 2022, 11:37:46 they can do whatever they want but the social contract of the rest of us listening to them..... - suburbanmyth June 7, 2022, 11:51:07 So what are you thinking? Large blue states like CA wholesale defying the supreme court... - haighter June 7, 2022, 13:30:08 No Constitutional checks, at any rate - DT June 7, 2022, 11:49:10 vanity fair on the new gun case..... - suburbanmyth June 7, 2022, 11:36:11 I thought you were of the opinion that the court follows broader public trends... - haighter June 7, 2022, 10:12:40 rumor is that they were about issue an opinion granting sweeping gun rights just as..... - suburbanmyth June 7, 2022, 10:20:48 that has been the case for decades; the current group of conservatives (except for roberts)..... - suburbanmyth June 7, 2022, 10:17:58 (and will learn soon enough why prior courts were more cautious)* - suburbanmyth June 7, 2022, 10:18:29 I’m skeptical. The Supreme Court plus 35% of the voters is a governing majority - DT June 7, 2022, 10:49:43 thanks to the filibuster, ~10% of the country's population can dictate what becomes a law - VIV June 7, 2022, 13:07:50 And with the exception of 20 years or so from 55-75, hasn’t the court always been pretty far right? - DT June 7, 2022, 10:53:32 the state of precedent hasn't strayed very far from where the country has been for my entire.... - suburbanmyth June 7, 2022, 11:04:52 I agree. - DT June 7, 2022, 11:24:07 2016 could have easily been the start of another less conservative period* - reggiedunlop June 7, 2022, 10:55:44 Thank you green party voters* - ATL June 7, 2022, 11:16:37 Thank you RBG. * - haighter June 7, 2022, 11:18:13 She probably voted Stein too* - ATL June 7, 2022, 11:24:36   Searching