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[–]ReeferMadness 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Judicial activism is the wrong way to do it. That is corruption. It all seems great as long as the corrupt happen to be doing what you like, but sooner or later they will fuck you over too. Then you will finally understand why laws matter, and why it matters that people, and especially the government are held to those laws.

[–]AcceleratedWallops 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Laws that are unconstitutional get overturned by the courts. You'd rather the supreme court just say, "Congress, pretty please?" And if Congress just goes, "well we know it's unconstitutional, but....nah", what then?

How would that be an effective implementation of checks and balances?

[–]ReeferMadness 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Of course unconditional laws get overturned, that has NOTHING to do with what I'm talking about it and you know it. If you had an intelligent argument to make you wouldn't be spewing this strawman bullshit.

You leftists are just unscrupulous, as you have shown. That is exactly why you can't be trusted with authority.