Posted on 07/23/2023 5:05:43 PM PDT by Libloather
resident Biden should find ways to defy the rulings of "MAGA justices" for their "gravely mistaken" constitutional interpretations, law professors urged in a letter on Wednesday.
Harvard law professor Mark Tushnet and San Francisco State University political scientist Aaron Belkin penned "An Open Letter to the Biden Administration on Popular Constitutionalism" to respond to what Biden has called "not a normal court" following high-profile cases.
"We urge resident Biden to restrain MAGA justices immediately by announcing that if and when they issue rulings that are based on gravely mistaken interpretations of the Constitution that undermine our most fundamental commitments, the Administration will be guided by its own constitutional interpretations," they wrote.
The letter continued, "We have worked diligently over the past five years to advocate Supreme Court expansion as a necessary strategy for restoring democracy. Although we continue to support expansion, the threat that MAGA justices pose is so extreme that reforms that do not require Congressional approval are needed at this time, and advocates and experts should encourage President Biden to take immediate action to limit the damage."
Tushnet and Belkin cited a solution known as "popular constitutionalism" claiming "that courts do not exercise exclusive authority over constitutional meaning." They theorized that Biden could explain how the Supreme Court’s decisions are "egregiously wrong" and offer an alternative constitutional interpretation, particular if the ruling poses a "grave threat."
"In this particular historical moment, MAGA justices pose a grave threat to our most fundamental commitments because they rule consistently to undermine democracy and to curtail fundamental rights, and because many of their rulings are based on misleading and untrue claims," they warned.
George Washington University law professor and legal expert Jonathan Turley penned an op-ed for The Hill on Saturday that warned about this interpretation of the constitution.
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Jackson ignored the Court in the indian case, and only supported the Court when it was in his interest to do so, when a state felt it had the right to nullify(ignore) a federal law.
Still, the fact remained that Jackson had the POWER to ignore the Court and make HIS decision stick, because he had the power to fire any official who obeyed the Court instead of him.
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The Stalin totalitarian move... how tacky and trashy. Eff the goons and thugs of the Biden Administration.
Their second insurrection.
= DICTATORSHIP!
***the threat that MAGA justices pose is so extreme that reforms that do not require Congressional approval are needed at this time
ATTENTION DoJ: This is what sedition looks like, not people waving American flags!
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