Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>Right-Wing Push to Upend U.S. Constitution/Kill Birthright Citizenship<br><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/birthright-citizenship-article-v-mark-meckler-constitutional-convention-convention-of-states" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">01/birthright-citizenship-article-v-mark-meckler-constitutional-convention-convention-of-states</span></a></p><p>* 14th Amendment guarantee of birthright citizenship<br>* Article V of U.S. Constitution<br>* if majority of state legislatures petition Congress, will be convention to propose amendments</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USlaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateLegislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateLegislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegislativeCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArticleV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArticleV</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ParentalRightsMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParentalRightsMovement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antiLGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiLGBT</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a></p>
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>MAGA efforts to shred U.S. Constitution<br><a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/12/16/shredding-the-constitution-california-democrat-fears-maga-effort-to-rewrite-founding-document" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2024/12/16/shredding</span><span class="invisible">-the-constitution-california-democrat-fears-maga-effort-to-rewrite-founding-document</span></a></p><p>* state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-CA) concerned Trumpist could call constitutional convention</p><p>A Constitutional Convention? Some Democrats Fear It’s Coming.<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/a-constitutional-convention-some-democrats-fear-its-coming.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/a-co</span><span class="invisible">nstitutional-convention-some-democrats-fear-its-coming.html</span></a><br>* Republicans said a constitutional convention is overdue</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bannon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SteveBannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteveBannon</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateLegislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateLegislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegislativeCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArticleV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArticleV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>Steve Bannon Setting Stage for Trump3 Term<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/189413/steve-bannon-donald-trump-election-2028" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/189413/st</span><span class="invisible">eve-bannon-donald-trump-election-2028</span></a></p><p>* suggests throwing out U.S. Constitution in Trump’s favor<br>* keep Trump in power via supposed loophole in the U.S. Constitution</p><p>Trump Supporters Hate U.S. Constitution<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/180312/president-life-trump-backer-says-quiet-part-loud" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/180312/pr</span><span class="invisible">esident-life-trump-backer-says-quiet-part-loud</span></a></p><p>Trump 2028: <a href="https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-2028" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theamericanconservative.com/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-2028</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bannon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SteveBannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteveBannon</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateLegislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateLegislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegislativeCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArticleV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArticleV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>Citizens for Self-Governance | ISLT | Article V convention | Convention of states | U.S. Constitution | Mercer Family Foundation | DonorsTrust<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111090040427855200" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1110</span><span class="invisible">90040427855200</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateLegislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateLegislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegislativeCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArticleV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArticleV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USconstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USconstitution</span></a> CitizensForSelfGovernance <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CSG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSG</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mercer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MercerFamily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MercerFamily</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RebekahMercer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RebekahMercer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DAF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DAF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonorsTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonorsTrust</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarkMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkMoney</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>U.S. Constitution: Top-down (federal --> state) approaches<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110500657375473264" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1105</span><span class="invisible">00657375473264</span></a></p><p>* Article V convention (Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_to_propose_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventi</span><span class="invisible">on_to_propose_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution</span></a></p><p>... an aim of the conservative political nonprofit Citizens for Self-Governance, and their Convention of States initiative, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Self-Governance#Convention_of_States" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens</span><span class="invisible">_for_Self-Governance#Convention_of_States</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateLegislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateLegislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegislativeCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArticleV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArticleV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USconstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USconstitution</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>[thread] state legislatures / capture</p><p>Independent state legislature theory: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_state_legislature_theory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independ</span><span class="invisible">ent_state_legislature_theory</span></a><br>* undemocratic violation of centuries-old precedents of federalism, separation of powers, constitutional democracy</p><p>Article V convention: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_to_propose_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventi</span><span class="invisible">on_to_propose_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution</span></a><br>* U.S. constitutional amendments</p><p>State capture: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_capture" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_ca</span><span class="invisible">pture</span></a><br>* systemic political corruption<br>* private interest influence over state legislatures</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StateLegislatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateLegislatures</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LegislativeCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegislativeCapture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalLaw</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> </p><p>(2/n)</p><p>...not totally specific as each individual case's situation will, naturally, be different.</p><p>The same holds true for these specialized government agencies.</p><p>Who on earth 🌎 came up with this absolutely witless idea? <br>The legal basis is, IMO, even thinner than for the trashed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a>*.</p><p>Do you know which lawyer (probably funded by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a>, I presume) came up with this stupid idea?<br>//</p><p>*<br><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_state_legislature_theory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indepe</span><span class="invisible">ndent_state_legislature_theory</span></a></p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://historians.social/@vecrumba" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vecrumba</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@kcarruthers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kcarruthers</span></a></span> </p><p>...Everyone has his price.--And some people are up for grabs all the time (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClarenceThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceThomas</span></a>, e.g..)</p><p>This said, Volkris is one of the good ones.</p><p>This shows, how good the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Federalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federalists</span></a> are, unsurprising, though, as a legion of the smartest US lawyers is connected to them some way or other.</p><p>They do have their intellectual nadirs, too, though. :) <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a> was such a non-starter, even for people who are not constitutional lawyers.</p>
libre video archiver<p>Supreme Court Decides AGAINST Ending U.S. Democracy in Moore v. Harper Decision</p><p><a href="https://video.ploud.jp/videos/watch/122cd2cd-8817-4264-8c89-ff052c5ad71a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">video.ploud.jp/videos/watch/12</span><span class="invisible">2cd2cd-8817-4264-8c89-ff052c5ad71a</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>...<br> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IdentityPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IdentityPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndependentStateLegislatureTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentStateLegislatureTheory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InformationOverload" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InformationOverload</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LeonardLeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardLeo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lgbt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBThate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBThate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/M4L" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>M4L</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MikeFlynn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeFlynn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MikePence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikePence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MilePence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilePence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" 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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>... cont'd</p><p>* provision is part of a bill called the “Death Star bill” by its opponents<br>* nullifies host of local regulations that enact additional protections for workers, other things<br>* part addressing construction workers would bar cities & counties from passing new regulations & overturns current regulations that mandate water breaks for certain workers</p><p>* Comment: related to earlier post(s) about State Preemption, other GOP fascist strategies (ISLT ...)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neofascism</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>... cont'd 1/2</p><p>* alarming trend: Republican-led state legislatures increasingly using preemption to prohibit local governments f. enacting progressive policies</p><p>* Comment: one of a number of GOP fascist strategies</p><p>State preemption: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_preemption" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_pr</span><span class="invisible">eemption</span></a><br>Independent state legislature theory (ISLT): <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_state_legislature_theory" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independ</span><span class="invisible">ent_state_legislature_theory</span></a></p><p>* (2023-06-15) Texas Gov. Signs Bill Stripping Power f. Local Officials<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/173676/texas-republicans-overturning-cities-ability-govern" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/173676/te</span><span class="invisible">xas-republicans-overturning-cities-ability-govern</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StatePreemption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StatePreemption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndependentStateLegislatureTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentStateLegislatureTheory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GregAbbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GregAbbott</span></a></p>
ted byfield<p>Also: The <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/J6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>J6</span></a> committee’s criminal referrals will make it harder for the Supremes to endorse that “independent state legislature” rubbish. <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a></p>
Murshed Zaheed<p>"Stephen Miller is arguing to the Supreme Court, in writing, that any state legislature should be able to control the electoral college votes in that state, no matter how the citizens of that state voted for president." <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a></p><p>Yet "Brett Kavanaugh thinks that's perfectly okay to go to a right-wing party, with the right-wing extremist who has a case pending before the Supreme Court." <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://crooksandliars.com/2022/12/odonnell-tears-kavanaugh-partying-right" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crooksandliars.com/2022/12/odo</span><span class="invisible">nnell-tears-kavanaugh-partying-right</span></a></p>
Rick Fernández<p>This lays out in easily accessible terms the danger of the so-called "Independent State Legislature Theory" that was argued at the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> today. Well worth the read to understand what's at risk from those extremists who defend it. <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/12/supreme-court-elections-legislature-trump-north-carolina.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slate.com/news-and-politics/20</span><span class="invisible">22/12/supreme-court-elections-legislature-trump-north-carolina.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ISLT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISLT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a></p>
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