• Rymrgand's Daughter @lemmy.world
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    It would be too soon, if we got rid of them and these Corpo Dems. We could remove citizens United and few other worthless pieces of legislation. That and stop this fucking election tampering in the name “stopping fraud” fucking clowns making voting a single day during the work week and these Red hatted goons cheer for this shit like the mouth breathing inbred ghouls they are because they hate everyone else is beyond annoying.

    • iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com
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      Citizens United wasn’t legislation, it was a Supreme Court decision. The only way to fix it following the current rules is to ask the court again or to change the Constitution. Of course, if you are willing to just ignore laws then you have many options (see current Presidential administration for examples).

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        No. Congress absolutely has the authority to enact legislation that overturns a court decision, even the Supreme Court.

        However, the disgusting piles of human shaped filth currently making up the Supreme Court would find some illogical excuse for why said law is unconstitutional. But only once one of there lackeys manages to appeal the issue all the way up the chain. But this process IS utterly corrupt and subverts the Constitution…not like they care. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

        But courts are given authority only to interpret existing legislation; their decisions do not restrict the legislature’s authority to enact new laws. Thus the convoluted shit they come up with to abuse the appeals process, as mentioned.

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        Hawaii was recently successful in enacting state laws to limit campaign contributions. I’d hope that other states willing to tackle the fight could do the same. The biggest chance would be if it could be done in battleground states.

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        The court itself is beyond redemption. You and I both know there is only one way out of this

      • tane@lemm.ee
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        Not sure why you were downvoted for stating facts, guess they hurt someone’s feelings as a certain annoying little gremlin loved to say