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President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Nov 12, 2016.

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  1. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    <Looks at all the MAGA displays>

    Yeah, that checks out.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Oct 27, 2020
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  2. 3_Octave_Fart

    3_Octave_Fart Well-Known Member

    I like martyrs who have performed some sort of Christlike service.
     
    3_Octave_Fart, Oct 27, 2020
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  3. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    TigerVols, Oct 27, 2020
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  4. Regan MacNeil

    Regan MacNeil Well-Known Member

    Something, something coup something, something ...
     
    Regan MacNeil, Oct 27, 2020
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  5. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

    Don't start counting early ballots before election day + don't count them after election day =

    [​IMG]
     
    garrow, Oct 27, 2020
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  6. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Unfortunately, the people who are the problem are the answer to the problem.

    The Supreme Court has become so important politically because it went off the rails last century and turned itself into a de facto legislature, without resistence from Congress to put it in check. One side liked it when it was disregarding the constitution and integrating schools and making laws about abortion and birth control and all kinds of other things that are not constitutional or judicial issues. Now the other side has control and wants their political hacks making that kind of de facto law in the ways they prefer.

    Nobody ever intended the Supreme Court to have that kind of unelected power. And the answer isn't more of the same -- whether that is packing the court or finding ways to change the make-up so one side's partisans gets control.

    The answer is to weaken the court.

    The founders actually anticipated the need to limit the court's power, and addressed it right in the Constitution. Article III, Section 2: In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.”

    In 1789, Congress passed a number of judiciary acts that gave us the bones of the federal court system we have today. None of it is etched in stone, and it clearly no longer works. The answer -- although we are not likely to get it -- is for people to put aside the win-by-any-means partisanship even if it means perverting the judicial system, and get Congress to step in and pass some acts that severely limits the court's ability to make de facto laws like it is the legislature. The horse may be out of the barn on that because we let the judicial activism go on so long, but it is the one true way to fix things.
     
    The Big Ragu, Oct 27, 2020
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  7. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    SPP: Songbird Presidential Poll ...

    Biden 388 EV
    Trump 150 EV

    Next update: soon
     
    Songbird, Oct 27, 2020
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  8. Donny in his element

    Donny in his element Well-Known Member

    The most Tennessee tweet ever?
     
    Donny in his element, Oct 27, 2020
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  9. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    I agree that there was Court legislation about “substantive due process” during the Warren Court and I liked it. However that wasn’t the first time the Supreme Court started legislating from the bench. It’s gone back and for the over the years.

    I love the Court’s independence (at least in theory) and don’t think legislating it away is the answer. Unfortunately we have politicized the nomination process so much. I accepted the Courts potential for today when Clinton lost in 2016. It was there and we need to accept it rather than change the rules.
     
    qtlaw, Oct 27, 2020
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  10. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Nah, they want to win. But the game's changed because of Trump. His shadow will loom so large that the deep left of the Democratic Party has a nice chip to play. You want us to show up at the polls? Then shut up and give us what we want.

    Again: My prediction is only Harris really can stop the surge. And she may not want to.
     
    Alma, Oct 27, 2020
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  11. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    /non buttchugging category
     
    TigerVols, Oct 27, 2020
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  12. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Their fatalism applies to elections.

    America: "Oh, boy! I can't wait to take back my country and have everything change for the better!"
    Eastern Europe: "Shit. Hope things don't change for the worse."
     
    BTExpress, Oct 27, 2020
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