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To the Originalists like #AmyComeyBarrett ... in the words of Thomas Jefferson:
“I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, ...
“I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, ...
...more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when...
...a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.”
So the Founders never meant a judge in the year 2020 to interpret the law or Constitution as they did in 1787. Originalism is a scam perpetrated by the conservative right to deny...
So the Founders never meant a judge in the year 2020 to interpret the law or Constitution as they did in 1787. Originalism is a scam perpetrated by the conservative right to deny...
requirements for coverage of mental health services & habilitation services for people w/intellectual & developmental disabilities, expansion of home & community-based services options, protections against disability discrimination, and
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#MentalHealthAwareness @AAPD
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#MentalHealthAwareness @AAPD
expansion of the reach of mental health parity are essential to the health, independence, & self-sufficiency of Americans w/disabilities.
Judge Barrett’s record also raises other serious concerns for people w/disabilities
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#MentalHealthAwareness
@AAPD @NDRNadvocates
Judge Barrett’s record also raises other serious concerns for people w/disabilities
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#MentalHealthAwareness
@AAPD @NDRNadvocates
as well. For details, you can
👉rd the letter👈 that @AAPD & MORE THAN 50 OTHER #DISABILITY ORG.'S sent to the #Senate opposing her nomination: bit.ly/2HuoCAy
🗽SPREAD THE WORD🗽
(thread 4) #MentalHealthAwareness
@MauriceBenard @NDRNadvocates @RoyCooperNC
👉rd the letter👈 that @AAPD & MORE THAN 50 OTHER #DISABILITY ORG.'S sent to the #Senate opposing her nomination: bit.ly/2HuoCAy
🗽SPREAD THE WORD🗽
(thread 4) #MentalHealthAwareness
@MauriceBenard @NDRNadvocates @RoyCooperNC
If you skipped it last week, I urge you to read the @FT analysis, "Will American tear itself apart?"
This point is not made NEARLY often enough: "conservative" GOP women who advocate for "traditional" family hierarchy except in their own homes. #AmyComeyBarrett #rbglegacy
This point is not made NEARLY often enough: "conservative" GOP women who advocate for "traditional" family hierarchy except in their own homes. #AmyComeyBarrett #rbglegacy
"What then can be done to avert a US constitutional meltdown? The distressing answer is very little... the last memorable [amendment] was passed in 1971, when America’s 26th amendment reduced the voting age to 18."
@EdwardGLuce @FT
ft.com/content/b159bc…
@EdwardGLuce @FT
ft.com/content/b159bc…
"The last serious [amendment] was the 25th amendment in 1965, which enabled a US president to be removed because of incapacity." @EdwardGLuce
Yet in 2020, GOP leadership has refused to consider it despite the evidence of their own eyes and ears. Power trumps country.
Yet in 2020, GOP leadership has refused to consider it despite the evidence of their own eyes and ears. Power trumps country.
A brief list who reject #AmyComeyBarrett for #SCOTUS
🔹Over 150 Civil & Human Rights Group
🔹6200 Lawyers— Kavanaugh had 2400
🔹Over 100 Notre Dame faculty & colleagues
🔹1500 Rhodes College Alumni
🔹Notable Catholic orgs
Even People of Praise deleted Barrett from its website
🔹Over 150 Civil & Human Rights Group
🔹6200 Lawyers— Kavanaugh had 2400
🔹Over 100 Notre Dame faculty & colleagues
🔹1500 Rhodes College Alumni
🔹Notable Catholic orgs
Even People of Praise deleted Barrett from its website
This is a brief list of some of the over 150 Civil rights, Human rights, Women’s rights, LGBTQ Rights, Legal scholar groups, and even her own Catholic religion groups who have rejected #AmyConeyBarrett for the #SCOTUS bench:
Discrimination & harassment in the workplace based on race & color is illegal. But Amy doesn’t think being called the n-word applies… perhaps bc POC can “deadlift” & are “shocked” by snow.
#AmyConeyBarrett’s overt racism & subverting civil rights on the law is disqualifying.
#AmyConeyBarrett’s overt racism & subverting civil rights on the law is disqualifying.
#AmyConeyBarrett
Her issues involve her judicial philosophy & if she is able to separate her religious beliefs from her jurisprudence.
Though she has submitted to the precedence of the court it was only because she was not in the position to set it.
That changes w #SCOTUS
Her issues involve her judicial philosophy & if she is able to separate her religious beliefs from her jurisprudence.
Though she has submitted to the precedence of the court it was only because she was not in the position to set it.
That changes w #SCOTUS
#AmyComeyBarrett has stated she does not fully believe in Stare Decisis.
In her current role she says she is not in the position to challenge it, but as #SCOTUS she says law can be overturned no matter how long standing, if she sees fit.
#SCOTUSHearing
scholarship.law.nd.edu/ndlr/vol92/iss…
In her current role she says she is not in the position to challenge it, but as #SCOTUS she says law can be overturned no matter how long standing, if she sees fit.
#SCOTUSHearing
scholarship.law.nd.edu/ndlr/vol92/iss…
NOTE #AmyConeyBarrett is NOT a traditional Catholic. She is a member of People of Praise who have archaic beliefs for 2020.
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- Women should be submissive
- They're also ANTI-LGBTQ
She says these beliefs won't affect her decisions, but is that true?
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
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- Women should be submissive
- They're also ANTI-LGBTQ
She says these beliefs won't affect her decisions, but is that true?
washingtonpost.com/investigations…
