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Have you heard anything from Roberts or Barrett in the last month? They’re not putting up with any of this anymore. Roberts explicitly called out the administration’s attempts to circumvent the Constitution and had a speech on how we need to protect the rule of law. They’ve both been voting reasonably in regards to human rights. They’re still both fiscally conservative, however.
That's 2
That’s all we need with Breyer, Kagan, and Sotomayor. Although many of the more recent rulings included Kavanaugh and Gorsuch as well.
A handful of halfway decent people are definitely not all we need. It's better than nothing for sure, but nowhere near enough to stop what's happening to this country
There are only nine Justices on SCOTUS. That’s who I’ve been talking about. We only need 5 for majority, and have been getting 7. There are two Trump loyalists, Alito and Thomas.
All 9 of them together wouldn't be enough to stop what's happening
That’s literally what this whole thread and post was about. Lol
You literally said "that's all we need" like 3 comments ago, you have been and continue to be wrong
Dude, how is this topic still confusing to you? There are three co-equal branches of government. SCOTUS is one of them. They can check the power of POTUS. There are 9 Justices on SCOTUS. Three are liberal. We need 2 more to vote reasonably to have a 5/9 majority. We’ve been getting 7/9 votes in favor of civil rights for the last three months.
Take a civics class instead of debating people to learn how the government works.
Idk what part of me pointing out that you're directly contradicting yourself made you want to post a paragraph from a children's social studies book, have you perhaps considered logging off entirely