Another damaging ruling for democracy

[Orangecat]

It’s been the rallying cry of this nation for 250 years

No, that would be "Liberty".
Democracy is just the method we use to elect representatives to the republic and decide on select state measures.

 

[martybegan]

Sorry but we are a Democracy. Not a pure democracy but one nonetheless.

Why do Republicans keep saying we are not?

Because they know that can not retain power in a democratic election.

When you idiots scream out democracy, it's when you don't get your way due to Constitutional limits.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Sorry but we are a Democracy. Not a pure democracy but one nonetheless.

Why do Republicans keep saying we are not?

Because they know that can not retain power in a democratic election.

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Go back to high school, if you can find one that teaches civics/government.

Lotsa luck.




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[blackhawk]

Interesting how partisans only care about withholding stuff when they aren’t the ones doing it. This applies to the partisans on both the left and right.

 

[dblack]

When you idiots scream out democracy, it's when you don't get your way due to Constitutional limits.

That's also when they tend to mock "liberty".

 

[martybegan]

That's also when they tend to mock "liberty".

Where is their support for "democracy" when a majority of parents a school board meeting don't want sex ed materials appropriate for teenagers (maybe) being part of a 1st grade curriculum?

 

[Orangecat]

That's also when they tend to mock "liberty".

The real idiots like to throw around the term "freedumb".

 

[Orangecat]

Where is their support for "democracy" when a majority of parents a school board meeting don't want sex ed materials appropriate for teenagers (maybe) being part of a 1st grade curriculum?

Or when California voters decide against making gay marriage legal?

 

[kaz]

Yep that’s how Republicans feel

Libertarians too. We aren't a democracy, we are a republic. Democracy is how Democrats oppress 49% of the country. In a republic, we all have rights. Our country was set up far beyond 51%, it was supposed to take overwhelming majorities for you to tread on our rights like you're doing now with tiny leads

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

5th Circuit Rules Texas Lawmakers Can Withhold Documents About Voter Suppression Law S.B. 1​

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, May 17, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s decision compelling four Republican members of the Texas Legislature — Sen. Bryan Hughes, Sen. Paul Bettencourt, Rep. Briscoe Cain and Rep. Andrew Murr — to produce nearly 300 documents related to Texas’ omnibus voter suppression law, Senate Bill 1. This decision stems from a lawsuit filed by multiple voting rights and civic organizations challenging S.B. 1 for violating the Voting Rights Act, Americans With Disabilities Act and U.S. Constitution.

Although these four Republican legislators are not defendants in the case, they were served with third-party subpoenas from four sets of plaintiffs (LULAC Texas, Texas AFT, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans and Voto Latino) seeking documents and communications that the plaintiffs believed would shed light on the legislative process surrounding S.B. 1.

This is not the only discovery issue ongoing in the 5th Circuit pertaining to Texas legislators: In a different federal lawsuit challenging the state’s maps drawn with 2020 census data, multiple sets of Republican legislators are fighting deposition and document subpoenas because they do not want to share how they drew the new districts.

5th Circuit Rules Texas Lawmakers Can Withhold Documents About Voter Suppression Law S.B. 1

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

Color me unsurprised that Repubs would rather keep secret the details of their efforts surrounding voter suppression and gerrymandering. "Democracy dies in darkness."

The right-wing war on democracy continues.

 

[martybegan]

Libertarians too. We aren't a Democracy, we are a republic. Democracy is how Democrats oppress 49% of the country. In a republic, we all have rights. Our country was set up far beyond 51%, it was supposed to take overwhelming majorities for you to tread on our rights like you're doing now with tiny leads

What leads?

Why do you think they prefer the courts to get what they want?

 

[kaz]

What leads?

Why do you think they prefer the courts to get what they want?

The courts are easier than convincing anyone who doesn't inherently recognize the inherent truth of leftism. You just get a leftist judge to decree it. They only believe in voting if they have 51%, then voting is a holy mission from God

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Democracy is 51 people out of a hundred saying the property of the other 49 now belongs to the 51.

Or Socialism....but that's usually about 5 out of a hundred

 

[martybegan]

Or Socialism....but that's usually about 5 out of a hundred

Socialism is 5 out of a 100 taking away from 40, distributing most of it to themselves, and then giving the crumbs to the 55 and saying "we do it for you"

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Socialism is 5 out of a 100 taking away from 40, distributing most of it to themselves, and then giving the crumbs to the 55 and saying "we do it for you"

Bingo!!!!

 

[dblack]

Where is their support for "democracy" when a majority of parents a school board meeting don't want sex ed materials appropriate for teenagers (maybe) being part of a 1st grade curriculum?

That's where we throw a hypocrisy party. Everyone is invited!

 

[BackAgain]

5th Circuit Rules Texas Lawmakers Can Withhold Documents About Voter Suppression Law S.B. 1​

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, May 17, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s decision compelling four Republican members of the Texas Legislature — Sen. Bryan Hughes, Sen. Paul Bettencourt, Rep. Briscoe Cain and Rep. Andrew Murr — to produce nearly 300 documents related to Texas’ omnibus voter suppression law, Senate Bill 1. This decision stems from a lawsuit filed by multiple voting rights and civic organizations challenging S.B. 1 for violating the Voting Rights Act, Americans With Disabilities Act and U.S. Constitution.

Although these four Republican legislators are not defendants in the case, they were served with third-party subpoenas from four sets of plaintiffs (LULAC Texas, Texas AFT, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans and Voto Latino) seeking documents and communications that the plaintiffs believed would shed light on the legislative process surrounding S.B. 1.

This is not the only discovery issue ongoing in the 5th Circuit pertaining to Texas legislators: In a different federal lawsuit challenging the state’s maps drawn with 2020 census data, multiple sets of Republican legislators are fighting deposition and document subpoenas because they do not want to share how they drew the new districts.

5th Circuit Rules Texas Lawmakers Can Withhold Documents About Voter Suppression Law S.B. 1

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

Color me unsurprised that Repubs would rather keep secret the details of their efforts surrounding voter suppression and gerrymandering. "Democracy dies in darkness."

But it’s all good when you liberal asshole Democraps do it.

 

[Independentthinker]

5th Circuit Rules Texas Lawmakers Can Withhold Documents About Voter Suppression Law S.B. 1​

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, May 17, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s decision compelling four Republican members of the Texas Legislature — Sen. Bryan Hughes, Sen. Paul Bettencourt, Rep. Briscoe Cain and Rep. Andrew Murr — to produce nearly 300 documents related to Texas’ omnibus voter suppression law, Senate Bill 1. This decision stems from a lawsuit filed by multiple voting rights and civic organizations challenging S.B. 1 for violating the Voting Rights Act, Americans With Disabilities Act and U.S. Constitution.

Although these four Republican legislators are not defendants in the case, they were served with third-party subpoenas from four sets of plaintiffs (LULAC Texas, Texas AFT, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans and Voto Latino) seeking documents and communications that the plaintiffs believed would shed light on the legislative process surrounding S.B. 1.

This is not the only discovery issue ongoing in the 5th Circuit pertaining to Texas legislators: In a different federal lawsuit challenging the state’s maps drawn with 2020 census data, multiple sets of Republican legislators are fighting deposition and document subpoenas because they do not want to share how they drew the new districts.

5th Circuit Rules Texas Lawmakers Can Withhold Documents About Voter Suppression Law S.B. 1

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

Color me unsurprised that Repubs would rather keep secret the details of their efforts surrounding voter suppression and gerrymandering. "Democracy dies in darkness."

Voter suppression is a lefty myth. Even Stacy Abram's claims of vote suppression were soundly defeated in court because she couldn't prove any vote suppression.

 

[Lesh]

That's why it must be constitutionally limited. No one can be expected to consent to democratic government if the majority can literally fuck you blind.

And what about the minority fucking you blind?

 

[Lesh]

Libertarians too. We aren't a Democracy, we are a republic. Democracy is how Democrats oppress 49% of the country. In a republic, we all have rights. Our country was set up far beyond 51%, it was supposed to take overwhelming majorities for you to tread on our rights like you're doing now with tiny leads

Nowhere does it say anything about overwhelming majorities.

In fact that concept was proven an abject fail with the Articles of Confederation.

Look it up history buffs.

We HAVE a Constitution because of the failure of that kind of thinking