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>No, the judicial and legislative branches have ceded it. Well, it is the executive branch that chooses the supreme court... For every John Marshall there has
by opo 6y ago
>No, the judicial and legislative branches have ceded it.
Well, it is the executive branch that chooses the supreme court... For every John Marshall there has been on the court, there is likely a Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr with his famous quote “If my fellow citizens want to go to Hell I will help them. It’s my job.”.
- enraged_camel 6y ago>>Well, it is the executive branch chooses the supreme court... And the Senate that confirms the nominees.
- rootusrootus 6y agoAnd really as a practical matter the senate chooses the nominees too. We don't have a Justice Garland.
- cheald 6y agoOr a Justice Bork, for that matter.
- rootusrootus 6y agoAt least they voted.