The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s controversial plan to change how mail ballots are sent to voters across the country, rebuffing a proposal that election officials warned would have had catastrophic consequences if allowed to take effect for this year’s midterms.
I think it’s much simpler than that. They like the idea of a very powerful president because a powerful presidency is the only way to get unpopular conservative positions enacted. But they also really don’t want things going to full-on dictatorship. Why? Because in a full dictatorship, the court is just as powerless as the legislature.
I guess Kavenaugh, Kagan, and Barrett didn’t get big enough bribes.
I think it’s much simpler than that. They like the idea of a very powerful president because a powerful presidency is the only way to get unpopular conservative positions enacted. But they also really don’t want things going to full-on dictatorship. Why? Because in a full dictatorship, the court is just as powerless as the legislature.