IF SSI etc gets cut off would the supreme court hold the answer?

Couldn't sleep since its 110 deg here and AC is broken and had this thought.

We were lead to believe for decades that Soc Sec was a unlootable trust and are now being told that may not actually be true. In the unlikely event that it gets gutted ie checks don't go out on the 3rd, could the people affected by it file a class action lawsuit against the admin congress or even treasury in an attempt to have the supreme court rule that it was indeed a trust fund and therefore off limits in the budget talks?

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They could try, IF the SCOTUS deemed the Social Security funds to be "un-lootable" however, with the recent ruling and precedent set with the walmart female worker class suit, they very well may deny hearing it since there would be "too many" plaintiffs. That's an interesting thought. I'd like to see how it'd turn out.

Really?
The Supreme Court?
The same that puts presidents into office?
The same that decides whether the plug should be pulled on an invalid?
The same that dropped Habeus Corpus?
The same that ruled that corporations have the rights, if not more than, of individuals?
This Supreme Court?
Yeah, I'd put my eggs in that basket, alright.

Originally posted by shockologist
Couldn't sleep since its 110 deg here and AC is broken and had this thought.

We were lead to believe for decades that Soc Sec was a unlootable trust and are now being told that may not actually be true. In the unlikely event that it gets gutted ie checks don't go out on the 3rd, could the people affected by it file a class action lawsuit against the admin congress or even treasury in an attempt to have the supreme court rule that it was indeed a trust fund and therefore off limits in the budget talks?

You do not have to file a class action suit in order for you as an individual to get a redress of grievance. All you have to do is show that injury has occurred. In terms of getting the Supreme Court to hear your case this presupposes you would lose your case in a lower court, and then have it appealed up to higher courts where you would again lose, and finally, the Supreme Court will only hear your case if they agree to. The Supreme Court has the luxury of picking and choosing its cases.

Even so, that is a lot of losing in lower courts just to get a Supreme Court hearing.