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The 10th amendment to the US Constitution says the following.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
When Obama or Biden is in office Democrats seem to believe in a strong federal government. States that oppose the power of the feds over their state's rights are Neo-confederate racists. But something magical occurs when the Democrats lose power. The suddenly discover states rights! This is playing out all over again. Its fun to watch these clowns expose their hypocrisy.
Gavin Newsom is "Trump proofing" California he says. He's also changing his tune on many other issues but that's another topic(in his preparation to run for President in 2028).
The Republicans play the same game. When they hold power many of that party want a nation ban on whatever. They suddenly don't care about the 10th amendment.
If you can't see this hypocrisy in both sides you might need to unplug from the Matrix for a while. Its interesting to me that after over ten years of not being on either side how blind partisans seem to be about reality.
When you don't have underlying principles, it's very easy to be swayed by appealing rhetorical justifications for things.
Even when you do have underlying principles, it's not always easy to avoid such swaying.
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naturally.
"Am I championing getting rid of the filibuster now when the [GOP] has the trifecta? No," Jayapal said, according to HuffPost reporter Jennifer Bendery. "But had we had the trifecta, I would have been." Give her some points for honesty, I guess.
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Deontological vs Consequentialist ethics at work
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Deontological vs Consequentialist ethics at work
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Naturally.
As a naive young man I was a true believer in one side. As I started to see their hypocrisy and inconsistencies.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @senf 19h
I just wish the filibuster had to actually happen. Make it a painful process so it's only used when absolutely needed.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @jgbtc 16h
I definitely like the Democrats better when they're the opposition party.
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Yep, that at least pretend to care about a few important things.
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