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stopdiggin

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5. hasn't the supreme court ALWAYS been the final arbiter .. ?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Aug 25, 2025, 01:12 PM

Aug 25

The final word? With lower courts expected (if not mandated) to follow ...
Fail to see where this statement (or concept behind it) breaks any new ground ...

Perhaps this is just another case of a singularly poor choice of quote (source) employed in the effort to illustrate a larger point intended in the article (and headline)? In any event - it dropped with a thud.

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Gorsuch and Kavanaugh put their thumbs on the scale [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 25 OP

What he saying is the only person that can defy court orders is the orange president Walleye Aug 25 #1

All power must go to Trump. He is the White House, Supreme Court, Congress all rolled into one. Irish_Dem Aug 25 #2

"never free to defy them" bucolic_frolic Aug 25 #3

might be why it's called the supreme court .. ? Just as a guess. stopdiggin Aug 25 #7

Worse fucking scotus ever. spanone Aug 25 #4

hasn't the supreme court ALWAYS been the final arbiter .. ? stopdiggin Aug 25 #5

I've gone back and re-read ... stopdiggin Aug 25 #8

Only "unlikely" up to 2000 muriel_volestrangler Aug 25 #6

Yet they have decided that stare decisis doesn't bind them. WestMichRad Aug 25 #9