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[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 week ago (13 children)

It’s been pretty clear for sometime that in the US laws don’t apply equally to everyone.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They should. But when the Supreme Court is corrupt, this is what happens.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's all courts, let's not pretend it was different for most people 10 years ago.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But the Supreme Courts dictate lower courts

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes I know, but (1) most lower court actions and decisions are never reviewed by SCOTUS and (2) it's not like the lower courts were doing great and every once in a while SCOTUS overturned them. This has long, long been a been a very consistent and pervasive problem in the federal courts. It's not as simple as "SCOTUS pulls the strings of the lower courts," quite far from it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I didn't say they pull the strings. I said they dictate it. They set precedence. Which is huge in the interpretation of law.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Yes I know, I'm a lawyer lol. I'm just saying that, in effect, lower courts split frequently, and even when they ostensibly don't split they interpret SCOTUS decisions in sometimes very different ways.

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