Sure, but is that not a better vista than relying on a few people of goodwill? I know your SC is now ****ed, & t's no longer sufficient a check or balance due to it's conservative bias but I would venture to say that the US is in this position because it has ignored how fragile the whole system is. The GOP recognised this fragility & targetted it - now it's probably too late for anything to be doneThere was a test of that theory back at the time of the Cherokee Removal. The Supreme Court said they couldn't do it. That 19th century Trump, Andrew Jackson, did it anyway.
I am not saying judicial review is futile, or that constitutional checks and balances aren't a brilliant idea, they are. I'm saying understand better what rule of law is up against, and that it can lose. You cannot ignore politics and think the laws and constitution are solid protection. They may not be.
Sure, but is that not a better vista than relying on a few people of goodwill? I know your SC is now ****ed, & t's no longer sufficient a check or balance due to it's conservative bias but I would venture to say that the US is in this position because it has ignored how fragile the whole system is. The GOP recognised this fragility & targetted it - now it's probably too late for anything to be done
[Fascism is] a dysfunctional attempt of people who feel humiliated and powerless to restore their pride by:
styling themselves as the only true and faithful heirs of their nation’s glorious (and possibly mythical) past,
identifying with a charismatic leader whose success will become their success,
helping that leader achieve power by whatever means necessary, including violence,
under his leadership, purifying the nation by restoring its traditional and characteristic virtues (again, through violence if necessary),
reawakening and reclaiming the nation’s past glory (by war, if necessary),
all of which leads to the main point: humiliating the internal and external enemies they blame for their own humiliation.
You don't get it. I say you need *both* a good constitution with a good judicial check on overstepping by other branches of government, AND people of good character acting to make it function properly. Neither is sufficient alone.Sure, but is that not a better vista than relying on a few people of goodwill? I know your SC is now ****ed, & t's no longer sufficient a check or balance due to it's conservative bias but I would venture to say that the US is in this position because it has ignored how fragile the whole system is. The GOP recognised this fragility & targetted it - now it's probably too late for anything to be done
You don't get it. I say you need *both* a good constitution with a good judicial check on overstepping by other branches of government, AND people of good character acting to make it function properly. Neither is sufficient alone.
They of course can. But that will take time too. Question of which will be worse. I don't think the special master will actually obstruct the investigation really, just delay things.Can the DOJ not appeal that?
They of course can. But that will take time too. Question of which will be worse. I don't think the special master will actually obstruct the investigation really, just delay things.
I suspect you will be able to read/watch any number of legal twitter threads or youtube videos later today explaining all this in detail.
Ok. If you more than half expect the 11th circuit, and Thomas, would find for a special master, then don't appeal. You get a special master either way, and at least you don't have bad precedents ratified by higher courts.
This ruling on a Special Master doesn’t stop DOJ from continuing their investigation.
The ruling enjoins the DoJ to immediately stop their investigation. It really is that bonkers.