posted by ptown_trojans_1No Amendment is absolute. As in, an Amendment can be changed or amended. We have had several Amendments that have been changed or amended throughout US History. It is really hard to do it, but that was by design.
It is hard to legally change an Amendment. It is much easier to get activist judges to change/ignore Amendments.
Well Russia is coming after Ukraine again. I bet Biden does nothing
No right is absolute. They’re just privileges handed out by the government as they see fit. You should thank your benevolent rulers.
posted by ptown_trojans_1No Amendment is absolute. As in, an Amendment can be changed or amended. We have had several Amendments that have been changed or amended throughout US History. It is really hard to do it, but that was by design.
I’m guessing this is Biden’s plan, then? To amend the Constitution?
Biden sure is starting off to be more of an autocrat than Trump ever was....I wonder when the media will start comparing him to Hitler?
posted by gutBiden sure is starting off to be more of an autocrat than Trump ever was....I wonder when the media will start comparing him to Hitler?
posted by justincredibleI’m guessing this is Biden’s plan, then? To amend the Constitution?
Or, push something through Congress that would likely have the Supreme Court look at it and kill it most likely.
No Amendment is going to have any chance in today's modern climate.
I take a lot of this as just fluff to appease the progressives. Usually President's get 1 big ticket item out of Congress per term. (Bush got taxes, Obama got Obamacare, and Trump got taxes)
Biden got the relief package, and is pitching infrastructure now. That is likely all he is going to get out of this Congress and a next Congress. He knows that, so he is likely going through the motions on guns, immigrations, etc. knowing that nothing will likely occur in the Senate. Even infrastructure is a maybe.
posted by ptown_trojans_1No Amendment is absolute.
Nor do they change our actual rights at all, as they don't come from there.
I have said this before but how disgusting is this? Using what members of his party actually did and lying that changes to voting laws are the same thing. Sick.
posted by majorsparkI have said this before but how disgusting is this?
It's comically ironic, and evil genius, how the Dems have managed to disenfranchise blacks while still counting their votes.
So they are supposedly introducing legislation to pack the SCOTUS, adding 4 seats in a totally transparent and political move to give liberals a 7-6 majority.
Manchin has said multiple times he won't vote for that. Or maybe he meant just the filibuster, which the fillibuster would still kill this And I think there may be a few others.
Then I guess this is just pandering to the base, like when the Repubs in the House introduced 80-something bills repealing Obamacare.
Either way, this seems like a good idea if Dems want the Dumpster to get elected again in 2024
There is no way they get that done with the filibuster in place.
Political suicide if they even try it
This is a sitting congressperson. Democracy was a mistake.
Supreme Court expansion is infrastructure.
— Mondaire Jones (@MondaireJones) April 15, 2021
The radicals/Marxists are in complete charge of what once was the democrat party. And it took less than 15 years to occur.
The idea that freedom can be lost in a generation is indeed correct.
posted by gutSo they are supposedly introducing legislation to pack the SCOTUS, adding 4 seats in a totally transparent and political move to give liberals a 7-6 majority.
Manchin has said multiple times he won't vote for that. Or maybe he meant just the filibuster, which the fillibuster would still kill this And I think there may be a few others.
Then I guess this is just pandering to the base, like when the Repubs in the House introduced 80-something bills repealing Obamacare.
Either way, this seems like a good idea if Dems want the Dumpster to get elected again in 2024
I am old enough to remember this was scoffed as tin foil conservative bullshit. How many times did someone like S&L say something to the tune “LOL tHeY aRe juSt sAYiNg It, BuT wOnT ActUalLy Try?”
Inb4 someone says “you mean like what trump supporters did.”
posted by justincredibleThis is a sitting congressperson. Democracy was a mistake.
Supreme Court expansion is infrastructure.
— Mondaire Jones (@MondaireJones) April 15, 2021
Pronouns in bio. Always.
In other news some idiot in the House put up a bill to ban all magazines that hold over 10 bullets... which is almost all of them. These people are idiots.
It's like when people say "I don't want to ban all guns, just semi-autos."
posted by gutSo they are supposedly introducing legislation to pack the SCOTUS, adding 4 seats in a totally transparent and political move to give liberals a 7-6 majority.
Manchin has said multiple times he won't vote for that. Or maybe he meant just the filibuster, which the fillibuster would still kill this And I think there may be a few others.
Then I guess this is just pandering to the base, like when the Repubs in the House introduced 80-something bills repealing Obamacare.
Either way, this seems like a good idea if Dems want the Dumpster to get elected again in 2024
Yeah, it is one thing to introduce it and sounds like it may pass through committee, but is another to see if Pelosi actually allows it to see the full House. Your point on the Senate is key. It stands zero, zero chance in the Senate, and Democrats know that. I see it as just playing to the base saying well we tried, but knowing it has zero chance of actually happening.
As I said before, I think the infrastructure bill, whatever it is, is the only big thing we will see out of this Congress in the next two years. Most liberal dreams and ideas will either not pass the House or will never see the light of day in the Senate.
posted by ptown_trojans_1
As I said before, I think the infrastrcuture bill ,whatever it is, is the only big thing we will see out of this Congress in the next two years.
When they're literally trying to pass off everything as "infrastructure" I'm not sure it's fair to say it's the "only big thing" they'll pass.
posted by justincredibleWhen they're literally trying to pass off everything as "infrastructure" I'm not sure it's fair to say it's the "only big thing" they'll pass.
Not from Manchin or Sinema, as they have a typical narrow view of infrastructure, so I expect it to be paired down as it moves through the Senate.
The everything is infrastructure is dumb as shit. As someone who works in the field, yes we do need more spending on it, but everything does not fall in the category...
