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"I never thought I would complain about the courts legislating from the bench," says the party that has spent the last half century legislating from the bench.
The right has been pointing this out for a long time, but now that the left isn't getting what they want out of the courts it's alarm bells and red alerts.
But a judiciary that is too powerful can also pose its own set of dangers to a healthy democracy.......
.....This term, in the case Moore v. Harper, the court could upend how disputes over casting and counting ballots are resolved, a year before the 2024 election. It’s conceivable that the U.S. Supreme Court could help bring democracy to the brink not because it’s too weak, as other countries have experienced, but because it’s too strong.
How Much Power Should the Courts Have?
In Israel, the United States and other democracies, bitter battles are being waged over the same question.www.nytimes.com
The right has been pointing this out for a long time, but now that the left isn't getting what they want out of the courts it's alarm bells and red alerts.
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