Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday warned of an “authoritarian expansion of power” by the Supreme Court after it released several controversial opinions in it’s last week of the…

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    1 year ago

    SCOTUS has definitely shaped their opinions to give them the final say in just about everything the government does.

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      1 year ago

      The constitution did that…

      Also, congress can legislate as they please as long as it doesn’t violate the constitution.

      Congress chooses not to do that for most things peasants care or need done.

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        1 year ago

        It’s very effective, it’s just we’ve decided to vote in a bunch of plutocrats to manage it.

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        I think it’s worse now. Even if the legislature gets fixed, SCOTUS would shoot down everything they don’t want.