Rev Left Radio

Minoritarian Rule: SCOTUS' Assault on the American People

Jul 3, 2023
Ask episode
AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
INSIGHT

SCOTUS as Ideological Tool

  • The Supreme Court acts as an ideological institution, not an objective legal arbiter.
  • It enforces reactionary minoritarian rule protecting elites against majority interests and democracy.
INSIGHT

Court Politics & Class Rule

  • The Supreme Court openly plays politics, releasing favorable rulings mid-session and reactionary ones later.
  • Legal rulings reinforce class domination by the bourgeoisie, not fairness or legality.
ANECDOTE

Personal Student Debt Struggle

  • Speaker 0 shares his personal struggle with $65,000 of student loan debt.
  • Debt cripples him despite doing everything "right," showing the predatory nature of student loans.
Get the Snipd Podcast app to discover more snips from this episode
Get the app