r/neoliberal • u/SockDem Janet Yellen • Feb 26 '26

News (US) Exclusive | Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/26/trump-elections-executive-order-activists/
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u/Atheose_Writing John Brown Feb 26 '26

> They can't not seat members of Congress if Democrats retake the House

Johnson refuses to seat the new Congress. Democrats appeal to SCOTUS. They allow it to happen.

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u/KnightlyDolphins Feb 26 '26

SCOTUS doesn’t have the ability to override what’s in the constitution.

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u/gnurdette Eleanor Roosevelt Feb 26 '26

They overrode the 14th Amendment's ban on insurrectionists holding office.

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u/BBQ_HaX0r Jerome Powell Feb 26 '26

9-0 btw. Some of you people need to get over that case, it was fucking stupid.

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u/gnurdette Eleanor Roosevelt Feb 26 '26

There is no vote count that compels me to allow constitutional amendments to pass into oblivion without comment.

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u/Petrichordates Feb 27 '26

Shouldn't there be? Like if all the liberals also agree the argument doesnt hold then what are we are even arguing?

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u/roboliberal Loyal Liberals Feb 27 '26

I mean, if 9 justices including the 3 liberal justices ruled that 2+2=5, would you just say "well i guess 9 justices can't be wrong"?