"The court gives a green light to a law that will upend the longstanding federal-state balance of power and sow chaos," liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in a dissenting opinion. Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson also objected to the decision.

The majority did not explain its reasoning.

  • regul [any]
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    8 months ago

    Well, here's the thing. Supreme Court can say what it wants, but they're not the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Andrew Jackson figured this out through his intense commitment to being racist.

    There will come a time in the not too distant future where a sitting president ignores a Supreme Court ruling. I'd prefer that be in service of good rather than evil.

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      8 months ago

      a sitting president ignores a Supreme Court ruling

      A GOP president could do it but a dem president never will.

      • regul [any]
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        8 months ago

        Right. That's why I said it's even more unlikely than packing a court. The norms must be respected.