Posted on 05/15/2018 6:32:45 AM PDT by cll
Harlan also wrote the masterful dissent in Plessy. The Insular Cases are suspect at best, gross judicial activist malpractice at worst.
Civil law is the cornerstone of Louisiana’s legal system. Puerto Rico is not unique and the systems are not incompatible.
Evidently the Uniparty needs to step up thier game. They are still not a state, admission to the Union is a Congressional decision, and it’s not currently on their agenda.
cll, you’ll have better luck arguing with a brick wall than these two.
PR is full of over four million American citizens, many with whom I served with over my 32 years I the Army. But evidently we are supposed the believe the island is full of irredeemable socialists who should be unceremoniously thrown out the door.
Neither PR. California, nor Hawaii should be chucked out of the nation. We should go in there and fight for conservative principles and not surrender one square inch of soil, just because some folks think it is too hard.
cll, you’ll have better luck arguing with a brick wall than these two.
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Misconstrue much? That we recognize the FACT that Puerto Rica, as a state, would send a never ending stream of ‘RAT Senators to the US Senate does NOT mean that we think that all Puerto Rican’s are “irredeemable socialists” and I’m pretty sure you know it.
What’s next from you...claims that Americans who oppose Puerto Rican statehood are racists and boricuaphobes?
The superiority of Common Law is so seld-evident as to be unarguable.
Nations with British lega ltraditions are far more successful than ones with French traditions, and the Spanish Civil Law nations are abysmal.
Louisiana is unique, and has had 200 years to conform with Common Law- which it mostly does. PR can’t wait 200 years.
I neither know, nor care about your motivations. You assert as fact, “never ending stream of’RAT Senators” something that has not occurred. Indeed, Puerto Rico has elected to Commonwealth-wide office Republican affiliated officials.
I see no reason to surrender Puerto Rico to leftists. (Nor California, New York, etc...) Not in a world where Minnesota, the same state that Ronald Reagan could not win, was only 30,000 votes from giving its electors to Mr. Trump. Politics is dynamic, not static.
I would point out the Puerto Rico has worked within the U.S. legal system since 1898. Over 120 years and counting.
Puerto Ricans can move to any state in the union if they wish to vote in Presidential elections.
One of the concerns is how this may alter the voting landscape within the state. Puerto Ricans have long been a traditional-leaning demographic. In the last presidential primary, 58,000 voted Democratic 37,000 Republican. But in deeper analysis, it may not be an automatic gain for Dems.
Two factors could tamp down the party-line impact. Many of those counties with the largest influx are already traditional Democratic strongholds. The tendency to flip offices may not fully materialize. Additionally, a fair number of Puerto Ricans have shown a tendency in recent years to move to an independent position following their move.
The reasons for that are unclear (seeing their government and economy struggle in recent years under Democrat rule may be one influence), but the net gain is still in question. Note how those moving here in the years prior to the storm have not altered the political landscape in demonstrable fashion. Republicans are still in power in Tallahassee, and the prior influx did not prevent Donald Trump from taking Florida in the general election. That independent tendency of new voters can be seen as an opportunity to court a new voting block by State GOP leadership.
http://sunshinestatenews.com/story/cell-phone-data-measures-impact-puerto-rico%E2%80%99s-hurricane-exodus-florida
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