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SeaJ , in He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000

Glad the cop I flipped off when I was three didn’t charge me. Despite what my brothers taught me, that is not how you wave hello to police.

realbadat ,

I firmly disagree, your brothers taught you the correct greeting.

snekerpimp , in 7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll

Ideology of “I get mine, you get shit”. Ideology of “I get what I want because I’m on this bench”. Ideology of “what can you do for me?”.

Illegitimate court. Every single ruling by them should be overturned and every citizen should ignore them.

ChillPenguin , in The Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treat

Bro… Fuck this country.

ssladam ,

Saw the title, figured it couldn’t be that bad. Read the article. It is that bad.

AA5B ,

Then they at the end they give that know an extra twist by specifically mentioning two justices notorious for receiving substantial bribes rewards who didn’t feel the need to recuse themselves.

ChillPenguin ,

That’s exactly what I did too. I was like “they’ve gotta be exaggerating.” Nope, not at all. Ffs

Ranvier , in 7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll

Is bribery and corruption an ideology?

Theprogressivist ,
@Theprogressivist@lemmy.world avatar

Yes. It’s called Cronyism.

Ranvier , (edited )

Then put me in with the 7 out of 10 Americans.

dactylotheca ,
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It’s called Cronyism.

Funny way to spell “conservatism”

cmoney ,

Have you seen the interest rates on motorhomes nowadays?

peopleproblems , in The Supreme Court strips the SEC of a critical enforcement tool in fraud cases

Hahahahahahaha

What oligarchy? What fascism? No see only the winners win because they already won, you all lost that’s fair and square.

pineapplelover , in He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000

Audit the audit did a cool video on this

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHbv2YQ6yF4

IamSparticles ,

Yeah, I watched it the other day. That cop was nuts. “I thought maybe you were signaling me because you needed help.” Bullshit. He just wanted him to admit he’d flipped him off because he thought he could charge him for that.

homesweethomeMrL , in The Supreme Court strips the SEC of a critical enforcement tool in fraud cases

Eh - i dunno. They “stripped” them of being able to convict without trial by jury. That’s it. Which they do sometimes anyway.

And, If they go to trial they’ll quadruple the penalties / sentences just because that’s how federal prosecutors do.

I’m not convinced it’s all bad just yet. I could be wrong but that’s the takeaway i got so far.

FlyingSquid ,
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They’re going to send all the trials to the Fifth Circuit where they will rule against the SEC.

Iheartcheese , in 7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll
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9/9 supreme court justices think you are a worthless little bitch and you can’t do shit to stop them.

TransplantedSconie ,

Took just 29 mins for a

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post to show up.

Iheartcheese ,
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Nobody is trying to say both sides are the same. I am saying the supreme court is not working for us and they know they can get away with it.

Crazyslinkz ,

You said all 9 justices thoughts are the same on citizens. I feel this isn’t true compared to how they vote, but maybe you have inside information.

TransplantedSconie ,

Saying 9/9 justices don’t give a shit is disingenuous to say the least. In case you forgot 6 >3, here’s a refresher course on something you should have learned in 1st grade math.

alcoholicorn ,

That’s not at all what they’re saying, IHeartCheese is saying you, the citizen, don’t have power over the SCOTUS.

But you’d be right as in both sides are ideological, how else do you think they decide which interpretation to use if not by ideology?

Or are you one of those libs who doesn’t think they have ideology?

flying_gel ,

This comment really feels like “I’m making all my decisions based on ideology therefore everyone does”

alcoholicorn ,

Do you just do things entirely at random with no input from your understanding of the world?

No? Then congrats, you’ve got ideology. I’m gonna assume it’s liberalism, since they’re typically the only ones both dumb and arrogant enough to think they’re not only non-political, but non-ideological.

flying_gel ,

I am definitely saying the liberals are more likely to be impartial.

liberals tend to favour fairness of outcome, not the conservative fairness of opportunity. Hence they are better able to better put themselves in other people’s shoes and go against their core beliefs (ideology) if that means a failed outcome for other people.

alcoholicorn ,
flying_gel ,

And you’re not trying to deflect from your original argument you were making.

A text book definition of a word vs what people behind a political party in a specific country are very different things.

I stand by what I’ve said, American conservatives tend to assume that American liberals do what a conservative would have done. In this case be unable to be impartial and make decisions based on their own ideology.

An American liberal is more likely to be able to be impartial than a conservative.

Have a good life.

alcoholicorn ,

We’re getting away from the main point.

non-ideological judgement is impossible because “impartially” applying for example, textualism is still ideological, because the choice to use textualism vs any other method is ideological.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

It’s a big club but you ain’t in it

HawlSera , in Texas school district agrees to remove ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus’ and 670 other books after right-wing group’s complaint

Visibly concerned

givesomefucks , in Democrats groan at AIPAC "overkill" against Jamaal Bowman

What AIPAC is doing here is they see a vulnerable member they don’t like on their issue and they go after them," said a House Democrat.

The lawmaker added: “Whatever you think of [AIPAC], they’re pretty intelligent. They’ve got some skin in this in the sense that if Bowman wins, that’s egg on their face. They’re very strategic.”

This is how moderates act when a progressive incumbent loses…

But if it’s a moderat incumbent, even as shitty as Manchin, the DNC protects them, and untill very recently opened threatened to blackball anyone that came close to a primary campaign against any incumbent.

Any “party unity” has always been one sided. “Moderates” prefer republicans to progress.

retrospectology ,
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Technically Hakeem Jeffries endorsed Bowman and donated a couple thousand dollars, but he certainly didn’t make much noise about it. I think that was more for deniability after the fact, Jeffries himself is on the AIPAC payroll.

ralphio ,

Interesting and surprising. TBH I have seen some signs that dem leadership is starting to get sick of AIPAC, lets see if it lasts.

ETA: He also endorsed Summer Lee who did sucessfully beat AIPAC

theintercept.com/…/hakeem-jeffries-aipac-summer-l…

Zaktor ,

He’s carrying on a tradition for the House leader to endorse and support (with varying levels of “support”) all House incumbents. It’s not an indication of policy agreement or friendship, it’s just if you’re an incumbent, he supports you.

Which is… fine. It’s probably good that the House leader isn’t supporting primary opponents to people in his caucus. But of course some support will be a lot more substantial than others. Pelosi (when she was leader) went to the mat for Henry Cuellar in his previous close primary against a progressive, but would just give perfunctory endorsements to progressive incumbents. When most people know you endorse based simply on incumbency, it’s not really much of an endorsement.

ralphio ,

You’re probably correct the more I look into this.

Psychodelic ,

Yep. Just compare how they defended Henry Cuellar against Jessica Cisneros vs how they left Jamaal Bowman hanging.

Honest question to anyone possibly paying more attention. Was there any act from the DNC to defend Bowman? I might’ve missed it but it wouldn’t surprise me to learn they felt differently about supporting one incumbent vs the other

thefartographer ,

You dumb son of a bitch! That “problem” you fixed has been our job security for the past 30 years! We could have had voters arguing over that platform for another seven terms if you had left well enough alone! Now what are we supposed to use for fundraising? Ideas???

HawlSera , in The Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treat

…Am I allowed to pass on to a better place now?

BleatingZombie ,

I know you’re probably just kidding (and it’s funny), but please don’t. I don’t even know you and I can promise this world is a better place with you in it

indepndnt ,

For one, it sounds like they oppose corrupt courts, so that’s a plus!

HawlSera ,

I’m not kidding, but I also cannot self-terminate so I’m not going anywhere anytime soon unless it’s a case of “Mind that bus!” “What bus?” splat

Which again I wouldn’t do intentionally because that would be self-termination and I can’t do that.

BleatingZombie ,

I’ve been there. The only thing that’s ever helped me feel like there’s a light at the end of the tunnel was talking to someone

Tylerdurdon , in Vt. man arrested for flipping off trooper gets $100K settlement

Let this be a lesson to you all: flip off the troopers.

FlyingSquid , in 7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

That seems low.

muse ,
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The other 3 agree, but silently are agreeing with it

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I don’t know. This is America. I’d say at least 1 out of 10 says, “the supreme what now?”

billiam0202 ,

4 in 10 Americans say SCOTUS makes decisions based on ideology instead of the law, but they’re cool with that because it’s their ideology too.

FireTower ,
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Most Americans are keyed in on the intricacies of the Court. You can find a few polls showing this like this one where 1/10 of college graduates think Judge Judy has a chair at SCOTUS.

www.cnn.com/2016/01/19/politics/…/index.html

The poll used her real name, Judith Sheindlin, but still not a good look.

Catoblepas ,

Using her real name and then reporting the results as “they thought Judge Judy was a SCOTUS justice” seems disingenuous. It’s not like the option that they chose said “Judge Judy”. I wouldn’t even have known that Judith Sheindlin is her real name and not just a generic old lady name.

I would wager the majority of American college grads can’t name all 9 SCOTUS justices (or even all 4 women), and if you’re just guessing then any choice that isn’t obviously wrong (like “Judge Judy”) has around the same chance of being chosen as any other not obviously wrong option.

TransplantedSconie ,

^^^what’s ^^^a ^^^battle?

hperrin ,

Happy cake day, FlyingSquid.

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Thanks!

jballs ,
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It’s because Republicans are skewing the numbers. 84% of Democrats and 73% of Independents understand the Supreme Court is a joke.

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/9098742d-7ba6-4697-b9cd-6b7a0b8073fc.png

jjjalljs ,

I bet a chunk of those republicans are mad that the court is “too liberal”

Republicans are the worst

SeaJ , in Military flees Bolivia government palace after coup attempt fails

Restoring the illegally put into place former president is not exactly restoring democracy.

FireTower , in 7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll
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For anyone interested in the changes in the Court here’s a video of two of the former justices explaining the different perspectives between living constitutionalism and originalism. Right now there’s a shift from one to the other. Just like there was a shift around the 50s.

youtu.be/jmv5Tz7w5pk

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