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[–] 28 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Abortion rights were repealed because Trump got 3 partisan supreme court justices appointed.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Then pack the courts, codify abortion rights into federal law, do some executive order bullshit, or fuck it, abolish the supreme court entirely. There's a lot Democrats CAN do but aren't. If we're being very charitable, then they value made-up rules over your human rights. That's the party you want representing you?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Packing the courts sets a precedent the next republican can just pack it the other direction. Before we know it we have hundreds of supreme court justices.

    Any law passed by congress can be struck down by the same supreme court as an over reach to state rights. Nevermind democrats barely have a simple majority, and can't get past a filibuster. 3 of their simple majority come from heavily red states (Brown, Manchin, and Tester) and are up for reelection next year. Almost no way they'd vote for it, meaning they'd likely not even get it passed.

    Executive order bullshit only goes for the executive branch. Not legislative or judicial. Biden could wind up impeached for over reach at worst, but have it struck down at best, just like student loans were struck down by the supreme court, which was far more closer to the executive than abortion rights.

    The supreme court is constitutionally created, and you can't modify the constitution without a 2/3rds of congress and 3/4ths of state legislatures. Democrats barely have a majority in congress, and only 19 state legislatures.

    It really is not that simple. If people had not been abstaining because 'both parties are the same' and Trump had never been elected, then we wouldn't be in this mess.

    I agree they're not as liberal as they should be, but the people who are voting are conservative. Until more leftists start voting, the politicians will not represent them and fascists will keep getting elected with only 20% of the population voting for them.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    So pack the courts and then write laws to set things in stone in their favor. If Democrats don't do it, then they're leaving the door open for Republicans to do it. Or just have hundreds of judges, who cares? What's the worst that could happen, our rights could be taken away? Already happening.

    They could also eliminate the filibuster and arguably should have done it ages ago. And they have a majority, why are your expectations so low? Demand more from them while you can.

    Biden has already done some executive order bullshit to protect abortion rights and I'm saying that he should do more. The 3 branches of government aren't discrete and there's lots of stuff that he has the power to do but isn't doing, like allowing abortions to be done on federal property.

    And the supreme court as it is now isn't constitutional. It was not designed to have judicial supremacy, but has grown over time to effectively become a branch of government in its own right. One that's completely undemocratic and unaccountable to the American people. We can use the same reasoning that was used to overturn Roe v. Wade to strip the supreme court of its power without amending the constitution at all.

    I don't think it's fair to pin all the blame for American politics on Trump. Our issues run far deeper than that and he's more of a symptom than a cause. Also, most people DIDN'T vote for him. He LOST the popular vote, but got to be president anyway because this county is rigged when it comes to voting. How can you say that all people need to do is vote when their votes matter so little?

    Btw communists define liberalism as the ideology that supports capitalism. Democrats and Republicans are both liberals.

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