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Some argue the Supreme court has too much power. Whether you agree with the result or not, the Left absolutely abused the power of the Supreme Court in order to make fast progress. There was no reason to involve the Supreme Court in many of these cases in the first place other than because the laws themselves disagreed with what people wanted. But the people have the power to change the laws. We just havent.

which is also why 2nd amendment is relevant. if the people responsible for the creation of laws is sufficiently corrupted, then the public have the right to form a militia and replace them. Which you cannot do if those same corrupted people are the ones deciding who is allowed to have guns or not.

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I don’t think the Court was intentionally abused though. The Left doesn’t have an equivalent to the Federalist Society that carefully evaluated every candidate to see if they held pro-LGBTQ positions for decades in order to eventually legalize gay marriage.

The Supreme Court has taken on relevance because Congress is worthless. When no laws can be passed, courts act as clever compilers to keep society working despite the source code being ancient. The programmers of the law have not updated it to match the reality on the ground nor the features users want. This is a far better outcome than an uprising against the government, but it will only work for so long. Ultimately Congress needs to become functional again, which will require compromise and pork barrel trading.

>The Supreme Court has taken on relevance because Congress is worthless

>Ultimately Congress needs to become functional again

Yes exactly. I keep seeing rhetoric that we "lost 50 years of progress". we didnt. We band-aided our government and had 50 years to make the proper correction and havent been able to yet. More importantly, though, I dont think we have really tried to

the group that was keeping that band-aid on is now out of power and we want to blame the other side for simply upholding separation of powers. I mean, it is tone deaf to do it now at best, but Mississippi pushed the issue. the court is obligated to uphold the law, not dictate it. Abortion as a privacy right has always been a weak stance.

Anecdotally, I have felt a growing disinterest in local politics growing for the past decade. I can name so many people who "didnt want to talk politics" 2 weeks ago who are now non-stop politically charged over roe v wade. I could roll my eyes about it all, but honestly I just hope it serves as enough of a wake up call for people to stay involved.

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