Republicans Wage War on the Rule of Law

Republicans systematically downplaying the severity of Jan 6. One might be forgiven to suspect that it was a huge embarrassment to the party.

Particularly ripe nugget: Ratt Gaetz spearheading an effort to censure Bennie Thompson of the select committee on Jan 6, essentially for demonstrating that Jan 6 was a deliberate and coordinated assault on our government by Repug loyalists.

What ever happened to the federal investigation of Trump's fake elector scheme?

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Rachel Maddow revisits what was learned about Donald Trump's fake elector scheme in the wake of his defeat in the 2020 election and the January 6 riot, and shares details of new reporting from The Washington Post about why the FBI was so slow to investigate that aspect of Trump's effort to subvert the election.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/06/samuel-alito-clarence-thomas-supreme-court-ethics.html

what kind of a fucking supreme court do we have when a drunken frat boy date rapist and the inspiration for the hand maiden's tale are the good guys?

Culture warriors in Montana get slammed by district judge — and are left holding the bill for their shenanigans!

cannabineer said:

Culture warriors in Montana get slammed by district judge — and are left holding the bill for their shenanigans!

Birth certificate rule is unconstitutional, judge holds state in contempt, liable for entire suit • Daily Montanan

Judge Michael Moses declares Senate Bill 280 unconstitutional and holds the State of Montana in contempt for not following the orders of the court and the state's Supreme Court.

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The tack in Montana is for the Republican supermajority to attack the judiciary. Since the judiciary upholds current law, and the reactionary legislature doesn't like law when it doesn't favor them, they are working on the underpinnings.

GenericEnigma said:

The tack in Montana is for the Republican supermajority to attack the judiciary. Since the judiciary upholds current law, and the reactionary legislature doesn't like law when it doesn't favor them, they are working on the underpinnings.

Bill that would change how Montana supreme court justices are elected is lacking needed support

House Bill 915 would make it so the governor appoints Montana supreme court justices for eight-year terms with prospective appointees needing approval from the Senate.

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"If democracy gets in the way of what Montana's GOP legislators want to do, then democracy in Montana has to go. "

This is what Republicans mean when they say the US is a republic and not a democracy.

GenericEnigma said:

The tack in Montana is for the Republican supermajority to attack the judiciary. Since the judiciary upholds current law, and the reactionary legislature doesn't like law when it doesn't favor them, they are working on the underpinnings.

Bill that would change how Montana supreme court justices are elected is lacking needed support

House Bill 915 would make it so the governor appoints Montana supreme court justices for eight-year terms with prospective appointees needing approval from the Senate.

www.ktvq.com

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I looked for an article on the impetus for this legislation (you, I and the chickens know dominionists are at the root of this) but the new destructive reformatting of Google for iPhone frustrated the search.

cannabineer said:

I looked for an article on the impetus for this legislation (you, I and the chickens know dominionists are at the root of this) but the new destructive reformatting of Google for iPhone frustrated the search.

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It's really about power. It's been a running dispute for a while. I am not sure what really started it, but I think it was a GOP plan from the beginning to attack abortion rights. So, yes, dominionists.

This one explains partway through the article:
Then there are the typical GOP fights against democracy and rule of law: