Well you can only hope that this type of thing gives at least a few chuds out there an "Are we the baddies?" moment of reflection.
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Or the idiots who listen to "Born in the USA" missing the point of the song.
I hope this opens the eyes of people willing to protest vote on alt right parties in countries, that it could lead to your rights being stripped away very quickly, and that that scares people from being idiots and protest vote. And give ammunition to non insane parties to point towards America and say that this will be the countries future if you elect the alt right.
I feel like you didn't read a single thing I said and just decided to respond to some caricature of leftist criticism in its place
My entire post, and my entire point has little to do with leftist ideology and entiriely to do about party organization improvement vis a vis shuffling out geriatric leadership and breaking away from the outdated thinking and ways of doing things that have been so unsuccessful
In some cases, like +25 districts, yeah, that should mean putting more AOC's in those seats instead of endlessly propping up 60- 70 year old establishment dinosaurs. But it's not all one size fits all, most people recognize that. But there are your Beto's and Millennial moderates out there that have energy, speak to a broader and younger audience, are more in touch with politics of today instead of endlessly trying to govern and run the party like it's 30 years ago.
Not that he deserves a more charitable reading, but he is saying States cannot prosecute abortion across State lines. This is an important legal principle because when a red State passes legislation criminalizing abortion in another State, that section will be quoted as grounds to find said law unconstitutional. This is what allows all these companies to pay for their employees to go to another state to have an abortion. All that said, it is classist as shit.
I was annoyed enough when my wife's uncle gave my kids American flag hats last week. Now I'm disgusted.
Ehhhhh. That sounds oddly positive as a term. I prefer something more obviously negative like pro-death since this will directly lead to women dying. I haven't thought too hard about a perfect term though.
You're welcome France?
Who is this piece of shit?
That is a Republican Congresswoman from Utah.
People elected her. Think about that.
She is a member of the Utah state House of Representatives.
To clarify, an elected member of the state legislature, not the U.S. Congress.
Ah. The tweet I saw about it referred to her as a congresswoman.
Close enough lol
Since just calling her a state rep feels inadequate, her name is Karianne Lisonbee. Name and shame her.
Yep. The Supreme Court cannot enforce their rulings, there is no enforcement element to the judicial branch. It relies on the executive.
If the executive tells them to fuck off it can be done. But that's not what's happening right now, sadly.
This is more myth than not. FDR's court packing threats didn't induce any justice to vote differently than they already had; it just so happened that an opinion where a swing justice embraced a more regulation-friendly position was released afterwards.
There's also no enforcement mechanism for the Executive to force states to not ban abortion. And FDR had at least the appearance of having the Legislative branch behind him. Biden cannot convincingly threaten the SCOTUS that he will pack the court because there are more than 50 Senators on the record against it and he has no ability to simply ignore the decision because it is not constraining the Federal government; it is removing constraints on state governments.
Also, the ruling is finished. It's too late to threaten the Court with packing even if that could be done.
Ah good ol' legislated morality.
Can't get pregnant if you never have sex, You sinners. You degenerates.
Biden has two senators who have already gone on the record as being against court packing and removing the Filibuster.
Not even remotely the same scenario.
…the executive office isn't enforcing shit with this ruling, this line people keep trotting out doesn't make any fucking sense.
The Supreme Court was, previously, forcing states to allow abortions. They are now not forcing anything. It is the states that are outlawing abortion.
This is what confuses me, I really don't understand what the downside is here for Biden to buck this court. It's obvious to everyone what the conservative justices on this court are, they are maybe one jurist and five GOP activists. Why does he continue to pretend that they're just a normal court? What is the risk in countering them? There hasn't been a liberal majority court in my lifetime so he can't think there's a danger of setting some precedent the next GOP president can exploit.
Establishment Dems fear the destruction of "norms" above all else.
I mean, of course that's a danger. Once you ring that bell it can't be unrung, if Biden packs the court, the next Republican will just pack them further, and on and on it will go.
But it's an academic discussion either way, because Biden can't do this on his own, and there is not nearly enough support in the Senate to do such a thing.
Look at how many Dem senators were there in the 1930s. Also consider many progressive demands to get passed required effective exclusion of minorities.
Biden could go on TV and threaten to expand the court. Minutes later, Manchin/Sinema/others will issue a statement saying "lolno." And we're back where we started.
He doesn't have to make impotent threats. He can do what he did on gun legislation, at least. Call for Congress to expand the Court so he can put folks who care about the right to choose or call for Congress to eliminate the filibuster so they can codify Roe. He's asked Congress, publicly, to do things before. He should now.
Does that mean they will? No. But he should try.
The Supreme Court doesn't have to enforce anything in this case. They aren't telling the federal government to do or not do anything; they are telling state governments that they can do something. There is no federal law that the executive branch could try to enforce at the state level to counteract this.
In the ways that they can tell the Supreme court to fuck off, the executive branch is doing so - you see that with the Pentagon here:
Department of Defense vows to maintain abortion access after Roe v. Wade's end
Women make up around 20% of the military's 1.3 million-member active-duty force.
But what they will be able to do is limited to supporting the people who work for the federal government. And if we lose the executive branch in the future even that could change.
This is another aspect that makes Machin and Sinema so irritating. In the past it wasn't necessary for the Dems to actually follow through on stances like packing the courts or eliminating the fillibuster because the threat alone was generally enough to put the GOP in their place. Why undercut this threat when it's the only weapon the Dems have? They're just the worst.
Can't threaten to pack the court if your senate says no before you even try.
Anyqay, the FDR post is BS to once again shift the blame away from Republicans, because Democrats could've stopped this at anytime somehow. Y'all keep falling for it but laugh when Republican voters get played for fools.
What amazes me even more is that couple times Biden played the tough guy this board had members complaining about it.
Anyqay, the FDR post is BS to once again shift the blame away from Republicans, because Democrats could've stopped this at anytime somehow. Y'all keep falling for it but laugh when Republican voters get played for fools.
What amazes me even more is that couple times Biden played the tough guy this board had members complaining about it.
Seriously. The Dems had a 20+ seat majority in the Senate when FDR was in office. Biden doesn't have that kind of leverage and likely never will.
Tbh, America is heading for a generation of upheaval, the broken system is doing exactly what the founders designed. A system built where a small group push their wishes on the majority. It just happens to be made worse by the fact that one party is catering to religious extremism.
Now I am not advocating for anyone to release her personal information online (I DO NOT ENDORSE PEOPLE DOXING HER), what I am for is people knowing who she actually is mask off.
Well, I believe this woman can control her own intake of air and so she should hold her breath so she won't be stealing any oxygen from people who actually need to use it.
FDR had a huge majority in the Senate.
75th Congress (1937–1939)
Majority Party: Democrats (76 seats)
Minority Party: Republicans (16 seats)
Other Parties: 2 Farmer-Labors; 1 Progressive; 1 Independent
Total Seats: 96
Biden only has 50 Senators and two of them are Manchin and Sinema.
Not even close to the same scenario.
FDR really was a lightning in a bottle's moment in this country's history. The only time radical action could actually happen was through some historical aberration that gave one party immense control.
Yep. It's a garbage take, but what else would I expect from some rando on Twitter.
The SCOTUS set up is the most insane thing ever. Lifetime appointment was always dumb. Being appointed by the president? Dumb