• BertramDitore@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    That’s right. The Supreme Court’s legitimacy comes from our collective acceptance of their legitimacy. It’s a bit circular, but they stop being legitimate once we stop seeing them as legitimate. They have no enforcement mechanism.

    I guess it would take multiple blue states blatantly disregarding their rulings to effectively send that message.

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      5 months ago

      The problem is that the cops and people with guns will happily enforce these rulings while we peasants can screw off.