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1. jewayn+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-07-18 18:31:13
> I doubt they'd care if a democratic president wanted to do the exact same thing...

Of course they would. They literally blocked Biden's student loan relief, calling it unconstitutional. These people are not there because they are exceptional legal scholars or because they established themselves as outstanding judges in their previous appointments. The six majority justices are there to help their side wield power, pure and simple. And they understand that part of that job is making it difficult for the other side to wield power. Because only their side is legitimate, you see.

> The Supreme Court doesn't really seem to be exceptionally awful.

The are exceptionally, extremely, extraordinarily awful. When the DC circuit court ruled on presidential immunity, legal scholars across the land pointed to the ruling as the probable last word, given how sterling the ruling was. Many were shocked that the Supreme Court even took the case up afterward. After all, what more was there to say? To have the SCOTUS overrule two centuries of established precedent in making the entire Executive branch above criminal law shocked just about everyone - this entirely for the purpose of keeping a single man out of jail.

> It's not the Supreme Court's job to override laws passed by congress because they're terrible or anti-American.

That is exactly their job, if said laws are unconstitutional.

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2. polski+8l[view] [source] 2025-07-18 20:34:41
>>jewayn+(OP)
Yes. The supreme court blocked student loan forgiveness because Congress did not appropriate funds for that purpose.

It's not their job to do things that are good or nice, it's to determine legality.

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