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minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·16 hours agowhy? aren’t the majority of them puppets, so whatever he wants they just go 5-4 and hey presto?
minus-squaredan1101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·16 hours agoAbout 1/4 of the time they throw out a rational constitutional judgement. Just enough so there aren’t riots.
minus-squareteawrecks@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·15 hours agoBut then if there are riots, he can deploy the national guard.
minus-squareLucidlethargy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoThe big secret (not a secret) is that the national guard isn’t going to follow illegal orders en masse. Trump has been shipping in guard members from other states in fear of this.
minus-squareShirasho@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·15 hours agoThere are dangerous precedents they don’t want to set in the extremely rare case Democrats actually do something in office.
why? aren’t the majority of them puppets, so whatever he wants they just go 5-4 and hey presto?
About 1/4 of the time they throw out a rational constitutional judgement. Just enough so there aren’t riots.
But then if there are riots, he can deploy the national guard.
The big secret (not a secret) is that the national guard isn’t going to follow illegal orders en masse. Trump has been shipping in guard members from other states in fear of this.
There are dangerous precedents they don’t want to set in the extremely rare case Democrats actually do something in office.