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Ocasio-Cortez warns of ‘dangerous authoritarian expansion of power’ in Supreme Court (thehill.com)

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday warned of an “authoritarian expansion of power” by the Supreme Court after it released several controversial opinions in it’s last week of the…

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

That's only because our legislative branch is entirely ineffective.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's very effective, it's just we've decided to vote in a bunch of plutocrats to manage it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Indeed. They surely got no problems providing welfare, tax cuts and good policy for legal persons to develop and grow strong!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think it's worse now. Even if the legislature gets fixed, SCOTUS would shoot down everything they don't want.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Proof of the legislature being fixed will include court reform bills getting passed.