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This is an absolutely _wild_ take. What "leftist" positions are you referring to? Be specific.

When FDR threatened to pack the court when his New Deal legislation kept being struck down since it violated federalism. “the switch in time that saved nine.” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-franklin-rooseve...

"Most of the federal government’s authority over the economy derived from a clause in the Constitution empowering Congress to regulate interstate commerce, but the court construed the clause so narrowly that in another case that next spring, it ruled that not even so vast an industry as coal mining fell within the commerce power."

The "regulation of interstate commerce" now is a joke of a catchall which basically is modernly interpreted as "government can damn do what it pleases in every avenue of our lives" from its original interpretation which was "you can make sure horses can get from point A to point B".

The ruling with regards to interstate commerce was obviously correct. Local businesses even vertically integrated ones are part of a national marketplace

Many people disagree with that interpretation so its not at all obviously correct. It was not interpreted that way at all until FDR threatened to pack the court.

Courts should be the most liberal part of a government. Otherwise the will of the majority is total and the minorities get royally screwed. Now, the sc is looking like the least liberal part, dragging existing laws and precedents down. Will be ugly. And now, it’s fair game when things reverse to rule the shit out of the 2nd amendment. Sauce for gander.

Want a gun, sign up for the militia.

The court interprets the laws. This was a bad ruling when it was made. If you want a law, then the legislative branch can try to pass one. That's how our government was setup to work.

> Want a gun, sign up for the militia.

All able-bodied citizens are already part of the militia. The Militia is just The People.

the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

The militia was what became the national guard. If you read the founding father's word on the subject that's clear. Any other reading of the 2A is wishful thinking and SCOTUS rulings on the subject are an example of judicial activism.

Forgot the well regulated part. National guard is the logical successor of the militia, joined up?

That was a correct ruling which was replaced by getting biased refs

Liking it when good things happen and not liking it when bad things happen is not hypocritical. You can argue which decisions were good or bad, but you can't claim what's happening now is good while also acting like politics is an inconsequential team sport.

From a Christian conservative point of view the past 80 years were bad and the current polar opposite direction is good. Christian conservatives cheering for the current decisions after complaining about the previous decisions aren't hypocrtical either.

Not that "you're hypocritical" is even an argument. Even if it were hypocritical, so what?

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