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Re:Privatizing Poverty by gruez on Friday August 24, 2018 @09:09AM (#17834682)
which has 0 chance of happening because they can't even afford a trial lawyer
Re:Privatizing Poverty by philjohn on Friday August 24, 2018 @09:45AM (#17834884)
And the SC is looking like it will be stacked with "Originalists" before too much longer.
Re:Privatizing Poverty by Mary-Jane on Friday August 24, 2018 @09:53AM (#17834926)
How is that relevant?
Re:Privatizing Poverty by thatjsguy on Friday August 24, 2018 @10:34AM (#17835144)
People are afraid of rightwing ideologues on the Supreme Court because it means that certain cases might be reasoned from a point of view that is based less on sound legal philosophy and more on personal beliefs from the 1800s.
Re:Privatizing Poverty by java_script on Friday August 24, 2018 @10:45AM (#17835221)
Not even just the Supreme Court. Federal judgeships are being handed out left and right to (often unqualified but ideological) members of the Federalist Society. It's probably the biggest thing that Trump will have done that'll affect us our entire lifetimes.
Re:Privatizing Poverty by xamuel on Friday August 24, 2018 @12:20PM (#17835877)
There is a proper mechanism for revising the constitution: constitutional amendment. If you want to be angry at someone for what the constitution says, then be angry at the legislators who have neglected their duty to update it.
Re:Privatizing Poverty by thatjsguy on Friday August 24, 2018 @07:38PM (#17838637)
I mean, I’m angry at a lot of people, legislators included. There’s plenty of anger to around..
Re:Privatizing Poverty by frockington on Friday August 24, 2018 @01:06PM (#17836189)
Wouldn't that be good for 4th Amendment enforcement? It's very clear and in the original Bill of Rights
Re:Privatizing Poverty by philjohn on Saturday August 25, 2018 @06:33AM (#17840326)
I put originalist in quotation marks for a reason.
Re:Privatizing Poverty by prolikewh0a on Friday August 24, 2018 @10:38AM (#17835166)
Lochner Era 2.0!