not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoCommon Elon Llemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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Them trying to buy Judges indicates that Judiciary still holds power in the US at least to some extent
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 days agoIncluding Wisconsin. It’s been the law for over a decade. This just put it in the construction, for some damn fool reason. ETA: Interesting story. We had a whistleblower testify in court that the legislators who created the law intended for it to suppress voter turnout.
minus-squaredrthunder@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoOne of our congresspeople (iirc) bragged about it suppressing enough votes to give the state to Trump in 2016 too.
Including Wisconsin. It’s been the law for over a decade. This just put it in the construction, for some damn fool reason.
ETA: Interesting story. We had a whistleblower testify in court that the legislators who created the law intended for it to suppress voter turnout.
One of our congresspeople (iirc) bragged about it suppressing enough votes to give the state to Trump in 2016 too.