Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Similarly, in Brown v Board of Education the Supreme Court imposed a popular solution that was blocked in congress by the filibuster and the power granted to Dixiecrats by the seniority system. https://t.co/FTGhb8gvTp — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 27, 2022 Hibernated

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The US government has tons of veto points and undemocratic features, sometimes (as in Obergerfell) the Court enforces the will of the public against the obstinacy of state legislatures. — PolitiTweet.org

@mattyglesias Not sure I disagree, but I think it's reasonable to ask what's the point of having a constitution/sup… https://t.co/QrvvFZwXMv

Posted June 27, 2022 Hibernated

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If I were designing a system from scratch, I wouldn’t vest supreme authority over constitutional interpretation in a council of nine lifetime appointees. But I also wouldn’t design a congress that works the way ours does. You have to understand how the parts interact. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 27, 2022 Hibernated