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began. and where the conservative majority, super majority, frankly, on this court, is taking us. we all know our country has three branches of government. each branch is supposed to restrain the others from exercising too much power their checks and balances. that is actually how all this is supposed to work, but the supreme court is acting as if it has no restraints and as if it is the sole decider with its decision in west virginia versus , which on thursday, limited the epa s ability of regulating emissions that cause climate change. as justice elena kagan s dissent, the court does not know how to address climate change, but the quarter points itself, instead of congress or the expert agency, as a decision-maker on climate policy. i cannot think of many things more frightening. unquote. also can t think of anything more frightening than a rogue supreme court whose ruling has run roughshod over the role of congress, the executive branch, prior to court precedents. ....
I think, you know, your initial framing is correct. any one of the seven, eight, nine, 12 major cases that the court decided and it maximalist way this year would have been enough, in a normal term, in a normal term we have one big abortion case. we have one big church state case. but to have every single hot button issue decided, decided as we just heard secretary clinton say with disk contempt, contempt for signs, contempt for precedent and rooted in cherry picked bad history. i mean, been enormity of it, it s almost breathtaking. maybe i ll say we have a think that is shocking. it s that the court was at 25% approval rating. the lowest since polling has begun. hearing the american people shouting, standing outside. saying everything you re doing is hateful and hurtful. ....