jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months ago"Peak gaslighting": Legal scholars shred Supreme Court's spin on new "unenforceable" ethics codewww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1530arrow-down17
arrow-up1523arrow-down1external-link"Peak gaslighting": Legal scholars shred Supreme Court's spin on new "unenforceable" ethics codewww.salon.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squarestewie3128linkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months ago“I have decided that Marbury v Madison is no longer binding precedent, and therefore SCOTUS has no constitutionally-derived right of judicial review.” President could do this. In fact, I’ll bet $100 in a GOP president doing this in the next 20 years.
minus-squareShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoSCOTUS only has power because we chose to believe that SCOTUS has powers. The only real branch that enforce the law is the Executive branch and that’s only because they have the Police and the Military on their side.
“I have decided that Marbury v Madison is no longer binding precedent, and therefore SCOTUS has no constitutionally-derived right of judicial review.”
President could do this. In fact, I’ll bet $100 in a GOP president doing this in the next 20 years.
SCOTUS only has power because we chose to believe that SCOTUS has powers. The only real branch that enforce the law is the Executive branch and that’s only because they have the Police and the Military on their side.