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Under The Radar

(3,401 posts)
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 06:23 PM Sep 2020

The Supreme Court has been political for more than 20 years.

- President Clinton’s subpoena appeal was enforced, and he testified to a grand jury and even that video was made public despite grand jury material being confidential.
Subpoenas are a joke in the eyes of republicans in the age of Trump.
- Bush v Gore - Florida absolutely doesn’t have to count all the votes and the absentee ballots. Unless you are a Minnesota Republican like Norm Coleman who is losing to Al Franken and you need to recount for a second time.
- Citizens United - Yes Corporations are people, the 1st amendment applies to corporations and their unlimited funds to spend on campaigns should remain private and anonymous despite “real”average citizens are limited to what is given in campaign contributions.
-Voting Rights protectIons, racial quotas, gerrymandering districts, civil rights all have been whittled down. By conservative justices. It will all continue, just at a more rapid pace.

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The Supreme Court has been political for more than 20 years. (Original Post) Under The Radar Sep 2020 OP
Much more than 20 years. For example, during the FDR adminstratoin. Klaralven Sep 2020 #1
It's been political forever. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #2
Not "Conservative" by any means. Radical RW "justices". bullimiami Sep 2020 #3
The SC has always been political, its beachbumbob Sep 2020 #4
 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
4. The SC has always been political, its
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 08:02 PM
Sep 2020

Naive to think otherwise and it's always imperative to hold the senate and the whitehouse. Something too many ideologues fail to think of before voting as 2000 and 2016 outcomes show

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