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Agreed! I think the Supreme Court is crazy. Depending on the decade, the constitution may or may not allow segregation, gay marriage, abortion, or slavery. You
by hermannj314 3y ago
Agreed! I think the Supreme Court is crazy. Depending on the decade, the constitution may or may not allow segregation, gay marriage, abortion, or slavery. You have to squint sometimes and turn the document sideways.
Your guess is as good as mine what the current Supreme Court will decide the constitution says or doesn't say. And on some issues they take decades of latency to come to these decisions.
I do think it is insane that we allow this in the modern world. Not to mention all the self-righteous posturing of lawyers absolutely convinced this system epitomizes "justice".
- Ajedi32 3y agoKind of tangential to your point, but slavery was made unconstitutional by a constitutional amendment (the 13th), not by the courts, so that's not a good example.
- hermannj314 3y agoFair point. Despite that being passed in 186X, the court didn't have a clue if it applied to the involuntary draft, peonage contracts, or chain gangs until decades later. The courts are so slow in this country.
- ilovetux 3y ago> Not to mention all the self-righteous posturing of lawyers absolutely convinced this system epitomizes "justice". I always had respect for the legal profession, but the way the Supreme Court is acting and the fact that nothing is being done about it has made me lose all respect for anyone in the legal profession. Sure, most lawyers and judges might disagree with the actions of the Supreme Court, but lawyers are hesitant to say anything because they might end up as counsel in a Supreme Court case and don't want the court's ire. The state of affairs really highlights how much of a dress-up, make-believe game the Legal profession has become.