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You're referring to an entirely different case... see my reply to Jeo for the details on this one. Legolas Send a noteboard - 10/02/2022 09:03:40 AM

View original postAccording to straight news accounts, not op-ed pieces, the majority decision stated that a provision that had existed for 50 years without change needed to be rewritten. They ruled that only Section 4 of the law was unconstitutional. Per CBS News:

Um, this sounds like you're referring to a decision from 2013? What's the date on your news article? It's definitely not the one from yesterday that fionwe was referring to.
View original postPersonally as a conservative, I applaud any time the SC kicks the ball back to Congress and says, rewrite this if you don't want us to throw out the whole thing. That is what they are supposed to do.

As a matter of principle I agree with this - being European and used to civil law, I'm always baffled by the extent to which the SC actually determines policy in the US, when that should be the role of Congress.

Of course, that being said, in the real world the US Congress has been so dysfunctional for so long that it's entirely incapable of legislating one way or the other on most issues, hence leaving it up to the executive and/or judiciary branches to actually call the shots. That's a problem of Congress more than it is a problem of the courts - and both parties are to blame, but the Republicans more so, since many of them consider it a feature, not a bug, when government is dysfunctional. The more they prevent the government from functioning normally, the more they can convince people that it's a bad thing for the government to be involved at all in various matters.

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You're referring to an entirely different case... see my reply to Jeo for the details on this one. - 10/02/2022 09:03:40 AM 153 Views
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