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That's halfway true. Having it be a matter of federal law instead of a federal court case is a major improvement, however the emphasis there is "instead of". If this law was passed right now, it would be both, which in practical terms is worse because I think it makes getting rid of the...

Possibly, but in the long run it's unlikely a law like this will pass muster. It snuck through via procedural loopholes and edge cases that prevented it from being shot down preemptively, but there's no way it survives on the books for long.

That's not quite accurate, the traditional objection is "I don't want my tax dollars to be used to fund something I find morally abhorrent", rather than people just being tightwads. And it's only going to get worse when the SC shoots down Roe. The left has relied on Roe as a fiat justification...

Hopefully this SC decision is just the first hint of what's coming. The SC has been directly challenged to reverse Roe and Casey in one of thier upcoming cases, and it's more than warranted. National Review had an article covering this, that highlighted a particular issue that's come up with...

Suicide by cop would be the most obvious reason. The next most obvious reason is, of course, an atenpt to kill Sarah Conner.

Not particularly bad. In general it's outrageously hypocritical, but if outrageous hypocrisy bothered voters than most current lawmakers would have been thrown out of office years ago. If you mean the pro tempore thing, It doesn't do much, the position itself isn't very powerful so the dems...

Texas does have a filibuster, and I'd agree that democrats fleeing states because they're in the minority while decrying Republicans blocking national legislation the razor thin democrat majority wants is disgustingly hypocritical. However, I'm not solid on the fundamentals legitimately of...

Yeah, fleeing the state to block a quorum is beyond scummy. Sometimes, you lose elections. Sometimes, you even lose elections to the point that existing mechanisms that shield political minorities don't work, because you lost the election that badly. Tough. That's how democracy works, sometimes...