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> forcing Congress to do its job > Why are they dreading this? You answered your own question there. Congress should do its job, but as a matter of fact it is
by saint_fiasco 2y ago
> forcing Congress to do its job
> Why are they dreading this?
You answered your own question there. Congress should do its job, but as a matter of fact it is not doing its job and it is not going to do its job anytime soon.
The Court might be technically, legally, philosophically correct in removing the inelegant hacks that the previous courts set up to route around the fact that Congress does not do its job. But in the meantime, Congress is still not doing its job.
- GenerWork 2y agoI'm talking about the "people who have been listening to the court and dreading this". Who are these listeners who remain undefined? Are they congressmembers? Are they pundits?
- tankenmate 2y agoMainly corporate lawyers, legal scholars (mainly academic institutions), and public interest lawyers. The people in the trenches.
- saint_fiasco 2y agoThe obvious example is pro-choice people who wish that Congress would pass a law that favors their position, and have been forced to rely on weird Supreme Court rulings by activist judges instead. You can argue that the pro-choice people should just accept that Congress does not decide in their favor, that this is a democracy and in a democracy sometimes you lose. But it's not like Congress has decided in favor of their opponents either. They just decide nothing. If Congress actually decided one way or the other then at least people would know where they stand and could stop feeling anxious about it.
- HDThoreaun 2y agoMe. I like regulatory agencies to be able to regulate, and unless congress figures out it’s shit quickly there will be big problems.