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  • Biden set to unveil major Supreme Court reform plans next week

    07/27/2024 1:21:19 PM PDT · by algore · 170 replies
    President Joe Biden is reportedly planning to unveil a dramatic Supreme Court reform next week in an attempt to overhaul the high court. Two people familiar with the matter told Politico that the president is likely to endorse establishing term limits for justices, and bring in a code of ethics. The 81-year-old is expected to push for an amendment that would limit immunity for presidents and other officeholders. His amendment would come directly after the court ruled that presidents are shielded from prosecution for officials acts, in a case brought by Donald Trump. It is said that Biden will call...
  • Do you want to subsidize big tech, or do you want big tech to subsidize you?

    01/12/2021 6:40:29 PM PST · by ProgressingAmerica · 7 replies
    Bouncing off of what I posted yesterday, I think it might be a wise discussion to have that we can use the progressives' own rules against them. Alinsky 101 if you will. Progressives have set it up so that when we purchase software, we subsidize progressivism, and opensecrets.org proves this to be an undeniable truth. Well, then, clearly the opposite is also the truth. When we use free open source software, progressivism subsidizes us. Your bank account is to smile upon thee. Are you subsidized by progressivism? You can be. Maybe embracing "free stuff" isn't so bad after all.
  • French presidential election gets new set of battle rules

    10/04/2016 2:38:22 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 2 replies
    TheLocal.fr ^ | 04 Oct 2016 10:50 GMT+02:00
    France’s top court has introduced some slight changes for next year’s presidential election, including giving the public more time to vote. […] Polling stations in most of France used to close at 6 pm, apart from in big cities like Paris where they remained open until 8 pm. But the Constitutional Council has decided that from next year polling stations around the country will stay open for an extra hour, until 7 pm. In the big cities, the closing time will still be 8 pm. […] Presidential candidates will also have to be prepared to have their wealth made public....