Yes, I completely get that, but as I said I'm just not sure it's that simplistic. I'm 100% sure that it's an immensely pleasing bonus to many, but I'm not entirely sure it was designed purely to stop black votes. How long has it been law? And the same question for other countries too?
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Yes, I completely get that, but as I said I'm just not sure it's that simplistic. I'm 100% sure that it's an immensely pleasing bonus to many, but I'm not entirely sure it was designed purely to stop black votes. How long has it been law? And the same question for other countries too?
Is that for any crime?
I'm not sure what the UK's laws are once released tbh.
Anyway, I didn't want to derail the thread or argue as you may well be right. As I said in my previous reply, I'm not sure it was the initial thought and motive when the law was first passed, although I admit I could be wrong.
It's in the article. Jim Crow era.
I can't speak for other countries at large, but being excluded from voting after serving your sentence isnt the case here in Australia, nor, for what it's worth, in Vietnam (yeap, the commie pinkos).
People should have the right to vote regardless
I'm not sure what passes as felony offences in America. In UK convicted criminals can vote once they get out.
To be honest, I'm not too sure why it's like that in America. It was discussed in a Netflix documentary I watched not long ago.
I've heard from a few pundits that they think the GOP has actually shrunk from about 33 to 28 percent under Trump, which would of course also contribute to what Wasserman is saying.
So, the Intercept seems to have pulled off something big on Kavanaugh. They got a leak that Feinstein had a confidential letter which she wasn't planning to reveal - and they forced her hand:
DIANNE FEINSTEIN WITHHOLDING BRETT KAVANAUGH DOCUMENT FROM FELLOW JUDICIARY COMMITTEE DEMOCRATS
Next day:
Democrats send 'information' concerning Kavanaugh nomination to FBI
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/13/politics/kavanaugh-feinstein-letter-fbi/index.html
DIANNE FEINSTEIN WITHHOLDING BRETT KAVANAUGH DOCUMENT FROM FELLOW JUDICIARY COMMITTEE DEMOCRATS
Next day:
Democrats send 'information' concerning Kavanaugh nomination to FBI
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/13/politics/kavanaugh-feinstein-letter-fbi/index.html
FBI have already decided not to investigate and sent it to the WH.
Apparently some sort of misconduct when Kavannaugh was in high school. Seriously doubt Wray will bite.
It seems a bit of a stretch. Something when he was 17.
Is the underlying implication that Feinstein is not fighting hard enough against Kavanaugh?
I think people here watching the hearing had the same impression...?
The Dems are really in a no-win situation with regards to Kavanaugh. Even if for any reason, he doesn't get nominated, the next guy will be further to the right and so on. You can't stall a nomination for two years.
Yes, the senate is the problem and it's not going away.
The one and only hope is that somehow they take the senate and then play the 'lame duck president' card for 2 years. For that reason it is important to stall the process until the election. Of course, chances are very low that they are going to take the senate, but then chances were as low that Trump would become president so it is important to fight about it.
The answer is to pack the court next time they take power
Its crazy that kavanaugh has 65 women testifying to his character in high school. I cant even count to 65
FYP
Also note that the Republicans had this ready and knew about the accusation
I used to produce a similar list when I went on first dates. Always generated a good impression.
How can you do that? You can't force Scotus to resign or kill them.
There's no constitutional rule saying it has to be 9, it's just gonna take politicians who aren't spineless shit grinned cowards to do it. So, it's not happening.
Ah, didn't know it.
Does it need a supermajority or can a nuclear option be used to do it? If the second, wouldn't be surprised if Republicans do it.
Does it need a supermajority or can a nuclear option be used to do it? If the second, wouldn't be surprised if Republicans do it.
Why would they? The've owned for a long time and are set to own it for another generation.
If no one else dies/retires, they will have just 5 by the end of president Trump term, with one of them old. A Democrat pres and suddenly they won't have the majority anymore. Also, chief justice is not a nutcase despite being a Conservative.
The senate disproportionately returns republicans thanks to them living in empty states where both residents know each other, they'll get the chance to reject enough dem nominees as they've recently shown.
Dems will have the senate and the pres in 2020 though. But yes, senate favoring small states helps Republicans a lot.
Yes, he’s just an uber conservatives who have consistently ruled in favour of conservatives, gutting workers right, campaign finance transparency, environmental protection etc... We are indeed lucky Roberts isn’t Alex Jones.
yeah hes a deadeyed motherfecker who will be sitting in that seat making life worse for normal people for 20 more years
He ain't that bad. Of course, I don't agree with most of his views, but you, Eboue and co. need to understand that half of American people seem to mostly agree with them, which is why Republicans have the presidency, senate, house and most of governatorial positions. There is not a right vs wrong in these things, and different people see things differently.
That is different with the Tea Party and the new Republicans who have gone into batshit level of craziness, and they aren't even Republican or conservatives, but instead are masqueraded Nazis.
Also, for all the making lives worse for other people, didn't he save Obamacare being the only one conservative who voted for it?
They actually had one of those in the middle school I went to in northwest Florida. I thought it was insane that that was even a thing. However, very little, if any, students had that waiver signed off. Even my dad, who was a fairly strict military dad with a temper, didn't sign on for it.
"We are the women who have known..."
Third on the list, Raphael Bastian. Is that a girl's name in the States? [insert Tucker Carlson face smiley]
I used to get paddled by my principal in Alabama. That sort of thing used to be a bit of a sport among teachers and principals in the south. My principal had a fairly broad variety of paddles made out of all sorts of different trees. Good times.