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Supreme Court splits 4-4, again, in state sovereignty

mike2810 said:
It is interesting how the SC rules along personal political ideology belief. If members of the SC looked at the Constitution and Laws without bias, we would not have split decisions.

Of course I know that will never happen. Even in the SC , its politics.
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the supreme court rules unanimously or nearly so a hell of a lot more than politicians in the house/senate, which can accomplish *nothing*, including to just pick a damn replacement on the court. That must be the senate's master plan: to make the federal courts just as useless
 
Unitedwestand13 said:
How many 4-4 decisions should we allow to happen? Especially ones that could potentially create havoc at the constitutional level?
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The nation seems to have survived with only eight justices during the time Justice Jackson was working at Nuremberg. Hard to imagine how.
 
chromium said:
the supreme court rules unanimously or nearly so a hell of a lot more than politicians in the house/senate, which can accomplish *nothing*, including to just pick a damn replacement on the court. That must be the senate's master plan: to make the federal courts just as useless
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Congress could dissolve the lower federal courts entirely, if it ever saw fit to do that. It can also limit the Supreme Court's appellate jurisdiction--which is almost all of it--and therefore its power to decide cases. The Supreme Court is certainly the third of the three branches of the federal government, and it's a distant third.
 
matchlight said:
Congress could dissolve the lower federal courts entirely, if it ever saw fit to do that. It can also limit the Supreme Court's appellate jurisdiction--which is almost all of it--and therefore its power to decide cases. The Supreme Court is certainly the third of the three branches of the federal government, and it's a distant third.
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And it has the power to keep the other two branches in check.
 
Unitedwestand13 said:
And it has the power to keep the other two branches in check.
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So you assert. If that is true, it should be easy enough for you tell us where that power comes from. Since the Constitution is the only source of power for the government of the United States, what specific part of the Constitution grants the Supreme Court the power you claim it has to keep the executive and legislative branches in check? Please cite the section and clause.
 
Unitedwestand13 said:
And it has the power to keep the other two branches in check.
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Liberals rely heavily on the Supreme Court to make law, because there's never enough bat**** crazy people in Congress to vote for their crazy leftwing ****.
 
Joe Steel said:
Until the Republicans stop their obstruction or the President mans-up and ignores the Senate.
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ignores the senate...good job suggesting a dictatorship. how very 'liberal' of you :lamo


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