Harvard’s lawsuit comes after the administration sought to force the university to comply with a list of demands by cutting billions in federal funding the school receives.
Can anyone explain to me why POTUS has so much power in the US rather than being held in check by all other institutions, it seems like a single bad apple can ruin the whole country and the system should be able to prevent this?
Like why do institutions ignore what SCOTUS rules, just because POTUS says so?
It’s not so much that the Supreme Court is being ignored as much as it is that they refuse to do anything about it. They’ll offer some occasional platitudes by ruling against Trump to make the public think that the system is still working as designed, but stop just short of actually enforcing those rulings.
Can anyone explain to me why POTUS has so much power in the US rather than being held in check by all other institutions, it seems like a single bad apple can ruin the whole country and the system should be able to prevent this? Like why do institutions ignore what SCOTUS rules, just because POTUS says so?
Trump is a Republican.
Congress is controlled by Republicans.
The Supreme Court is majority Republican.
The other branches of government could stop this but they’re all enabling this to happen.
He’s ignoring the Supreme Court
It’s not so much that the Supreme Court is being ignored as much as it is that they refuse to do anything about it. They’ll offer some occasional platitudes by ruling against Trump to make the public think that the system is still working as designed, but stop just short of actually enforcing those rulings.
Republicans are corrupt, spineless bastards with lots of money who corrupt everything they touch.
This comment helps me describe the situation.
https://lemmy.ca/comment/15925722
Wdym with ‘helps’ when it describes it in your stead?
I didn’t copy/paste the exact part of the quote I’d have used in my response. That said, you provided a better choice of words. Thank you.