“In Biden v. Nebraska, the court in a decision released Friday rejected Biden’s $400 billion student debt forgiveness plan.”
This was, by far, the most egregious as the Conservative Majority literally said that Biden could not take advantage of Congressional law. They went on to lie about language:
“Instead, ‘modify’ carries ‘a connotation of increment or limitation,’ and must be read to mean ‘to change moderately or in minor fashion’”
Holy fuck!!!
https://www.nasfaa.org/news-item/31051/SCOTUS_Blocks_Biden_s_Student_Loan_Debt_Cancellation_Program
Why this is a problem if you aren’t big on English or grammar or law: connotation is what people think a word means, denigration is what the word ACTUALLY means.
Our laws and lawyers work with denotation: because attempting to corral what people THINK a word means is rife with failure. That’s why lawyers have to be incredibly precise in the use of language and grammar.
SCOTUS just said, fuck that, we’ll interpret the words how we want.
DENOTATION not denigration.
Glad I’m not a lawyer. 🙄😅
@feloneouscat my hot take, and forgive me, is that some members just aren’t that smart.
I disagree. They know EXACTLY what they are doing.
They are power grabbing. They believe they are the true government.
@feloneouscat I struggle with it. I honestly think these justices have had their way in purchased from the get go so I have to question their capabilities. I’ll never think Kavanaugh is a steel trapped legal mind. But yeah, it’s on purpose for sure.
I don’t struggle when I read crap like Biden v Nebraska. It’s an easy to read decision that makes you go, “Wait — ALL corporations are incorporated in particular states” and MOHELA is private, not public. This is so much bullshit it’s really hard to stomach. It is so private that Missouri had to literally ask for the info in order to sue Biden. That doesn’t sound like a public corporation.
SCOTUS is actively lying to us.
@feloneouscat I’m off to read. Thank you for the interaction and perspective.
that's their basic approach to language. doublespeak, Alice's caterpillar style.
What they said effectively in this ruling is they get to interpret words how they want — even to the point of REDEFINING THEM.
Making partial changes DOES NOT MEAN ONLY making minor changes. I can modify a BBQ recipe to not use meat, for example.