"It should come as no surprise that justices can and have simply ignored established law in order to facilitate policy changes they find important. But that’s not how law works. Or at least that’s not how it is supposed to."
Unfortunately, in view of the current composition of SCOTUS, and their already-demonstrated fealty to the ringmaster of the psycho circus and his billionaire puppet-masters, I no longer have much faith in Constitutional protections. They only work if EVERYONE keeps their crayon scribbles inside the lines. The goosestepping MAGA toddlers have already proven they don't give a rat's ass about lines. Or laws. Or the rights of anyone other than themselves. Everyone outside of the Red Hat Club is beneath consideration, at least outside of our roles as consumers and wage slaves.
I hope I'm very wrong, but I foresee the law, and the Constitution upon which the law is based, being eroded away into functional irrelevance by the caustic, inhuman policies of the fa$ci$ts, until we reach the point that the whole rotted institution comes crashing down.
For now, I see only two choices: acquiesce, or resist. I'm going with the latter.
(Before I get slammed as a rabid lib, I don't for a second think that if the Dems had won, things would be much better. We're still headed towards the same cliff-edge in the same profit-fueled clown car, regardless. But it would have been a slower, slightly-more pleasant ride, especially for anyone who exists outside of the cis-white-xtian-male paradigm.)
one tweak: as to the Original Peoples: they are 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the US only under the doctrine of Christian Discovery... otherwise, they are independent nations...
Collapse or not, there are reasons we are all better of if law is fairly construed and applied. Law has play in the joints, but the conservative movement did good in calling on us to be bound by intended meeting. But the law, as here, is sometimes clear enough to bind us.
This is all well beyond my pay grade (and I not a US citizen), but I am grateful to read some legal fact rather than speculation. Thank you for the time (and risk) you've taken to articulate it.
Understanding Both parties disregard the law and constitution and there is no good guy or savior in that domain would be a first lesson of collapse preparedness.
"It should come as no surprise that justices can and have simply ignored established law in order to facilitate policy changes they find important. But that’s not how law works. Or at least that’s not how it is supposed to."
Unfortunately, in view of the current composition of SCOTUS, and their already-demonstrated fealty to the ringmaster of the psycho circus and his billionaire puppet-masters, I no longer have much faith in Constitutional protections. They only work if EVERYONE keeps their crayon scribbles inside the lines. The goosestepping MAGA toddlers have already proven they don't give a rat's ass about lines. Or laws. Or the rights of anyone other than themselves. Everyone outside of the Red Hat Club is beneath consideration, at least outside of our roles as consumers and wage slaves.
I hope I'm very wrong, but I foresee the law, and the Constitution upon which the law is based, being eroded away into functional irrelevance by the caustic, inhuman policies of the fa$ci$ts, until we reach the point that the whole rotted institution comes crashing down.
For now, I see only two choices: acquiesce, or resist. I'm going with the latter.
(Before I get slammed as a rabid lib, I don't for a second think that if the Dems had won, things would be much better. We're still headed towards the same cliff-edge in the same profit-fueled clown car, regardless. But it would have been a slower, slightly-more pleasant ride, especially for anyone who exists outside of the cis-white-xtian-male paradigm.)
I feel the same. Scary AF
one tweak: as to the Original Peoples: they are 'subject to the jurisdiction' of the US only under the doctrine of Christian Discovery... otherwise, they are independent nations...
To clarify, I think the rule was that native people were exempt from being subject to the jurisdiction… at least people subject to a tribal nation.
That should have been in the post. I’ll update it.
Collapse or not, there are reasons we are all better of if law is fairly construed and applied. Law has play in the joints, but the conservative movement did good in calling on us to be bound by intended meeting. But the law, as here, is sometimes clear enough to bind us.
This is all well beyond my pay grade (and I not a US citizen), but I am grateful to read some legal fact rather than speculation. Thank you for the time (and risk) you've taken to articulate it.
Understanding Both parties disregard the law and constitution and there is no good guy or savior in that domain would be a first lesson of collapse preparedness.
Agreed