Brexit vs SCOTUS
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Why are some Brits upset over losing the Brexit vote by several million but Americans are OK with fucking FIVE PEOPLE deciding policy in a country of 320 million?
>>78991629
wow i hate america now
wow i love britain now
>>78991629
Because theoretically the other branches can resist if they are full of shit.
what is the alternative to the SCOTUS OP
>>78991629
>Because theoretically the other branches can resist if they are full of shit.
I'm not an expert but I really don't think they can, except by not electing them in the first place.
>>78991910
We don't elect justices
SCOTUS are not kings. They can be impeached. Of course we live in a country where the majority of people love a supreme court filled with liberal activists who shit on the constitution, so there's that.
>>78991885
Congress can pass laws, and these laws can be repealed by congress or vetoed by the President. No need for Supreme Courts. They are just judicial activists who dream up rights where none exists.
>All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
This 14th amendment was interpreted to mean gays can marry, the logic they used to extend this right could create almost any right.
>>78992451
Dude, they've used the fucking Commerce Clause to limit guns on school campuses because "fear in a learning environment would negatively impact student performance, reducing GDP, which means the government as a duty to regulate." I shit you not these mental acrobatics are common.
>>78991745
How is that frog so jacked?
>>78996286
>>>/fit/ got to pepe
