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Re:FCC Votes to Restore Net Neutrality Rules by AuryGlenz on Thursday April 25, 2024 @04:22PM (#40162526)
Congress had decades to make actual abortion laws, and both sides had times where they were fully in power - not that they shouldn’t have compromised on something like 12 or 15 weeks instead like most European countries.

As far as people’s opinions of the court goes, it really grinds my gears how most people assume the Supreme Court is there to essentially make or strike down laws on their own whims. That’s not how it’s supposed to work. I’m no judicial scholar but it seems to me the current court is doing the best job of what they’re actually supposed to do than they have in a long time.

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Re:FCC Votes to Restore Net Neutrality Rules by redserk on Thursday April 25, 2024 @04:53PM (#40162881)
The Supreme Court decides which cases it wants to hear and there are many cases brought into the legal system each year. That practically gives it the power to make (well, re/interpret) or strike down whatever legislation it wants, as long as there's a relevant-enough case.
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Re:FCC Votes to Restore Net Neutrality Rules by AuryGlenz on Sunday April 28, 2024 @09:49PM (#40193579)
Right, but they ideally choose because they think a law needs to be struck down, clarified, etc. based on legal merit and not because of how they or the population feel about the end result.
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