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0 pointsEddy_Viscosity24y ago0 comments

I'm sure, if they wanted to, the supremes could come up with an originalist argument as to why slavery should be legal again. Even if that legal argument was amazing and air-tight, it won't make it right. The means don't justify the end.

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rayiner4y ago· 2 in thread

Who decides what’s “right?” Is the Supreme Court a vehicle for highly educated lawyers (of either party) to impose their values on the country?

If the law doesn’t produce an answer through legal reasoning, then that means the public needs to decide. Having the supremes sit as a moral Guardian Council isn’t how it’s supposed to work.

inawarminister4y ago

It's ironic, but your last sentence reminds me of how the Islamic Republic of Iran is organized, with their Grand Ayatollah and council of Ayatollahs in a moral Guardian Council watching over the executive and legislative branches.

The more things differ...

rayiner4y ago

That comparison was intentional. But in this comparison, the Roe court is the Guardian Council.

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