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maegul, to politics
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Not knowing US constitutional law, it seems to me the SCOTUS decision might mean that the Dems missed an opportunity when they had the house

That it’s a federal matter seems legally predictable/natural to me, and that it then falls to congress to enforce then also seems natural.

What am I missing on that?

Otherwise, what would the Dems have had to lose by passing an act when they had the house? The 14th was right there.


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barney,
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@maegul @politics

It's natural that disqualification under 14A should be a federal question, but it's nonsensical that SCOTUS would require Congress to enforce the Constitution. That was not predictable.

What the Dems did do when they had the House was impeach Trump for insurrection. If the Senate had done their job by convicting him, then, in the second phase of impeachment, he would have been barred for office for life. But, led by McConnell, they voted to let him be president again.

barney,
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@maegul @politics

Not at all. The rest of the 14th Amendment is all self-executing. E.g. if your right to due process has been violated, you can sue, without needing Congress to pass a law that specifically protects you. As the 4-justice SCOTUS minority said, it doesn't make sense to require legislation for just this one section.

Anyway, if the Dem-controlled House had passed a bill declaring Trump ineligible for office, Senate Republicans would have filibustered it. So it's a moot point.

JonChevreau, to random

In NYT, David French writes that the Supreme Court just erased part of the Constitution.

barney,
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@JonChevreau

French's op-ed apparently is not paywalled.

It's nice of NYT to make the erasure of our Constitution visible to us all.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/04/opinion/supreme-court-trump-colorado-constitution.html

virtualbri, to random
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    barney,
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    @virtualbri

    What, specifically, do you fault the Democrats for failing to do?

    morgfair, to random
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    Lauren Boebert’s battle to stay in Congress after rough couple years - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2024/03/03/lauren-boebert-reelection/

    barney,
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    @rob11563 @morgfair

    "Can the MAGA mean girl start over?"

    This is one of the strangest things I've ever seen.

    As depraved as the Washington Post has become lately, I really didn't expect them to take the point on rehabilitating the public image of a psycho QAnon-promoting freak show like Lauren Boebert. Does everybody remember when she live-tweeted Speaker Pelosi's location to the terrorists during the January 6 insurrection?

    Nonilex, to Colorado
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    #SCOTUS to post a decision Mon, possibly on #Trump #ballot access?
    The #SupremeCourt is set to announce ≥1 opinion AM, leading to speculation the justices could rule on Trump’s eligibility for the #Colorado ballot the day before #SuperTuesday — when presidential primary #elections are held in that state & >12 others.

    #law #14thAmendment #14A #Insurrection #Jan6 #criminal #StochasticTerrorism #DomesticTerrorism #MAGA #NationalSecurity
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/03/trump-colorado-ballot-supreme-court-decision/

    barney,
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    @Nonilex

    I'm not sure I understand the speculation about the Colorado decision coming tomorrow.

    Pending SCOTUS' ruling, Trump remains on the Colorado ballot. It seems basically certain that SCOTUS will rule, probably unanimously, that he can remain on the ballot. So why would they feel pressured to issue the ruling before Super Tuesday? Would it be basically to prevent confusion, and reassure CO Republican primary voters that their votes will be counted?

    Teri_Kanefield, (edited ) to random
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    I will try to remember to post links to this on Sundays:

    https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=5986a242ae7e8a68160e418f&s=65e4f9a21c99264ac92bd0cc&linknum=2&linktot=48

    The Washington Post does a weekly summary of where the Trump trials are. So far, I have no complaints. The law is presented in a straightforward way, it's accurate, without the breathless hype.

    You should be able to access it free through my subscription. Let me know if you have a problem.

    They mention what Stephanie explained: The immunity ruling could have implications for Florida and Georgia.

    barney,
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    @Teri_Kanefield

    Thank you. That was extremely educational.

    What would you make of SCOTUS' denying Jack Smith's petition to consider the immunity theory back in December, only to accept Trump's petition now?

    This article cites a law professor who says "the Supreme Court had agreed to fast-track appeals in 19 other cases over the past four years." Is there a legitimate reason (i.e. other than deliberate delay) for wanting the DC Circuit to rule first in this case?

    https://www.npr.org/2023/12/22/1221334637/supreme-court-trump-immunity

    barney, to random
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    Sometimes, the pro-fascist leftists do it for free. But, other times, they monetize.

    barney, to random
    @barney@mas.to avatar

    Holy shit. WTF is the fascist ruler of Hungary doing at Mar-a-Lago? And is Elon Musk going to join them? His plane just landed at West Palm Beach yesterday.

    https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-viktor-orban-mar-a-lago-visit-rcna141449

    DemocracyMattersALot, to Virginia
    @DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social avatar

    Trump said in Richmond, that he will take all federal funds away from public schools that require vaccines. Like most states, Virginia requires MMR vaccine, chickenpox vaccine, polio, etc.

    So Trump would take millions in federal funds away from all Virginia public schools.

    barney,
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    @DemocracyMattersALot

    All states require vaccinations for public school students. This has been the case for many years. It's a basic public health requirement in any civilized country.

    mcnado, to random
    @mcnado@mstdn.social avatar

    You know what PR stunt in Gaza would make Biden actually look better — landing a bunch of LCACs loaded with food trucks all along Gaza’s coast and setting up food distribution points. That or driving a convoy in from Egypt escorted by Abrams tanks. Let IDF decide how much they want to fuck around.

    barney,
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    @mcnado

    The Biden administration is working on that now.

    I don't know if LCACs specifically will be involved, but they do mention that the operation will be “complex in terms of securing a landing site.”

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/us-looking-into-maritime-aid-operation-as-gaza-humanitarian-crisis-worsens/

    barney, to Israel
    @barney@mas.to avatar

    Biden secured a ceasefire commitment from , and today the US military began airdropping food into . Biden is also planning aid shipments by sea.

    Biden: "Innocent people got caught in a terrible war, unable to feed their families."

    Republicans: "There are very few innocent Palestinian citizens." "We should kill them all."

    The fucking "" scumbags are telling Americans to elect Trump.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/03/02/airdrop-gaza-food-military/

    https://wpln.org/post/we-should-kill-them-all-tn-congressman-andy-ogles-responds-to-questions-on-us-involvement-in-gaza/

    https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4288268-brian-mast-innocent-palestinian-civilians/

    mastodonmigration, (edited ) to random
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    "Waiting for Mueller prevented us from talking to the American people about the facts we already knew about Trump’s rancid relationship with the Russian government. We should not repeat that consequential mistake again this year... We should take these trials from the legal domain and bring them into the political one." -Simon Rosenberg

    Really smart advice! Sitting around with bated breath for courts to move on matters that the American public already know in their hearts is a sucker move.

    barney,
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    @mastodonmigration

    That's an excellent point. Especially because we already know, in advance, that the courts will be ineffective in bringing a judgment.

    No matter what happens with any of Trump's trials, there is zero chance that any of them will prevent him from becoming president. We the voters have to do that, and we already know what we need to know about him.

    Alon, (edited ) to random
    @Alon@mastodon.social avatar

    I will never forgive Netanyahu for making me sympathize with an article written by, of all people, Ehud Barak. It's his fucking fault for not offering Arafat a better deal in 1999-2000, out of pure ego. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/israel-must-decide-where-its-going-ehud-barak

    (But I draw the line at platforming Ehud Olmert on any subject other than reviews of prison food.)

    barney,
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    @Alon

    Thank you for posting this. It's very educational for people like me who want to understand Israeli politics better.

    Barak writes "Eisenkot, Gantz, and Lapid should... demand general elections..." As a practical matter, who can actually cause elections to occur? I think it has to be the Knesset? I'm a bit confused regarding why any government would choose to hold elections that might remove it from power. Other than for the good of the country, of course, which is not on Bibi's agenda.

    barney,
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    @Alon

    If five Likud moderates never emerge, will there be regularly scheduled elections, at some point? And could Bibi invoke some sort of war emergency power to postpone them?

    DemocracyMattersALot, to random
    @DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social avatar

    Good headline.

    Lauren Boebert's son robbed a woman with a brain tumor: police https://www.rawstory.com/tyler-boebert/

    barney,
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    @DemocracyMattersALot

    "18-year-old Tyler Boebert's alleged actions include robbing a woman with a brain tumor who said that she only had $75 left to her name... the Boebert-led crime ring is comprised of three males, including Boebert, and one underage female with whom Boebert 'supposedly made a sex tape.'"

    They want us to believe that the asylum seekers are the problem.

    barney, to Israel
    @barney@mas.to avatar

    This is why I have no hope for , or , or the US.

    , , , and the are all barbaric regimes that sacrifice their own civilians' lives to stay in power. All are strongly opposed to a truce, and they all desperately want to get Trump elected.

    Americans are now so horrifically detached from reality, any tragedy, like this one, helps get Trump elected. And Putin, Hamas, and Bibi can cause these tragedies whenever they want. They will.

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/dozens-of-gazans-said-killed-in-stampede-for-aid-idf-opens-fire-blamed-for-deaths/

    TonyStark, to random
    @TonyStark@progressivecafe.social avatar

    What would Democrats have done about the SCOTUS? Uh, not appointed 3 right wing wacko justices after the 2016 election? Can’t believe I’m still getting this after 8 years.

    barney,
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    @TonyStark

    If we had only just been willing to get off our couches and vote, just one time, in 2016, we'd now have the first majority Dem-appointed SCOTUS since 1969.

    Roe would be intact. Citizens United would probably be overturned by now. The whole future of humanity would be different.

    barney,
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    @TonyStark

    Everybody makes mistakes. At least once or twice in our lives, we all make really, really big mistakes.

    It takes courage to admit that one has done something incredibly stupid and horribly damaging. But if one can't muster up that courage, then one just keeps making the damage worse and worse.

    barney,
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    @TonyStark

    I think even "hiring someone for a job" dangerously misrepresents the decision.

    If you're on a hiring committee, and you don't like either of the two candidates you interviewed, then you can just leave the job open for a while and interview some other people.

    Elections don't work like that. There are two possible outcomes, and we are all going to have to live with the one that we get. Anyone who prefers one outcome to the other must vote for that outcome.

    @ArtBear

    barney,
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    @samhainnight

    Yeah, absolutely. And there are only two contractors in town. And if you don't hire either of them, then your weirdo neighbor who runs the HOA, and who hates you, is going to hire one of them and pay them out of your bank account.

    @TonyStark @ArtBear

    barney,
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    @wtsparrow

    There are many different kinds of pro-Trump trolls, but I think the ones like @wtsparrow, who abuse and manipulate Palestinians, are the most vile.

    Two million Gazans are being bombed and starving to death, and @wtsparrow is trying to convince the very people who love them most to slit their throats and finish them off.

    They get either Dems or Republicans. Two options. Here's the Republican option:

    https://wpln.org/post/we-should-kill-them-all-tn-congressman-andy-ogles-responds-to-questions-on-us-involvement-in-gaza/

    @ArtBear @TonyStark

    heidilifeldman, to random
    @heidilifeldman@mastodon.social avatar

    I see folks saying they are confident that ultimately this Supreme Court will reject Trump’s claim that presidents have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. I’m not. I meant it every time I have said that Trump appointed Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Coney Barrett are almost certainly in the tank for him. Were they not, they’d be recusing themselves from all his appeals, as their participation certainly has, at the least, the appearance of impropriety. 1/

    barney,
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    @cherold

    For what it's worth (which is very little), current state polls put Trump's likelihood of winning near 100%. And nearly every possible political force is currently moving in Trump's favor.

    We're going to have to pull off a miracle to save our democracy this year. We can do it, but, at the moment, most of us don't give a shit.

    @fmhilton @heidilifeldman

    TonyStark, to random
    @TonyStark@progressivecafe.social avatar

    The Republican justices know why they were put there and have delivered for their party once again. Not sure why anyone really expects them to be non-political at this point.

    Trump appointed 3 of them. I’d be sure to be doing everything I can voting-wise to be sure he doesn’t get back in.

    Supreme Court to hear Trump's appeal for presidential immunity, further delaying Jan. 6 trial -
    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-agrees-hear-trumps-case-presidential-immunity/story?id=107373438

    barney,
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    @joeinwynnewood @TonyStark

    My mistake, I meant to say "if DOJ had indicted Trump for obstruction back in 2021, as Mueller intended" (not 2017).

    Trump fired Comey to obstruct the Russia investigation in 2017. Mueller investigated him, but of course Trump couldn't be prosecuted until 2021.

    The statute of limitations for obstruction is 5 years.

    barney, to Michigan
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    Biden's White House is exploring using military planes to airdrop humanitarian aid into .

    Trump's White House will explore using military planes to carpet bomb the remaining 2 million Gazans who Bibi hasn't managed to kill yet.

    Those "vote uncommitted" scumbags in are trying to convince Palestinian-Americans, whose loved ones will be staring up at those B-52s, to elect Trump.

    https://www.axios.com/2024/02/28/biden-airdrop-aid-gaza-israel

    barney,
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    @GiacomoSansoni @GreenFire

    "...if Biden doesn't start to oppose the genocide instead of endorsing it."

    That was a lie. You lied.

    https://apnews.com/article/israel-military-aid-gaza-congress-supplemental-b72ac73f0728062f22143dae1226c81b

    https://www.axios.com/2023/10/29/biden-netanyahu-hamas-israel-war-palestinians-civilians

    https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231011-biden-urges-israel-to-follow-rules-of-war

    https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-will-speak-with-netanyahu-sunday-white-house-officials-say-2024-02-11/

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-16/biden-warns-netanyahu-on-attack-without-civilian-protections

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