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TomDaisy

(1,828 posts)
Mon Jun 21, 2021, 07:00 PM Jun 2021

"The modern polarized system has created, in effect, a new Constitution ...

“The modern polarized system has created, in effect, a new Constitution w/overwhelming advantages for Rs. New laws require 60 votes, but existing programs can be defunded with 51. Judges, who can be appointed w/a mere 51 votes, can strike down laws that required 60 to pass”


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live love laugh

(13,009 posts)
1. Amerikkka is a RW country. Deal with it.
Mon Jun 21, 2021, 07:07 PM
Jun 2021

And I truly hope that our legislators do indeed deal with them and change this before we pass the final tipping point.

brush

(53,475 posts)
2. The country is actually center left, which is why Dems have won 7 of the last 8...
Mon Jun 21, 2021, 07:20 PM
Jun 2021

presidential popular votes. What's right wing is the concoction of the filibuster, the Electoral College, stolen SCOTUS seats/right wing judge appointments approved by only 51 Senate votes and right wing gerrymandering which over the decades has moved what comes out of DC, red state states houses and courts decidedly rightward.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
3. What the christofascists are shoveling is called fascist selective populism.
Mon Jun 21, 2021, 07:35 PM
Jun 2021

If you control the narrative, you control the perception of the "will of the people".

msongs

(67,199 posts)
4. "they can take the action that is available to them in the window before it disappears" or take
Mon Jun 21, 2021, 07:38 PM
Jun 2021

a nice month+ long vacation

keithbvadu2

(36,369 posts)
6. When arguing the Constitution on social media:
Mon Jun 21, 2021, 10:04 PM
Jun 2021

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When arguing the Constitution on social media:

1. Whatever is not specifically allowed must be forbidden. IF this logic supports your premise.

2. Whatever is not specifically forbidden must be allowed. IF this logic supports your premise.

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