He’s shown the opposite. He can do what he wants because his party controls both Congress and the Supreme Court. You’d have to reverse that entirely. Basically if you control all three branches of government you can do what you want, but you also need all 3 to make reforms too.
Flipping the Supreme Court alone could take decades
Right that’s the issue. Only 56% support stricter gun laws, but that could mean anything from background checks to semiautomatic weapons bans. However that 56% is not evenly spread. “Blue” states will have higher support and “Red” states typically have lower support. The issue is a state like California that has the highest population gets the same representation in the Senate as the smallest state Wyoming. Both California Senators can support a ban and both Wyoming senators can not support a ban. So just like that a state of 300,000 people negates a state with 40 million people. That’s a big flaw in the Senate.
But even with 80% support the Supreme Court could strike it down. Meaning either 2/3rds of congress or 2/3rds of states have to support changing the constitution. But if that 80% isn’t evenly distributed then senators from smaller states could block the whole thing.
It’s a terrible system that fights progress
This is a fundamental misunderstanding of the American system of government. Unfortunately due to the flaws in our constitution it’s functionally impossible.
You’d have to get the majority of Americans to support reform. Which will be hard, but not impossible. Now you can try to make it a law. If the Supreme Court rejects that law based on the constitution then you have to wait. The movement would have to continue for decades waiting for Supreme Court justices to die or retire until newly appointed judges that support the law are appointed. This is a long time for a movement to sustain power. Alternatively you can have 2/3rds of congress or 2/3rds of states make an amendment to the constitution. That would be nearly impossible.
This system is actually what makes Trump so dangerous right now. He basically controls Congress and the Supreme Court giving him a blank check to violate the law.
Talk about a flawed system
Unfortunately that could only happen by a full dissolution of the government by force or 2/3rds of states agreeing to a constitutional convention followed by the ratification proccess.
Option 1 is likely a brutal, bloody, and global war. Option two probably will never happen. It’s a pretty broken system
That’s because Republicans have stacked the Supreme Court in their favor. They also control the means to remove the president.
Basically everything that has empowered Trump also works to empower true gun reform from ever occurring.
Any president that tried would not get it through congress. If they tried illegally they would be removed. You might wonder why, and the simple answer is congress. Republicans will not vote for total gun restrictions, that’s part of their brand. Many democrats also can’t vote for it if they want to retain their seats. A good example is the state of Georgia, it’s 2 senators are currently democrats, but the state had leaned heavily republican form years. They barely held their seats. Georgia is also extremely pro-gun and has more relaxed laws than even Florida. If these senators voted for sweeping bans they will lose their seats next cycle. That’s not a question but a garuntee. They would likely be promptly replaced.
This current political situation would take decades to change.
Unfortunately that’s not going to be easy. It’s basically political suicide for any party that tries, but additionally would require reworking the constitution. Due to the document’s flaws you would need 2/3rds of states or 2/3rds of Congress.
Functionally it’s impossible due both to the average American voter and the constitution.
Only true if America begins performing military raids on Canada and eating their babies.
Chimpanzees are brutal
American unions are also paid through wages. Maybe a bit less than a full 1% though.
Unfortunately if you are a non-union worker and you strike you can and will be fired
I know people thag commute 30+ miles a day. Don’t know if an e-bike will fix that.
Agree, killing to survive is evil, but it’s something that humans have done for centuries. In the case of vampires they have to to survive. No one wants to die. Still bad though.
Megacorps kill people to make their shareholders more wealthy. They could just not and still be wealthy, but they want more. That’s just pure unnecessary greed and way more evil
They should make a national treasure movie about this
They’re doing the same to the NPS offices as well. Pretty much the entire science wings of the regional offices have been cut down significantly.
I know many don’t understand why there are 6 biologists stationed at a regional office, but many parks only have 1-3 on staff with the smallest parks having none. Being able to send a team of 6 to parks a few weeks at a time to do projects is way more efficient than hiring full staffs at the parks.
Unfortunately they are not even hiring these positions at parks, just leaving them unfilled and duties uncompleted. It’s bad
I mean i haven’t seen you start the armed insurrection yet
I’ve never had a utility bill under $100, but honestly good for you for keeping your costs so low
Depends on state.
In California it costs $1,000
In Georgia it costs $80
So main issue with this comment is the UK system allows for more than 2 choices.
It’s only natural, look it’s what our closest living relatives do. It’s in our dna