The crazy thing here is that 4 supposedly conservative Supreme Court justices wanted to overturn over a century of precedent on how the constitution was interpreted.

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outside1234 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

They took this case so they can appear to be reasonable while doing wild stuff in other cases.

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khriss 2 days ago | parent [-]

Exactly. Notice the ruling after ruling from the Supreme court strengthening the power of corporations and moneyed interests.

	▲	Herring 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		The poor and rich alike have a deep-seated cultural aversion to poor people. It's no use warning about inequality when a sleazy billionaire wins the popular vote. Nobody is listening. They have to experience the bad results first-hand.

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shimman 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Our entire history of a nation is the people fighting against the ruling minority of tyrants. Look at how fast SCOTUS struck down the civil rights act of 1875 (only 8 years).

Look at how quickly slavers used the federal government to uphold slavery, the fugitive slave act was one of the first things Congress signed and took zero time enforcing against the will of the people.

Look at how quickly business leaders fought against Americans trying to better their working conditions.

The US constitution was designed to impede societal progress by stripping power from the people. The "reverance" people have for the "founders" doesn't help either, acting like a document written to embolden slavers as sacrosanct is beyond pathetic.

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mr_00ff00 2 days ago | parent [-]

What about the constitution specifically?

You are saying this like there are other of nations that didn’t need to struggle for equal rights, workers’ right etc.

	▲	shimman 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		You need to ask a real question because I have no idea what you are trying to say by beating around the bush, this is about the SCOTUS which is a US branch for the US government.