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zbyte64@awful.systems 8 months agoIt’s a great narrative that happens to justify a power grab by the judicial branch; probably the least democratic of the three branches.
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zbyte64@awful.systems 8 months agoIt’s a great narrative that happens to justify a power grab by the judicial branch; probably the least democratic of the three branches.
FireTower@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It absolutely the least democratic, they aren’t representatives they’re judges. They side with the laws enacted by the people, not the people. And all federal judges are appointed.
That power has been with the judicial branch for 180+ years before it was given by the Court to the agency in the 80s to prop up a Reagan interpretation of the Clean Air Act.
zbyte64@awful.systems 8 months ago
This doesn’t seem to be working as intended. We have “originalists” who turn that concept on it’s head and are explicitly a political project.