▲ 395 ▼ Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide (www.cnbc.com) submitted 9 months ago by vegeta@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 63 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 20 points 9 months ago (1 child) ....this Wednesday. But Thursday is looking pretty good? We need non alienable rights and not rights that depend on who's in charge this week. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (2 children) although I agree with you. any state of government system set to ensure those rights, can easily take them away. they shouldn't, and they should lose they heads if they try. but I don't think you can theoretically have "absolute inalienable rights". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago There is no system of governance that can withstand a critical mass of the people operating it choosing not to do what they're supposed to. It's why ohio ignored its supreme court and constitution on gerrymandering and why Trump gets away with shit. The judiciary was slowly captured alongside the media because they were supposed to be the counterbalances to congress (who's become afraid of their own shadows) and the presidency (a revolving door of business as usual centrists and caligula level lunatics) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago (1 child) Not as long as we tolerate the presense of those willing to take those rights away permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago IE, public solidarity is key. atomised people don't care when they erode people's rights because they don't care about "those" people, "first they came for..." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (2 children) although I agree with you. any state of government system set to ensure those rights, can easily take them away. they shouldn't, and they should lose they heads if they try. but I don't think you can theoretically have "absolute inalienable rights". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago There is no system of governance that can withstand a critical mass of the people operating it choosing not to do what they're supposed to. It's why ohio ignored its supreme court and constitution on gerrymandering and why Trump gets away with shit. The judiciary was slowly captured alongside the media because they were supposed to be the counterbalances to congress (who's become afraid of their own shadows) and the presidency (a revolving door of business as usual centrists and caligula level lunatics) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago (1 child) Not as long as we tolerate the presense of those willing to take those rights away permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago IE, public solidarity is key. atomised people don't care when they erode people's rights because they don't care about "those" people, "first they came for..." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago There is no system of governance that can withstand a critical mass of the people operating it choosing not to do what they're supposed to. It's why ohio ignored its supreme court and constitution on gerrymandering and why Trump gets away with shit. The judiciary was slowly captured alongside the media because they were supposed to be the counterbalances to congress (who's become afraid of their own shadows) and the presidency (a revolving door of business as usual centrists and caligula level lunatics) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 months ago (1 child) Not as long as we tolerate the presense of those willing to take those rights away permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago IE, public solidarity is key. atomised people don't care when they erode people's rights because they don't care about "those" people, "first they came for..." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago IE, public solidarity is key. atomised people don't care when they erode people's rights because they don't care about "those" people, "first they came for..." permalink fedilink source parent