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Takket

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5. SCOTUS has effectivly eliminated Congress and the Counrts are branches of government

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Sep 26, 2025, 06:11 PM

Friday

if, "if the president wants to do it (or not do it) is all that matters", then there is effectively no more judicial or legislative branch. drumpf alone is the sole arbiter of what gets spent and what it is spent on.

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Supreme Court lets Trump withhold billions in foreign aid, citing "harm" to president's foreign policy ability if denied [View all] bigtree Friday OP

As long as these six are on the court JBTaurus83 Friday #1

probably bigtree Friday #3

Life saving aid................ Lovie777 Friday #2

How many victories IN A ROW has his criminal court B.See Friday #4

thing is, most of them are aquiescing without actually ruling on the merits bigtree Friday #6

Most of them can't be on the merits FBaggins Friday #8

exactly bigtree Friday #9

Next Dem trifecta needs to re-shape the courts Arazi Friday #11

SCOTUS has effectivly eliminated Congress and the Counrts are branches of government Takket Friday #5

in the process of bigtree Friday #7

Why should Dems compromise on any spending bills ever again if Traitor can just grab the $$ anyway Arazi Friday #10

So now TSF can override whatever Congress agrees to. Wonder what happened to 'checks and balances"? sinkingfeeling Friday #12

With all the beneficial rulings, we should be grateful that the Supremes did not declare him the winner question everything Saturday #13

Scotus is usurping the Legislative Branch JCMach1 Saturday #14