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What's the big victory here? That only 5 justices voted against trump, one was mixed in his feelings about the situation which is astonishing that he would not accept the fact that the only way one can modify or eliminate a writing in the Constitution is a 3/4 vote by the states. I could understand why Alito and Thomas voted against it, but I can't understand Gorsuch nor Kavanaugh who apparently forgot that the SCOTUS cannot suggest an alternative, given the very thin argument he made splitting his vote into two. Though people are thrilled and happy about the outcome the vote should have been 9-0 if we had a solid Supreme Court who followed the rule of law, and the terms of how one can remove an Amendment or attempt to modify one. This victory has a coldness to it that shouldn't make anyone happy that our country is turning its corner from an autocracy attempt.
If this Court cannot unanimously recognize and enforce plain constitutional language upheld by the same 1890s Court that wrote Plessy v. Ferguson, then there’s no victory here and our rights are deeply and more imperiled by this Court than by stumbling, fumbling idiotic Trump. Let’s avoid the beltway glorification of these pompous un-American ignoramuses.
The Republicans are already scheming ways to get around the Court's decision. According to Ron Filipkowski in Meidas' Today in Politics:
"Sean Davis, Editor of The Federalist: “Several ways forward here given the choice of Roberts/Barrett to nullify the 14th Amendment and extra-constitutionally replace it with their own language:
Nullification. States issue birth certificates, and they can just stop issuing them to non-citizens. Roberts/Barrett can deal with the fallout and litigate each birth individually.
Pack the court. If Robert wants to be a politician who writes laws instead of a judge, then he can fight with 10 more unelected legislators in robes.
Deny entry to all pregnant foreigners.
Deny entry to all female foreigners.
Require sterilization of all foreign visitors prior to entry.
Dissolution of the Union. A nation which can’t even restrict who gets to be a citizen isn’t a nation.
Amend the Constitution. This is pointless, because once a judge decides he can rewrite the Constitution at will."
What's the big victory here? That only 5 justices voted against trump, one was mixed in his feelings about the situation which is astonishing that he would not accept the fact that the only way one can modify or eliminate a writing in the Constitution is a 3/4 vote by the states. I could understand why Alito and Thomas voted against it, but I can't understand Gorsuch nor Kavanaugh who apparently forgot that the SCOTUS cannot suggest an alternative, given the very thin argument he made splitting his vote into two. Though people are thrilled and happy about the outcome the vote should have been 9-0 if we had a solid Supreme Court who followed the rule of law, and the terms of how one can remove an Amendment or attempt to modify one. This victory has a coldness to it that shouldn't make anyone happy that our country is turning its corner from an autocracy attempt.
If this Court cannot unanimously recognize and enforce plain constitutional language upheld by the same 1890s Court that wrote Plessy v. Ferguson, then there’s no victory here and our rights are deeply and more imperiled by this Court than by stumbling, fumbling idiotic Trump. Let’s avoid the beltway glorification of these pompous un-American ignoramuses.
The Republicans are already scheming ways to get around the Court's decision. According to Ron Filipkowski in Meidas' Today in Politics:
"Sean Davis, Editor of The Federalist: “Several ways forward here given the choice of Roberts/Barrett to nullify the 14th Amendment and extra-constitutionally replace it with their own language:
Nullification. States issue birth certificates, and they can just stop issuing them to non-citizens. Roberts/Barrett can deal with the fallout and litigate each birth individually.
Pack the court. If Robert wants to be a politician who writes laws instead of a judge, then he can fight with 10 more unelected legislators in robes.
Deny entry to all pregnant foreigners.
Deny entry to all female foreigners.
Require sterilization of all foreign visitors prior to entry.
Dissolution of the Union. A nation which can’t even restrict who gets to be a citizen isn’t a nation.
Amend the Constitution. This is pointless, because once a judge decides he can rewrite the Constitution at will."
"Dissolution of the Union. A nation which can’t even restrict who gets to be a citizen isn’t a nation."
Over and over and over again, it seems like it was a bad idea to fight a civil war to keep the Union together. Maybe it'd be better if they just left.
As Favor Flav says, "Yeah Booyyyeeee!!!"
Excellent job contrarians. We'll take every win we can get.
Can we make the screen print sets into screen savers or backgrounds for computers, phones, and tablets? Thanks.