Hacker News Reader

Comment by kenjackson | Hacker News Reader

I don’t love the decision, but I actually like the process. And I don’t think it is legislating. It is interpreting the law.

I’d like term limits on Supreme Court justices. But I think the arguments on both sides of this debate are well thought out.

Again I don’t love the decision, but Im OK with it. That said I’d love to see universities stop giving weight to legacies. But the money is just too strong.

View on HN

Legacies aren't just about money. They are the "connections" that make elite universities beneficial to undergrads.

> I don’t love the decision, but I actually like the process. And I don’t think it is legislating. It is interpreting the law.

I think this is naive. Roberts is not "calling balls and strikes" despite what he would have you believe. The conservative wing of the court has been willing to adopt a range of interpretations to accommodate their outcome.

It's not just setting aside precedent but their increased use of emergency motions (shadow docket) to issue orders without explanation.

I see this opinion regularly, can you give an example?

When a neoconservative spends his life petitioning courts for this exact result instead of petitioning anyone in congress... it feels like dirty legislating. Part of it is because our congress is dreadfully inept.

Congress has more important issues to deal with, such as making it illegal to participate in any programs involving extraterrestrial craft without notifying Congress

Our federal congress was dragged into ineptitude by a group of people who refuse to legislate or collaborate and would rather confirm judges.

Some states are getting legislation done. Minnesota, for example, but same too with states that rapidly passed abortion curbs.

He didn't petition congress because congress already legislated on this issue: neither the 14th amendment nor the civil rights act contain exceptions allowing racial discrimination, as long as it's for the right cause (and the courts get to pick which causes are right).

Reply on news.ycombinator.com