# The Supreme Court isn't done: Watch and see a lot of individual rights fall

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**Created:** [June 25, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-isnt-done-watch-and-see-a-lot-of-individual-rights-fall/966843 "2022-06-25T15:08:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 1, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supreme-court-isnt-done-watch-and-see-a-lot-of-individual-rights-fall/966843/162 "2022-07-01T03:50:24Z")

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> [@D\_Anconia](#):
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> The SCOTUS determines what the law actually IS.

Uh-huh. When the courts make a decision you don’t like, [you complain about “courts making new law”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-fallout-of-transgender-bathroom-issue/754775/39). When they make one you like, you’re all “hey, the law is whatever the courts say it is”.

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