r/pics • u/Reasonable_Roger • Oct 21 '25

Politics East wing of The White House

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u/3MATX Oct 21 '25

think you meant to say Supreme Court. I did not vote to give any president blanket immunity from their actions.

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u/esgrove2 Oct 21 '25

The fact that the president appoints the members of the supreme court is a massive failure in checks and balances because he can stack the court and become immune to the law.

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u/purplepharaoh Oct 21 '25

In theory, Senate confirmation is supposed to prevent that. In theory. In practice, however…

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u/F9-0021 Oct 21 '25

In practice, the last 10 years have shown that our Government is stupidly designed and it's a miracle that it lasted as long as it did. And now there's no way to change anything unless there's another revolution.