Re:The United States’ Unamendable Constitution
by gadders on Thursday October 27, 2022 @09:09AM
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All of these arguments boil down to "we don't have the judges we want in the Supreme Court so we need to change the constitution to get the political decisions we want enacted."
Obviously currently, it's left wing talking points that they want enacted - abortion, gun control, probably free speech limits. I'm sure if/when the court gets packed with Democrat-leaning judges, Republicans will do the reverse.
I'm fine with both sides doing that - it's politics after all - it's when activists try and portray their attemps as non-partisan that it annoys me.
When the author throws in left-wing dog whistles like "There’s a good reason that American constitutional amendments are not decided through national referendums. (Consider, after all, that Brexit was decided by a national popular referendum.)" you can immediately determine their motives.
Obviously currently, it's left wing talking points that they want enacted - abortion, gun control, probably free speech limits. I'm sure if/when the court gets packed with Democrat-leaning judges, Republicans will do the reverse.
I'm fine with both sides doing that - it's politics after all - it's when activists try and portray their attemps as non-partisan that it annoys me.
When the author throws in left-wing dog whistles like "There’s a good reason that American constitutional amendments are not decided through national referendums. (Consider, after all, that Brexit was decided by a national popular referendum.)" you can immediately determine their motives.