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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1462271
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Yeah, let the fishing companies fish themselves out of existence and kill off a major part of the food chain.
What could go wrong?
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Well gee, we just had the Supreme Court issue a ruling in Colorado based on a fictitious dispute, so I don’t see why that should be a problem.
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Do it, seal the fate of soctus reform.
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I’ve said this a couple of times over the last few weeks.
The purpose of SCOTUS is now to be activist to the point where, instead of checks and balances, we now have a branch of the government that is so powerful, it can undo decades of legislation with the swipe of a pen. We no longer have three equal branches. The Federalist and Heritage organizations are making good on their donors’ contributions by making everyone else pay for their largesse.
This isn’t over and maybe it leads to a long-term reformation of the court, but many of us may not live to see it.
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No. We may not. But we are gonna make a mighty noise before we go.
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OT: It’s as if House Republicans want to give Schiff
a promotion to the Senate. I can’t say I blame them
considering how often he humiliates them with facts.
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A different perspective Archived so free to read
America Was Once the World’s ‘Last Best Hope.’ Can It Fix Itself?
Some say America is fundamentally divided, in decline, irreparably broken. A contrasting narrative declares America has a unique capacity ‘to repair her faults,’ as de Tocqueville remarked. Which country will Americans wake up to on future U.S. Independence Days?
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Sure, Why not
Federal judge rules felon has right to firearm, critiques SCOTUS - Mississippi Today
U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves has dismissed a gun possession case against a man convicted of a felony, citing a Supreme Court precedent he criticized last year and ruling convicted felons have a Second Amendment right to own a weapon.
Now why shouldn’t this fine gentleman have a gun?
Mr. Bullock was convicted of aggravated assault and manslaughter in 1992. He served about 15 years in prison. In 2015 Mr. Bullock was convicted of fleeing law enforcement and attempted aggravated assault of a police officer. He served five years of probation
Keep in mind, in some GOP run states he could not vote…
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This is what you get from ideological purity. True believers are dangerous to us all.
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Well in the view of the Federalist Society true believers the Bill of Rights guarantees the right to bare bear arms, but the Bill of Rights doesn’t guarantee the right to vote.
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Over the line?
Trump demands ‘deranged’ Jack Smith to be ‘put out to rest’ in angry Truth Social tantrum - Alternet.org
Put to rest is very very close
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Ambiguity favors the entrepreneur AND the unethical. If Congress must be explicit in legislation anything not specifically prohibited is fair game for profit. And if legislation fails to anticipate a future correctly, there is room to be first to take advantage with no consequences unless and until the explicit issue is addressed.
Capitalist heaven. What could go wrong?
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"If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you will be doomed to live under the rule of fools." – Plato
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U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves has been on my shortlist as future Supreme Court nominee. His opinions have been fierce and to the point.
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“Very very close” to “who will rid me of this troublesome (prosecutor).”
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Ooh! Is someone terrified? Good.
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"The purpose of SCOTUS is now to be activist to the point where, instead of checks and balances, we now have a branch of the government that is so powerful, it can undo decades of legislation with the swipe of a pen. "
What the courts delay/reverse can be, and in many instances should be, revisited with new legislation that gets around the Court’s decision. This has happened in the past. Read about FDR and how many of his early policies were ultimately successfully challenged in the SCOTUS, but either did their jobs short-term or were replaced with new laws. We are now entering a time of a political game of wack-a-mole - but the SCOTUS will not win this. It is more short term crap that people have to deal with, so let’s deal with it. Get out the vote, and officially end the Republican Party. I’m in.
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Until the ones in charge re-write the rules so that only ‘their’ votes count, which is already in place in a couple of locales (witness Harris County, Texas). There was talk of voter suppression in the 2022 Senate election in Wisconsin, particularly in Milwaukee. I don’t know whatever came of that investigation, but the reduction of multiple thousands of votes is at least suspect.
How many more new rules are or will be in place for 2024? If the House and Senate go GQP in 2024, I don’t think there’s much of a chance to stop this, even when Biden wins in 2024.