Thurgood Marshall was replaced by a Black justice with polar opposite views. Now it looks like Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be replaced by a woman with polar opposite views.
Ann, what Retvet said is exactly correct. I could have not said it better. We know J.D. doesn't stand for Junior Detective. If that was your tittle you would have seen the error in your thinking, or perhaps it was intentional?
You write, “Democracies require the consent of the people to function. We have almost lost that, and if we don't restore compromise and robust consensus, the great experiment of democracy will fail in the largest country to try it”.
Two things:
1) We are a Democratic Republic, therefore; A state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.
2) We have an Electoral College, therefore; The president of the United States is determined by votes cast by electors of the Electoral College, not a “popular” vote.
As a person with a JD, you should know this and understand the rationale of the forefathers in instituting such an arrangement.
It is all part of the, “checks and balances” that are necessary to keep us from being taken over lawless leaders, radical trends, or the tyranny of the majority. In other words, maintain the stability and security of the framework and pillars of our government.
The same goes for Supreme Court appointments. Just because you don’t like the outcomes doesn’t mean the system is flawed. It means a majority of the population’s will is being carried out.
That is why we have elections.
What is not an acceptable means of influencing outcomes is the continued onslaught of character assassinations, false claims, and outright lies, with a complicit Media, along with lawless protests and riots. All meant to quell the truth, instill fear and despair, and immobilize the electorate.
If we lose our Democratic Republic it will be to a violent mob with the help and support of a small yet influential group of rich Technocrats and Politian’s whose only motivation is power and control.
They fear and despise what they can’t control, a free and independent populace.
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Ann, what Retvet said is exactly correct. I could have not said it better. We know J.D. doesn't stand for Junior Detective. If that was your tittle you would have seen the error in your thinking, or perhaps it was intentional?
Ann,
You write, “Democracies require the consent of the people to function. We have almost lost that, and if we don't restore compromise and robust consensus, the great experiment of democracy will fail in the largest country to try it”.
Two things:
1) We are a Democratic Republic, therefore; A state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible to them.
2) We have an Electoral College, therefore; The president of the United States is determined by votes cast by electors of the Electoral College, not a “popular” vote.
As a person with a JD, you should know this and understand the rationale of the forefathers in instituting such an arrangement.
It is all part of the, “checks and balances” that are necessary to keep us from being taken over lawless leaders, radical trends, or the tyranny of the majority. In other words, maintain the stability and security of the framework and pillars of our government.
The same goes for Supreme Court appointments. Just because you don’t like the outcomes doesn’t mean the system is flawed. It means a majority of the population’s will is being carried out.
That is why we have elections.
What is not an acceptable means of influencing outcomes is the continued onslaught of character assassinations, false claims, and outright lies, with a complicit Media, along with lawless protests and riots. All meant to quell the truth, instill fear and despair, and immobilize the electorate.
If we lose our Democratic Republic it will be to a violent mob with the help and support of a small yet influential group of rich Technocrats and Politian’s whose only motivation is power and control.
They fear and despise what they can’t control, a free and independent populace.
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