TheSanSabaSongbird @ TheSanSabaSongbird @lemdro.id Posts 0Comments 960Joined 1 yr. ago
Article 3 of the 14th is arguably self-executing meaning that it doesn't require a trial, but only a simple finding of fact. This is because it was intended to bar all former Confederate officers from holding federal office, and it would have been impossible to hold trials and get convictions for all of them.
That's the historical reading in any case, and it puts the SCOTUS's originalists --Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch-- in quite the bind since they're either going to have to find a way to argue that it wasn't intended to be self-executing, which is pretty absurd on its face, or that it doesn't apply to the presidency, which is also absurd.
That said, they almost certainly will find a way out of it for Trump, but I'm no expert and don't have an educated opinion on how they'll do it.
None of that, however, means that we shouldn't be talking about it. The exchange of ideas, thoughts and opinions is important in and of itself.
Congratulations on writing the most pompous, pretentious and condescending pile of shit that anyone is likely to see all week. Get over yourself.
Otter Box makes pretty bullet-proof cases. They're expensive, but worth it. I dropped a phone 10 stories off of a swing stage once and it was fine due to being in an Otter Box. It did break a window on the way down though, so that probably slowed it.
Because it would be a good way to ensure a Trump victory. I hate that it's come to this, but unfortunately it's the reality.
Lemmy is largely populated by children who lack the intellectual maturity to appreciate that democracy is about compromise and that winning elections doesn't mean that you get to do everything you want.
There's this myth that somehow Biden can just wave a magic wand and get everything he wants, but he's not doing it because in spite of being arguably the most powerful man on the planet, he's secretly in the pocket of corporate America. It's a very childish view of the world and is entirely disconnected from reality.
That's just bullshit. Many North American publications have called him far worse than a demagogue. You're saying something that "feels" right but that isn't actually true. It's part and parcel with how disconnected from reality so many of us have become.
Nope. You aren't looking at the bigger picture. The unions that were holding out were doing so to the detriment of the rest of organized labor. Had they continued to be allowed to do so, the economic consequences would have been a devastating PR blow to organized labor, as would the political consequences.
I have to wonder how many of you naysayers are actually involved in organized labor activism, given how out of touch you appear to be with how unions are actually thinking about the railroad strike. We, meaning organized labor, aren't on the same page as you at all, and while we don't doubt that you have the best intentions, at this point you're basically making yourself the enemy by elevating the odds that Trump wins reelection, which would be devastating to organized labor.
I fully expect to be downvoted by Lemmy's purist zealots, as frequently happens when I don't toe their extremist line or pretend to be who they think I should be as a union organizer and activist. But I'm the one down here on the front lines, not you fucking privileged cry-babies who are going to flip the table over if you don't have everything your way.
It's bullshit. With friends like you, working people don't even need enemies.
You're getting downvoted by Lemmy's far left extremists, but most of us rank and file union members know that Biden did what he had to do in a bad situation with no good options. Had he not stepped in and ended the strike, inflation would have continued to rise, the predicted "red wave" election would have happened, the country would have tipped into recession and Trump would be guaranteed a win in '24, all of which would be far more dire for working people.
Furthermore, it's simply an objective fact that Biden is by far the most pro-union president in modern times. Again, the consensus in organized labor leadership is that he did what he had to do.
These purists are acting like children who don't understand that democracy is about compromise, not getting everything you want.
Local 10 till I die!
Most of us rank and file union members think that he did what he had to do because inflation was already out of control and shutting down the railroads risked tipping the country into recession which would've guaranteed a "red wave" election in '22 as well as the reelection of Trump, both of which would be far more dire for working people.
Local 10 till I die!
It would require massive reform to our current laws in order for there to be a viable 3rd party option. That's what you should be working for, not throwing away your vote.
It's pretty lame to base your vote on an anonymous Internet comment. Do better.
No, it's much older than the US. It's a European invention, just as the US is fundamentally a product of European colonialism.
But I would be if I had the chance to do so. Wouldn't we all?
Dang! That's filthy as fuck. That said, I wouldn't expect anything less from the "Mooch."
This just proves my point that "a lot of people don't know about it."
Trust me, it's there, it's just in fine print. The fact that you don't know about it serves only to reaffirm my point.
Next time you go grocery shopping, look carefully and you will see that every price-tag for food has a little cost by weight or quantity measurement attached to it in fine print.
This is an objective fact, not a matter of opinion.
It's a matter of law and was introduced specifically as a way to squeeze people using food-stamps by showing that they don't deserve aid since they don't always buy the cheapest options.
And that in itself was another reason to invade. A free and prosperous western-facing Ukraine might cause the Russian masses to begin wondering why they can't have that too. Putin cannot abide that.
Every piece of information, even propaganda, is a valuable data point.
Only in conjunction with a suite of other factors. By itself, as we are seeing, it can only get you so far.
Conversely, by this logic the VP could walk across the hall and put a bullet in his head and since they would then be president, they couldn't be charged. The entire theory is laughably nonsensical.