A Supreme Court that voted along party lines.
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A Supreme Court that voted along party lines.
abelard
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Increased from 2012? Could also be prompted by a certain candidate's rhetoric, and infrastructure plans though too, no?
TX Bill
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Sad too that the liberal justices couldn't follow the rule of law rather than allow their partisanship to get in the way. In that I agree with you.
God Bless America.
So I show up to vote at 7:25, the line is almost out the door. The poll-worker monitoring the line is telling people to put their phones away because “this is an official polling place” and it’s not allowed. The official sign at the entrance says “no talking” on cell phones, and I’m just reading email. When she finally gets to me, I push back. She insists it means no using cell phones at all. I tell her to show me in writing where I can’t read on my phone, because I’m not going to stand there staring off into space for 20 minutes while I’m waiting.
Five minutes later she comes back with a phone and the city clerk on the other end of the line. After a brief back-and-forth [No, I haven’t voted yet – why would I be standing in line if I had? No, I’m not taking pictures], the clerk informs that “it’s not clear in statute”, but there’s definitely no talking or taking pictures allowed. I inform her that I’m fine with that, it wasn’t in my plans anyway, and thank her for her help.
By that time I was third in line, so I put my phone away anyway.
They still call the city clerk instead of the police. I want it to stay that way.
So I show up to vote at 7:25, the line is almost out the door. The poll-worker monitoring the line is telling people to put their phones away because “this is an official polling place” and it’s not allowed. The official sign at the entrance says “no talking” on cell phones, and I’m just reading email. When she finally gets to me, I push back. She insists it means no using cell phones at all. I tell her to show me in writing where I can’t read on my phone, because I’m not going to stand there staring off into space for 20 minutes while I’m waiting.
Five minutes later she comes back with a phone and the city clerk on the other end of the line. After a brief back-and-forth [No, I haven’t voted yet – why would I be standing in line if I had? No, I’m not taking pictures], the clerk informs that “it’s not clear in statute”, but there’s definitely no talking or taking pictures allowed. I inform her that I’m fine with that, it wasn’t in my plans anyway, and thank her for her help.
By that time I was third in line, so I put my phone away anyway.
They still call the city clerk instead of the police. I want it to stay that way.
abelard
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Amen!
There is a reason for this...
https://www.thenation.com/article/t...e-supreme-court-gutted-the-voting-rights-act/
"Sad too that the [villains-du-jour] justices couldn't follow the rule of law rather than allow their partisanship to get in the way," someone once said
Even final polls are showing far more undecided/3rd party voters than usual.
Going to be interesting to see if they just sit the election out or break decisively one way.
@ilikecheese
Quit you two. It can be both required by State law and refuted by SCOTUS. That's how these things work, independent branches and such.
Gore is a whiner though, regardless of whether he should or should not have won.
I guess the relevant question is whether these are truly "undecided" or simply "embarrassed to say publicly" who they will vote for. I lean towards the latter, but I've been quite wrong before and will probably be there again.
TX Bill
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Quit what? I told him I agreed with him.
If had to guess would think it is "hoping SMOD arrives before have to make the choice"
But like you I've been wrong before!
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Nil Satis Niasse Optimum
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Trump is obviously clinging to the hope of people who haven't pledged their allegiance for one side or another to vote for him today. The silent voters, those too embarrassed to tell their family and friends they'll be voting for Trump, those who simply don't want to have to explain themselves to others. There must be absolutely millions of them. I know I couldn't be arsed having to explain myself about Brexit ...
larrygobfiend
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Are you Rafael Benitez?
larrygobfiend
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Now there's a shock!
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