Republicans Around The Country Are On A Law breaking Rampage

[Ptarmigan]

Republicans Around The Country Are On A Law breaking Rampage
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023209923

babylonsister (144,561 posts)

Republicans Around The Country Are On A Law breaking Rampage
http://www.politicususa.com/2013/07/09/republicans-country-law-breaking-rampage.html

Republicans Around The Country Are On A Law breaking Rampage

By: Rmuse
Jul. 9th, 2013



The concept of law lacks a universally accepted definition, but it is safe to say that in the construct of society it is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior and maintain order. Obviously there are members of any society that find fault with specific laws for a variety of reasons, but because laws are for the common good, most people are inclined to follow them as responsible citizens; unless they are conservatives and specifically Republicans. The past four-and-a-half years have demonstrated that Republicans have no respect for the law on myriad levels, and it is in part based on the premise they are destined by god to rule America, and in part because they believe they are fundamentally above the law like common criminals. It is not a new development for Republicans, and conservatives in general, to disregard laws that are contrary to their ideological bent they have spent decades ignoring, circumventing, and blatantly subverting to impose their despotic ideology and rule America.

There is a definite pattern among Republicans of finding some means to ignore, break, and subvert laws by spending millions of dollars to fear-monger, pose legal challenges, change terminology, or insert unrelated, and constitutionally aberrant items into legislation unrelated to their original intent. Unsurprisingly, many laws Republicans undermine have been settled time and again in the courts, and yet they blatantly violate even decades-old Supreme Court rulings with impunity. Even though Republicans’ practice of undermining the law has been going on for decades, they ramped up their efforts since Barack Obama has been President to take advantage of racial animus permeating American society. What makes their efforts all the more despicable is that nearly all the laws of the land they are undermining or violating have little to no effect on their existence or rights as Americans; it is all about control.

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The list of laws, regulations, Supreme Court rulings, and Constitutional rights Republicans and conservatives circumvent, subvert, and violate is endless, but it demonstrates one simple premise; they believe they are not beholden to follow the law of the land under any circumstance. They specifically target laws that guarantee Americans the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness and no group is immune from their blatant disregard for the law save their precious corporations, the rich, and the fanatically religious. They have ratcheted up their assault on legally passed legislation since extremist teabaggers helped them gain control of state legislatures and the House of Representatives in the 2010 midterm elections, but they began their crusade 80 years ago with the New Deal and escalated their assault on regulations thirty years ago when a b-movie actor became president.

The level of Republican abhorrence for the law has reached a point that government is at a standstill and it is exactly what they have worked for during the past four years. Republicans in Congress and states have made eliminating laws protecting the people their prime objective and no demographic has been left untouched by their crusade to erase regulations off the books while passing laws restricting democracy and personal liberty. America is alleged to be a nation of laws to maintain order and protect the rights of all the people, but when one party’s primary goal is destroying the laws, the result will either be government by dictatorial fiat, or open anarchy and it is apparent that Republicans are working diligently to establish either one.

ladjf (13,255 posts)
1. This is an accurate description of what the Republicans, right wingers and Dominionists are up

to. What is the best way to stop them?

yourout (6,177 posts)
2. Why not.....they know the DOJ will not prosecute them.

Scurrilous (25,076 posts)
3. K & R

Uh, its moonbats that are breaking the law. 

[Chris_]

The list of laws, regulations, Supreme Court rulings, and Constitutional rights Republicans and conservatives circumvent, subvert, and violate is endless.

Name one.

[Skul]

Where are the examples? I want examples.
I can state without any doubt that the OP is an absolute idiot, then point to this as an example.

[diesel driver]

Where are the examples? I want examples.
I can state without any doubt that the OP is an absolute idiot, then point to this as an example.

I don't know which is more stupid.

That the DUmbasses BELIEVE this bullshit, or

that the DUmbasses SAID this bullshit.

But, when you have the mind of a 3 year old...

[Chris_]

I don't know which is more stupid.

That the DUmbasses BELIEVE this bullshit, or

that the DUmbasses SAID this bullshit.

But, when you have the mind of a 3 year old...

It's like a self-fulfilling prophecy.  One DUmmy will say something and another will repeat it as gospel in another thread and it snowballs from there.  Rinse and repeat, and you get statements like "Bill Clinton was impeached for a blowjob".

[jukin]

YEAH, SURE.

I remember some lawless president recently deciding to enforce some but not all of his signature law. That was last week. This week this same president didn't enforce more of that law. I fully expect nest week....well you get it. Almost forgot about ignoring legislation about border security and the Fourth Amendment. Let's not forget about Fast & Furious illegal gun running to kill Mexican citizens and American ones as well. Wait what about targeting CERTAIN citizens with Taxes. I could literally spend an hour racking up how 0bama has made our nation one of men and not laws but we all know this.

What about the DOiJ under Eric the Red? Black Panthers, John Corzine,....

There is a rampage of law breaking but it sure ain't happening from the republican party. It is coming from the 0bamam regime.

[98ZJUSMC]

Amazing.  In the middle of the most law disregarding, legally indifferent administration in our nations' history, they come with this clunking piece of weapons-grade projection.

Time to feed the crazies, I guess.

Yeah, please name the specific laws that have been broken.  Yeeesh.....

But, when you have the mind of a 3 year old...

You would think that there would come a time when even these (D)U-bees recognize that.

Nope.

What about the DOiJ under Eric the Red? Black Panthers, John Corzine,....

Yeah, like they wouldn't be falling all over themselves to prosecute ANYTHING illegal done by a Republican.  It would be a breathless, 24/7 witch hunt for months on end.

ladjf (13,255 posts)
1. This is an accurate description of what the Republicans, right wingers and Dominionists are up to. What is the best way to stop them?

First, you have to name the offence.  Can you? No.

The list of laws, regulations, Supreme Court rulings, and Constitutional rights Republicans and conservatives circumvent, subvert, and violate is endless

Well.  We're waiting.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

From the linked article:

For example, the Supreme Court ruled forty years ago that it is a woman’s Constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy up until the time a fetus is viable outside the womb, and for forty years Republicans and the religious right have used every means possible to violate the Court’s ruling. In just the past two weeks, Republicans redefined pregnancy with a personhood law in Ohio’s budget, inserted abortion bans into anti-Sharia legislation in North Carolina, devised disgraceful means to prevent physicians from having access to medical facilities in Texas, and mandated forced transvaginal ultrasounds to dissuade women for exercising their Constitutional rights. The Roe v. Wade decision has no impact on any woman, or man, who is not making a personal reproductive health choice, but Republicans are violating the law with impunity to force their ideology on every woman in America.

Conservative groups could not comport a campaign law requiring them to reveal their donors, so they illegally used social welfare designation to conceal dark money in campaigns, and to circumvent the law they committed perjury and then had the temerity to complain when the IRS followed the letter of the law governing tax exempt organizations. Religious tax-exempt organizations cannot tolerate a law that prohibits them from campaigning from the pulpit and still keep their tax-exempt status, so they videotape themselves violating the law daring the IRS to revoke their tax-exempt status. Their goal is overturning the Separation Clause in the Constitution’s First Amendment they have been violating for the past three decades.

There have been myriad court rulings prohibiting public schools from teaching the bible’s Genesis story as science because it is religious dogma that violates the first Amendment, and yet in nearly every state in the Union religious groups, school districts, and evangelicals violate the Constitution and teach creationism by renaming it, citing academic freedom, and in many cases encouraging teachers to violate the Separation Clause. It is another case of long-established Constitutional law conservatives refuse to abide under any circumstances, and it puts them in the same class as any other criminal who believes the law does not apply to them.

I'll dissect this histrionic bilge later unless someone else wants to take a swing at it.

[miskie]

"the Supreme Court ruled forty years ago that it is a woman’s Constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy up until the time a fetus is viable outside the womb"

Science is making that number smaller all the time. Currently 'the limit of viability' is 24 weeks. (The limit of viability is defined as 50% chance of survival) 

However, most of you probortionists don't like that figure at all, do you ?

[thundley4]

"the Supreme Court ruled forty years ago that it is a woman’s Constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy up until the time a fetus is viable outside the womb"

Science is making that number smaller all the time. Currently 'the limit of viability' is 24 weeks. (The limit of viability is defined as 50% chance of survival) 

However, most of you probortionists don't like that figure at all, do you ?

What happens when science allows a fertilized egg to be grown entirely in the lab to a baby?  Could it be done now?

[chitownchica]

Babbling sister views Obama as President Boyfriend, so of course she's going to project all his law breaking onto us. She needs to protect him.

[Chris_]

President Boyfriend

Well.  We're waiting.

[Traveshamockery]

Babbling sister views Obama as President Boyfriend, so of course she's going to project all his law breaking onto us. She needs to protect him.

 

[ChuckJ]

yourout (6,177 posts)
2. Why not.....they know the DOJ will not prosecute them.

That right there is an extreme disconnect with reality.

[chitownchica]

Babbling, Cha, and Sheshe are his biggest fans. They never really talk about his policies - just how dreamy he is  .

[FlaGator]

Isn't it liberal states that have subverted federal law by legalizing marijuana? Isn't it the Obama administration who is opting not to enforce immigration laws in Arizona?

Who is it breaking the laws of the land?

[Chris_]

Isn't liberal states that have subverted federal law by legalizing marijuana? Isn't it the Obama administration who is opting not to enforce immigration laws in Arizona?

Who is it breaking the laws of the land?

They're not enforcing immigration laws either.

[ColonelCarrots]

Today I saw a sign that said "Do not step on grass" guess what I did!

[freedumb2003b]

That right there is an extreme disconnect with reality.

That right there is an extreme disconnect disconnection with reality.

I will the last English-speaking human who:
* knows "disconnect" is a verb and "disconnection" is the noun.
* knows "data" is a plural, not collective, noun.  The data "say" not "says."
* understands that if you can count them, you use "fewer" not "less" -- "the legislation finally called for FEWER taxes."
* knows that "paradigm" is a meaningless term outside of a pure scientific context.

The tools of journalism are words, grammar and syntax.  Laziness has left these tools in the rain and then the sun to rust.

When the basic building blocks of or language are abandoned, then all hope of meaningful communication are abandoned.

[DefiantSix]

Good God, y'all, as somebody mentioned earlier, this is Weapons Grade crazy we're seeing here. I don't know whether to break out the rifle darts loaded with thorazine, or a lawn chair and some popcorn.

[Freeper]

That right there is an extreme disconnect disconnection with reality.

I will the last English-speaking human who:
* knows "disconnect" is a verb and "disconnection" is the noun.
* knows "data" is a plural, not collective, noun.  The data "say" not "says."
* understands that if you can count them, you use "fewer" not "less" -- "the legislation finally called for FEWER taxes."
* knows that "paradigm" is a meaningless term outside of a pure scientific context.

The tools of journalism are words, grammar and syntax.  Laziness has left these tools in the rain and then the sun to rust.

When the basic building blocks of or language are abandoned, then all hope of meaningful communication are abandoned.

If you are going to claim your English skills are superior it helps to proofread before you hit post.

[BlueStateSaint]

Good God, y'all, as somebody mentioned earlier, this is Weapons Grade crazy we're seeing here. I don't know whether to break out the rifle darts loaded with thorazine, or a lawn chair and some popcorn.

Both.  You've got to be able to defend yourself while watching the spectacle.

[ChuckJ]

That right there is an extreme disconnect disconnection with reality.

I will the last English-speaking human who:
* knows "disconnect" is a verb and "disconnection" is the noun.
* knows "data" is a plural, not collective, noun.  The data "say" not "says."
* understands that if you can count them, you use "fewer" not "less" -- "the legislation finally called for FEWER taxes."
* knows that "paradigm" is a meaningless term outside of a pure scientific context.

The tools of journalism are words, grammar and syntax.  Laziness has left these tools in the rain and then the sun to rust.

When the basic building blocks of or language are abandoned, then all hope of meaningful communication are abandoned.

Apparently so.

disconnect

noun
4.
an act or instance of disconnecting, especially the suspension of telephone or cable TV service for nonpayment of service charges.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/disconnect?s=t

[txradioguy]

The list of laws, regulations, Supreme Court rulings, and Constitutional rights Republicans and conservatives circumvent, subvert, and violate is endless, but it demonstrates one simple premise; they believe they are not beholden to follow the law of the land under any circumstance. They specifically target laws that guarantee Americans the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness and no group is immune from their blatant disregard for the law save their precious corporations, the rich, and the fanatically religious. They have ratcheted up their assault on legally passed legislation since extremist teabaggers helped them gain control of state legislatures and the House of Representatives in the 2010 midterm elections, but they began their crusade 80 years ago with the New Deal and escalated their assault on regulations thirty years ago when a b-movie actor became president.

The level of Republican abhorrence for the law has reached a point that government is at a standstill and it is exactly what they have worked for during the past four years. Republicans in Congress and states have made eliminating laws protecting the people their prime objective and no demographic has been left untouched by their crusade to erase regulations off the books while passing laws restricting democracy and personal liberty. America is alleged to be a nation of laws to maintain order and protect the rights of all the people, but when one party’s primary goal is destroying the laws, the result will either be government by dictatorial fiat, or open anarchy and it is apparent that Republicans are working diligently to establish either one.

[Karin]

"President Boyfriend."   

I saw that thread over there, and it just lay dormant for awhile.  No recs, no replies.  I think some of them know.  I didn't read past the first sentence of the C&P OP.  What a bunch of blah blah blah.  I believe this president is the most lawless in U.S. history.