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SCOTUS > White House > Congress but I get your point.
by fullshark 7y ago
SCOTUS > White House > Congress but I get your point.
- DanGarthwaite 7y agoOnly by convention and precedent. FDR's threats to pack the court certainly influenced them and if implemented would have subverted them.
- icebraining 7y agoFDR couldn't implement that by himself, though; the bill had to be approved by Congress.
- Retra 7y agoConvention and precedent (and tradition) are also forms of hierarchical power. Those who assert them in the course of making a decision exercise power over those who intend to deny them.
- papln 7y agoSCOTUS <> White House <> Congress That's the 3 branches of government with its checks and balances.
- Retra 7y agoSome of those checks and balances never get used.