Republicans are bringing a case before the Supreme Court that has the potential to eviscerate what few remaining restrictions on campaign finance we have left.
Legitimate question as a non-american.
If the country is just a series of “united” states, each with their own supreme court and their own election laws, What stops a state from simply declaring that federal supreme court decisions have no authority within their borders?
My understanding is that the whole system of U.S goverment is basically the the federal government governs by the consent of the individual states.
So why not stand up and say “This federal court is a rubber stamp for a buffoon and they have no legitimacy in the state of whichever”
I’m pretty sure I realize that it would kick off a constitutional crisis, but if the alternative is more of this shit, what have they got to lose at this point?
Behold the most corrupt Supreme Court in history
Several of them are illegitimate
You can’t say that! You’ll hurt poor John Roberts’ precious feefees.
Must be time for a new NYT op-ed about Robert’s furrowed brow in regards to the public opinion of the court.
this is intentional, facists like to hide behind rule of law to make them look legitimate but everything is already deciced behind closed doors, including court cases
see: russia
I am wondering how safe the holdouts are? Sotomayor may be on a list for “scheduled for a window accident”.
Pretty safe. They legitimize the facade of the institution.
They don’t have any power so I don’t think they’re priority on the enemy’s of facism list
Fuck the people and their opinions; sell the country to the highest bidder!
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I think I have a 20$ bill in my stash’o’misc-foreign-jimjams-I’ve-accumulated-on-my-travels. But given the current state of the US, I guess a terminally online scandinavian dork owning the country isn’t so bad in comparison.
I promise I’ll be less corrupt than most administration’s. I’ll probably just collect dues in the form of semi-monthly street tacos at TJ Birria Y Mas down in Stafford, Houston TX.
And maybe a crate of Blue Moon. Other than that, keep calm and carry on, underlings.
Oh, and you can refer to me as King, as 50% of the populace seems to be into that these days. But I don’t think the same 50% would be very happy with the king’s decrees.
It isn’t already? Because it pretty much happens all the time anyways. If you say superpac that makes it ok though.
They recently legalized bribes. Don’t really see any reason they wouldn’t allow this as well.
It’s a Plutocracy … or Oligarchy
Democracy was born with severe disabilities, lingered for a while, survived in a coma for a long time and it died years ago.
Kleptocracy I think is more accurate at this point.
The interesting thing is that businesses rely on accurate information in order to make informed decisions. If you read the financial times ft.com you will find reliable information. Doesn’t a factory need healthy workers? Yet the factory owner can make the claim that healthcare is coming out of his pocket and then advocate against it. They’ve been persuaded by emotional arguments not based in facts. There are unqualified people operating businesses and making high level decisions. But at the highest levels, that mismanagement cannot be tolerated. The people supporting this bullshit are just running along trying to hold things together for as long as they can until they fall apart.
Oh you mean unlimited bribery and money laundering?
Oh you mean unlimited bribery and money laundering?
Precicely. It won’t really change anything. Dark money already destroyed what little we had of a democracy.
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