• L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works
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    13 hours ago

    I get what you are saying and totally empathize with the sentiment given a modern context, but that is the purpose of judiciaries and why the US federal goverment structure was designed the way it was.

    What’s surprising is not that it’s the last line of defense, it’s that we’ve been pushed to the fucking brink.

    • evenglow@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      USA fell off the brink last November. Everything going on now is the falling down bit while people hope someone else is stacking pillows at the bottom. But pillows got real expensive lately and a new Trump headline just dropped.