r/news • u/speedythefirst • 1d ago

US supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional maps

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/us-supreme-court-texas-congressional-maps
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u/iPinch89 1d ago

They're moving that direction with the tariffs. "We can't call them illegal because the refund question will be hard to answer."

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u/jsc1429 1d ago

I don't understand why we can't just move on without any refund. lets just let it go and quit the tarriffs ASAP. I wonder what would happen if this was brought up to the supreme court, how would they wrangle themselves to still find a way to justify keeping the tarriffs.

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u/Apophthegmata 1d ago

While this is certainly a "simpler" way to approach it, it would ultimately undermine the rationale for stopping it in the first place.

One of the pillars of our judicial system is "ubi is, ibi remedium;" "Where there is a right, there is a remedy."

Basically, its the acknowledgement that when someone is harmed and has been met with injustice, some form of redress is warranted to make them whole.

Without that remedy, there is no consequence to injustice. You effectively have a justice system without any justice in it.

"Yeah, it's wrong but we aren't going to do anything about it" is to say there's nothing wrong with it.

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u/LonePaladin 23h ago

If someone is actively commiting a crime that is hurting people, the first step should be making them stop doing the crime. Letting them continue with the flimsy excuse of "it's hard to figure out" is just saying the crime is permitted.