Arizona AG threatens Mike Johnson with legal action for not swearing in Adelita Grijalva

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/14/kris-mayes-mike-johnson-swear-in-adelita-grijalva/86694021007/

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Hubbubbub@fedia.io · 45 pts · 316d (1 reply)

Rules for me, not for thee

azimir@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 315d

That's conservatism in it's purest sense. "The law should protect, but not bind, the in-group while the law binds, but does not protect, the out-group."

Authoritarians (The Authoritarians book) does a phenomenal job digging into these kinds of mentalities. It completely predicted where we're at, and did it using decades of research up to when it was published in 2007.

Looking back, his research was spot on for what was coming next in the US.

Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 22 pts · 315d (6 replies)

I think we should start publicly dunking on Obama for normalizing bending the knee to these shit stain people when he gave up a perfectly non biased SC seat.

We let that run it's course, then we start going after people that matter. Or start with them, idk I'm just fucking over everyone saying "oooooopsies, Nazis, nuttteeeen we can dooooo"

This shit is getting pathetic.

prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 23 pts · 315d

Yeah dude let's focus on the guy who hasn't been president for a decade!

SGGeorwell@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 315d

On the other hand, it would have been Merrick fucking Garland, the most ineffective and incompetent lawyer ever to practice law. We might have lost the republic either way.

baronvonj@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 315d

when he gave up a perfectly non biased SC seat.

Please provide citations for any legal method Obama had at his disposal to force the Senate to hold a vote on his nomination.

kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 315d (1 reply)

I think we should start publicly dunking on Obama

For what purpose? Especially when even you say he doesn't matter.

then we start going after people that matter.

Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 315d

So they stop trying to throw their shit takes at us through him

PeacefulForest@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 315d
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