What’s the difference between a retirement home and the U.S. Supreme Court? One’s full of old people touting right wing views, slowly losing their autonomy, and the other’s a retirement home. With an average age of about 61, the Supreme Court is more geriatric than justice.
The Supreme Court plays an important role as it has jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases. It is composed of nine judges that have a lifetime tenure. When a vacancy occurs the current president selects a replacement.
However, after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the power of the Supreme Court has been questioned—a male dominated group of nine old people should not have a say over the bodies of about 173 million women. Are they just puppets for the Republicans? Is the Supreme Court just a muppets movie gone horribly wrong?
On Wednesday the Trump administration went to the Supreme Court to argue for the tariffs after their legality was questioned. Should the Court side against the tariffs, the government may have to refund the businesses affected.
But with the majority of the justices being Republicans, and three being elected by Trump, this seems to be the equivalent of Jim Henson arguing to Kermit for Miss Piggy to take a pay cut.
Trump claims that a loss will throw a spanner in the works of his trade plans and warns of a “financial mess” for many years to come. However, many small businesses are overjoyed at the prospect of tariffs being ruled out, with a U.S. seller of toys Learning Resources planning to spend $14m on tariffs this year.
The tariffs, which were imposed in April, fall into two catergories: “trafficking tariffs,” which apply to goods from Canada, China, and Mexico, intended to prevent fentanyl getting into the U.S.. The second are known as “reciprocal tariffs” which impose a tariff of 10-50 per cent on products from virtually all countries, penguin-dominated populations included.
There is little evidence to give a straight prediction on how the Supreme Court will respond to this. There has recently been a Republican bias, but the hearing on Wednesday suggested some scepticism among the justices.
As the world awaits the verdict on Trump’s tariffs, there is no doubt that the Supreme Court needs reform, but will there ever be any change? The Court is tied to the current president—and as Trump isn’t known for beneficial reforms, it is unlikely that we will see this in the coming years.
“Supreme Court” by skpy is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
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What’s the difference between a retirement home and the U.S. Supreme Court? One’s full of old people touting right wing views, slowly losing their autonomy, and the other’s a retirement home. With an average age of about 61, the Supreme Court is more geriatric than justice.
The Supreme Court plays an important role as it has jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases. It is composed of nine judges that have a lifetime tenure. When a vacancy occurs the current president selects a replacement.
However, after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the power of the Supreme Court has been questioned—a male dominated group of nine old people should not have a say over the bodies of about 173 million women. Are they just puppets for the Republicans? Is the Supreme Court just a muppets movie gone horribly wrong?
On Wednesday the Trump administration went to the Supreme Court to argue for the tariffs after their legality was questioned. Should the Court side against the tariffs, the government may have to refund the businesses affected.
But with the majority of the justices being Republicans, and three being elected by Trump, this seems to be the equivalent of Jim Henson arguing to Kermit for Miss Piggy to take a pay cut.
Trump claims that a loss will throw a spanner in the works of his trade plans and warns of a “financial mess” for many years to come. However, many small businesses are overjoyed at the prospect of tariffs being ruled out, with a U.S. seller of toys Learning Resources planning to spend $14m on tariffs this year.
The tariffs, which were imposed in April, fall into two catergories: “trafficking tariffs,” which apply to goods from Canada, China, and Mexico, intended to prevent fentanyl getting into the U.S.. The second are known as “reciprocal tariffs” which impose a tariff of 10-50 per cent on products from virtually all countries, penguin-dominated populations included.
There is little evidence to give a straight prediction on how the Supreme Court will respond to this. There has recently been a Republican bias, but the hearing on Wednesday suggested some scepticism among the justices.
As the world awaits the verdict on Trump’s tariffs, there is no doubt that the Supreme Court needs reform, but will there ever be any change? The Court is tied to the current president—and as Trump isn’t known for beneficial reforms, it is unlikely that we will see this in the coming years.
“Supreme Court” by skpy is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
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