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The courts only have so much power because congress is dysfunctional and kicks every issue to the courts so they don't have to be accountable to voters.
by throwaway48476 1y ago
The courts only have so much power because congress is dysfunctional and kicks every issue to the courts so they don't have to be accountable to voters.
- kergonath 1y agoWell yeah. That is a problem as well. The whole US government is a steaming mess right now, just because we cannot mention everything that’s wrong every post does not mean that we should not discuss any specific example. Yes, congress also abdicated its power. At the moment you have an executive branch ignoring law, precedent, and court orders, the legislative branch that is subservient to the executive and a judiciary in a state of civil war. None of that is right. None of the top-level institutions are working as they should.
- fzeroracer 1y agoThe Supreme Court has literally been usurping power from Congress by refusing to read the laws they've passed as written, kicking them back or neutering them knowing that Congress is locked down. And in this case they're refusing to do their actual job, which is defending the constitutional foundation of our country.
- throwaway48476 1y agoJudicial activism is certainly a problem as well. Stayed courts are the worst for this. California and Washington have initiatives but the courts just ignore them.