Monica Lewinsky penned on op-ed Monday calling for a series of constitutional amendments, including age limits for elected officials and a ban on presidential self-pardons. In a piece in Vanity Fai…
Only obvious, iron-clad legislation can help to slow fascism’s attempt at subverting democracy.
Sweet, sweet summer child, one “Nope” from the people in factual power and the best legislation can be ignored. Just ask Obama’s duly appointed supreme court pick Merrick Garland.
It’s “We can’t pick a judge in the year right before an election” if it would be a democrat, but “it is imperative that we fill as many vacant seats as possible in this year before the election” when they’ll be republicans. The legal basis for that those interpretations? “Because we can, so fuck you.”
As soon as they make fox news trumpet it, every law is a legal fringe case that just so happens to have an interpretation that supports their point of view, spearheaded by legal experts like Trump’s crack lawyer team.
It’s “We can’t pick a judge in the year right before an election
That wasn’t a law, though. it was Congress being obstructionist and not confirming a judge. Much as they are doing now to DoD leadership.
BUT if there was a law on the books that was clearly written, even the current SCOTUS has shown to be hesitant in overturning clear laws that aren’t constitutionally dubious. We are still at the point in a fascist takeover where the fascists are trying to subvert the government. If we don’t clamp down and make that difficult, we’ll get to the takeover part and we’ll never recover.
Sweet, sweet summer child, one “Nope” from the people in factual power and the best legislation can be ignored. Just ask Obama’s duly appointed supreme court pick Merrick Garland.
It’s “We can’t pick a judge in the year right before an election” if it would be a democrat, but “it is imperative that we fill as many vacant seats as possible in this year before the election” when they’ll be republicans. The legal basis for that those interpretations? “Because we can, so fuck you.”
As soon as they make fox news trumpet it, every law is a legal fringe case that just so happens to have an interpretation that supports their point of view, spearheaded by legal experts like Trump’s crack lawyer team.
That wasn’t a law, though. it was Congress being obstructionist and not confirming a judge. Much as they are doing now to DoD leadership.
BUT if there was a law on the books that was clearly written, even the current SCOTUS has shown to be hesitant in overturning clear laws that aren’t constitutionally dubious. We are still at the point in a fascist takeover where the fascists are trying to subvert the government. If we don’t clamp down and make that difficult, we’ll get to the takeover part and we’ll never recover.