Honest question, what structures or authorities exist outside of the city level to investigate something like this? Is it all down to what the mayor decides, or can the Kansas governor or state patrol launch an investigation? What about federal agencies like the FBI?
I could be misremembering, but from the original story it sounded like the mayor was likely tied up in the motivation for the original raid. Not surprising for a small town, really. Once you get down to a few hundred people, there’s only so many businesses and families to go around.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is supposedly investigating the situation, but there have been conflicting reports of what they consider to be within the scope of their investigation.
Huh I guess if you’re gonna pick a hill to die on, why not something that can actually kill you? There is absolutely no good that will ever come from being obsessed over a tool of death …
It’s a tool millions use to put inexpensive, high-quality food on the table; a critical resource for many poor people. And, for those put in the unfortunate position to need it, it is a tool to save life.
You may not have high opinions, but many people rely on this tool on a regular basis.
Those other places also implemented things that actually reduce all violence like universal healthcare, workers rights, stronger welfare, maternity/paternity leave, mandatory vacation time, etc.
Places like the UK have lower rates of murder via martial attacks (punches, kicks, strangle, etc) yet I don’t think they have gym control limiting how strong you can be.
Happy, healthy, financially safe people don’t commit violence.
Unhealthy, people with no access to mental health services, or adequate education, shouldn’t have access to guns even in a healthy society. If you had all those maybe you can be trusted with guns.
Can’t wait to see Rossmann’s video on this one. Especially the part about how their idea of a recall is to tell people to throw away their device and buy a new one.
Any stats on the recidivism rate for the mentally ill who are treated and cleared by the Psychiatric Security Review Board, versus convicts who serve conventional terms?
Recidivism for offenders that simply serve a prison sentence as opposed to getting actual treatment is much, much higher.
I’m not sure of the exact stats in this situation, but I know domestic abusers that simply go to prison are some ~230% (give or take a couple tens, I can’t remember off the top of my head) more likely to reoffend than those who are actually treated.
Again, idk the stats for this case, but you will find that those who are simply punished rather than treated have higher recidivism rates across the board.
It’s not like they’re going to resign and there’s no mechanism to remove them so, uh, unless you’re advocating violence I don’t see how that’s going to work. I think we need to pack the court up to around 17 justices and get back to the business of government instead of playing activist on guns, civil rights, corporate power and abortion.
Right, but that mechanism presupposes functional government and about half of the government doesn’t give a shit about governing, or anything other than seizing power at the moment, so that’s not going to happen.
I’m unsure what the standard is for removing Supreme Court Justices, but failing to recuse yourself from cases where you have a considerable appearance of conflict of interests should be one of them. For example, say, you took a large gift from somebody who would later be affected by one of your decisions, Clarence.
Also, there should be some automatic impeachment and removal for justices who lied under oath during their confirmation hearings. I think there is video evidence of most of the conservative justices saying that they considered Roe to be precedent, which means that they wouldn’t overturn it. That was clearly a lie.
If I lied during my job interview about something important, I would expect to be fired. And they should, too.
I’m disabled, so not me personally, but frankly when it comes to conservatives that have devoted their lives to causing as many other people to suffer as possible, yeah, I’m advocating violence.
I like to see 50. No more 5-4 decisions. Conservative views might get the attention they deserve. If it wasn’t possible to so blatantly stack the court with a few votes, they wouldn’t have overturned 250 years plus of gun control laws.
Make no mistake, these justices are extremist. The people who think the shit they think in law school are ostracized and called out as immature weirdos.
Every president gets 4 appointments per term. No vacated seats are ever refilled. They currently serve, on average, 28 years. Without the need for strategic retirement, we would probably end up with 32-36 people on the court.
they wouldn’t have overturned 250 years plus of gun control laws.
What 250-year-old gun control law did they overturn?
The only overturned gun control laws I know of that originated before 1773 were either repealed 232 years ago with the ratification of the 2nd amendment, or were discriminatory on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, previous condition of servitude, etc, and overturned by much earlier courts and/or legislatures.
To my knowledge, these justices overturned no laws originating earlier than 1960.
Balance the court. It’s already been packed by McConnell starting in Obama’s second term. It should just be tied to the number of federal appellate courts.
Honest suggestion: let’s eliminate the court’s fixed size requirement, and simply add a permanent justice in the third year of every presidential term.
If the total number of justices falls below 7 at any time during a president’s term, the president may make one additional permanent appointment per term. Permanent appointments must be confirmed by the senate.
After making that second permanent appointment, the president may make temporary appointments to bring the total to 7. For these temporary appointments, the president may elevate any previously confirmed circuit court judge directly to the supreme court without additional confirmation. Any other nominee must receive Senate confirmation.
Any temporary appointment expires in the third year of the following presidential term.
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