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DemocraticPatriot

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25. Agreed!

Tue May 9, 2023, 11:20 PM

May 2023

Even though President Biden might likely be impeached over it, he would not be convicted--
and he would have protected the economic future of the whole country!

I think the backlash against the GQP over impeachment on this issue,
would be greater than that against the Republicans who impeached President Clinton!
(he did achieve gains in the midterm after that failed case!)

I think the right-wing majority of this court has already erased any vestige of legitimacy---
and that "jury nullification" by hung juries against any enforcement of anti-abortion laws
are morally justified,

and FURTHERMORE, that LYING in order to get on a jury in an anti-abortion case,
is ALSO morally justified!

(how did 3 or 4 SC Justices who made that decision get onto the court, except by lying ????
I think that makes it "entirely ok" for prospective jurors to declare
"I have no opinion on abortion" when the prosecution questions them--
and then vote to aquit, no matter what, and hang the damn juries.

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14th Amendment emerges as last-ditch fix to ward off default [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2023 OP

It's a constitutional crisis worth triggering IMO Fiendish Thingy May 2023 #1

If the Court had to vote on the merits, they'd probably rule 9-0 against the use of the 14th. onenote May 2023 #2

But wouldn't a default effectively render US bonds "invalid"? Fiendish Thingy May 2023 #4

I could read it a bit differently. Igel May 2023 #10

So bonds must be paid, and a budget bill is a law authorizing expenditures Fiendish Thingy May 2023 #11

Not as a legal concept. Again, think about common types of debt onenote May 2023 #12

You're making the word "valid" do a lot of heavy lifting here. Fiendish Thingy May 2023 #13

Really? What do you think the plain meaning of validity is? onenote May 2023 #14

Defaulting would cause the markets to consider US bonds invalid, worthless Fiendish Thingy May 2023 #15

What happens when you default on your credit card? onenote May 2023 #17

If you don't pay your credit card, it gets cancelled Fiendish Thingy May 2023 #19

Another point to consider Fiendish Thingy May 2023 #21

Not a lawyer, but unsure you're right Deminpenn May 2023 #6

How can they rule against what's in the Constitution? brush May 2023 #9

Agreed! DemocraticPatriot May 2023 #25

The question is this...would SCOTUS say we've set a precedent Buckeyeblue May 2023 #3

Well, it was supposed to be the Courts who "set precedents", not congress--- DemocraticPatriot May 2023 #26

Since 1960 Emile May 2023 #5

Mint the coin and slap McCarthy's face on it Arazi May 2023 #7

Mint a bunch of high value coins IbogaProject May 2023 #8

The President has more troops than the Supreme Court..... DemocraticPatriot May 2023 #16

That would be a dangerous precedent Silent3 May 2023 #18

It is indeed dangerous, but a necessary constitutional crisis that should be triggered Fiendish Thingy May 2023 #20

Some very-red states, and red counties in blue states, are already taking the opinion that DemocraticPatriot May 2023 #24

Inapt analogy onenote May 2023 #22

I applied that quote to the wrong case. I was not Dred Scot, it was Lincoln's suspension DemocraticPatriot May 2023 #23