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FBaggins

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13. Congress's oversight authority is primarily over the executive branch

Reply to Dustlawyer (Reply #10)

Tue Nov 29, 2022, 10:07 AM

Nov 2022

It’s pretty limited as it applies to the judiciary - particularly the Supreme Court.

“We heard this rumor and have chosen to believe it… so what are you doing to correct it?” really isn’t within the scope of that authority. Or rather… they can ask, but there isn’t much they can do about it when they’re told to buzz off.

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The Supreme Court Stonewalls In Defense Of Samuel Alito [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2022 OP

SCOTUS is a joke yankee87 Nov 2022 #1

Because Catholics and Southern Baptists always ultimately come together on religious dogma. Huh? czarjak Nov 2022 #2

venal shitstain smAlito is emblematic of the fatal decay of the refucKKKchicken cult bringthePaine Nov 2022 #3

Don't hold back. rubbersole Nov 2022 #4

I tried to read the letter, but it's too darned blurry. ShazzieB Nov 2022 #5

Surely the legal reasoning was just as blurry bucolic_frolic Nov 2022 #7

You are NOT alone. I have expensive prescriptions, and my experience is exactly as you describe. msfiddlestix Nov 2022 #11

Got your letter right here mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2022 #15

✔️ Ty n/t msfiddlestix Nov 2022 #19

K&R. ck4829 Nov 2022 #6

the right wing morons yell down from their high tower... Javaman Nov 2022 #8

Pretty good. Earlier this year they were looking for the staff (or lib judge) leaker to string up Scalded Nun Nov 2022 #9

Congress has oversight authority so this demonstrates how full of themselves SCOTUS is. Dustlawyer Nov 2022 #10

Congress's oversight authority is primarily over the executive branch FBaggins Nov 2022 #13

Limited sure, but not ineffective. There is still lots that can be done. Dustlawyer Nov 2022 #14

Lots that can be done? FBaggins Nov 2022 #16

They've gone rogue. Just like Traitor Trump, the radical rightwing justices believe they are above LaMouffette Nov 2022 #12

I'm still trying to get past the revelation Bayard Nov 2022 #17

Robert's Kangaroo Court adopts a very Trumpian tone. BlueIdaho Nov 2022 #18

What ethics (?) this supreme court hasn't had any for some time. republianmushroom Nov 2022 #20

RW SCOTUS lawyered up ⁉️ live love laugh Nov 2022 #21

The court created the position in the early 1970's FBaggins Nov 2022 #23

MY guess is that Sen Sheldon Whitehouse will continue with his questiong. I trust him anyday. riversedge Nov 2022 #22

He will FBaggins Nov 2022 #24