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A great deal can still be done. President Biden’s mention of “adversity” in his comments on the Court’s decision is one key to a new and more politically defensible form of affirmative action.
This isn’t the end of the story. The Biden administration still has legal authority to wipe out federal student debt.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson engaged in a heated exchange of verbal jabs within their opinions.
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Given the recent ethics questions about justices’ interactions with billionaires, it’s an interesting case to take on.
And that means the Court, by deciding this case, exercises authority it does not have. It violates the Constitution. . . . [T]he majority overrides the combined judgment of the Legislative and Executive Branches. . . . I respectfully dissent . . .
Dems Reintroduce Bill to Impose Supreme Court Term Limits
Movement judges as not interchangeable with partisan judges. Unlike a partisan judge, the movement judge will be tempted to advance a movement’s goals even when doing so may harm their political party’s electoral prospects.
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