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The Supreme Court is returning to a new term to take up some familiar topics — guns and abortion — and concerns about ethics swirling around the justices.

The year also will have a heavy focus on social media and how free speech protections apply online. A big unknown is whether the court will be asked to weigh in on any aspect of the criminal cases against former President Donald Trump and others or efforts in some states to keep the Republican off the 2024 presidential ballot because of his role in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election that he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.

Lower-profile but vitally important, several cases in the term that begins Monday ask the justices to constrict the power of regulatory agencies.

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[-] Maeve@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Well obviously, but we need 13, imo.

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like to see 50. No more 5-4 decisions. Conservative views might get the attention they deserve. If it wasn't possible to so blatantly stack the court with a few votes, they wouldn't have overturned 250 years plus of gun control laws.

Make no mistake, these justices are extremist. The people who think the shit they think in law school are ostracized and called out as immature weirdos.

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

they wouldn't have overturned 250 years plus of gun control laws.

What 250-year-old gun control law did they overturn?

The only overturned gun control laws I know of that originated before 1773 were either repealed 232 years ago with the ratification of the 2nd amendment, or were discriminatory on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, previous condition of servitude, etc, and overturned by much earlier courts and/or legislatures.

To my knowledge, these justices overturned no laws originating earlier than 1960.

[-] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

Every president gets 4 appointments per term. No vacated seats are ever refilled. They currently serve, on average, 28 years. Without the need for strategic retirement, we would probably end up with 32-36 people on the court.

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