Sam_I_am
1mo ago
Tomayto Tomahto. That way of putting it doesn't make me respect the argument any more.
Sam_I_am
1mo ago
The pardons Biden handed out at the end of his term were unquestionably an abuse of power.
That being said, it is a power that the Constitution says the president has, and there is no way in hell that the next president should be overriding the constitution.
The autopen thing sounds like a flimsy excuse, and I sure hope that nobody is taking it seriously.
Sam_I_am
3mo ago
Enemy kills 1200 people and takes 200 hostages?
Just make peace with them in exchange for getting the 200 back.
It's the perfect solution!
Sam_I_am
4mo ago
You don't need to end up at a neutral position, but you should start at a neutral place in order to accurate find which position is the best one.
Sam_I_am
4mo ago
I follow Cathy on twitter, and generally like her. I also think she's almost entirely right about the substance of her article. She just did the thing in this article, and it stood out so much that it was a perfect example.
Sam_I_am
7mo ago
You don't need to spread fake news in order to get people to be aware of the new Haitian immigrants in that city.
Sam_I_am
7mo ago
It looks like it is backfiring.
right now, the most common claims on the issue are turning out to be false
- The local police have no reports of stolen pets
- The picture of the guy holding the duck is not from Springfield, and we have no idea what his background is
- The women on bodycam footage accused of eating a cat is an American Citizen, registered to vote in 2018
And frankly, it should backfire. When most prominent stories that conservatives are sharing are false, then why should I not be skeptical of the whole thing? You'd think the onus would be on them to come up with the most easily-verifiable, most rock-solid claim.
A crucial element of this that you're missing is that almost everybody, liberals included, wants illegal criminal gang members deported.
The reason why there's upset in this case is because there's supposed to be a robust and transparent process that validates whether or not they really are illegal aliens and criminal gang members. Such a process is so important that it's enshrined in the 5th and 6th amendments to the constitution.
They also want the Courts and Congress to prove that they're a check on the President's power. The President should only have as much power as the constitution says he should have. He should not be allowed to validate the 5th and 6th amendments by edict.
That is the Schelling Fence. The 5th and 6ths Amendments are the Schelling Fence!
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