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If a president say defies a scotus ruling that it can’t put in a citizenship question in the census would anyone doubt democracy as we know it is over

Posted by JackDawson (aka dawson) Oct 8 '19, 16:43

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How is it different when the executive refuses to recognize the legislatures power of oversight over it?

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There's a lot of laws about what they are supposed to do...but who ever thought the Pres would say, NO what are you going to do about it? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 19:26
we had citizenship questions on the cencus for decades. how different is the new one from the one removed 20 or so years ago? -- nm - Peglegpete Oct 8, 16:47 2
- Yeah but we *know* that Nazi Schmuck Miller will use that info to round up non papered residents as fast as the reports are turned in. -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 8, 19:28
- Very, it had never been in the short form and long form (it was removed 60 years ago) - JackDawson Oct 8, 16:50
Did - then - democracy end when Andrew Jackson defied SCOTUS? -- nm - Mop Oct 8, 16:45 3
- Was democracy over when the germans attacked perl harbour? -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 16:51 1
  - Or when Captain Kangaroo started the Kangaroo court? -- nm - Amoxy Oct 8, 17:24
- Well we had a weak scotus for decades and the rights that they were created to protect - of unpopular voting minorities - went u checked for a century - JackDawson Oct 8, 16:48

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