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Originally Posted by stinkubus
Haven't you figured out by now that "legal merit" is just a polite fiction and the rulings of the court are nothing more than the calculated exercise of power?
I think this is far more true today than it was 10 years ago, and 10 years before that...
The Right, for decades had bemoaned, "Activist Courts' legislating from the bench as the country saw freedoms increase as well as social benefits to both marginalized groups and the lower classes. There certainly was an element of 'legislating from the bench' but always in a line that, imo, went towards the ideal captured in the Declaration of Independence "..."Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness...".
Everyone, enjoyed increased rights and protections and social benefits, in this era.
Those movements towards ""Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..." angered the Puretan types who believe they have a right to govern and impose their beliefs on others, so even as the Puretan type enjoyed more freedoms themselves, they felt were angered at their inability to still control the lives of others and have always sought to recapture that power.
I think today we are seeing a raw flex of the Federalist Society decades long subversive plan working as intended.
They have stacked all levels of the judiciary, such that they can steer and file various district courts and move it thru friendly Appellate Courts and then up to a friendly Supreme Court all with members, hand picked and pushed thru by them, often un or lesser qualified Justices who are partisan actors first and jurists, second.
We are seeing the execution of their decades long end game play out right now, as they have a real shot of not only setting back US evolution in the areas of Freedoms and Rights, but also imposing a far more Theocratic Christian State, all under the guise of allowing expansive and unquestioning State Rights, that could see enough electoral College votes to be locked in for generations to come, regardless of the change in demographics or the loss of the popular vote by the GOP.
Dem votes across the board, as a result would be valued at 3/5ths of the GOP votes and POC votes even less if this current push wins out.