Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments In Case That Could Decide Meaning Of 'Serious Drug Offense'
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Earlier today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could decide the meaning of "Serious Drug Offense."
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When lawyers are arguing about what the word is means the country is in serious trouble
Welcome to supreme court cases lol. The scarier part is originalists spending pages of their decision theorizing what a single word (like "is") meant in their decisions... But the lawyers, it makes sense: if that's who's deciding the case, you have to play to your audience
Originalist don't believe that the Constitution is a living document and subject to the arbitrary whims of our modern linguistic manipulations.
Words matter and I'm thankful there are people on the bench who keep that standard.
Now they're trying to determine what a serious drug offense is
At the end of the WHOLE DAY, trial courts have broad discretion to do most anything they want. The Constitution isn't worth the paper it's written on these days, unfortunately. In fact, those two words - broad discretion - rips the Constitution to shreds. Courts use the freebie of discretion to make or break freedom.
OR not. the court hears /rules on a case by case basis. It is legs, branch that writes laws,
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That was pure gibberish from Sotomayor.
Always is. She's another ANTICONSTITUTIONAL INSTALLMENT..
@@bilindamueller3154her and Jackson. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.