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Re:Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of M... by user3939382 on Friday October 07, 2022 @02:36PM (#33125249)
I mean this with all due respect but you sound very naive IMHO. The Democratic party is as corporatist and right as it has ever been. Voting for either major party will do nothing to solve the problem as has been proven by a study from Princeton on this, which is summed up wonderfully in these graphs:

https://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Princ...

Basically your vote almost doesn’t matter at all.

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Re:Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of M... by tchaffee on Friday October 07, 2022 @04:19PM (#33126438)
> Basically your vote almost doesn’t matter at all.

That's an easily disprovable claim based on recent history. Roe v. Wade would not have been turned over if Hillary had been appointing SC Justices instead of Trump appointing them. You're far too cynical.

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Re:Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of M... by cudgy on Saturday October 08, 2022 @04:16AM (#33130678)
This is too simplistic. Perhaps there would be other poor decisions made by the Hillary judges that mitigates the Roe v Wade decision.
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Re:Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of M... by tchaffee on Saturday October 08, 2022 @08:09AM (#33131625)
> Perhaps there would be other poor decisions made by the Hillary judges that mitigates the Roe v Wade decision.

Sure. Bad stuff might happen no matter what choices you make. You've described cynicism in a nutshell. That adds nothing to this conversation.

Progressive leaning judges do not have a history of taking away basic human rights. The reason people lost a basic human right that was protected for decades is because of a shift in the makeup of the Supreme Court. That shift happened due to who was elected as president. Which proves that elections and who you vote for does matter.

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Re:Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of M... by cudgy on Saturday October 08, 2022 @07:06PM (#33136901)
Fine. Ignore the obvious point that picking a single matter that judges consider as a sole focus of efficacy contributes nothing to the conversation.
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