Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie: It's bewildering seeing Smart Takes like 'not enforcing the Constitution is good bc Trump should be beaten at the ballot box: vote!' when the whole reason we're having this conversation is because we *did* vote, Trump *was* beaten, & he didn't give a damn! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/the-s...

It's bewildering seeing Smart Takes like 'not enforcing the Constitution is good bc Trump should be beaten at the ballot box: vote!' when the whole reason we're having this conversation is because we *did* vote, Trump *was* beaten, & he didn't give a damn! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/the-s...

The Supreme Court Officially Picks Trump Over the Constitutionballsandstrikes.org The rules are different when the conservative supermajority’s preferred candidate is asking for a constitutional hall pass.

I would support a constitutional amendment that just renames the court as the "Big Court" or "Main Court" because it never should have been called "Supreme."

"Big Court" is very funny to me

with that many Trump appointees it should be "Bigly Court"

They all think they’re the “super” court now…

ty for writing this, it's been driving me crazy

you and me both!

there is a left version of this too, which also drives me mad. "only mass politics can defeat Trump, not legal methods." well, what if I told you prosecutions could be thought of as a means of doing mass politics?

right, like I generally reject the idea that we should only be using one particular tool rather than the whole damn toolbox

Yeah like where do people think the laws come from??

Lobbying and elite opinion, tailored so as to selectively apply along race, class, and gender lines, as this case proves

You have "only mass politics can defeat Trump, not legal methods" on one hand and "electoralism won't save us!" on the other in some leftist circles. It's infuriating.

Ok but the left take that “only mass politics can defeat Trump” is recognizing that prosecutions and enforcing the law aren’t going to happen. Which this confirmed yet again

Even recognizing that a lot of this is desperate and somewhat understandable cope, it still make me absolutely nuts whenever I hear it.

No. It’s literally his platform.

Jennifer. Trump still says he really Won in 2020 and formented an attempted insurrection to stop Biden from becoming POTUS. It’s not “ cope” it’s treason

My impression was that Jennifer was describing some Democrats' behavior (urging folks to just vote)--not Trump's behavior (disregarding peoples' votes)--as cope

Correct.

Okay. So far, after being here for exactly one day I think it’s just like Twitter minus the obvious Nazis. Not a fan .

Exactly this. Lost and then tried to take the win anyway. F**k him and those that enable him.

“Only we can save us! By voting” See here I thought we were a representative democracy where we voted for people to do their jobs and uh yeah they literally haven’t and every institution is absolutely useless.

Well hey, if we're nixing the 14th amendment due to "The Will of the Voters!!!", then let's nix the 22nd amendment too. After all, if "The Will of the Voters" trumps (sorry) the US Constitution, there are a WHOLE LOT of voters who would LOVE to cast another vote for Barrack Obama for POTUS!!!

But appeasement has such a history of success!

The only real rule of Constitutional Calvinball: Calvin always wins.

Every time I see “this is fine we just need to defeat him at the ballot box!” I feel like scooping my eyes out and throwing them into the ocean.

They’re exhausting… it’s like, “we did… we mobilized, we did our part” and institutions are like, “yeah, we didn’t like the result— time for a do over”

That is all true. But the takeaway is still make sure everyone you know is registered to vote. Then make sure they vote.

Said Nobody Ever

I said what I said.

Hard agree with that.

The people voted! They ratified the 14th amendment! We already said a guy like Trump cannot run for president. But the constitution only counts when its convenient for Republicans.

Why don't people just crowd fund your own supreme judges? It works for Trump Why not the american people?.

obviously remembering 2000 when the supreme court decided not stopping the count would delegitimize the election

This is giving “aid or comfort to the enemies” of the American Constitution as is itself a breach of the 14th Amendment. Where are the 2nd Amendment people when the Constitution and American democracy is under threat? Time to impeach/prosecute the SCOTUS lap-dogs.

it's not good that it happened, but it is good to know, now that SCOTUS simply will not save us. they are complicit. that can be campaigned on.

They were bought. One sold the country out for an expensive RV

Post