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Cake day: June 29th, 2023

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  • Exactly. While we need a strong judiciary right now it’s important to understand that the “near miss” scenario of dictatorship leaves us with a supreme court that has too much power and has abdicated its sense of responsibilities.

    Our government is supposed to be that the legislature decides broad policy, the executive implements it in accordance with the will of the people, the spirit of the law, and knowledge of their in house experts, and the judiciary (post maybury) serves as a check that blocks laws and policies. As it is today, the judiciary and executive decide policy, the executive does whatever it damn well pleases, and the legislature and judiciary attempt to block various things.

    I remember when government shutdowns were a thing so rare as to be absurd but today we do them all the time except when needed