Ya think?..
that is the essence of a fucking mobster.
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It is Republican mobsters that weâre dealing with, from the FOXwood Forest to the NRA Tidal Basin Congress to burger-brained POTUS with his Fifth Avenue highrise laundry.
Itâs the Mob, stupids!
This guy concurs. Any any op-ed that works in the term âgalactically stupidâ has at least one point in its favor.
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They are offering servitude for the masses in addition to shoveling all the countryâs resources upward.
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So why didnât the Court redistrict the Lege while they were at it?
So why donât Republicans have a problem impeaching a president who is being blackmailed by Putin and encouraged him to attack this nation. Attacking gerrymandering pales in comparison.
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Itâs like a guy whoâs upset at being divorced so he stalks his ex-wife. You want to explain to him that even if it feels satisfying in the moment itâs pretty much the exact opposite of moving on with your life in a constructive, positive way.
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I remember that. Never seen such absolute fury; it was like the French Revolution.
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This is the new Republican party - there simply are no rules anymore.
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Donât ever forget the Republicans know they canât win unless they suppress votes or cheat.
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GOPoopers have a tantrum .
This is how __ I __ would handle the situation
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The court should have given them more time to draw a map.
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__ if __ the pa house actually votes to impeach then any citizen or the pa attorney general bring a court case because they have __ clearly __ violated the oath of office.
Because the pa house or senate would not be the right place to hold impeachment proceedings create a __ temporary __ panel of 60 judges from the districts (counties) of pennsylvania courts of common pleas.
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Since this is a partisan (party) issue __ consider __ having 2 more democrats then gop.
Have a federal judge act as the judge for the panel.
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__ if __ the panel __ fires __ them, they are __ automatically __ put on the 2020 ballot however they still have to campaign to get elected.
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How to replace the legislators
Since __ each __ covers a geographic area select a __ randomly __ chosen elected __ democratic (consider it a penalty for breaking the âOath of officeâ) to move up.
could this be what they are really afraid of? I think this needs to happen.
Yeah, I donât see every single one voting to do thisâŚfor many of the reasons mentioned above. Fail!
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Appointing a fresh batch of justices until the next election is problematic.
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What about the impeached judges? Their careers are now over, for political reasons? No pensions? What kind of chilling effect will that have on the court?
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Thereâs no guarantee that the new nominees will be accepted by the PA Senate (if thatâs how it works). Particularly if the nominees are asked whether or not they support the redistricting decision.
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What happens to the appointees at the next election? They run for office against their impeached colleagues?
It doesnât work. Wolf is better off not nominating anyone. Iâm not sure that court would even be able to function at that point.
The only thing that works is taking control of the PA Senate and House asap. Donât know how easy that will be.
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The timing of elections is prescribed in statutes. It takes time to prepare for elections â candidates have to know the districts so they can collect petition signatures, pay the filing fees, even decide which district to run in â clerks have to prepare ballots, program the optical scanners, etc. These things take time. Remember, the date of the primary election is fixed by statute. There was no more time to give them to draw new districts. We saw how they used the time they were given. What makes you think that giving them more time would help? Besides, they created the problem by drawing a blatantly partisan map. I donât see any dire need to give the malfeasors more time to play silly appeals court games. Fix the problem, and fix it NOW. If you donât fix the problem NOW, we will fix the problem without your input.
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Exactly how have the assembly members violated their oath of office? One of the powers granted to them is the power of impeachment. The Pennsylvania Constitution does not lay out detailed guidelines about impeachable offenses (in fact, all it says is, âThe House of Representatives shall hold the sole power of impeachment.â) In a subsequent section about who is liable to impeachment it says, âThe Governor and all other civil officers shall be liable to impeachment for any misbehavior in officeâŚâ Thatâs it. The oath of office is the usual promise to uphold the Constitutions of the United States and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and to ââŚdischarge the duties of my office with fidelity.â I donât see that itâs clear that impeaching the justices violates their oath of office. I think itâs a violation of the oath of office, because it is a failure of that last clause of the oath.
The PA Supreme Court was caught between a rock and a hard place. The map as it stood was unconstitutional, which means that itâs illegitimate and someone has to draw a new map before the next election. They gave the assembly an opportunity to draw a new map, but required that the Governor approve the map. They didnât draw a new map acceptable to anyone but themselves.
Someone had to draw a new map. The assembly wonât draw a new map. I suppose they could have done something really novel like requiring all Congresscritters to be elected at-large until new maps were drawn in 2021, but that would have been a longer reach (IMO) than hiring a demographer from far away to draw a new district map.
The thing I donât understand is why the Congressional map is unconstitutional but the assembly maps are. Itâs pretty clear that the House and Senate are as gerrymandered as the Congressional districts.
When did the guillotine come out in PA? How did I miss that bit of news?
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Well, I donât think that was at issue in this particular case. There is a âbipartisanâ effort currently underway that would require amending the state constitution. This is being considered in the state senate and would face more resistance in the House. I couldnât find any articles on pending court cases.
But the focus should be on a bipartisan-sponsored bill (Senate Bill 22) from Sens. Lisa Boscola (D., Lehigh) and Mario Scavello (R., Monroe).
It, along with a mirror-bill in the House (House Bill 722), sponsored by Rep. Steve Samuelson (D., Northampton) with more than 100 bipartisan co-sponsors, would allow a citizens commission to draw lines for both legislative and congressional districts.
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