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    Commentary: Angry about the Supreme Court? Blame Congress

    by Francesca Procaccini and Nikolas Guggenberger, Los Angeles Times Jul 10, 2023 3 minutes
    Student loan borrowers demand President Joe Biden use "Plan B" to cancel student debt Immediately at a rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30, 2023, in Washington, D.C..

    The Supreme Court is seizing more and more policymaking power, prompting a barrage of criticism for the court’s imperial tendencies. The current ultra-conservative super-majority is voraciously advancing a deregulatory and anti-democratic policy agenda, including by rolling back environmental protections, degrading bodily autonomy, invalidating common sense gun control, undermining labor rights, nullifying student loan forgiveness, gutting public health measures, eroding the administrative state, insulating public corruption and dismantling laws and policies aimed at promoting a multi-racial, pluralistic democracy. No doubt, the critics are right: The court is overreaching.

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