# Could congress prevent SCOTUS from invalidating laws? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 16, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-congress-prevent-scotus-from-invalidating-laws/923130 "2020-10-16T17:56:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-congress-prevent-scotus-from-invalidating-laws/923130/10 "2020-10-17T11:52:00Z")
Quoting a snip I posted in another thread: > [@Starting over, the NEW new form of government thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-over-the-new-new-form-of-government-thread/922154/118): > > One of the big challenges all Americans are wrestling with right now is that our system was _not_ designed against the possibility of nihilist vandals at the helm _who are supported by a substantial fraction of the political class and the populace._ > > Our system (checks and balances, impeachment, and all the rest) _was_ designed to stop a small fraction of “bad apples” _who were seen as bad apples by the rest of the political class and the populace._ > > As I said way upthread, trying to alter the rules of the game while the current rules are already being ignored with not only impunity, but to widespread applause, is a sterile academic exercise at best and a foolish direct route to enshrining tyranny at worst. > > Witness countless examples in the history of the last ~1000 years, starting perhaps with Cromwell and leading up to current Duterte & Erdogan & perhaps Trump, I don’t believe a democratic system _can_ be built that withstands simultaneous assault by the leadership and the followership. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-congress-prevent-scotus-from-invalidating-laws/923130)._