“May have just legalized murder by one individual”: Experts alarmed at “stunning” SCOTUS ruling - eviltoast
  • samus12345@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    They’d have to have a supermajority in both, which is an impossibility with current gerrymandering. Really, I think the Judicial branch needs a serious overhaul from the bottom up. 9 unelected lifetime appointees getting to decide what the law means for over 300 million people is ridiculously easy to exploit, which we’re seeing now.

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      5 months ago

      They would have to do the nuclear option and crush the filibuster. I agree with you though on the lifetime appointees thing. They really should have terms and elections