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Summary

Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance warned that Chief Justice John Roberts may reverse a key Supreme Court precedent to benefit Donald Trump.

Trump seeks to overturn Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, a 1930s ruling that limits presidential power to fire officials.

Vance argues Trump is trying to consolidate executive power and undermine the judiciary. She cited Roberts’ language in a past ruling granting ex-presidents broad immunity as an “ominous sign.”

The conservative court may prioritize politics over precedent.

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    They dedicate their entire lives to upholding this one thing

    Yes, violently imposing control.

    then seem to have no qualms just completely tearing it apart…

    No, this all completely on brand.

    Their one job is to interpret what is already written in the Constitution.

    Interpretation is completely subjective. Just look at all the other religion besides civil religion. Systemic interpretation only functions to serve those who control the system.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_religion

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      I believe people like Roberts and Gorsuch (and maybe even to a lesser degree, Kavanaugh and Barrett) actually believed in their responsibility to uphold the Constitution. I think Gorsuch might actually still believe it.

      And I don’t think I would say that Ketanji Brown Jackson, or Sonia Sotomayor (or former justices like Ginsburg) spent their lives “violently imposing control” on anyone.

      And no, the existence of the state is not in and of itself a violent imposition of control.