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3·1 year agoLoL! Sure, when they are held at gun point and told to obey the law they will.
The whole reason we’re in this problem in the first place is that the legislative branch has basically ceded its power. People in Congress don’t want to be responsible for changing laws so they just have the Supreme Court do it for them. There was no way any kind of anti-abortion legislation was ever going to make it through Congress, so they just legislated from the bench and had the Supreme Court take away women’s rights.
And yet, he’s going to be the GOP presidential candidate for 2024. And if the dumbass “no labels” idiots split the vote, as they are planning to, then Trump will be president again. At that point he is above the law and all these investigations get neutered. He’ll probably have his prosecutors arrested.
But more dark money is pouring into federal elections with less disclosure, and 501©(4) nonprofits that don’t disclose their donors reported less than $25 million in spending to the FEC during the entire 2022 election cycle — the lowest total since the **Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision **rolled back restrictions on corporate political speech. Months later, the Supreme Court’s SpeechNow.org v. FEC ruling —which effectively paved the way for super PACs — ushered in a new era of massive donations and groups spending unlimited sums on independent expenditures.
I can’t help but notice that the Supreme Court is really leading the way with “bribes are cool” decisions here. It’s almost like they are a corrupt group of people getting lavish gifts.
To be fair, there are a number of reasons that young people are now energized against the Republican Party. Young people get shot, Republicans rally to protect the guns. Hell, a little while ago they held an event to protect gas stoves. Republicans don’t give a damn about kids being shot. And when those kids get old enough to vote Republicans come out and try to prevent them from voting with voter restriction measures. Young people go to school, Republicans make sure they pay through the nose for it while forgiving debt for all kinds of other things.
Young people are the demographic that Republicans want to make pay for everything while they get rid of taxes on old wealthy people. Fuck the GOP.
I’d be even more worried about it if he gets reelected. He’ll stop all military aid to Ukraine and Putin knows he can intimidate Trump. Two wackos with nukes is a bad recipe. Can’t believe we allow that con man to become Commander In Chief.
Yeah, best to do these things on a Friday.
Color me inspired. Now I just need to decide which friend gets the gift of the secret harmonica.
10·1 year agoWe should consider making a TV show about this. It would be like The Sopranos only in this case the mafia is running a country. Lots of shitty stupid back deals and betrayals and people being thrown out windows, that sort of thing.
Just some of the things the John Roberts court has done:
Overturned Roe v Wade https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/19-1392
Ended race based affirmative action https://www.oyez.org/cases/2022/20-1199
Blocked student loan forgiveness https://www.oyez.org/cases/2022/22-506
Approved LGBTQIA+ discrimination https://www.oyez.org/cases/2022/21-476
Prevented New York from enacting gun laws https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/20-843
Allowed forced prayer in school https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/21-418
Prevented the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/20-1530
Further protected dark money in politics https://www.oyez.org/cases/2020/19-251
Made it easier to give minors life without parole https://www.oyez.org/cases/2020/18-1259
Evidence of innocence isn’t enough to prevent death penalty https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/20-1009
The death penalty can be painful and torturous https://www.oyez.org/cases/2018/17-8151
Allowed Trump’s muslim travel ban https://www.oyez.org/cases/2017/17-965
Undermined unions https://www.oyez.org/cases/2017/16-1466
Sanctioned voter suppression https://www.oyez.org/cases/2020/19-1257
Police can violate your Miranda rights https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/21-499
Some people really like him,” a New York Republican official said. “‘He’s Trump-ish without the baggage,’ is the general feel.”
You know, all the fascism, less treason.
The Republican party remain committed to the career criminal who used the office of the presidency for profitable crime.
Some people really like him,” a New York Republican official said. “‘He’s Trump-ish without the baggage,’ is the general feel.”
You know, all the fascism, less treason.
The Republican party remain committed to the career criminal who used the office of the presidency for profitable crime.
And yet, during their confirmation hearings these judges were asked about RVW and they all disagreed with everything you said, calling it established precedent and settled law that has been set for 50 years. I wish at least one of the conservative judges had not lied about how they feel about precedent and RVW during their confirmation. But of course they had to lie in order to acquire the power to do what Congress is unwilling to do.