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Scotus nails one 9-0

Maggot

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    Is this one of those pay backs that refs make after a bad call.. i.e. refusing to hear election fraud? Politicians and SC judges are trading rulings like baseball cards. ACA... It's a tax. Good grief, it's like celebrating a morning when your spouse doesn't beat you.
     
    Is this one of those pay backs that refs make after a bad call.. i.e. refusing to hear election fraud? Politicians and SC judges are trading rulings like baseball cards. ACA... It's a tax. Good grief, it's like celebrating a morning when your spouse doesn't beat you.
    Though, here, Ill likely find myself in the minority, Id disagree. I dont think they had precedent in the election. It wasnt their duty.

    They did well here, if you bothered to read any of it.
     
    wow, thank you SC for acknowledging our innate rights protected under the 1st amendment.....so glad we had you around to read plainly written English to the rest of us.

    so glad we have you around to half ass your jobs now that Trump is no longer in office.
     
    Though, here, Ill likely find myself in the minority, Id disagree. I dont think they had precedent in the election. It wasnt their duty.
    is that not the purpose of the SC, to set that precedent?

    they didnt even hear the details of the case, and 1/2 the judges recused themselves.....if they went through the whole deal, and found Texas' claims didnt hold up, that would be one thing, but to not even hear the case??

    i mean, of course there is no precedent for this, no one has even alleged large scale voter fraud in court before.

    if the president is responsible in part for enacting federal policy over the states, and one state doesnt follow its own election laws, as written, its really not a big stretch to see how that could impact another state......its not like we are talking about state tax law here.

    more importantly, if the rolls were reversed, and in 2016 TX didnt follow its own laws and used that to get Trump elected, do you think no other states would sue TX?......do you think the SC would refuse to hear that case?
     
    if thats the precedent they want to set, TX and every other red state should just come out and say "we arent counting Democrat votes, suck a dick".......$100 says the SC doesnt decline to hear that case.....
     
    The Framers of the Constitution were concerned that states might establish unfair election procedures or attempt to undermine the national government by refusing to hold elections for Congress. They empowered Congress to step in and regulate such elections as a self-defense mechanism


    So, the US AG would have to ask for hearing. But they were in on it. Guess next failsafe is the 2a. Those framers.. smart little bastards.
     
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    In that case you'd have actual parties with demonstrable harm done to them, thus standing.
    but ignoring your voting laws, and voting irregularities that unanimously benefit one candidate isnt evidence of demonstrable harm towards the other party?

    you cant have your cake and eat it too here.
     
    And some of their comments were even stronger regarding the protection of religious liberties.

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    It's a Machiavalian trick, an appeasement, a bone thrown to Conservatives, to make us think we are represented and there is still a modicum of respect for the Constitution. It means, get ready for a royal screwing in the near future.
     
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    It's a Machiavalian trick, an appeasement, a bone thrown to Conservatives, to make us think we are represented and there is still a modicum of respect for the Constitution. It means, get ready for a royal screwing in the near future.
    We shall see.
     
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    Clause 1. The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but Congress may at any time make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Place of chusing Senators.

    On January 6th, I sat down in front of the computer to watch the debate in the House regarding the various states that disregarded the US Constitution in the conduct of their Federal elections. Unfortunately, it was preempted by that distraction. The debate has yet to occur.

    It seems to my simple mind, that all states that faithfully complied with the Constitutional requirements for their Federal elections are aggrieved by those states that did not.
     
    is that not the purpose of the SC, to set that precedent?
    Actually, no. The SC is more like the tie breaking vote when the lower courts don’t agree. If everyone is in agreement, they don’t hear the case, even if the lower courts are “wrong.” But, if there are differing opinions in the district courts, then the SC is more likely to hear the case.