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The executive was being constrained by district court judges, hundres of them -- many, as we've seen, can be themselves a little crazy. You don't want your cou
by mjburgess 1y ago
The executive was being constrained by district court judges, hundres of them -- many, as we've seen, can be themselves a little crazy.
You don't want your country being run by the craziest common denominator amongst the judiciary. This is about as far away from democracy as you can imagine, and allowed to run rampent, would lead to massive a democractic backfire.
Imagine the political upheval of a democrat president being unable to act because of trump-apointee crazys in florida. The court has just prevented a decade of mass protests and political insability
- const_cast 1y ago> You don't want your country being run by the craziest common denominator amongst the judiciary. Yes, we'd much prefer a dictator attempting to unilaterally invalidate constitutional amendments... > The court has just prevented a decade of mass protests and political insability Yes, they have - by further emboldening the executive ala Unitary Executive theory. This isn't a good thing - we are all witnessing one of many steps in the US' descent into fascism.