thyme4change
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Post by thyme4change on Jun 24, 2019 9:25:45 GMT -5
The thing is Chiver - there have been some dreadful decisions by the Court - the Japanese Internment camps and African Americans being 2/5 of a person spring to mind. Citizens United. Kelo vs. New London. Holding that the section of the Voter Rights Act about oversight doesn't need to be followed anymore.
We follow the laws until they are changed; then we follow the new laws or fight them. Precedent should not be followed blindly. It should be followed until there's enough evidence to change it. Or until Congress changes it. yes, but the correct path to changing it is not to have the court just decide it doesn't matter. that's not how our government was designed to work. It isn't? I thought the primary job of the SCOTUS was to determine if the laws enacted by Congress (and the execution of those laws) were out of bounds.
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chiver78
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Post by chiver78 on Jun 24, 2019 9:32:49 GMT -5
yes, but the correct path to changing it is not to have the court just decide it doesn't matter. that's not how our government was designed to work. It isn't? I thought the primary job of the SCOTUS was to determine if the laws enacted by Congress (and the execution of those laws) were out of bounds. yes, but if a law needs to be changed, it's not supposed to happen by just the SCOTUS ignoring it.
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