• its_me_xiphos@beehaw.org
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    8 days ago

    The Roberts court destroyed the constitution, rule of law, and precedence. He isn’t just a political actor, but a Benedict Arnold.

    There’s a reason its called precedent. Its established, highly regarded law. Seen as truth setting and foundational. When you overturn not just one such precedent, but all of the ones a political party has campaigned against, you’re a political actor there John.

    We should start calling him Johnny Reb at this point too. Bet he’d love it.

    • Smoke@beehaw.org
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      6 days ago

      Overturning precedent by itself isn’t good or bad. Until Loving vs Virginia, anti-miscegenation laws were established and highly regarded; until Brown vs BoE, the same was true of segregation. The issue isn’t how old the laws are, but what they say.