He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.Oh? The King put himself above the law, and ignored large swaths of the country? Sounds like an Orange Blob that we know well in 2024.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.Ignoring the results of elections? Limiting immigration for political purposes? That tracks. Oh, and here's the Project 2025/Crooked SCOTUS part of our country's Declaration!
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
This is what makes it all the more ridiculous when you see MAGAts call back to the Founding Fathers as a shield for their "reasoning". Because in 1776, the MAGAs would be working for the British Crown, to put those liberals to heel, and ignore the desires of everyday people in favor of an elite few who impose the rules onto everyone else. In response to what was going on, America's political leaders stepped to the forefront in the Summer of 1776 to lead with action against those arrogant tyrants. We now need political leaders to be fighting the bad guys every bit as hard now as they did 248 years ago, instead of laying back and hoping the people do their job for them at the ballot box in November. Dems need to rise to the challenge over the next 4 months, or else I'm not sure we make it to 250 intact. As another Madison native well-put it.Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be" https://t.co/ndMJlNlUKH
— Media Matters (@mmfa) July 3, 2024
So, Happy 4th? Well, at least most of us don't have to work today, right?Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the Tory majority, declared “the nature of presidential power entitles a former president to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive & preclusive constitutional authority.”
— John Nichols (@NicholsUprising) July 4, 2024
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Let’s face it. The rich and powerful have always—ALWAYS—been above the law. They’re just finally dropping the veil of BS that they’ve been throwing out there for 250 years. When people say that Nixon didn’t get away with his shenanigans, I point out that yes, actually he did. He voluntarily resigned, was pardoned, and then treated as an elder statesman for the rest of his life.
ReplyDeleteI guess I should look at the bright side. If the voters of this country really are stupid enough to re-elect Trump, we deserve everything we get. I will finally stop worrying and obsessing and caring about our future as a nation. I will care about my family and nothing more.
Happy Fourth, Jake.
Minnesconsin Tom
And a Happy Belated Fourth to you as well, Tom. While I agree that if this country is stupid enough to vote that fool Trump back into office, it may not be worth saving, I also think giving up gives the fascists what they want.
ReplyDeleteBiden said some good stuff here in Madison today, but he still needs to hitting harder against SCOTUS and Project 2025, and this country badly needs its leaders to step up against tyranny and monarchy like they did in 1776.