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minus-square@wolfpack86link2•4 hours agoAll they need is 5 SCOTUS justices to agree the text means whatever. Then you need a different SCOTUS session to disagree or all of that to fix the text
minus-square@AngryRobotlink1•2 hours agoThey used a 1600s law from before we were a country to rationalize overturning Roe v Wade. This SCOTUS had a supermajority of corrupt Justices willing to twist the law into whatever the Federalist Society wants it to say.
All they need is 5 SCOTUS justices to agree the text means whatever.
Then you need a different SCOTUS session to disagree or all of that to fix the text
They used a 1600s law from before we were a country to rationalize overturning Roe v Wade. This SCOTUS had a supermajority of corrupt Justices willing to twist the law into whatever the Federalist Society wants it to say.