Except it's not just about whose policies are favored it's about fundamental threats to the rule of law.
Now if Trump wants to do something and SCOTUS says he can't we've fucking paved the path for him to threaten to impeach justices in response and made it easier for him to say the court is illegitimate and ignore it Jackson style.
Except it's not just about whose policies are favored it's about fundamental threats to the rule of law.
Now if Trump wants to do something and SCOTUS says he can't we've fucking paved the path for him to threaten to impeach justices in response and made it easier for him to say the court is illegitimate and ignore it Jackson style.
The cost of constantly calling the court illegitimate is that someone might believe you. Or that they won't believe that this time things are really different when Trump appoints some judge Cannon style justice.
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And yah, it's unfair but that's the nature of being the good guy -- you have to worry about consequences the other guy won't.
Except it's not just about whose policies are favored it's about fundamental threats to the rule of law.
Now if Trump wants to do something and SCOTUS says he can't we've fucking paved the path for him to threaten to impeach justices in response and made it easier for him to say the court is illegitimate and ignore it Jackson style.
The cost of constantly calling the court illegitimate is that someone might believe you. Or that they won't believe that this time things are really different when Trump appoints some judge Cannon style justice.
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And yah, it's unfair but that's the nature of being the good guy -- you have to worry about consequences the other guy won't.