Like yeah I understand congressional gridlock can really hamper shit, so we need to often rely on the SCOTUS to permit actions. Try getting Congress to pass a bill for gay marriage when “Obergefell v. Hodges” was ruled.
But it’s incredibly frustrating how Democrats refuse to push for bills when they have the change to actually have them pass.
When republicans control congress, with a democratic president: “If we get enough people in, we’ll make abortion and weed legal!”
When democrats control congress, with a republican president: “If we get him out, we’ll make minimum wage higher and help fix immigration!”
When democrats control congress and the president: “We gotta work on compromise, we shouldn’t be too mean, we need to secure votes for next election cycle! Maybe we can start a small test on if maybe lowering cannabis from schedule 1 to schedule 2! Anything else is too unrealistic!”
When republicans control congress and the president: “Fuck you, we’re pushing for as many things to hurt as many people as possible. We don’t give two shits otherwise. We’ll never stop.”
If the democrats had half the effort of republicans, but actually helping people and pushing for bills, we’d probably actually have something change in the last 10 years.
this is why relying on precedent is very bad, write that shit down as law like youre supposed to
Like yeah I understand congressional gridlock can really hamper shit, so we need to often rely on the SCOTUS to permit actions. Try getting Congress to pass a bill for gay marriage when “Obergefell v. Hodges” was ruled.
But it’s incredibly frustrating how Democrats refuse to push for bills when they have the change to actually have them pass.
When republicans control congress, with a democratic president: “If we get enough people in, we’ll make abortion and weed legal!”
When democrats control congress, with a republican president: “If we get him out, we’ll make minimum wage higher and help fix immigration!”
When democrats control congress and the president: “We gotta work on compromise, we shouldn’t be too mean, we need to secure votes for next election cycle! Maybe we can start a small test on if maybe lowering cannabis from schedule 1 to schedule 2! Anything else is too unrealistic!”
When republicans control congress and the president: “Fuck you, we’re pushing for as many things to hurt as many people as possible. We don’t give two shits otherwise. We’ll never stop.”
If the democrats had half the effort of republicans, but actually helping people and pushing for bills, we’d probably actually have something change in the last 10 years.