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Time-U-1 t1_is3ia0h wrote

Reply to comment by Dr_Worm88 in The Philadelphia Inquirer: The Supreme Court just undid a key ruling for counting undated Pennsylvania mail ballots by oldschoolskater

But the persons with the power to change the law (Republicans are in majority in the general assembly) are more interested in seeing it enforced than changed!

I plan to vote straight Democrat to get laws like this one corrected.

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Dr_Worm88 t1_is3lp6y wrote

But that is how our government functions.

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Time-U-1 t1_is3m8ni wrote

Republicans appealed the ruling to the US Supreme Court. They didn’t have to do that. They chose to enforce an unfair law.

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Dr_Worm88 t1_is3mxg2 wrote

They chose to enforce laws as they are written. This isn’t how you correct an unjust law.

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Time-U-1 t1_is3pci1 wrote

They chose to enforce an unjust law instead of change it. Period.

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Dr_Worm88 t1_is3pkht wrote

Correct. But they aren’t under any obligation by their constituents to do so. You can’t just change laws without following the proper procedures.

It creates a very dangerous precedence.

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Time-U-1 t1_is3skpa wrote

So if their constituents were of a higher integrity, and demanded the change on moral grounds (since no one is arguing that the law is rooted in any basis of common good), Republicans would then (and only then)have reason to change the unjust law?

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Dr_Worm88 t1_is3xlhv wrote

I’m saying if you piss of your constituents you face losing re-election. That’s what drives most politicians.

Arguably a conservative going against this risks upsetting their base and losing votes.

Not sure why this seems weird it’s the root of politics.

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Time-U-1 t1_is40wbn wrote

I understand what you are saying. I just find it sad that common decency isn’t a value amongst Republicans. You would know better than I.

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Dr_Worm88 t1_is40y8c wrote

Why would I know better than you?

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Time-U-1 t1_is41dbs wrote

Since you are a constituent of these Republican lawmakers.

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Dr_Worm88 t1_is41jn5 wrote

Damn. Here I thought we had made real progress in your ability to not make baseless assumptions.

You know nothing of me or how I vote.

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Time-U-1 t1_is58mzn wrote

Cool. Cool.

So you are planning to vote against all Republicans members of the general assembly?

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Dr_Worm88 t1_is5903n wrote

Already voted. I also don’t party vote or vote against a candidate. I evaluate each one and determine how they would best represent me and vote accordingly.

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Time-U-1 t1_is5znzk wrote

You are hilarious. I will continue to assume that you are voting for Republicans in our general assembly even though you know that they are acting unjustly, and unpatriotically. How sad.

But go ahead and clutch your pearls about my making assumptions.

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Dr_Worm88 t1_is69oo1 wrote

Conclude all you want. You have nothing to support it and it matters not to me. The best part is you are just running on emotions at this point and no logic, not a good look.

I already voted so now it’s just time to wait and see how things go.

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Time-U-1 t1_is6fr76 wrote

One question. Why would you trust the Republicans to improve our economy when it’s in their interest to trash it while Biden is in office?

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Dr_Worm88 t1_is6g803 wrote

It doesn’t take trust. Just look historically. They bungle the economy pretty much every time they are in power.

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