The conservative justices have issued a sweeping and ideological ruling that'll allow the president and government at all levels to get away with unconstitutional violations
Thanks. I am aware of that. My point was that I thought 'the process' involved exactly that. Cases start in lower courts, then work upwards. Meaning that I think slamming the door on nation-wide application of decisions of Constitutional issue from lower courts is a travesty. Is the Constitution 'national', or not? NOTE: Nothing resembling a legal education on my end.
Am I a total moron? I always thought the lower federal courts existed (partially) to make decisions to eventually be decided, on their merits, by SCOTUS.
An extremely small number of lower court rulings make it to SCOTUS. There are thousands upon thousands of lower court rulings every year. Around 60 or so (depending on how you count things, perhaps add a couple dozen more) annually get decided at SCOTUS.
I doubt that there is anything to worry about in terms of this decision affecting citizen rights at any level. Those six justices, led by Alito and Thomas, will undo the damage as soon as the Dems are the in-party and citizens want to challenge their policies.
O’ but the irony, https://republia.substack.com/p/the-irony-of-demagoguerys-self-abdicating
Thanks. I am aware of that. My point was that I thought 'the process' involved exactly that. Cases start in lower courts, then work upwards. Meaning that I think slamming the door on nation-wide application of decisions of Constitutional issue from lower courts is a travesty. Is the Constitution 'national', or not? NOTE: Nothing resembling a legal education on my end.
Amazing that we survived as a republic well into the 20th century without universal injunctions. We’ll survive again. And so will lawyers.
Am I a total moron? I always thought the lower federal courts existed (partially) to make decisions to eventually be decided, on their merits, by SCOTUS.
An extremely small number of lower court rulings make it to SCOTUS. There are thousands upon thousands of lower court rulings every year. Around 60 or so (depending on how you count things, perhaps add a couple dozen more) annually get decided at SCOTUS.
I doubt that there is anything to worry about in terms of this decision affecting citizen rights at any level. Those six justices, led by Alito and Thomas, will undo the damage as soon as the Dems are the in-party and citizens want to challenge their policies.
/sarcasm
A voice of the past talking about the present trying to inspire a better future. https://substack.com/@andycollen/note/p-167079075?r=2g93c&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action