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Takket

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11. unfortunately the constitution says what SCOTUS says it says

Reply to 867-5309. (Original post)

Sat Aug 6, 2022, 10:21 PM

Aug 2022

and there is no real check on their power, since amending the Constitution and Impeachment is impossible in the current political landscape where the rethugs aid and abet their corruption.

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Jean-Pierre: SCOTUS Overturn of Roe is Unconstitutional [View all] 867-5309. Aug 2022 OP

I wish her opinion mattered. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2022 #1

Extreme Red State Kansas BOSSHOG Aug 2022 #3

Well said, I'm 69. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2022 #4

Us old folk are gonna get us back on the correct course BOSSHOG Aug 2022 #5

In-fucking-deed. nt OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2022 #7

I'm in rural Central Maine and, guess what? OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2022 #9

Stupid is as stupid does BOSSHOG Aug 2022 #12

Back in 85/86, Me and my wife were Gary Hart delegates. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2022 #16

And he didn't write a book about that? BOSSHOG Aug 2022 #17

Nope, but my sister was in one of his movies, down in Freeport/Portald, OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2022 #18

In red-leaning areas of states like Maine, some of the Kansas summer_in_TX Aug 2022 #19

I stole it, too, BOSSHOG, from DUer oregonjen. calimary Aug 2022 #21

Let's Just Row, Row, Row our votes to victory for Freedom in Roevember. BOSSHOG Aug 2022 #35

Remember in Roevember! calimary Aug 2022 #37

Umm. Calling a supreme court decision unconstitutional stopdiggin Aug 2022 #2

Why not? That's exactly what Alito and his 15th century... brush Aug 2022 #6

so we go to a 'system' stopdiggin Aug 2022 #25

I think it is a brave,new world with the present ... brush Aug 2022 #32

Jean-Pierre is a very bright woman but obviously she never attended law school. Ocelot II Aug 2022 #8

Essentially turning the SC into the Legislative Branch JCMach1 Aug 2022 #10

Technically, no. SCOTUS was intended as a check on the legislative branch, Ocelot II Aug 2022 #13

To be clear, because this has always confused me Cheezoholic Aug 2022 #23

This is the House bill: Ocelot II Aug 2022 #24

Cherry picked on purpose BOSSHOG Aug 2022 #15

"Profoundly unconstitutional to cherry pick one .. " stopdiggin Aug 2022 #26

The Dobbs decision ignored logic, decades of precedent, and the U.S. Constitution. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #27

One and two, quite clearly. stopdiggin Aug 2022 #29

The 13th amendment alone is sufficient to dispute the Dobbs decision. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #30

there are all kinds of people out there that are willing to 'dispute' stopdiggin Aug 2022 #31

No. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #34

I appreciate your point of view stopdiggin Aug 2022 #36

unfortunately the constitution says what SCOTUS says it says Takket Aug 2022 #11

No it isn't and Congress has a check on the Extreme Court's power without amendment. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2022 #28

It's not unConstitutional Polybius Aug 2022 #14

The trouble is: DFW Aug 2022 #20

We got to get these religious MAGA fuckheads out of the government! Initech Aug 2022 #22

There are two parts to this statement pecosbob Aug 2022 #33

Doesn't the Constitution give SCOTUPS the final say as to what's constitutional and what isn't? Kaleva Aug 2022 #38