Joe Biden worries that the “extreme” US supreme court, dominated by rightwing justices, cannot be relied upon to uphold the rule of law.

“I worry,” the president told ProPublica in interview published on Sunday. “Because I know that if the other team, the Maga Republicans, win, they don’t want to uphold the rule of law.”

“Maga” is shorthand for “Make America great again”, Donald Trump’s campaign slogan. Trump faces 91 criminal charges and assorted civil threats but nonetheless dominates Republican polling for the nomination to face Biden in a presidential rematch next year.

In four years in the White House, Trump nominated and saw installed three conservative justices, tilting the court 6-3 to the right. That court has delivered significant victories for conservatives, including the removal of the right to abortion and major rulings on gun control, affirmative action and other issues.

The new court term, which starts on Tuesday, could see further such rulings on matters including government environmental and financial regulation.

  • @hperrin
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    61 year ago

    Ok cool, so that way 500 thousand people will have the same say over our constitution as 40 million people, just because they live in the dirt state.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      What are these numbers? There’s 330 million in US, are these the number of people that vote? Genuine question

      • @hperrin
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        71 year ago

        Those are the populations of Wyoming and California.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        They’re referring to different state populations in response to the above person stating that we should have one justice per state.