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leftstreet

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3. Our overlords will never do this

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 11:58 AM

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The Supreme Court is working exactly the way they want it to. It's far from its original Constitutional purpose to settle disputes between states, etc. Congress itself gave them appellate authority - which it should NEVER have had.

The "checks and balances" joke is on us

But, much like showing people how things like Medicare For All and Single Payer could be achieved, these ideas do give people a sense of hope I guess

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Jamelle Bouie: The Supreme Court is corrupt - This is what we can do about it [View all] Fiendish Thingy Sunday OP

Excellent explainer. The first half is well worth the watch also. erronis Sunday #1

It is up to us, not our party leaders, to DEMAND court expansion be the #1 priority. Nt Fiendish Thingy Sunday #2

We will not get out of this mess without the expansion. Passages Sunday #5

I agree 1000% Fiendish Thingy Sunday #6

Yep. In the mean time we have some areas we can work on: Passages Sunday #7

Our overlords will never do this leftstreet Sunday #3

We must be our own overlords Fiendish Thingy Sunday #4