The SCOTUS has to at least pretend to be legitimate. They are not going to arbitrarily declare something unconstitutional without showing how or at least trying to.
Nah the Senate isn't broken.
That's what I've found so fucking frustrating over the past...6 years. The media is NEVER interested in actually pushing any of these cowards to explain themselves, NEVER holding them accountable.
Exactly. People are taking their understandable fear and letting it run wild. As shitty as this SC has been they aren't the first to overturn a prior ruling/precedent or leave power to states. They haven't done anything that prior Courts haven't done as well. Making up a reason something is unconstitutional not based on anything in the Constitution would be a monumental first
They're only concerned with fucking as many people over as possible. They don't care about wins because they already have those secured without doing anything
The thing about it is, they don't care about easy wins because they all are legit awful bigots.
It is the reason why I no longer watch most news shows anymore. They bring these pieces of shit on or they interview them while walking down the hall.
Very much agree. About the only silver lining in this shitshow of a Supreme Court. As awful as it is, the harsh reality is these rights were always flaky because Congress shirked their responsibilities. So even if this court didn't overturn everything, the next one might have. We need to move towards holding legislators responsible for legislating and that's going to be a long terrible fight, but one that was always likely to happen.
Not really. Abortion has been legal for 50 years, gay marriage has been legal for barely a dozen. It was only 14 years ago California voted against gay marriage. The country has shifted quickly on this issue but there has barely been even 5 years when this was a possibility.
Probably all have someone in their family this would affect.
Oh my goodness. Misread the post you were replying to as asking why this wasn't enshrined.
two handfuls which might as well be asking for the sea to be parted for a bill not about military spending. @ me though if I am wrong and Republicans actually let this pass. I will gladly eat that crow. Though at this point I'm not even sure it will make it to a vote before midterms anyway.
Every Republican in the House, as I recall, voted against a bill for Baby Formula.
I wouldn't even say "thier voters are as bad as them", its more people just dont pay attention to legislation that doesnt pass for the most part. Outside of some exceptions, of course.
Was this even a concern for people? The House has easily passed lots of progressive bills. IIRC there's a gun control bill, abortion bill, voting rights bill, and a bunch of others that the House has passed that have stalled in Senate
I think people are seeing the "47 Republicans" and getting excited because they think this is different.
Lol, only half of it, which has been the case for a while now. It's the Senate that have so far....passed a reconciliation bill and gun control bill and that's it?
Yep. Show votes pretty much never mattered and are ignored when it comes to elections. The same Rs that voted for it could just say during election time that they arent in favor of it and that is what voters will think of.
