Judicial Activism on the Rise: High Time for Reform in America's Conservative-dominated Supreme Court?
Judicial Activism on the Rise: High Time for Reform in America's Conservative-dominated Supreme Court?
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent term ended with a flurry of conservative-leaning decisions that have been met with shock and disapproval, particularly from the left. This conservative trend is seen as a reflection of the 6-3 conservative majority established during Trump's presidency. Noteworthy rulings include siding with a web designer who refused services to same-sex couples, ending affirmative action in colleges, and dismissing President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan.
What I want to know is; can Biden do anything about it before his first term is up? Regarding the supreme court that is.
2No, it isn't. They're judging the law as written. Thats what they are supposed to do. Blame congress.
-1I truly hope this statement is true.
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Maybe the judgements are conservative leaning because....the constitution is fairly conservative?
I'm glad this supreme court is ruling based on the constitution rather than having a pseudo legislative role.
If the people want legislation, they should go through the legislative branch.
-3If the people want legislation, they should go through the legislative branch.
How is that a reasonable expectation? I don't mean to be glib, this is a legitimate question. The chances that any given policy gets passed through congress and becomes a law is 30% regardless of public support:
So even when 99% of the population agrees on a bill, it still only has a 30% chance of passing. Bills that share the interests of the rich do not have this effect. They instead have this effect:
I don't mean to say that legislation should be through the judicial branch, but to me, treating the issue as simple as "go through the legislative branch" seems to miss the context that our legislation branch isn't good for anything other than giving money to the rich. So if the people want legislation, how should they reasonably be expected to make it happen?
1How is that a reasonable expectation? I don’t mean to be glib, this is a legitimate question. The chances that any given policy gets passed through congress and becomes a law is 30% regardless of public support:
Just because you don't like that your bills aren't getting passed, doesn't mean that we should actively go against our foundation of the nation. Sorry weed isn't legalized, doesn't mean that we should remove the judicial branch from the government.
but to me, treating the issue as simple as “go through the legislative branch” seems to miss the context that our legislation branch isn’t good for anything other than giving money to the rich
You can thank the Chevron Deference case for that. Hopefully this SC court rules on that next year.
So if the people want legislation, how should they reasonably be expected to make it happen?
Get involved. Vote for better candidates.
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