This LPT doesn’t violate the community rule against illegal advice because in this purely hypothetical scenario the law means nothing

  • @alekwithak
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    346 days ago

    When one particular party does, yes. The last time the Democrats had this much control they passed the civil rights act.

    • @grue
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      266 days ago

      And the New Deal the time before that.

      • @[email protected]
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        56 days ago

        Man. They used to be the good guys. Now they worry about death threats and hide in their holes as the country is pillaged.

      • partial_accumen
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        166 days ago

        Democrats didn’t have control/majority over the Supreme Court, so there was at least check on power. No such checks on power exist for the GOP right now.

      • @elephantium
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        46 days ago

        Not accurate. In 2021 the Supreme Court was split 6-3 in Republican favor.

        Also, the Senate was super split with 50 Republicans, 48 Democrats, and 2 Independent Senators (who, although they caucused with the Democrats, wouldn’t necessarily vote in lockstep) – and two of the Democrats (Manchin and Sinema) seemed more interested in obstructing things than in the party’s agenda.

        You’d have a better argument if you’d brought up the ACA, IMO. The numbers in Congress favored the Dems more in 2009-2011.