Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday warned of an ā€œauthoritarian expansion of powerā€ by the Supreme Court after it released several controversial opinions in itā€™s last week of the term. ā€œThe courts, if they were to proceed without any check on their power, without any balance on their power, then we will start to seeā€¦

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    1 year ago

    Definitely not a good look for the Supreme Court. They should not be involved with the legislative process either for good or bad.

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      Yea they shouldnā€™t be involved with legislating but our legislature and the people meant to represent us have devolved so much that the Supreme Court is basically the only functioning legislating bodyā€”and has been for a long time, atleast since Roe vs. Wade.

      Our legislature is a failure, the Supreme Court as it stands wouldnā€™t have much power or authority to make these legal changes if this country actually made laws.