Originally posted by snowdragon
The tears from this news will keep a smile on my face until christmas, this is going to be hillary clinton losing the election plus level of shenanigans and tears
😂😂
Mark my words. People will be laying down blocking senators from entering the building, room, halls where ever they have to to try and stop them from voting.
We will have memes for ages.
When people start losing their freedoms because the supreme court is too far to the Right and not more balanced as it should be, they'll be more inclined to not vote in those people and types of people who made that type of court possible.
But as mentioned, what Biden needs to do when the Dems end up taking the Senate either in 2020 or 2022, push congress to finally make Puerto Rico a state, it's deplorable that Puerto Ricans are treated as second-class citizens. He should also push to make DC it's own state, it's time.
Originally posted by Robtard
When people start losing their freedoms because the supreme court is too far to the Right and not more balanced as it should be, they'll be more inclined to not vote in those people and types of people who made that type of court possible.
What freedoms are we going to be losing?
I don’t believe Washington DC itself could be a state. It’s in the constitution. But what they could do it create a new state out of what is currently considered Washington DC and just make DC the mall and congressional building where people don’t live. People were never meant to live in DC anyways. Could make it like North Virginia or South Maryland or something. Could also add Guam.
Originally posted by BackFire
I don’t believe Washington DC itself could be a state. It’s in the constitution. But what they could do it create a new state out of what is currently considered Washington DC and just make DC the mall and congressional building where people don’t live. People were never meant to live in DC anyways. Could make it like North Virginia or South Maryland or something. Could also add Guam.
Fair enough.
Puerto Rico for sure thugh, they're American citizens, but don't have seats in Congress and can't vote. That shit needs to change.
Originally posted by BackFire
So we’re going to have a 6-3 conservative majority.Will be interesting to see what the dem response is. See if they have the balls to even respond if they win the senate and the presidency.
The Supreme Court should have 9-0 conservative* majority. Judicial activism at the federal level should never be a thing. It should always be about Original Intent and never judicial activism. Leave that for legislators.
*The political science definition of "conservative." Not the sexist, racist, xenophobic American definition. As in, conserving the law in the most minimalist approach without changing it unless there is a very valid reason. Roe vs. Wade should never have happened. That should have been a legislative change.
Originally posted by I’m mad
This was always going to go through**, anyone who thought Rightist were going to abide by their own rules and logic as they insisted in 2016, well, you were deluded.**Mitch McConnell was asked a year+ ago of what would happen if a SC seat became vacant in election year 2020 and with his smug creepy smile said 'we would fill it'.
All this Trumper talk of "well, this is different!", it's just typical shit-weasel speak; pay it no mind. Precedent set though.
Originally posted by BrolyBlack
So Schumer wouldn’t confirm a SCOTUS if he was in the same situation?You must be joking
Originally posted by Robtard
This was always going to go through**, anyone who thought Rightist were going to abide by their own rules and logic as they insisted in 2016, well, you were deluded.**Mitch McConnell was asked a year+ ago of what would happen if a SC seat became vacant in election year 2020 and with his smug creepy smile said 'we would fill it'.
All this Trumper talk of "well, this is different!", it's just typical shit-weasel speak; pay it no mind. Precedent set though.
Originally posted by dadudemon
The Supreme Court should have 9-0 conservative* majority. Judicial activism at the federal level should never be a thing. It should always be about Original Intent and never judicial activism. Leave that for legislators.*The political science definition of "conservative." Not the sexist, racist, xenophobic American definition. As in, conserving the law in the most minimalist approach without changing it unless there is a very valid reason. Roe vs. Wade should never have happened. That should have been a legislative change.
Judicial Activism has destroyed America
Originally posted by RobtardYeah as soon as I heard of RBG's death I didn't even have to look up what the Senate was doing.
This was always going to go through**, anyone who thought Rightist were going to abide by their own rules and logic as they insisted in 2016, well, you were deluded.**Mitch McConnell was asked a year+ ago of what would happen if a SC seat became vacant in election year 2020 and with his smug creepy smile said 'we would fill it'.
All this Trumper talk of "well, this is different!", it's just typical shit-weasel speak; pay it no mind. Precedent set though.
I knew the GOP was going to fill it.
That should have been a legislative change.
That is one of the biggest problems we have with congress now for probably the last 10-12 years. Rather then legislate tough laws they pass it along to the courts or even the president.
Classic case deals with dreamers, DACA isn't legal it was only kept up in a court for moral reasons, in reality the Senate should have passed legislation to handle that problem.
Of course that's just one of MANY that our congress punts on.
Originally posted by snowdragon
That is one of the biggest problems we have with congress now for probably the last 10-12 years. Rather then legislate tough laws they pass it along to the courts or even the president.Classic case deals with dreamers, DACA isn't legal it was only kept up in a court for moral reasons, in reality the Senate should have passed legislation to handle that problem.
Of course that's just one of MANY that our congress punts on.
The only way the senate will pass such legislation is to remove the filibuster.
Originally posted by snowdragon
What freedoms are we going to be losing?
Killing innocent defenseless unborn babies. Yeah, apparently that is the "right" we are gonna be losing lol.
Nevermind the fact that the right to life is the most fundamental of all rights. Nah, it's not that. If you support an unborn baby's right to life then it's obvious you just hate women lmao.
Robbie is just fear mongering and projecting of course.They are the two most overused tactics from the left. Everyone knows that it's the left that wants to get rid of individual rights and even the Constiturion itself that , in their minds, is just a piece of paper written by a bunch of racist old white men.
It's so adorable when leftists like Robbie suddenly pretend to care about our rights which are laid out in our founding documents; documents which we all know that they want to do away with.
Originally posted by snowdragon
That is one of the biggest problems we have with congress now for probably the last 10-12 years. Rather then legislate tough laws they pass it along to the courts or even the president.Classic case deals with dreamers, DACA isn't legal it was only kept up in a court for moral reasons, in reality the Senate should have passed legislation to handle that problem.
Of course that's just one of MANY that our congress punts on.
One of my political science professors (wish I could dox him and put his name out there because he should have his own YouTube channel where he talks about all this stuff but he's too shy - prefers the classroom) went into details about this. He pointed out that the most powerful branch of government is he legislative branch and it is the most powerful by design: it technically represents the voice of the people so it should be the loudest.
If the legislative branch is united, they could literally rule over the entire country by changing the constitution, getting rid of the president, getting rid of the Justices, etc. They control it all. The Founders were counting on a lack of unity to keep the legislative branch in check. Because if 70 senators are united on almost all issues, they effectively become the leaders of the country immediately. That's enough for any constitutional changes, overrides of vetos, cloture votes, any legislation changes, etc.
Originally posted by Newjak
Yeah as soon as I heard of RBG's death I didn't even have to look up what the Senate was doing.I knew the GOP was going to fill it.
McConneel in 2016: "The American people are perfectly capable of having their say on this issue, so let's give them a voice. Let's let the American people decide. The Senate will appropriately revisit the matter when it considers the qualifications of the nominee the next president nominates, whoever that might be."
^It was all about letting the voters have a say in regards to the nect SC justice in 2016 as the reason why McConnell would not even allow Obama's pick to go to a vote. See, pay no mind to KMC Trumper's shit-weasel speak.