"When Our Leaders Speak, Their Words Matter"
- Governor Gretchen Whitmer
Indeed they do!
Badass woman representing the great state of Michigan!
- Governor Gretchen Whitmer
Indeed they do!
Badass woman representing the great state of Michigan!
https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1314291021430304768
A Warning From Michigan
The state previews how far Republican judges will go to obstruct Democrats in office.
OCTOBER 7, 2020
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
The state previews how far Republican judges will go to obstruct Democrats in office.
OCTOBER 7, 2020
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
That brazen ruling in Michigan previews where the U.S. Supreme Court might take the country, especially with the breathing room that a 6–3 conservative supermajority would create.
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Nicholas Bagley
Law professor at U of M
Explains
The nondelegation doctrine isn’t about democracy. It’s about the power to restrain government. And it will be wielded as opportunistically against a President Biden as it has been wielded against Whitmer.
Law professor at U of M
Explains
The nondelegation doctrine isn’t about democracy. It’s about the power to restrain government. And it will be wielded as opportunistically against a President Biden as it has been wielded against Whitmer.
https://twitter.com/nicholas_bagley/status/1314333875208847360?s=20
The larger lesson is that Republican judges are serious about using their power to obstruct Democrats in office, even when doing so is legally indefensible and blatantly undemocratic—indeed, even when it jeopardizes human life.
There’s no reason to expect a conservative supermajority on the United States Supreme Court to act with more restraint.
The Republican-appointed justices have the votes to impede pretty much anything Democrats aim to do, whether that’s mitigating climate change, expanding access to health care, or extending statehood to Puerto Rico or Washington, D.C.
We may all be Michigan soon.
We may all be Michigan soon.
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