Merrill says The Supreme Court was asleep at the wheel. They had the chance to overturn Citizens United and forgot to do it???????

[pknopp]

Oh, I get it. Your argument in favor of Citizens United Ruling by the Supreme Court is that it doesn't exist. Er, uh, what?

It overturned a law. Sorry I feel being factual about something is important. There is no law.

 

[pknopp]

HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW ... Congress voting away from money ... well, Republicans control the House ... have they sent a bill over to the Senate limiting campaign contributions? ... do you think the Senate will ever vote for a justice who wants to stop the flow of money? ...

Look at Thomas ... justice for a price ...

It's not the Justices place to control that. Will Congress ever vote to limit the amount they can take? Not likely since they know we will continue to re-elect them regardless.

 

[JGalt]

A moderator posts three times in this thread but doesn't shut it down for not following the proper thread-posting rules.

 

[1srelluc]

Oh, I get it. Your argument in favor of Citizens United Ruling by the Supreme Court is that it doesn't exist. Er, uh, what?

Don't even try, it will just kill-off brain cells that you could have put to better use conversing with the sane.

 

[ReinyDays]

Oh, I get it. Your argument in favor of Citizens United Ruling by the Supreme Court is that it doesn't exist. Er, uh, what?

Well, no ... Free Speech is enumerated in our Constitution ... SCOTUS ruled that the spending of money for political speech is protected ... if my neighbor spend 50¢ for his political sign, should I be limited to 50¢ myself, or can I spend $10 on my sign ...

My sign is better, flashier ... six "D" cell batteries to run the laser display ... Free Speech ain't it? ...

Do the Rich have more Free Speech that the Poor? ... of course ... otherwise, what's the point of being rich ...

 

[Auld Phart]

[A few thousand is unforgivable, but millions as in the cases of many of those listed below......Forgiving is a blessing:]

"Republican members of Congress whose PPP loans were forgiven," read an Aug. 24 Instagram post that listed the names of 13 members of Congress, including Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.. Alongside each name was a federal loan figure in the thousands or millions of dollars that had supposedly been canceled under that pandemic-era program.

The list is a screenshot from Twitter of a tweet made by the Center for American Progress Action, a left-leaning public policy think tank. The organization was responding to a post from the House Judiciary GOP’s Twitter account that said, "If you take out a loan, you pay it back. Period."



(full article online)

Businesses associated with GOP politicians had pandemic government loans forgiven

Lawmakers are not barred from taking advantage of the program and Democratic and Republican politicians both received loans for their businesses.

www.statesman.com

where the list naming Democrats?

Did Joe, Jill, Beau, or Hunter get government assistance repaying their college loans?

 

[MarathonMike]

Merrill says The Supreme Court was asleep at the wheel. They had the chance to overturn Citizens United and forgot to do it???????



So where do we go from here?

Today, I am urging the Biden Administration to implement a Plan B immediately to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans who are struggling to pay the rent, put food on the table, and pay for the basic necessities of life.

Despite this legally unsound Supreme Court decision, the President has the clear authority under the Higher Education Act of 1965 to cancel student debt. He must use this authority immediately.
Earlier today, the Supreme Court voted to overturn a Biden Administration program forgiving up to $20,000 of student debt per-person in this country.

In my view, this decision is not only deeply flawed legally but it is way out of touch with where the American people are. Student debt forgiveness has the support of the majority of people in this country, and for good reason.

Now, I would love to tell you that the Supreme Court is an impartial judicial institution whose decisions are above politics. That was perhaps once true, but it is certainly not the case any more.

Remember. Thirteen years ago, in the disastrous Citizens United decision, this Supreme Court ruled that billionaires can legally buy elections. And now, the Supreme Court has made it clear that they will continue doing everything possible to protect the big money interests against the needs of struggling working families.

Bernie Sanders

The majority of the country is smart enough to know that Biden's "student loan forgiveness" was a phony vote buying scheme from the start. The rest are like you.

 

[Meister]

[A few thousand is unforgivable, but millions as in the cases of many of those listed below......Forgiving is a blessing:]

"Republican members of Congress whose PPP loans were forgiven," read an Aug. 24 Instagram post that listed the names of 13 members of Congress, including Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.. Alongside each name was a federal loan figure in the thousands or millions of dollars that had supposedly been canceled under that pandemic-era program.

The list is a screenshot from Twitter of a tweet made by the Center for American Progress Action, a left-leaning public policy think tank. The organization was responding to a post from the House Judiciary GOP’s Twitter account that said, "If you take out a loan, you pay it back. Period."



(full article online)

Businesses associated with GOP politicians had pandemic government loans forgiven

Lawmakers are not barred from taking advantage of the program and Democratic and Republican politicians both received loans for their businesses.

www.statesman.com

Did any Democrats benefit, or are you just trying to be a bias hack?

 

[Meister]

Biden even said he didn't have the authority to forgive student debt.
Then the 2022 election was in play. At that point, Biden decided he was going to influence
that election with student debt forgiveness. It did work as younger voters showed up at
the voting booths.
But, Biden was right with his first observation of his authorities. He didn't have the authority,
and the Justices reminded him of that Constitutionally. If they didn't, you would be looking at
our first dictator of this nation. Spending anywhere from 400 billion to a trillion dollars with just a wave
of his wand.

 

[Auld Phart]

Biden even said he didn't have the authority to forgive student debt.
Then the 2022 election was in play. At that point, Biden decided he was going to influence
that election with student debt forgiveness. It did work as younger voters showed up at
the voting booths.
But, Biden was right with his first observation of his authorities. He didn't have the authority,
and the Justices reminded him of that Constitutionally. If they didn't, you would be looking at
our first dictator of this nation. Spending anywhere from 400 billion to a trillion dollars with just a wave
of his wand.

pelosi said the same thing in 2021

 

[MarathonMike]

pelosi said the same thing in 2021

It's amazing how many times ranking Democrats have stood up on national TV and actually made sense about our border, Presidential powers, crime etc. But now they pretend they never said it and say the exact opposite because their Party has veered so hard to the Left.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

[A few thousand is unforgivable, but millions as in the cases of many of those listed below......Forgiving is a blessing:]

"Republican members of Congress whose PPP loans were forgiven," read an Aug. 24 Instagram post that listed the names of 13 members of Congress, including Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.. Alongside each name was a federal loan figure in the thousands or millions of dollars that had supposedly been canceled under that pandemic-era program.

The list is a screenshot from Twitter of a tweet made by the Center for American Progress Action, a left-leaning public policy think tank. The organization was responding to a post from the House Judiciary GOP’s Twitter account that said, "If you take out a loan, you pay it back. Period."



(full article online)

Businesses associated with GOP politicians had pandemic government loans forgiven

Lawmakers are not barred from taking advantage of the program and Democratic and Republican politicians both received loans for their businesses.

www.statesman.com

PPP loans were made in order to keep the economy afloat, although I would be in favor of demanding they be paid back. Likewise, student loans should be paid back by the those who took them out.

 

[whitehall]

Are you freaking liberals blind and ignorant? We don't live in a monarchy. The Founding Fathers were smart enough to keep the federal checkbook away from a single person who may turn out to be crazy or mentally incompetent. If you want loan forgiveness go to congress.

 

[merrill]

The Supreme Court is an impartial judicial institution whose decisions are above politics. That was perhaps once true, but it is certainly not the case any more.

Remember. Thirteen years ago, in the disastrous Citizens United decision, this Supreme Court ruled that billionaires can legally buy elections.

And now, the Supreme Court has made it clear that they will continue doing everything possible to protect the big money interests against the needs of struggling working families.

 

[merrill]

FYI = ALEC: The Voice of Corporate Special Interests in State Legislatures | Right Wing Watch

 

[Papageorgio]

Anyone that starts a thread using their name is a bit conceited and often off their rocker.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Merrill says The Supreme Court was asleep at the wheel. They had the chance to overturn Citizens United and forgot to do it???????



So where do we go from here?

Today, I am urging the Biden Administration to implement a Plan B immediately to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans who are struggling to pay the rent, put food on the table, and pay for the basic necessities of life.

Despite this legally unsound Supreme Court decision, the President has the clear authority under the Higher Education Act of 1965 to cancel student debt. He must use this authority immediately.
Earlier today, the Supreme Court voted to overturn a Biden Administration program forgiving up to $20,000 of student debt per-person in this country.

In my view, this decision is not only deeply flawed legally but it is way out of touch with where the American people are. Student debt forgiveness has the support of the majority of people in this country, and for good reason.

Now, I would love to tell you that the Supreme Court is an impartial judicial institution whose decisions are above politics. That was perhaps once true, but it is certainly not the case any more.

Remember. Thirteen years ago, in the disastrous Citizens United decision, this Supreme Court ruled that billionaires can legally buy elections. And now, the Supreme Court has made it clear that they will continue doing everything possible to protect the big money interests against the needs of struggling working families.

Bernie Sanders

/---/ Oh, give it a rest, you Socialist. Get a job and pay your own way through life. Stop trying to sponge off of others.

 

[ReinyDays]

Congress could have voted to limit what they can accept. They did not do that. They voted to limit how much people outside of the parties could participate.

Congress still can ... when SCOTUS overturned a Federal election law, the 26th Amendment was passed 6 months, 12 days later ... overturning SCOTUS ... so we know it doesn't take very long ...

So ... go ahead ... see what things look like when government regulates money spent on political speech ... do you like having your campaign contributions split 50/50 with your opponents? ... maybe not contribute at all ... no way is Congress on board with that ...

 

[pknopp]

Congress still can ... when SCOTUS overturned a Federal election law, the 26th Amendment was passed 6 months, 12 days later ... overturning SCOTUS ... so we know it doesn't take very long ...

So ... go ahead ... see what things look like when government regulates money spent on political speech ... do you like having your campaign contributions split 50/50 with your opponents? ... maybe not contribute at all ... no way is Congress on board with that ...

50/50 of Zero is still zero.

 

[hadit]

Merrill says The Supreme Court was asleep at the wheel. They had the chance to overturn Citizens United and forgot to do it???????



So where do we go from here?

Today, I am urging the Biden Administration to implement a Plan B immediately to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans who are struggling to pay the rent, put food on the table, and pay for the basic necessities of life.

Despite this legally unsound Supreme Court decision, the President has the clear authority under the Higher Education Act of 1965 to cancel student debt. He must use this authority immediately.
Earlier today, the Supreme Court voted to overturn a Biden Administration program forgiving up to $20,000 of student debt per-person in this country.

In my view, this decision is not only deeply flawed legally but it is way out of touch with where the American people are. Student debt forgiveness has the support of the majority of people in this country, and for good reason.

Now, I would love to tell you that the Supreme Court is an impartial judicial institution whose decisions are above politics. That was perhaps once true, but it is certainly not the case any more.

Remember. Thirteen years ago, in the disastrous Citizens United decision, this Supreme Court ruled that billionaires can legally buy elections. And now, the Supreme Court has made it clear that they will continue doing everything possible to protect the big money interests against the needs of struggling working families.

Bernie Sanders

Where did you get your law degree?