Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Defying unjust court decisions isn't Trumpian - it's *Rooseveltian*. Roosevelt ...
Defying unjust court decisions isn't Trumpian - it's *Rooseveltian*. Roosevelt (following in Lincoln's footsteps) spent years discrediting and weakening the Supreme Court's power, using his bully pulpit to rob them of authority and build the political will to pack the court, which he was on the brink of doing when the Supreme Court surrendered:
https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/20/judicial-equilibria/#pack-the-court16/
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