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I’m confused about what you mean. Obama was a while back. The republicans didn’t let him appoint a supreme court judge. Roe v Wade was overturned more recently under Trump by the supreme court judges he appointed. The Supreme Court overrules the legislature by interpreting the constitution. Passing a law, even if the republicans had allowed it, doesn’t stop the Supreme Court at all, they just declare the law unconstitutional. It used to work because there was balance in the Supreme Court and there were enough moderately honest judges that made judgement according to the law. It doesn’t work any more because it’s now just a way for the republicans to take full control of the country irrespective of established law. They recently ruled that the president is above the law and cannot make an illegal act as president and cannot be prosecuted afterwards for one. Democracy and the rule of law are now significantly less powerful than the president and will last only as long as whoever is president wants it to.

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