And yet there are 0 consequences for not doing so. What is Congress going to do?
In sane times there was impeachment. But we are not living in those sane times.
Congress is legally allowed to impeach any SCOTUS justice they want.
And the chances of it actually leading to removal from SCOTUS hover around zero.
Blame Congress for that. It's their fault for never actually using their abilities.
What are the consequences if state or federal government decided not to follow a Supreme Court ruling? It's up to the Attorney General to enforce the laws of the Justice Department and that position is a presidential appointee.
Congress can also impose a mandate on the executive branch if they got out of hand. The issue is SCotUS is clearly out of hand now, yet congress is doing nothing. The whole "checks and balances" system is idealistic and clearly flawed.
impose a mandate
the law for us poors is "do it or men with guns will put you in a box". what men with guns does congress have to force the president to do what scotus tell him to?
I was curious to see if this might play out had Biden invoked the 14th amendment to solve the recent debt-limit standoff. Had he done so, chances are it would have eventually gone to the Supreme Court to 'rule' whether they liked that or not. But had they ruled against it and the Biden Treasury Department just... kept paying our debt, what would the Supreme Court be able to do? Throw a fit?
And yet there are 0 consequences for not doing so. What is Congress going to do?
In sane times there was impeachment. But we are not living in those sane times.
Congress is legally allowed to impeach any SCOTUS justice they want.
And the chances of it actually leading to removal from SCOTUS hover around zero.
Blame Congress for that. It's their fault for never actually using their abilities.
What are the consequences if state or federal government decided not to follow a Supreme Court ruling? It's up to the Attorney General to enforce the laws of the Justice Department and that position is a presidential appointee.
Congress can also impose a mandate on the executive branch if they got out of hand. The issue is SCotUS is clearly out of hand now, yet congress is doing nothing. The whole "checks and balances" system is idealistic and clearly flawed.
the law for us poors is "do it or men with guns will put you in a box". what men with guns does congress have to force the president to do what scotus tell him to?
I was curious to see if this might play out had Biden invoked the 14th amendment to solve the recent debt-limit standoff. Had he done so, chances are it would have eventually gone to the Supreme Court to 'rule' whether they liked that or not. But had they ruled against it and the Biden Treasury Department just... kept paying our debt, what would the Supreme Court be able to do? Throw a fit?