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ShazzieB

(21,174 posts)
20. This is true.
Thu May 1, 2025, 02:33 PM
May 1

I was just responding to your statement that SCOTUS could "just have someone make something up."

There are certainly conservative organizations that look for cases they can bring to contest some law or previous court ruling they don't like (and liberal ones that do the same thing). I just don't think the Court engineers those things themselves, as your comment implied. I do think they often pick and choose cases like this one to rule on, but that's not quite the same thing.

Getting someone to make up a bespoke case would be a risky maneuver, and they don't need to take a risk like that. They know the cases are going to come to them. All they have to do is wait.

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Come on Supreme Court kacekwl May 1 #1
They need a case melm00se May 1 #6
If the supreme court really cared, markodochartaigh May 1 #11
No. ShazzieB May 1 #14
One of the litigants made up markodochartaigh May 1 #18
This is true. ShazzieB May 1 #20
It's the far right that arranges to brakester May 1 #28
Sure Cirsium May 1 #26
They don't have to kacekwl May 1 #22
The law and order party. Ha Ha Ha republianmushroom May 1 #2
That gave us a 34 convictions felon RainCaster May 2 #30
Republicans have mentioned the answer.... take away the citizenship. Norrrm May 1 #3
This is fodder JustAnotherGen May 1 #4
These people are traitors to our country and our democracy. Deporting CITIZENS? Citizens get their day in court (as Martin68 May 1 #5
Part of the issue is citizen children of undocumented. erodriguez May 1 #7
No. We don't need a provision to remove 1WorldHope May 1 #9
So if the law says you can't send them with their parents are reported, erodriguez May 1 #15
Bingo! 1WorldHope May 1 #23
There is. murielm99 May 1 #10
I guess it's official: MLWR May 1 #8
neither can we. It's sickening and inhumane. Evolve Dammit May 1 #12
Well, you can imagine how we feel here! ananda May 1 #13
Full on Iamscrewed May 1 #16
History will not be kind to these tiny, cruel men. Magoo48 May 1 #17
I just heard about this. Sickening to the extreme. Repubs have hit a new low, amazingly. LymphocyteLover May 1 #19
As if we needed another reason... GiqueCee May 1 #21
As far as they are concerned, there are only 1100 or so 'Americans' in this country. OldBaldy1701E May 2 #32
Remember their names and hold them accountable Mysterian May 1 #24
Deport everyone who voted against it. Wonder Why May 1 #25
It's a matter for the courts. Not a whimsical GOP Congress. /nt bucolic_frolic May 1 #27
Unfortunately... Godot51 May 2 #29
There is no such thing as "deporting" citizens. HappyLarge May 2 #31
Never forget how they voted. They have violated their oaths. surfered May 2 #33
IOW voting to ignore the cours and the Constitution azureblue May 2 #34
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