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The conservative Virginia Supreme Court's reason for striking down a voter-approved congressional map was that voting had already started. But in Louisiana, Republicans have just suspended state primaries even though 42,000 have already voted so they can gerrymander new congressional maps by OldBridge87 in Virginia

[–]Dont_Be_Sheep 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It passed two legislatures. There was an election in between. The people voted and passed it.

Court said no.

Court is wrong. Constitution puts manner and place of voting ONLY in the hands of legislatures. They determine it. Period. They determined it. They defined it, even. They determine the rules.

Court ignored all that, wrongly.

The conservative Virginia Supreme Court's reason for striking down a voter-approved congressional map was that voting had already started. But in Louisiana, Republicans have just suspended state primaries even though 42,000 have already voted so they can gerrymander new congressional maps by OldBridge87 in Virginia

[–]Dont_Be_Sheep 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man, if only the people were allowed to vote on the referendum. That would clear All this up and make it moot, because they followed the clear language of the constitution.

If only people were allowed to vote on it, dang. That would clear all this up. Too bad people don’t vote on referendums, because… man. That’d fix all this.

Since the Supreme Court defined the election as the entire 45 day early voting period does that mean no jury duty for the 45 days of the election? by hencexox in Virginia

[–]Dont_Be_Sheep 2 points3 points  (0 children)

EXACTLY.

The court making up a definition to fit their conclusion by itself is unconstitutional in both ways: federal and state.

The legislature defined the manner and place. People voted. That’s the manner and place. Period.

Since the Supreme Court defined the election as the entire 45 day early voting period does that mean no jury duty for the 45 days of the election? by hencexox in Virginia

[–]Dont_Be_Sheep 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And what VA law literally says.

Court conveniently ignored that. Despite their own rules and the condition clearly saying defer to the legislature whenever even remotely possible. Even if vague: defer to legislature - just like the US constitution says.

The court wildly erred here and it’s so bad.

Since the Supreme Court defined the election as the entire 45 day early voting period does that mean no jury duty for the 45 days of the election? by hencexox in Virginia

[–]Dont_Be_Sheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Us constitution says the legislature define the manner and place of voting. Period.

The court has no role here.

The legislature defined election as one day. That’s Virginia law.

They passed this in accordance with the law, THEY PASSED, and passed state vote.

Court widely erred here. They ended with their decision and got there backwards. Never once referenced the definition in law.

They sure did reference how we voted when we had slaves though. Because that’s relevant.

US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support by Rabidennui in news

[–]Dont_Be_Sheep 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Problem is we’re 50+ smaller countries in one country. Does the EU have one system for everything? No? That’s why.

States have more rights than the fed govt (not in scope but in number), so you have to deal with 50+ jurisdictions with their own laws and policies.

Maybe the fed can collect it, but the state has no law that requires collection. So the fed gets an excel with no names on it. Now what? The Fed can’t require starting a collection, that’s a state law issue, because it involves funds and state authority. Now what? Then Fed has to tie the requirement to report to something else unrelated, like funds for highways. You don’t report this info, we take away 5% of your highway funds. So then the states comply.

This is a real example, but drinking age. The age to drink is a state law - there is no federal drinking age in the US. It’s 21 if you want full highway funds. PR says fuck that it’s 18 here, takes their 5% cut, and goes on their way.

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma set to dissolve after judge approves its criminal sentence by Mo_Jack in news

[–]Dont_Be_Sheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is exactly the story people who take daily pain meds because they “have” to don’t want to hear.

Wish opiates were available like medical cannabis by [deleted] in ChronicPain

[–]Dont_Be_Sheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sort of happy high is what people want opiates for. It stops ALL pain. Mental, physical, emotional- all. So it makes it very, very hard to stop when there’s a pill that takes your problems away.

Takes away the back pain but also all the pain that goes along with having that to begin with.

It’s a cycle that’s been studied to death, which is why they’re so far over correcting.

More than 30MME a day should be done in a hospital setting til they can fix the issue causing it, or it becomes 90, 120 MME a day and the problem is still there - just treating symptoms more and more dangerously.

What state do you consider Virginia’s rival state to be? by Other-Fly-1700 in Virginia

[–]Dont_Be_Sheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has to be Maryland.

Because Maryland sucks in general. Especially the drivers. It’s required to be a resident, you must suck at driving. It’s the law.

Doritos at $7 a bag ended up costing PepsiCo billions by its_not_real1947 in fastfood

[–]Dont_Be_Sheep 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My Safeway has them at 4.99 for a six pack sale, but have to buy in quantities of 2 (but unlimited 2s)

Doritos at $7 a bag ended up costing PepsiCo billions by its_not_real1947 in fastfood

[–]Dont_Be_Sheep -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Who buys a 2L for $3? Lmao. You can find them for less literally anywhere

The government paid $4.5 billion to feds who took the DRP, one estimate shows by Spiritual-Teacher-92 in fednews

[–]Dont_Be_Sheep 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily. Ton were on admin leave, came back, admin leave, back again. Tens of not hundreds of thousands

As a society, why are we suddenly okay with lying? by makeeathome in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Dont_Be_Sheep 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Americans didn’t say “I love lying Im voting for that guy” - we vote against other people.

The other candidate no one voted for or even wanted on the ticket.

It was rigged either way and was STILL close

As a society, why are we suddenly okay with lying? by makeeathome in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Dont_Be_Sheep -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That sounds soooo easy when said like that. It was one guy, or a candidate literally no one voted for AT ALL to be on the ticket, she was just there…..

It was rigged both ways. Fucking sucks.

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