2020 Election MEGAthread

[Woke Locc]

Used to be there was 1 scotus judge per court circuit. That's more than 9!

So I mean, yeah, originalism. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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[Jibartik]

Originally Posted by Woke Locc [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Used to be there was 1 scotus judge per court circuit. That's more than 9!

So I mean, yeah, originalism. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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I read that because they had to be in district courts and travel was so slow back in the 1800s, they were very rarely home and usually there would be no more than 2 in washington.

Fun job I bet, driving around on madison train cars all over the bustling new lands of the west and industrial revolution in the east and getting involved in all the behind the scene's drama about it all.

[Jibartik]

huh, 15 of the 23 amendments added to the constitution were added by the republican party lol.

Lol if you think that's ironic, the first 10 (Bill of rights) were actually added to the constitution in order to get the federalists to even sign the damn thing.

So that's 25/33 amendments, made by federalists & Republicans.

So I dont think this whole republicans are originalists idea has any legs :P

[Pretzelle]

How do you "conservatives" feel about all of the states reducing their ballot boxes down to ONE per county? Willing to let people die of Covid but you don't want them to vote? Or did they not mention that on your fox news feed?

[BlackBellamy]

Originally Posted by Pretzelle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

How do you "conservatives" feel about all of the states reducing their ballot boxes down to ONE per county? Willing to let people die of Covid but you don't want them to vote? Or did they not mention that on your fox news feed?

Are you kidding? https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tex...ail-in-ballots !!!

We're extremely well informed [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] We not only get Fox News, we're told by our Republican Overlords to consume the fake news outlets too so we know what you're being lied to about! This way we can come right back with a witty reply or a timely link debunking your obviously badly-constructed conspiracy theory.

I feel pretty good about our voter-suppression efforts, I think it's time we finally started to get ahead in that game practiced by the Democrats for so long.

I had an idea of replacing water with gin the day before the election in all neighborhoods below a certain income threshold but I was told "that is too much gin".

[Pretzelle]

Originally Posted by BlackBellamy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Are you kidding? https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tex...ail-in-ballots !!!

We're extremely well informed [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] We not only get Fox News, we're told by our Republican Overlords to consume the fake news outlets too so we know what you're being lied to about! This way we can come right back with a witty reply or a timely link debunking your obviously badly-constructed conspiracy theory.

I feel pretty good about our voter-suppression efforts, I think it's time we finally started to get ahead in that game practiced by the Democrats for so long.

I had an idea of replacing water with gin the day before the election in all neighborhoods below a certain income threshold but I was told "that is too much gin".

Thanks for not answering the question.

"If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. The will reject democracy.”

[Jibartik]

I really don't understand the argument with rvw being unconstitutionaly passed, or what.

This is the only argument that I think holds any water with the abortion debate: A prominent argument against the Roe decision is that, in the absence of consensus about when meaningful life begins, it is best to avoid the risk of doing harm

But that isnt what the convo was about anyway, the convo was about how the scotus with 9 is some how inherently better than a scotus of 11.

And aside from "republicans do it better and I want laws to change" the only other argument is "democrats want to abuse the scotus to change laws and legislate" when historically the republicans have 70% more amendments than democrats so I can't find any validity to that argument.

Seems pretty clear what we got here is a "I want my holy side to defeat the godless other side."

But all that would take is for someone to explain to me why a panel of 9 republicans makes more sense than a panel of 4/5 democrats/republicans, unless you're a republican.

[FatherSioux]

If abortion or anything needs to be changed legally it should be voted on and passed in the Legislative Branch by members who are accountable to the electorate. Not the Judicial Branch who shouldn't be beholden to anyone except the Constitution. If the Legislative branch throws together a law that the Judicial branch doesn't think holds water they are doing so because it is poorly written and not possible to uphold. At which point they have the Legislative branch rewrite it and try again. Learn about Civics

RvW bypassed the Legislative Branch precisely because they likely couldn't have garnered the support in the Legislative branch, or were too cowardly to full-on come out in favor of abortion at that time. So they kick the bucket to the Judicial Branch.

PS: 9/9 Republicans do not vote for prayer in school.

[Woke Locc]

Originally Posted by FatherSioux [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

PS: 9/9 Republicans do not vote for prayer in school.

Well yes, God is a tyrant after all.

That's kinda the point of republicanism

[hobart]

Originally Posted by FatherSioux [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If abortion or anything needs to be changed legally it should be voted on and passed in the Legislative Branch by members who are accountable to the electorate. Not the Judicial Branch who shouldn't be beholden to anyone except the Constitution. If the Legislative branch throws together a law that the Judicial branch doesn't think holds water they are doing so because it is poorly written and not possible to uphold. At which point they have the Legislative branch rewrite it and try again. Learn about Civics

RvW bypassed the Legislative Branch precisely because they likely couldn't have garnered the support in the Legislative branch, or were too cowardly to full-on come out in favor of abortion at that time. So they kick the bucket to the Judicial Branch.

PS: 9/9 Republicans do not vote for prayer in school.

Your parents need to being legal action against the school district and try to get some of their tax dollars refunded.