Midnight@slrpnk.netM to collapse of the old society@slrpnk.net · 5 months agoLoss of Supreme Court legitimacy can lead to political violencetheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down14
arrow-up1260arrow-down1external-linkLoss of Supreme Court legitimacy can lead to political violencetheconversation.comMidnight@slrpnk.netM to collapse of the old society@slrpnk.net · 5 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up44arrow-down2·edit-25 months agoSCOTUS was never legitimate; they gave themselves the power of judicial review in Marbury v. Madison. The executive branch can declare that the court is illegitimate at any time, since it is up to the executive branch to enforce the law.
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·5 months agoIf the supreme court can’t subject laws to constitutional scrutiny, and there is no longer separation of powers, I think that’s basically the end of the US Republic.
minus-squarevoracitude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoYep! Welcome to the show, try the fish before it’s gone and don’t think too hard about what comes next, we’ll be in it soon enough anyway.
minus-squareStern@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoHit ‘em with the ol’ “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!”
SCOTUS was never legitimate; they gave themselves the power of judicial review in Marbury v. Madison.
The executive branch can declare that the court is illegitimate at any time, since it is up to the executive branch to enforce the law.
If the supreme court can’t subject laws to constitutional scrutiny, and there is no longer separation of powers, I think that’s basically the end of the US Republic.
Yep! Welcome to the show, try the fish before it’s gone and don’t think too hard about what comes next, we’ll be in it soon enough anyway.
Hit ‘em with the ol’ “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!”