Posted on 08/19/2022 1:22:25 PM PDT by cdnerds
North Carolina’s Supreme Court has made one of the most insane judicial decisions in the nation’s history, and that’s absolutely not hyperbole.
In what can only be described as a full-scale judicial coup, the Democrat-controlled body has ruled that the North Carolina General Assembly is illegitimate and can not enact amendments to the state’s constitution. Their reasoning? That the state’s legislature is “gerrymandered.”
How many NCers are afflicted wieth donkeypox? (The compulsion to vote for idiots)
As the US grew and industrialized in the early 19th century, large distortions appeared among the population sizes of some state electoral districts. In 1840, Rhode Island still governed itself under the 1663 English Charter of government in which towns and rural areas shared legislative power. What was a fairly equal distribution of voters (white, landowning) in the mid-17th century was very one-sided by the 19th century as European immigrants and the native population swelled the factory towns.
Despite popular demands for redistricting, the rural elites in power refused. Thomas Wilson Dorr led efforts to form an extra-governmental convention to draw a new state constitution. Dual elections were held. Violence broke out. The Charter government governor declared martial law. As the Dorr Rebellion wound down in the face of superior power, President John Tyler decided not to send federal troops.
Martin Luther, a Dorrite revolutionary, was subsequently arrested by Luther Borden, a state official. At his trial, Luther argued that the 1663 Charter form was not republican, and scotus was responsible to enforce the guarantee of republican government in Article IV § 4 of the federal Constitution. No dice. In Luther v. Borden (1849), scotus found the “republican form of government” clause was not justiciable.
Imagine that. Scotus recognized its proper limits and left politics to politicians and the people. Despite the violence, Rhode Islanders had to work out their differences on their own. It wasn’t up to the scotus to determine the composition of republican government nor to solve political disputes.3
but if they declare the North Carolina General Assembly is illegitimate who will impeach them ,LOL
Can’t a Judge or SCOTUS put a quick halt to this Bea Ess????
The lawless Stalinazi judiciary must be forcefully removed from power immediately.
Who’s the governor? Let the exec branch singly decide to stop paying the judicial branch.
The NC State Constitution does not grant Supreme Court the power to delegitimize the NC legislature.
The NC Supreme Court’s declaring the legislature illegitimate does not remove the legislature’s ability to impeach the NC Supreme Court.
USSC has no jurisdiction. It’s a NC issue alone.
That’s a big step toward civil war
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A big step in making the nation ungovernable. One of their prime goals. Civil war will just speed up the process.
the supreme court will slap down these idiots and other very soon.You might have to eat those words.
Correct. Unless the NC Supreme Court's ruling runs afoul of the US Constitution. Never judge a court ruling (entirely) by the press reports, but I don't see a federal question in this matter.
What is the democracy!
That is actually better than what I dictated to Apple. I dictated but this is democracy!
Yes there is a case pending now before SCOTUS
October is soonest they’d even begin to consider this.
Voters had the opportunity to throw out the Democrat bum Governor two years ago. They didn’t.
Constitutional Crises are the craze these days.
It's not forbidden in the US Constitution, and not to avoid offending Gerry who was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention (but refused to sign the final document)--his name was not associated with the practice yet.
So now North Carolina is officially ruled by judges.
Citizens have no clue and deserve to be ruled by judges.
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