• PattyMcB@lemmy.world
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    24 hours ago

    Call me crazy, but can’t the SCOTUS set precedent? I’m not a lawyer, but I can fucking read

    • Salvo@aussie.zone
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      23 hours ago

      The legislature sets laws. The senate approves laws. The judiciary interprets laws.

      If the legislature doesn’t like how a law is interpreted, they can change the wording to be less ambiguous, but it would still need to be approved by the senate. This new law would supersede any precedents.

      The executive is there to keep the system functioning, not to create any laws itself.

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          21 hours ago

          The currently executive in the US is either completely incompetent or maliciously trying to destroy the US.

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            14 hours ago

            I’m operating under the assumption that he is both virtuosically incompetent, AND an active, enthusiastic traitor who is literally trying to destroy America, so it can be more easily exploited by him and his wealthy friends from around the world.