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7. in the process of

Reply to Takket (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 26, 2025, 06:15 PM

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...mostly, I believe, because this republican majority won't stand up for their own authority under the Constitution, and the Supreme Court is content to let that muddle stand while not restricting the administration from continuing to do what have been illegal things in the long past.

We really haven't had a plaintiff coming before the courts arguing in behalf of Congress' prerogatives, yet.

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