volkris @volkris@qoto.org

@stevevladeck.bsky.social my sense is that your argument starts with an apples vs oranges comparison and then builds on it with confusion as to why anyone would notice and find that kind of weak.

The Trump admin is doing things that are unprecedented in recent times, so it's not that unexpected to see the Court reacting in ways that are themselves unusual.

Before defending what the court is *doing* I'd start with challenging the question itself for the apples and oranges comparison that proposes misbehavior in the first place.

@OldSquida2 No, that's not how that works.

The advancement of public good is a negotiation between Congress, which has to give permission, and the executive, who has to actually implement policy with permission of Congress.

The Democratic representation in Congress remains a vital, vital element of the US government even as the president heads the executive branch.

So that statement is absolutely wrong. It absolutely misunderstands how the US government works.

@tamahagane

Really, if they lied to Congress, the main response to that should be looking for impeachment and removal from office, not prosecution.

That's the tool that Congress has to deal with misbehaving officials.

Don't look to the executive branch to police executive branch officials. That's a conflict of interest. And that is exactly why the legislative branch has the power of impeachment.

Say it loud, if you think these people lied to Congress then we need to hold our congresspeople accountable for responding with the impeachment tool that they have.

And if they don't, hold them accountable for not, and stop re-electing these people.

@lain I hear the album is really good but the way they edited it into the movie was very badly done.

(I take it I'm not spoiling anything with that based on how you phrased your post)

@ginaintheburg I was hoping to find someone interested in discovering what's happening in the country, and looking for solutions to the problems that we all face, but you've already shown that you're not interested in that either.

So, I don't mind matching insult with insult. Yay social media!

@everton137 you have to ask the people running the instance deciding on the block.

It's completely up to their personal opinions, and they don't have to tell you why they put up the block. But maybe if you ask they'll let you know.

@ginaintheburg so, like, you don't think people vote for representatives? Do you think United States doesn't hold elections? Do you think all elections are rigged in the US?

Do you believe the entire US government to be the result of some Grand conspiracy, installed without legitimacy?

Honestly, if you are going to go that far to say completely, then you might as well give up trying to change anything because at that point there is no real government to address at all.

@rootwoman123

The answer is by by not caving into that kind of nonsense around how all of this works.

There is so much misinformation about the Supreme Court out there, and about how the judicial system of the US works in general, and this kind of article doesn't help clarify the situation to people.

It doesn't matter what the federal judges think, if they don't understand what's going on then they're not really fit for office and that's a different problem.

But they do have to obey the decisions higher up in the chain.

It's like an employee that doesn't understand the manager, well maybe that employee isn't really fit for the job, but regardless, they still have to obey their boss or they should quit.

@aka_quant_noir

One problem is that this basically undermines one of the three branches of federal government, rolling the Supreme Court into the legislative branch, and allowing a ton of misbehavior from that branch to oversee its own behaviors.

It allows the legislative branch to pass unconstitutional laws by setting up the appeals courts to elect Supreme Court Justices that it favors.

It sets up a conflict of interests and undermines checks and balances in exactly the sort of way that the US government structure was avoiding.

@ChrisMayLA6 The problem is, there's no way to make sure the people don't have guns.

Literally, that is not an option. It doesn't even matter how lawmakers May vote, or what presidents may do, or whatever hopes and prayers people may have about people not having guns. That ship has sailed, people do and will have guns.

So given that reality, the question is what do we do from here?

People will have guns. We have to start from that fact.

@ginaintheburg

Well, where?

@zalasur If that was true he wouldn't be pushing to get government reopen...

@Crystal_Fish_Caves It's because his brain has turned to mush.

His heart might still be pumping blood up to that brain, but that brain has sunk into senility.

@CharlieMcHenry The international news came out hours before Trump's announcement.

Even if this person was trading based around that event, it was foreseeable using public information.

@ginaintheburg and yet the point remains that Trump doesn't get a vote.

Firstly, it's not true that Trump backed candidates are such a luck. The guy is quite a loser.

But more importantly, the only way a challenger will win is because the voters want the other guy. And so this is, in the end, representatives representing their constituents, not Trump.

And that's critical.

That's how the legislative branch works. They answer to their voters, not to Trump. If their voters would replace them for voting a certain way, well, they're right to listen to that under our representative system.

It's still between representatives and the voters who empower the representatives to represent them.

@someguy Republicans voted to keep government open.

Democrats voted to block the funding legislation from coming up for final passage.

It's all right there in the voting roles, and if those Democratic politicians think it's for the best that's fine, but they need to own their votes.