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In reply to the discussion: Justice Breyer Insists SCOTUS Isn't Political, Warns Against Court-Packing, and Doesn't Talk About R [View all]andym
(5,441 posts)11. History says otherwise
History demonstrates the SC has always been political.
It's good to have idealistic people like Breyer on the Supreme Court. However, the history of the SC clearly points to the court as being strongly influenced by the politics of the era that justices lived. The biggest problem is that the Constitution itself is a political document, grounded in the conflicting ideas and political needs of the time of its creation, so long ago. Using it as the ultimate authority in different eras with the possibility of amending it being so difficult, has and will create problems. Of course, it's not like there is a practical alternative either. To some extent we are thralls to history and its consequences.
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Justice Breyer Insists SCOTUS Isn't Political, Warns Against Court-Packing, and Doesn't Talk About R [View all]
Calista241
Apr 2021
OP
LOL, indeed. He seems deeply out of touch and/or detached from reality.
LymphocyteLover
Apr 2021
#18
I really wish these fools on the court would stop living in a goddamned bubble.
Humanist_Activist
Apr 2021
#2
it depends on how the court acts in the next big cases. How can we tolerate it if they decide we
LymphocyteLover
Apr 2021
#21
Doing nothing though will not address the problem with the current imbalance with SCOTUS
cstanleytech
Apr 2021
#25
They did it already though. They blocked Obamas choice and then changed the rules to ram through
cstanleytech
Apr 2021
#49
Dirty old Scalia died in 2016. You got here in 2019. I don't recall the Scalia party at all.
Judi Lynn
Apr 2021
#45
Forcing Justices to rotate on the new "Constitutional Court" is the part I'm sketchy with
Polybius
Apr 2021
#58
OF COURSE IT'S A CONSERVATIVE COURT! That is exactly what McTurtle has been doing since stealing..
usaf-vet
Apr 2021
#24
trust that has been gradually built over the centuries ... ... "further eroding that trust"
progree
Apr 2021
#12
What would happen if a justice retired or died? Would it be three picks then?
GregariousGroundhog
Apr 2021
#27