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Here's Why Overturning Roe v. Wade Was the Right Decision

Jim Bauer @porwest (112820) • United States 24 Feb 24

When people discuss the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v. Wade I have the impression that they either don't understand the ruling or they want to make people who don't understand the ruling think that it means something...

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Why 9 instead of 5 or 7 or 11 or 13?

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 8 Jun 22

Why are there 9 justices on the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)? It is because there were 9 federal court circuits at the time. The time was 1869. 9 was settled on because the US had 9 federal court circuits then due...

lifetime appointments

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Trying to Avoid Thinking But … It's not working!

cmoneyspinner @cmoneyspinner (9218) • Austin, Texas 23 Sep 20

Sometimes I wonder if our politicians make up “busy work” to avoid doing the REAL WORK they were elected to do. There are some things you can do to make peace so that you can move on and get important...

justice for all

us constitution

american politics

american history

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Will They Hear The Case?

J.P. Randolph @jprtist (656) • Pueblo, Colorado 11 Oct 19

The suspense is killing me. Will the Supreme Court hear the case New York vs. Trump et al over the Trump income taxes over the last eight years? That's all there is left in the fight for the release of these taxes. How long will...

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If It's Broke, We the People Should Fix It!

cmoneyspinner @cmoneyspinner (9218) • Austin, Texas 5 Oct 18

Every once in a while I like to repeat myself. If you've been following American news then you know that in a few more days we will or we will NOT have a new member judge added to our Supreme Court. This confirmation process has...

questions and answers

american politics

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Billionaires REALLY want Neil Gorsuch on the U.S Supreme Court

flpoolbum @flpoolbum (2978) • United States 12 Feb 17

Billionaires, allegedly including the corrupt Koch Brothers, are spending tons of money on internet and TV ads to get Neil Gorsuch into the SCOTUS! I have never seen anything like it! They want him in the SCOTUS really bad. I...

corrupt koch brothers

u s supreme court

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Does Obama Understand the Constitution?

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 4 Apr 12

For a "Constitutional scholar", President Obama seems to lack a true understanding of one of the most important governmental structures created by the Constitution: the system of "checks and balances". The point of creating the...

checks and balances

health care law

individual mandate

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A Win for US Election Integrity

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 29 Apr 08

Hoo~AH SCOTUS! The official line of the Democrat party has been "Voter ID will disenfranchise the poor, the elderly and the indigent". I notice not one Democrat politician ever bother expounding on that meaningless line....

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