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muriel_volestrangler

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6. Only "unlikely" up to 2000

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Aug 25, 2025, 01:13 PM

Aug 25

After the decision in the Florida recount case, designed to ensure a Republican president rather than to accurately determine the result of the election, it was clear the Supreme Court might support a Republican president over the concepts of "justice", "law", "the Constitution", "democracy" or "fairness". And since he got 3 supporters on it, to add to the 3 conservatives (2 of them extreme) already there, it's not "unlikely", it's "expected".

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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