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[–] 0369Retired 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

The SCOTUS is not supposed to represent citizens or, more importantly, political parties. It is supposed to preside over court cases referred from "lower" courts and apply the law to those cases as the highest judiciary body in the nation. In a nutshell, SCOTUS is supposed to impartially represent the law, not the people or political parties. As such, it has fallen well short of its intended purpose. As for this case, its a crap shoot as to what these 9 political hacks will do.

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[–] Nosfewratsjews 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

The SCOTUS is not supposed to represent citizens

Bullshit. It's quite literally the last appeal a Citizen can make in our legal framework. It represents the ability for a Citizen to challenge the lesser courts breach of the Constitution, which happens fucking hourly at this point but most people are not rich enough to go through the song and dance hoops to get to the SCOTUS.

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[–] Karmy 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

SCOTUS has fallen short of its mandate with Roe v Wade, Obamacare and Same sex marriage. They have MADE law which is unconstitutional yet no one seems to find that a problem.