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It's unconstitutional as fuck.
Oh, they don't care about that. That's not an issue to them.
It should matter to a judge.I know there's no hope it would matter to dur fuhrer.
Only the Supreme Court gets to decide what’s constitutional and what’s not. Not even the words of the constitution have that power.
I mean, not exactly... A lower court could rule that a law is unconstitutional, and SCOTUS could decide to not hear the case.
It’s kind of the same thing, though.
It's not though. There is a very big difference when precedent is set by the Supreme Court. By refusing to hear the case, they are refusing to set any precedent, effectively kicking the can down the road. Giving the winning party a reprieve, but not a true win in any real sense of the word.
Either way it is up to the Supreme Court. If they want to set precedent they can. If they don’t want to, they don’t have to. Point being, it is up to the Supreme Court to decide what is constitutional or not.
Right, when they take up a case and make a decision, they decide that the thing is, definitively (or until a future SCOTUS decides to just ignore precedent), constitutional or not.
By refusing to take up a case, they are not making a statement either way about the constitutionality. It remains murky. It is not the same as ruling something is constitutional. There is a big difference.
Maybe reread my original comment, cause you keep making it sound like you’re disagreeing, but saying the exact same thing as what I said. The Supreme Court is at the core of all the decisions take up a case, don’t take up a case. Only the Supreme Court is making the decision.
Unless you're talking about guns. Then they'll tell you how important the Constitution is to them.
Not even that. Gun owners re-elected Mr. "Take the guns away 1st, due process 2nd", they don't even give a fuck. They're all a bunch of hypocrites and will screech "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED" over and over, but completely ignore the fact that Trump's policies were absolutely abysmal for gun owners.
The Constitution, just like the Bible, is just a convenient excuse for what they want.
True. They will pick and choose quotes out of context that so clearly violate the spirit of the document
The fact that he even tried it should be grounds for removal from office. He swore an oath to uphold the Constitution, and he has blatantly and openly violated it
He’s basically pressing buttons to see what sticks