tw: politics

Today I learned that, since April, the Supreme Court of the United States has sided with Trump in all 15 rulings it has issued on the President’s emergency requests. Of those 15 rulings, the court has only written 3 majority opinions. 7 have come with no explanation at all.

I don’t have to convince anyone here of what’s going on in America, obvs. I just wanted to share because this fact surprised me. I didn’t realize that they weren’t even justifying their decisions, which normally they do.

  • THB@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I was frankly shocked how many justices Trump was allowed to appoint. And bewildered how little pushback came from the Dems. The decisions being made now were already set in motion in Trump’s first term appointments imo, but so little was made of it then.

    I recall Obama having to compromise on his appointments, and then literally giving up his last one to Trump.

    And that’s how you get a completely compromised Judicial branch I guess.

    • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I think much was based on one side believing in a democracy and respecting being on the loser side of an election cycle and being naive about the other side being so willing to lie cheat and steal the seats of power.

      it’s probably broken fo the rest of our lives

      all for fuckin Trump

      i fucking hate this

    • Ginny [they/she]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      3 months ago

      It seems really weird you let the president pick the supreme court justices in the first place really. It’s also odd that you vote for judges in some places, because that makes the process overtly political, but even that would be better than just letting the president pick them.

      In England and Wales, judges are essentially appointed by the Judicial Appointments Commission.