So, it's cool when it's aimed at men?
I can see that; next time, I'll type it out instead of taking the lazy pronoun route.
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My court question has been asked whenever the Bernie-or-Bust issue comes up, including multiple times in this thread.
The base question: How does turning-over SCOTUS to conservatives for 25+ years advance Bernie's long-term vision?
And here's the background to that question:
Let's say we hand-over the Presidency and thus SCOTUS to the GOP for the next 4 or 8 years, and they stack the bench so that it goes 5-4 or 6-3 with young conservative justices. And then, when the pendulum swings back leftward (in the two elected branches), we elect Bernie 2.0 in the 2020s. Along with Bernie comes an incredibly liberal Congress, ready to cut-into corporate influence, special interests, etc.
Then, Bernie 2.0 gets this new Congress to pass his/her agenda.
As soon as the his/her law is enacted, the GOP and its corporate buddies challenge that new law. It goes to SCOTUS and gets knocked down, courtesy of 2016's Republican judges. Repeat for anything remotely controversial that Bernie 2.0 enacts into law.
That's a sad reality of this era: anything remotely contentuous is challenged immediately in our judiciary. It's not good enough to gain control of the legislative process - we also need to see to it that laws survive the inevitable court fights that will arise.
I bring this concern up repeatedly, and the Bernie-or-Bust crowd tap dances to dodge it as though their lives depend on it.
I can see that; next time, I'll type it out instead of taking the lazy pronoun route.
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My court question has been asked whenever the Bernie-or-Bust issue comes up, including multiple times in this thread.
The base question: How does turning-over SCOTUS to conservatives for 25+ years advance Bernie's long-term vision?
And here's the background to that question:
Let's say we hand-over the Presidency and thus SCOTUS to the GOP for the next 4 or 8 years, and they stack the bench so that it goes 5-4 or 6-3 with young conservative justices. And then, when the pendulum swings back leftward (in the two elected branches), we elect Bernie 2.0 in the 2020s. Along with Bernie comes an incredibly liberal Congress, ready to cut-into corporate influence, special interests, etc.
Then, Bernie 2.0 gets this new Congress to pass his/her agenda.
As soon as the his/her law is enacted, the GOP and its corporate buddies challenge that new law. It goes to SCOTUS and gets knocked down, courtesy of 2016's Republican judges. Repeat for anything remotely controversial that Bernie 2.0 enacts into law.
That's a sad reality of this era: anything remotely contentuous is challenged immediately in our judiciary. It's not good enough to gain control of the legislative process - we also need to see to it that laws survive the inevitable court fights that will arise.
I bring this concern up repeatedly, and the Bernie-or-Bust crowd tap dances to dodge it as though their lives depend on it.
Realistically it'll be Warren carrying the torch for Bernie.
A) We don't seem to get too upset when they vote in our favor (see: Roe v Wade).
B) Here's the thing - for most SCOTUS rulings that are "unconstitutional" - they usually lay out a path in which to make a version of the law to make it pass constitutional muster. Either by passing it on a federal level (when they overrule state rulings or state laws) or by revising / clarifying the intent. SCOTUS doesn't generally overrule the people's mandate if it is a strong mandate. See: ACA and Obergefell, even with a conservative SCOTUS, both of those were upheld. I think SCOTUS is naturally inclined to be less activist than they have been recently, but I think they also see the complete halt the legislative process has come to nationally, and feel like they have to do something at this point.
I can see that; next time, I'll type it out instead of taking the lazy pronoun route.
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My court question has been asked whenever the Bernie-or-Bust issue comes up, including multiple times in this thread.
The base question: How does turning-over SCOTUS to conservatives for 25+ years advance Bernie's long-term vision?
And here's the background to that question:
Let's say we hand-over the Presidency and thus SCOTUS to the GOP for the next 4 or 8 years, and they stack the bench so that it goes 5-4 or 6-3 with young conservative justices. And then, when the pendulum swings back leftward (in the two elected branches), we elect Bernie 2.0 in the 2020s. Along with Bernie comes an incredibly liberal Congress, ready to cut-into corporate influence, special interests, etc.
Then, Bernie 2.0 gets this new Congress to pass his/her agenda.
As soon as the his/her law is enacted, the GOP and its corporate buddies challenge that new law. It goes to SCOTUS and gets knocked down, courtesy of 2016's Republican judges. Repeat for anything remotely controversial that Bernie 2.0 enacts into law.
That's a sad reality of this era: anything remotely contentuous is challenged immediately in our judiciary. It's not good enough to gain control of the legislative process - we also need to see to it that laws survive the inevitable court fights that will arise.
I bring this concern up repeatedly, and the Bernie-or-Bust crowd tap dances to dodge it as though their lives depend on it.
