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Anathema- Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 3 hours ago, Uaarkson said: Constitutional amendment abolishing the Supreme Court? Or would that itself just wind up at the Supreme Court too? LMAO this is so fucked. I’m fucking out of here first chance I get. Canada better get to legalizing dense housing. I'm sure you've heard about adding four seats to the supreme court but one weird trick is that the legislature can just dissolve the supreme court with a majority vote and presidential signature. Or less drastically they make them rotate up and down; impeachment takes a supermajority, reassignment not so much. The constitution is incredibly light on the details of how the judicial branch should be structured, explicitly leaving it up to congress. There's also nothing at all preventing simple legislation from stripping the supreme court's power of constitutional review. They gave that power to themselves; and people have accepted it because it sounds good. Problem is it's been overall a net negative for securing the rights supposedly promised by the constitution. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 I can honestly say that I'm in no mood for humor from The Onion. Not today, not by a longshot. Stop posting from there, please. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 5 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I can honestly say that I'm in no mood for humor from The Onion. Not today, not by a longshot. Stop posting from there, please. Not a problem, though I will say the reason they’re on a roll today is they’re feeling the same way as you or I. They’ve probably been waiting to unload for a while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 14 minutes ago, Anathema- said: I'm sure you've heard about adding four seats to the supreme court but one weird trick is that the legislature can just dissolve the supreme court with a majority vote and presidential signature. Or less drastically they make them rotate up and down; impeachment takes a supermajority, reassignment not so much. The constitution is incredibly light on the details of how the judicial branch should be structured, explicitly leaving it up to congress. There's also nothing at all preventing simple legislation from stripping the supreme court's power of constitutional review. They gave that power to themselves; and people have accepted it because it sounds good. Problem is it's been overall a net negative for securing the rights supposedly promised by the constitution. This gives me better thoughts than the ones I had earlier! I can feel the hope of longshot solutions coming back! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 8 minutes ago, SaysWho? said: Not a problem, though I will say the reason they’re on a roll today is they’re feeling the same way as you or I. They’ve probably been waiting to unload for a while. A better way to do it would be for the site to "go dark" for the entire day. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 8 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: A better way to do it would be for the site to "go dark" for the entire day. I hear you, but when I saw the headline about nation’s centrists, I knew it was a passive aggressive way of lashing out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 I really don’t have any words. Just that this country is a shithole and fuck everyone who supports this. 5 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 6 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I really don’t have any words. Just that this country is a shithole and fuck everyone who supports this. I cannot even conceive how you must be feeling right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I cannot even conceive how you must be feeling right now. Pretty fucking bad. But I’m at least fortunate enough to travel elsewhere. The women in my state who can’t…I can’t even imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Is Arkansas one of the Trigger states? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Just now, skillzdadirecta said: Is Arkansas one of the Trigger states? Yes. Our AG signed it today. Only except is the health of the mother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ort Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Already illegal in my state too (Missouri). Apparently we were the first. Go us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Like I said earlier, if you don't want to feel so powerless, then support the NNAF: National Network of Abortion Funds ABORTIONFUNDS.ORG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 I will say this: the hand-wringing and lamentations over this breaking with "precedent" earn nothing more than an eye roll from me. The concept of precedence strikes me as utterly inane at face value, akin to pointing to the proscriptions contained within an ancient holy text as justification for an action or belief. There are a myriad of reasons why today's ruling was a repugnant travesty, but the shattering of "precedence" ain't even close to being at the top of the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Wallet not yet returned despite private meeting with wallet inspector Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Shut up, Susan. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Susan hopes we're dumb enough to think she's as dumb as Manchin. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 32 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: Maybe this is why this happened... Why Republicans Are Passing Laws Protecting Drivers Who Hit Protesters SLATE.COM The GOP campaign to take back the streets, even if by force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 I feel like today was kind of a perfect distillation of this moment in politics. If the Roe decision hadn't come down, the story of the day would've been the gun legislation that got passed which, while better than nothing, is woefully inadequate to addressing the problem and only passed after an absolutely exhaustive negotiating process to get a handful of Republicans to sign on. Meanwhile SCOTUS hands down this decision, which was identical to the draft that was released like two months ago that should've theoretically provided some lead time for how to respond, and the only thing Democratic leadership can think to do in the moment is go outside and start singing God Bless America. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 56 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: Wallet not yet returned despite private meeting with wallet inspector Write up the article of impeachment then Susan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 33 minutes ago, Ricofoley said: I feel like today was kind of a perfect distillation of this moment in politics. If the Roe decision hadn't come down, the story of the day would've been the gun legislation that got passed which, while better than nothing, is woefully inadequate to addressing the problem and only passed after an absolutely exhaustive negotiating process to get a handful of Republicans to sign on. Meanwhile SCOTUS hands down this decision, which was identical to the draft that was released like two months ago that should've theoretically provided some lead time for how to respond, and the only thing Democratic leadership can think to do in the moment is go outside and start singing God Bless America. My understanding is that the singing of that ridiculously cloying song was in commemoration of the woefully inadequate gun legislation which somehow makes it even worse. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Apparently the DTLA protest was kettled. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 They mean libs not Proud Boys. DHS warns of potential violent extremist activity in response to abortion ruling WWW.CNN.COM The Department of Homeland Security intelligence branch is warning law enforcement, first responders and private sector partners nationwide Friday of potential domestic violence... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 An actual good (not great or perfect) response from AG Garland of all ducking people 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 3 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I cannot even conceive how you must be feeling right now. Interesting choice of words 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Jason said: Susan hopes we're dumb enough to think she's as dumb as Manchin. They all know what they are doing. Its all a game to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air_Delivery Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Ricofoley said: I feel like today was kind of a perfect distillation of this moment in politics. If the Roe decision hadn't come down, the story of the day would've been the gun legislation that got passed which, while better than nothing, is woefully inadequate to addressing the problem and only passed after an absolutely exhaustive negotiating process to get a handful of Republicans to sign on. Meanwhile SCOTUS hands down this decision, which was identical to the draft that was released like two months ago that should've theoretically provided some lead time for how to respond, and the only thing Democratic leadership can think to do in the moment is go outside and start singing God Bless America. That gun legistlation is completely worthless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 5 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: I can honestly say that I'm in no mood for humor from The Onion. Not today, not by a longshot. Stop posting from there, please. For the record, I've wanted to say that for ages now, especially when the "No way to prevent this..." article gets trotted out EVERY. SINGLE. BLOODY. TIME. there's another gun-related atrocity. Today was my absolute breaking point. There's a time and place for that kind of satirical dark humor, but the immediate aftermath just isn't it, at least on the message board that I pay for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 7 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: For the record, I've wanted to say that for ages now, especially when the "No way to prevent this..." article gets trotted out EVERY. SINGLE. BLOODY. TIME. there's another gun-related atrocity. So you're saying they can never update the article? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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