• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Oddly enough, in a way, he’s right.

    Democrats’ response to Roe repeal news was to fundraise. They pulled in a cool $80,000,000.

    Democrats are never going to codify Roe because it’s just too lucrative an issue. It’s the same reason why Republicans will make sure we always have a so-called border crisis.

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      6 months ago

      Codifying Roe would be pointless when SCOTUS has said it’s a state’s rights issue

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        It’s pointless because it’s their golden goose. It’s only a states-rights issue because it was never legislated at the federal level, even when the Dems had a supermajority.

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          I’m not following. The process to amend the constitution is far more complicated than passing a federal law. SCOTUS effectively blocked any federal law in their ruling that said it is a states’ rights issue. A federal law would not have changed that

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            The process to amend the constitution is far more complicated than passing a federal law. SCOTUS effectively blocked any federal law in their ruling that said it is a states’ rights issue.

            You’re right, Jeff.

            It’s just too hard to do. We shouldn’t expect better. How silly of me to think Democrats might do what they promise one day.