jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months ago“May have just legalized murder by one individual”: Experts alarmed at “stunning” SCOTUS rulingwww.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square207fedilinkarrow-up1882arrow-down19
arrow-up1873arrow-down1external-link“May have just legalized murder by one individual”: Experts alarmed at “stunning” SCOTUS rulingwww.salon.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square207fedilink
minus-squareBertramDitore@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·6 months agoAnd who gets to decide if a lower court decision stands? You guessed it, the Supreme Court. This was always going to be their ultimate decision.
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoSo doesn’t that mean the US didn’t really ever have separation of powers? Sounds like the door to fascism wasn’t locked and we just used the honour system.
And who gets to decide if a lower court decision stands? You guessed it, the Supreme Court. This was always going to be their ultimate decision.
So doesn’t that mean the US didn’t really ever have separation of powers? Sounds like the door to fascism wasn’t locked and we just used the honour system.