• AllonzeeLV@vlemmy.net
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    1 year ago

    That’s the thing though, the Republicans already broke that machine by refusing to consider Obama’s appointment, with no repurcussians of any kind.

    At this point, obeying rules and norms and not doing what you can get away with in federal government to achieve your goals just makes you a sucker.

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      1 year ago

      Exactly! The Court is being used as a tool to permanently constrain American politics for the next 50 years, no matter what party is in power. A year ago, there were legitimate concerns they’d gut American democracy by enabling state legislatures unchecked power to run their own elections, which would have enabled outright single party rule, mask off.

      (One could argue that large parts of the US already qualify as a single-party theocratic dictatorship, looking at you Florida)