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Re:Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions by dfxm12 on Thursday June 30, 2022 @12:47PM (#31935184)
That's the strategy of the Federalist Society, make rulings via the undemocratic SCOTUS under the guise of giving states/congress power, but then also making sure that state elections are undemocratic via gerrymandering, voting laws, etc.

It doesn't help that taking action on matters of national importance is inherently difficult in a Federalist government.

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Re:Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions by mistrial9 on Thursday June 30, 2022 @01:14PM (#31935540)
from Wikipedia '... The Federalist Society provides its 70,000 members with "intellectual sparring and professional grooming.'

without taking sides on this attorney gang, it seems to be like a bunch of professional boxers and others here are mad because they cannot fight. I do not want to fight lawyers, but calling them a conspiracy, when they specifically engage and practice debate professionally, is sort of pathetic honestly.

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Re:Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions by sterlind on Thursday June 30, 2022 @04:49PM (#31938422)
I grew up going to FedSoc. officially, it's just a debate society - the panels are streamed on CSPAN, it's all public. unofficially, it's a Mecca of networking for conservative lawyers. the upper echelons are nearly exclusively Catholics, and the founder provided Trump with shortlists of Justices he could pick from. and all that networking made it happen. it's no coincidence all the recent nominees are Catholic.
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Re:Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions by mistrial9 on Thursday June 30, 2022 @05:38PM (#31938957)
as an aside it is actually sort of humorous to describe the center of bunches of Catholic Attorneys as Mecca
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Re:Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions by robonerd on Thursday June 30, 2022 @01:37PM (#31935833)
> but calling them a conspiracy, when they specifically engage and practice debate professionally, is sort of pathetic honestly.

Debating professionally precludes conspiracy? What if a high-school debate club decides to rob a bank?

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