Posted on 09/21/2020 2:29:48 PM PDT by Zenyatta
Democrats are reportedly gearing up for total war and plan to implement radical changes to the legislative and judiciary branches of the government if the GOP-led Senate confirms a new Supreme Court (SCOTUS) justice before the Nov. 3 election then lose the majority after the election, Axios reported Sunday.
The Democrats options include ending the Senate filibuster rule which requires a 60-vote supermajority to end debate and move to a vote instead of a simple majority expanding the number of Supreme Court justices, granting statehood to the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and even undertaking a second impeachment effort against the President if he tries to fill the seat vacated by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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News Alert: Only if they win the Congress and presidency.
For God’s sake, beat them!
Yeah I sensed a deliberate delay. Im surprised they arent waiting two weeks or more.
Once more into the breach
Lol. Everything theyre threatening they were already intending to do for months and years now.
Which is why Trump should ram it a mile up their asses and break it off.
Let’s ban alcohol from Capitol Hill, dry it out for a change!
What’s that screaming?
This place is running very slow! For anyone else?
A good-sized new conservative state could be gerrymandered out of CA.
Apparently, the point of a gun is the only law that Democrats understand
If trump wins the republicans should end the filibuster and go hog wild for 4 years
If they're going full nuke Armageddon on the country anyway, they'll first expand SCOTUS & install 6 new radical Millenial Marxists who guarantee they'll rubber stamp everything Pelosi & Schumer ask for.
Then Congress passes DC statehood in violation of the Constitution. GOP sues. The new SCOTUS majority will quickly locate never-before-seen Penumbras that prove that those other sections you mention don't really mean what they seem to say, and they will issue a ruling upholding DC statehood.
As easy as falling off a piece of cake.
Why, I'll bet many of us Freepers, or the Babylon Bee, etc, could come up with a list for starters.....
How about: "The Interstate Commerce Clause justifies this, just as it justifies every single other thing Congress wants to do, and it overrides everything else in the Constitution".
Or how about: "The only reason to deny DC statehood is animus & racism towards people of color, who form a super majority of DC residents. Therefore, various & sundry 'equal protection' clauses in the Constitution demand this".
(Anthony Kennedy was legendary for scrutinizing laws & detecting 'Animus' motivations behind them, when on multiple occasions he wrote 5-4 opinions striking down perfectly legitimate state laws that were non-PC on social issues).
Was she a practicing Jew? I thought she was an atheist.
First Civil War in America: DemonicRats go to war against the free States because of the clearly, at the time, bankrupt concept of slavery that DemonicRats simply could not let go of.
Second Civil War in America: not the only issue, but, DemonicRats go to war against the moral States because of the clearly, at the time, bankrupt concept of abortion that the DemonicRats simply can not let go of.
Good thing theyve been so moderate and restrained up til now.
Oh wait......
Empty threats are all they have. They were always about obtaining power at all costs.
Make that 5-4 majority. Occasionally 6-3 if Roberts is not being blackmailed.
K im retired and bored and i dont like them
So, doesnt West Virginia set precedence that when portions of a state is so politically divided that the legislature cannot or will not grant the motion?
Could VA, after the war attempted to challenge this? I suppose they could, but given the feelings after the war they would have no chance of winning the argument.
They have to have a majority vote in both the House and the Senate and not have a veto from the President to create a new state.
The flag has had 50 stars since 1960--the longest period when the number of stars has remained the same. Their plans would mean a flag with 52 stars.
How can they war any harder than they are?
I do not see that the 23rd Amendment gives the district three electoral votes. I do see that it grants the number of electors equal to that of the smallest State...
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Interesting scenario. If D.C. were to become a state and the President were to legally change his residence to what is left of the Federal District. His vote would grant 3 Electoral votes.
They just can’t wish away the 23rd Amendment, or I guess with their 6 extra Justices appointed by President Harris, maybe they can.
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