This LPT doesn’t violate the community rule against illegal advice because in this purely hypothetical scenario the law means nothing

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      18 hours ago

      When one particular party does, yes. The last time the Democrats had this much control they passed the civil rights act.

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          Man. They used to be the good guys. Now they worry about death threats and hide in their holes as the country is pillaged.

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          Democrats didn’t have control/majority over the Supreme Court, so there was at least check on power. No such checks on power exist for the GOP right now.

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          Not accurate. In 2021 the Supreme Court was split 6-3 in Republican favor.

          Also, the Senate was super split with 50 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and 2 Independent Senators (who, although they caucused with the Democrats, wouldn’t necessarily vote in lockstep) – and two of the Democrats (Manchin and Sinema) seemed more interested in obstructing things than in the party’s agenda.

          You’d have a better argument if you’d brought up the ACA, IMO. The numbers in Congress favored the Dems more in 2009-2011.

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      18 hours ago

      When they want to do things.

      Four years ago the other party had the same, but they didn’t want to do anything.

      Which depressed turnout, and allowed this to happen.

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        15 hours ago

        Four years ago the other party had the same

        As noted elsewhere in the thread, this is blatantly untrue.

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          14 hours ago

          As noted elsewhere in the thread,

          That was you’re own rambling unsourced interpretation…

          And now you’re acting like it’s a source?

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            6 3 split in the court is an established fact, so I’m not sure what you’re trying to argue. Their other statements were also accurate as far as I can tell.

            Edit: Downvote all you like but you’ll still be wrong lol

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              You are correct, I was referring to the Dems having a majority across all three branches, the judicial branches being one of the big three I’m not sure how it could possibly be irrelevant 🙄

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              Because no one was talking about SC…

              And if we are, then Biden should have expanded it after McTurtle stole Obama’s last seat.

              Like, you have to draw the line somewhere, don’t claim that we also have to factor in the Reno County dog catcher now.

              Moderates don’t have it in them to fight fascism.

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                You are incorrect, I was referring to the Dems having a majority across all three branches of government. The judicial branches being one of the big three I’m not sure how it could possibly be irrelevant 🙄

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                SCOTUS is irrelevant? Really???

                Let’s go ahead and ignore that absurd take.

                How would he have the means to achieve that?

                Edit: No explanation given, just drama and flouncing. Duly noted.

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                  Let’s go ahead and ignore that absurd take.

                  Why would anyone want to interact with someone acting like this?

                  It’s a rhetorical question by the way, I’ll never see your response or any other comments you ever make.