In the same way Trump is good for progressive activism??
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Here's the difference: SCOTUS has for decades been returning to its traditional role as an impediment to progressive change, and the U.S. left needs, no matter what, to find a way to circumvent the court. The flukey election of Trump is different–dire, but not structural.
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Heightening the contradictions
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ok I may have asked for that ratio…
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Suppose more people believe that some Supreme Court Justices are ultra-right wing and illegitimate. Then what?
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an erosion of judicial supremacy which could well facilitate better majoritarian politics instead of the minority rule we have now.
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In the short to medium-term - say, the life spans of every alive today - Kavanaugh and the like can wreak unspeakable damage.
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I think it's harder for the judiciary to do that, short-term, than the executive or legislative branches. You may be right, but I don't think they work that quickly.
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The approval of voter suppression alone would take many decades to undo.
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jaja, dijiste “ultras”
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I’m just no used to the word being used that way in English, that’s all.
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I would only disagree with you in that I think Trump’s election has a lot to with anti-democratic structures and practice.
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I mean I think we have to get away from expecting the courts to bail us out-and focus on legislation. But they still matter.
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In the long-term we are all dead.
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Not when they have 5 votes to weaponize “free speech” for corporations and “the right to bear arms” for any and all.
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