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ancianita

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2. From what I read of what you wrote, seems like you're exactly agreeing with him and you just can't see it.

Tue Jul 1, 2025, 11:42 PM

Jul 1

We know for a fact that the US Constitution cannot defend or uphold or protect itself, right?

So when you're laying out all the people in the judiciary who are failing to do that and conclude what the lawyerly Rakove did, you just used different words:

We have to stop fooling ourselves. The highest powers in our country are just fine with killing American democracy. And they're doing it with all the speed they can muster. And this Court is happy to help. May they all be damned...

and

I never thought I'd see the confluence of corruption, ineptitude, disdain, and misguided personal preferences infect the Supreme Court in the way it has

Either way I'm not going to argue with you about your finding some "flaw" in Rakove's thinking when you've actually connected more dots using more context and fleshed out details.
This is about the US Constitutional failure due to a failed judiciary and Congress, which ARE institutions constituted by the US Constitution.

Because if you know an institution that WILL rescue it, name it.

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It's Not Just a Constitutional Crisis in the Trump Era. It's Constitutional Failure -- by Stanford Professor Jack Rakove [View all] ancianita Jul 1 OP

The only thing I disagree with... appmanga Jul 1 #1

From what I read of what you wrote, seems like you're exactly agreeing with him and you just can't see it. ancianita Jul 1 #2

Lawrence had a great interview with this scholar last night LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2 #3

Indeed! I saw it and it reminded me that we didn't have a copy of his essay, so I looked it up and posted it. ancianita Jul 2 #4