Oh boy....

[Pete F.]

You didn’t read the whole thing I wrote just the part that easily triggered you.
Let’s look at a few decisions
Dred Scott v. Sanford started the Civil War
Or Korematsu v. United States, that upheld the interment of American citizens of Japanese ancestry.
Or Roe vs Wade, which seems to be of great importance to you.
Are we a government of the people or ruled by 9 people with lifetime appointments.
It seems you want the latter.
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[scottw]

there is no reason to have hearings..they should go straight to a vote

[scottw]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

You didn’t read the whole thing I wrote just the part that easily triggered you.
Let’s look at a few decisions
Dred Scott v. Sanford started the Civil War
Or Korematsu v. United States, that upheld the interment of American citizens of Japanese ancestry.
Or Roe vs Wade, which seems to be of great importance to you.
Are we a government of the people or ruled by 9 people with lifetime appointments.
It seems you want the latter.
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are you drunk?

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by scottw

are you drunk?

You’re the one who thinks they should go straight to a vote, genius
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[scottw]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

You’re the one who thinks they should go straight to a vote, genius
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no reason not to....save the country from the evil the democrats would conjure up...it's been a tough year already

[spence]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Are we a government of the people or ruled by 9 people with lifetime appointments.
It seems you want the latter.
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And a President who lost the popular vote, and a Senate majority that represents far less that the Democrats.

Tyranny of the minority.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

And a President who lost the popular vote, .

Because he was the candidate who had a basic grasp of electoral math, and therefore didn't waste time in CA.

Your problem is with Hilary, no one told her to blowoff flyover country and to call many of them deplorable and irredeemable. That's her fault, not Trumps.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

And a President who lost the popular vote.

this is meaningless

[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

Tyranny of the minority.

this is foolish

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Are we a government of the people or ruled by 9 people with lifetime appointments.
It seems you want the latter.
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I completely agree that recently, the SC is too powerful.

Here's what you don't get, because it doesn't serve your agenda, even though it's obviously true.

Liberal judges give more power to the court, and to the federal government. Conservative judges give less power to the SC and to the federal government, more power to states, and therefore more power to people to govern themselves.

What a concept!

[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

I completely agree that recently, the SC is too powerful.

Here's what you don't get, because it doesn't serve your agenda, even though it's obviously true.

Liberal judges give more power to the court, and to the federal government. Conservative judges give less power to the SC and to the federal government, more power to states, and therefore more power to people to govern themselves.

What a concept!

So the majority of Americans support Roe vs Wade, but it’s ok for an activist court to overturn it.
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[spence]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

So the majority of Americans support Roe vs Wade, but it’s ok for an activist court to overturn it.
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Last I heard it was about 70%. It's not just Roe though, Casey fixed the issues people had with Roe and is a lot stronger.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

Last I heard it was about 70%.

.

meaningless

[scottw]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

So the majority of Americans support Roe vs Wade have you asked everyone?

, but it’s ok for an activist court to overturn it.

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so activist courts can create laws but activist courts can't overturn laws...?

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by scottw

so activist courts can create laws but activist courts can't overturn laws...?

as long as the laws they create are liberal.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

So the majority of Americans support Roe vs Wade, but it’s ok for an activist court to overturn it.
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Try to follow along here...we are governed by a document called the constitution, not by popular vote.

The constitution lists powers granted to the federal government, it specifies areas where the feds have the say. It also clearly says that all other matters are to be handled by states.

Nowhere in the constitution does it mention abortion or privacy. This doesn't mean abortion is illegal. It means the feds don't have jurisdiction, that states should decide the question.

Any state where most of the citizens support abortion, is likely to elect a state legislature that also supports it.

That's. How. It's. Supposed. To. Work.

Instead, it was legalized by activist judges who aren't elected, and therefore who aren't accountable to anybody. That's what's contrary to democracy.

Christ, you are slow and dense at times.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

Christ, you are slow and dense at times.

his power curve is early morning...like weekend at biden's