Message from @Inquisition
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The overwhelming majority of responsibility for shitty laws falls on those who wrote them, not those who interpreted conflicts after the fact.
Also one of the times NSA shit was struck down was because the claimants couldn't prove they specifically were targeted
Sorry anti NSA shit
Marriage is two things: a contract and a social relation
So basically because the claimants couldn't prove they specifically were being surveilled, rampant surveillance could continue
And they couldn't prove that because the documents were classified
that it?
So because the government made private data classified as part of a vast information trolling network, it wasn't possible to challenge the government on a 4th amendment violation
So again, it doesn't really boil down to scotus, it boils down to the public
And whether they are willing to do their duty to uphold the constitution
Would we be better off if SCOTUS was openly partisan and activist? Would you rather have laws written by 9 unelected judges who serve for live?
revolution?
>would it be better if it was even further from what it should be?
Wew
partisan judges are a no no
Yeah, exactly.
>it could be worse
Isn't an argument
Well, it actually is worse, all over the world.
Anything you could think of could potentially be worse
>It could be the UK
is terrifying
If you want SCOTUS to strike down laws that do not violate the constitution or precedent, you're asking for them to be activists.
They do violate the constitution
After all, you've got D-appointed judges, and R-appointed judges.
Nothing I can think of can be worse.
And the Patriot Act does not violate the constitution in the opinion of the 9 people appointed specifically to determine that.
You wouldn't appoint judges who wouldn't see things the way you do.
Circular argument
It's a shitty law. I want it gone. But SCOTUS waving a magic wand is NOT how I want it gone.
>scotus works because scotus says they've done this correctly
they arent technically R or D but can lean left or right
If they haven't done it correctly then they can be impeached.
Only takes 60 senators.
And they haven't been, hm
It's almost like consensus within the system is more important than the constitution
Remember the purpose of 2a?
I mean we SHOULD have teh Legislature do its FUCKING JOB
.....wow, so the earth is flat huh?
nah its a dodecahydron
shocking.
It's almost like the legislature is not doing what it's supposed to be doing and offloading all responsibility onto SCOTUS and the bureaucracy.
No, the world is a Torus. Maps are rectangular for a reason