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Klaus Schadenfreude <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 06:57:43 -0700 (PDT), "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/justice-kagan-just-diagnosed-the-cour >>t-s-sickness-hopefully-her-peers-were-listening/ar-AA10dRUD?ocid=msedgd >>hp&pc=U531&cvid=8a6f854144684bc6b68fb85efe737dd7

"Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Elena Kagan, perhaps more than >>their colleagues, are acutely aware that the Supreme Court may be
hurtling toward catastrophe. They know that if the court is viewed as >>illegitimate, it loses its authority."

SCOTUS does not lose its authority because some people view them as >>illegitimate. The Constitution gives SCOTUS final say on matters of
law and their decisions are binding whether popular or not. The
founders realized that sometimes SCOTUS would have to make unpopular >>choices which is why the federal judiciary is not popularly elected
and are appointed for life.

I assume the stand on a street corner in Portland, Oregon and ask
people at random if they'd like to come work for them

They have the option of taking their paycheck in money or drugs.

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