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mn9driver

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16. This.

Reply to speak easy (Original post)

Sun Jun 26, 2022, 10:57 PM

Jun 2022

The mask is off. Once they have all three branches they will have no reason to pretend. They will codify themselves into permanent power and it will be game over for democracy.

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The next time the GOP has the House, the Senate and the Oval Office [View all] speak easy Jun 2022 OP

YES!!! A thousand times YES! Phoenix61 Jun 2022 #1

Democrats Will Need At Least 55 Democratic Senators For Any Chance At Nuking Filibuster SoCalDavidS Jun 2022 #2

Yes. speak easy Jun 2022 #3

The 1st two years of the Trump presidency they had the trifecta and did not do any of kelly1mm Jun 2022 #4

It is a worse case scenario. speak easy Jun 2022 #6

MAGA can nuke the filibuster, pass laws then vote the filibuster back in place with a simple ... uponit7771 Jun 2022 #25

I don't know. We took first try on judges and it did very little for us jimfields33 Jun 2022 #5

It depends on how much Griswold is worth protecting. speak easy Jun 2022 #7

Is there a lawsuit? jimfields33 Jun 2022 #9

Correct! Too few remember it was Senator Reid that started the 'carveouts' for the filibuster kelly1mm Jun 2022 #11

And the door is now open speak easy Jun 2022 #14

I remember Reid did such due to MAGA abuse of filibuster **FIRST**. So they abused filibuster ... uponit7771 Jun 2022 #26

Any use of the filibuster is 'abuse'. How would using the filibuster not be abuse? The R's kelly1mm Jun 2022 #27

I disagree that all or any use of filibuster is abuse uponit7771 Jun 2022 #28

So your argument is which side uses it more is who is abusing it? kelly1mm Jun 2022 #29

No, its which side escalates the abuse of it and it was ***NOT*** democrats, we both know this. uponit7771 Jun 2022 #30

This is why it astounds me at how few people vote npk Jun 2022 #8

NEXT: We find that the First Amendment doesn't say "separation between church and state" dalton99a Jun 2022 #10

Nowhere in the 1st amendment does it have your quoted language. The separation of kelly1mm Jun 2022 #24

K&R LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2022 #12

You know when? usonian Jun 2022 #13

Are there state legislatures eager to ban contraception? Frasier Balzov Jun 2022 #15

Yes. Griswold will be found to be bad law speak easy Jun 2022 #18

This. mn9driver Jun 2022 #16

Instead of legislation there will be non-stop investigations and probably jailing of Democratic jalan48 Jun 2022 #17

I actually don't think Mitch McConnell would nuke the filibuster In It to Win It Jun 2022 #19

for a 10-3 'conservative' court speak easy Jun 2022 #20

But they have a 6-3 court doing that for them already In It to Win It Jun 2022 #21

They don't have the votes to kill Obergefell speak easy Jun 2022 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author speak easy Jun 2022 #22