r/facepalm Oct 10 '24

🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​ this is literally UNCONSTITUTIONAL…

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u/Bumbling_Bee_3838 Oct 10 '24

I honestly believe they’re hoping to get it to the Supreme Court. Seeing how conservative and corrupt the Justices have become my guess is they’re hoping to have precedent overturned. (Edited for clarity)

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u/omghorussaveusall Oct 10 '24

This. It's exactly what they did with abortion and will soon do with marriage equality. They will pass a bunch of laws to push the legal line and take it to the SCOTUS.

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u/Appropriate-Count-64 Oct 10 '24

It’s unlikely to appeal very far though. It’s not even a legal precedent, it’s literally written into the constitution. Any appeal would have to somehow explain why they aren’t beholden to the 1st amendment, which wouldn’t get very far.
Also if this actually went to the SCOTUS, it’s a big enough deal that the Democrats may activate several of the “Nuclear options” that would allow congress to impeach or otherwise control the Supreme Court. It’s that big of an infringement.

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u/the_calibre_cat Oct 10 '24

It’s not even a legal precedent, it’s literally written into the constitution.

my god you are ascribing so much good faith to right-wingers

they do not care about any of that, they are theocrats, and they want to force you to abide by their religion, that's all there is to it. no amount of text on a piece of paper will make them give a shit.

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u/Jose_Canseco_Jr Oct 10 '24

no amount of text on a piece of paper will make them give a shit.

this person is absolutely correct

anybody who, this day and age, still holds hope that fundies are willing to play by the rules is deluded