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Jilly_in_VA

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36. If it's illegal, it needs to be challenged

Reply to newdeal2 (Reply #6)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 01:08 PM

5 hrs ago

Of course this bunch of Supremes would find it legal, but maybe it would take long enough to get there that the composition of the court will change before it does. We live in hope.

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