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Eliot Rosewater

(34,287 posts)
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 11:18 AM Aug 2025

Oh but they won't go that far, they won't do that, it's against the law!

Have you all seen this story?



The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is currently investigating certain state laws, particularly those with potential impacts on the national economy or interstate commerce. This investigation is being done in partnership with the National Economic Council. Additionally, the DOJ is actively involved in enforcing federal and state laws related to civil rights and healthcare access.
Focus of the DOJ's Investigation:

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Oh but they won't go that far, they won't do that, it's against the law! (Original Post) Eliot Rosewater Aug 2025 OP
Nothing matters, constitution does not matter laws do not matter Eliot Rosewater Aug 2025 #1
Was there supposed to be a link? TommyT139 Aug 2025 #2
Sorry Eliot Rosewater Aug 2025 #3
Should be the biggest news but of course isn't, sigh Eliot Rosewater Aug 2025 #4
We are barreling towards JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #5
Some of us created a long list a long time ago of the things they would take Eliot Rosewater Aug 2025 #6
State's Rights JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #7
My list was created from referencing JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #10
G.O.P. is Big Government BoRaGard Aug 2025 #9
Amen JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #12
The biggest problem is the SCOTUS newdeal2 Aug 2025 #8
For now JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #13
The law? Tommy Carcetti Aug 2025 #11

Eliot Rosewater

(34,287 posts)
1. Nothing matters, constitution does not matter laws do not matter
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 11:19 AM
Aug 2025

They’re going to go into states and tell us which laws we can and can’t have which of course will be the beginning of civil war or civil unrest.


TommyT139

(2,425 posts)
2. Was there supposed to be a link?
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 11:51 AM
Aug 2025

Or is there something after the colon that my screen isn't showing? (Slow device of tiny brain!)

JustAnotherGen

(38,081 posts)
5. We are barreling towards
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 12:47 PM
Aug 2025

A Federal Government that is getting out of its place.

In one example of Trump’s deregulation goals, the Department of Labor is seeking to remove 60 “obsolete” workplace regulations, such as the minimum wage. Furthermore, the administration has removed many regulations imposed during the Biden era on environmental laws and climate change
.

No offense to DU members in places like Mississippi - but NJ doesn't want the lower quality of life.

State's Rights - everything old is new.

Eliot Rosewater

(34,287 posts)
6. Some of us created a long list a long time ago of the things they would take
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 12:48 PM
Aug 2025

Which of course minimum wage was on that list, then the piece of shit will illegally go into states like California and somehow abolish our minimum wage law.

JustAnotherGen

(38,081 posts)
7. State's Rights
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 08:51 AM
Aug 2025

Can be twisted around and used as a bludgeon against the magapub Dictator.

Keep the faith.

BoRaGard

(7,591 posts)
9. G.O.P. is Big Government
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 08:57 AM
Aug 2025

OH, the gop used to whine and complain and accuse Dems of being Big Gov.

But that was all lies. Just a cover for who the repubes really are. They have suckered the maga base.

Wickedly.

newdeal2

(5,506 posts)
8. The biggest problem is the SCOTUS
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 08:55 AM
Aug 2025

They are not trustworthy as guardians of the US Constitution. They bend laws and ignore precedent or real-life harm in order to serve a specific conservative agenda.

JustAnotherGen

(38,081 posts)
13. For now
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 09:00 AM
Aug 2025
We won't be returning to the Status Quo when the regime falls.

VP Harris is a brilliant, wise woman. When she says the system is broken?

I believe her.

Nothing in the framework of January 20, 2021 can be kept in place if we wish to course correct America.
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