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Wait until you find out how party committees and the electoral college work. And that nine unelected judges with lifetime positions can just decide what parts
by krapp 3y ago
Wait until you find out how party committees and the electoral college work.
And that nine unelected judges with lifetime positions can just decide what parts of the Constitution are valid, and what aren't, whenever they like.
- Miner49er 3y agoNo I'm aware, those are obviously antidemocratic as well. This is just further evidence that America is not a democracy, is what I'm basically saying.
- verdverm 3y agoSCOTUS is appointed by the President and approved by Congress, both elected by the people. It's how the democracy was designed
- cocacola1 3y agoMakes sense, as it’s a constitutional republic.
- dmix 3y agoBit of a silly counter argument. This is like saying free speech is strictly define by what the US law says, rather than it first and foremost being a widely held cultural value that became enshrined in US law as a reflection of that culture. Expecting the US to be democratic is a value people hold and it's legitimate to expect it from their government. Even if they don't understand the functions of lower political bodies. [Note: to be clear I'm not making a point re: this ruling, just wanted to point that out]
- verdverm 3y ago> whenever they like A case needs to be brought and make its way through the lower courts first
- krapp 3y agoOk, I overreached on that one. But not by much.