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Re:US Supreme Court limits federal judges' power to block Tr... by nradov on Friday June 27, 2025 @06:13PM (#44400759)
Having a strong federal government in the first place deviates from the design of the American system of government. We ought to eviscerate federal government power and devolve most executive power back to the several States. That would make national politics far less contentious.
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Re:US Supreme Court limits federal judges' power to block Tr... by krapp on Friday June 27, 2025 @06:54PM (#44401030)
We tried that. It was called the Continential Congress, and it was a spectacular failure.

If you want the US to be a loose confederation of 50 sovereign nations, fine. Just hope you live in California, New York or Texas, because every other state is going to devolve into the American equivalent of Eastern Europe.

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Re:US Supreme Court limits federal judges' power to block Tr... by int_19h on Friday June 27, 2025 @07:13PM (#44401143)
The Continental Congress failed because it gave the federal government too little power, but that was fixed with the US Constitution. There was that long time period between that and Wickard v. Filburn, you know.
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