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Qutzupalotl

(15,697 posts)
18. If the country had shut down, so would the courts
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 03:42 PM
Mar 2025

except for a handful of emergency cases.

The judicial is currently the only branch of government functioning enough to provide a check on the executive. Without the courts, the destruction by President Musk and Figurehead Trump would accelerate even more — and we would have NO recourse. The fired employees would have stayed fired. Renditions to torture sites would have continued. The shutdown would continue indefinitely, providing them more cover.

There was no good outcome. Schumer likely chose the least bad option. Instead of attacking him, we should direct our fire to the real domestic enemies.

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Thanks Symone snowybirdie Mar 2025 #1
I stay registered as a Democrat so I can vote in primaries AZProgressive Mar 2025 #2
You didn't get the memo ButchMcMuffin Mar 2025 #14
Again? GoCubsGo Mar 2025 #3
Who gives a shit? PCIntern Mar 2025 #4
I seem Rebl2 Mar 2025 #20
So I guess all of the other Democrats don't count. chowder66 Mar 2025 #5
Only 10 blew it. The rest stood united. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #6
Is 54-46 accurate, or just the usual poor editing from the M$M? AZJonnie Mar 2025 #7
Cloture needs 60 Cirsium Mar 2025 #12
Knewz.com was created by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, uses AI, and is run by ex National Enquirer hack Dylan Howard Celerity Mar 2025 #8
Leave and go where? no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #9
Bye-bye gulliver Mar 2025 #10
Exactly.. These "fair weather" people who call themselves democrats are as phony as they come. They cannot be relied JohnSJ Mar 2025 #13
She is not a serious person Keepthesoulalive Mar 2025 #11
Again? that was her bluster last week. We should ALL be done with HER for this bullshit. hlthe2b Mar 2025 #15
She's a poor replacement for Joy Reid Bayard Mar 2025 #16
We blew it? It was fucking rigged. Initech Mar 2025 #17
If the country had shut down, so would the courts Qutzupalotl Mar 2025 #18
Oh, backstabbing Nancy is weighing in? TexasBushwhacker Mar 2025 #19
Was this the show they replaced Joy Reid with ? JI7 Mar 2025 #21
Yes. mzmolly Mar 2025 #23
Another useful idiot I'll avoid watching. mzmolly Mar 2025 #22
She's always been a bit of a fringe Democrat to me... Wounded Bear Mar 2025 #24
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