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rampartd

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5. not so much "over rule the supreme court"

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jan 23, 2025, 10:25 AM

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i read it as bring cases to allow trump's pet supreme court to revisit previous case law.

we release/retry so many innocent men on louisiana death row that this policy is certain to miscarry justice.

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