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minus-squarespider@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months ago Both Jefferson and fellow Virginian James Madison felt that state support for a particular religion or for any religion was improper. Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay were the three main authors of the U.S. Constitution and The Federalist Papers. Many of these right-wing, theocratic judges belong to The Federalist Society. How the f**k can they reconcile one with the other?
minus-squareraccoona_nongrata@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoThey don’t need to, the entire reason the supreme court exists is to make sure that things don’t get too democratic up in here. So the elite class still has a “check” of their own.
minus-squarespider@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoThat was more or less a rhetorical question, to illustrate how so-called “conservatives” tend to contradict themselves.
Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay were the three main authors of the U.S. Constitution and The Federalist Papers.
Many of these right-wing, theocratic judges belong to The Federalist Society.
How the f**k can they reconcile one with the other?
They don’t need to, the entire reason the supreme court exists is to make sure that things don’t get too democratic up in here. So the elite class still has a “check” of their own.
That was more or less a rhetorical question, to illustrate how so-called “conservatives” tend to contradict themselves.