Gorsuch is just a typical rightwing asshole. Par for the course.
The rest of them are outright despicable.
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The rest of them are outright despicable.
So here's a thought experiment: which 20+ republican senators would actually vote to convict impeachment if Trump defies SCOTUS?
Sorry if this was already covered, but in addition to Evers beating Walker the Democrats swept the statewide races in Wisconsin, giving Doug LaFollette some company at last. The legislature remains in Republican hands but Evers will have veto power over the new maps.
Rohrabacher did.
G Elliott Morris has 39 GOP seats flipping to the Democrats. We lost MN-8 and PA-14, so that's 36-37 pickup depending on how MN-1 sorts out.
Minnesota was a shutout too for the statewide races. Democrats came out swinging in the Midwest.
No, Steve King did not. You are thinking of Steve Knight.
Again, where are you guys getting this? Steve King did not lose in IA4. He won.
TayTay will be doing more endorsements in the future:
https://blindgossip.com/election-did-not-swing-her-way/
https://blindgossip.com/election-did-not-swing-her-way/
You're right, my bad!
I conflated the Steves because of Dana losing-- the CA connection.
I LOVE that this happened!
Also, shout out to Sharice Davids; a native American, lesbian, MMA fighter who also just whooped some mediocre white dude's ass in Kansas! Her win has me more excited than most others.
More I read about her, the more I like her, and as I said in the last thread, she is my Queen, and I will gladly kneel before her!!!
Also, shout out to Sharice Davids; a native American, lesbian, MMA fighter who also just whooped some mediocre white dude's ass in Kansas! Her win has me more excited than most others.
More I read about her, the more I like her, and as I said in the last thread, she is my Queen, and I will gladly kneel before her!!!
I mean...Marbury v. Madison was kinda bullshit. I'm happy with what we got out of it, but from what recall, SCOTUS just basically made up a new power for itself and Jefferson rolled with it.
37 is damn good. If Nelson and Sinema had just pulled through all of us would be feeling ALOT better. Fuck I hope they can find more votes.
This seems to be the general perspective -- it'll be fine because Roberts doesn't want to look bad.
This strikes me as a thin reed to hang the safety of the republic on. But okay. Let's see how it goes.
I'm not. John "Racism is over" Roberts has never been reliable.
Honestly, this one is a pretty dull sensation. It was obvious to everybody who's been paying attention that the groundwork was being laid for exactly this series of events all this year.
I am surprised it happened so quickly, but it's obvious that the president wasn't going to be able to contain himself for long (I just thought he would entertain his pretense of "winning" for a bit longer before destructing).
The Mueller probe was never going to have the ending that a lot of people here seem to have been anticipating (he was never going to seek indictment, and Congress would never have voted to impeach). The House can pick up where he leaves off.
We will win at the ballot. That is the only way.
I'll admit, it is, but, when it comes to whether or not the Supreme Court upholds Nixon, the only people we can rely on are the people on the Supreme Court.
I'm white and male, but I'm not incompetent or evil. Guess I won't get that far in politics since I don't tick all four boxes.
I got scared it meant Rosenstein news :(
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Oh. OHHHHH
now it drops
fuck off rod grow a spine and make him fire you
Just to be clear, this is a strong and explicit take that the American system of powers just doesn't work at all.
Basically the argument here is that we were always an autocracy, we just had a lot of pretty benign autocrats who pretended they were constrained by the other branches.
This might actually be right! Benji can probably tell you for sure. But it's a take that, if true, demands more attention and activation, not less, and suggests that the ballot box is a very poor rather than very strong method of creating change.
That, and I would have traded one of my kidneys for O'Rourke, Abrams and Gillum to pull through. Welp.
It is a very thin reed. It's not entirely without merit, and if you MADE me bet, I'd bet he would. But I'd be like 55% sure.
Holy shit. Judiciary being the check on executive power is a cornerstone of democracy.
Parliamentary supremacy like in the UK or Canada ain't that hot boys
The Supreme Court doesn't have an army either. Ultimately they rely on the American people.
Hollowed out and tired. I'm extremely glad I managed to put my panic attacks behind me before 2016, or I would not be functional at all after today's news. Still can't seem to get anything done though.
I hope fucking Linsey Graham walks away with nothing. He can go mope with Christie and all of Trump's other discarded sycophants.
Not much of a silver lining, but I'll take it.
I'm not sure what you're talking about here. Voting the president out of office is the only recourse that was ever realistically available.
The idea that we would be "saved" by this investigation was always a fool's hope.
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