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pjc50last Thursday at 2:21 PM1 replyview on HN

The branches (including SCOTUS) are not meaningfully different when they are controlled by the same party.


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_heimdalllast Thursday at 6:18 PM

That's a very pessimistic view. That boils our system of three branches of government to a purely partisan game of capture the flag in which we all lose if one team captures all three at one.

SCOTUS is a bit different as it both isn't driven by political parties and justices have a history of more frequently breaking with the party they are seen as aligned with.

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