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		DrFunke on Nov 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anti-War Speech Sent Eugene V. Debs to Prison, 191... >The Supreme Court is supposed to be above politics Huh? The purpose of SCOTUS is very much partisan politics and always has been. It's actually the nature of the job.

pjc50 on Nov 27, 2022 [–]

That's not exactly how it's marketed to people though, is it? As a permanent unelected legislature it's basically the House of Lords.

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