• @notanaltaccount
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    106 months ago

    Wild response

    The idea od suggesting following any prior tactics of Andrew Jackson is revolting, as cool as your response is

    • @[email protected]
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      116 months ago

      Andrew Jackson was a racist pursuing genocide, but he was right that the court doesn’t have any inherent power to enforce its edicts. That was explicitly outlined in the Federalist Papers as a reason giving court “ultimate decider” powers wasn’t a problem.