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In reply to the discussion: The Supreme Court is not interpreting existing law [View all]drray23
(7,640 posts)5. Unfortunately its not in his powers to do so.
It would require a law to pass senate and house. The senate would likely need 60 votes because it would be fillibusted. If we retake the housevand somehow pass such a law we would have to hold the senate and convince 51 senate democrats to use the nuclear option and get rid of the fillibuster first, something we could not do this session.
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The SCOTUS ruling in the 14th Amendment disqualification issue was also largely dicta
LetMyPeopleVote
May 1
#25
If TSF returns to the WH, expect to see "Brown v Board of Education" overturned.
no_hypocrisy
May 2
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