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Sure. When prior decisions are “unworkable or are badly reasoned,” then the Supreme Court may not follow precedent, and this is “particularly true in constitutional cases.” [0] But…

> Now decades of an activist judiciary have distorted that concept as the legislative branch has chosen to abdicate their responsibility for their own gain, but the fact still stan…

People in the US are free to not get raped, too, but unfortunately there are circumstances where that freedom is severely abridged.

> that frees the other side to ignore the rules on issues they deem sufficiently important to them, and it goes quickly downhill from there. We’re already there. That’s already hap…

Agreed. If it does stand, it will be in order to maintain ideological consistency, not judicial consistency. What a mess.

I believe the process you’re talking about is called incorporation: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_of_the_Bill_of... The Court will rely on this precedent where conv…

>and lower courts can and do refuse to enforce laws on that basis Courts don't enforce laws, but I get what you mean. I have no confidence whatsoever that appellate courts will do …

>I am assuming the Supreme Court will defer to whatever the appellate court decided because it is so open and shut. Out of curiosity, what about the current makeup of appellate cou…

Bills in general aren't laws, they are proposals for laws. [0] [0] https://www.govinfo.gov/help/bills

The first amendment doesn't have anything to say about the Internet, so it doesn't apply. Think I'm joking? This is the stated judicial philosophy of the majority of Supreme Court …

>How is this allowed in light of the interstate commerce clause? Laws are allowed until the Court rules on them. The states can pass all manner of fucked up laws (and they will), a…

>The reversal or Roe was not about "kicking it back to the states", it was the first step in trying to make abortion access illegal nationwide. Yes, and it makes me angry that so m…

Yep. That's why my therapist said, “sometimes people are depressed because their life just sucks, so let’s see if that’s the case before we consider a chemical intervention.” Notic…

> Poverty, insecure work, sexism, racism, interpersonal conflict, etc all clearly associate with depression. The vast sums of money spent on looking for the chemical equation of lo…

Copyright should be limited to 20 years full stop. Nobody deserves to keep making money off of something for longer than two decades.

I presume so. Does the EU ruling require companies to offer warranties for damage caused by users installing malicious software?