In the space of ten days, the US Supreme Court has cut the political floor from under President Joe Biden.
Even if they don’t, party strategists hope that by taking a firm pro-choice stance they will be able to sweep in votes from suburban women – a key demographic in US elections, and one that has been a happy hunting ground for the Republican Party in recent times. Power over abortion law has shifted from the federal level to the state level, where it resided prior to Roe v Wade. The result is a patchwork of different abortion laws – legal in some places, illegal in others.In the last fortnight, their impact has been seismic in three neuralgic spots in the US political landscape: guns, abortion and the environment.
With its inbuilt Conservative majority, the Court has, in the eyes of many legal observers in the US, just started to use its muscles and back conservative legal opinions. The States route risked a patchwork of regulations , but if it was seen as better to get something done than nothing at all done, then the state route was probably worth taking.
The overturning of a century-old gun carry restriction in New York law means that even the individual states have to proceed carefully. Individual states can bring in their own rules, of course – California already has some of the most advanced environmental laws in the developed world. And all the while on television, adverts from the oil and gas industry accuse him of endangering American prosperity, incentivising Republicans in general, and Democrats in coal and oil states, to block or impede new environmental legislation at a time when voters are complaining about petrol prices and falling living standards.
But now these Supreme Court rulings show the real value of having some people you can pick up the phone to in each of the Fifty States: there is a power shift under way, and that will likely change the nature of US politics across a whole range of issues. Some believe the US Supreme court will have a chance to influence the outcome of federal elections – including the Presidential race – by upending nearly every facet of the American electoral process, allowing for the ultimate patchwork of rules on voting eligibility and the electoral district maps that so influence outcomes.
seanwhelanRTE Whelan’s article is a party political broadcast on behalf of the criminal Democrats. Whelan recommends a Machiavellian approach in which Democrats will sell any lie they can to retain power.
seanwhelanRTE Good review. And surprisingly impartial. See, it’s not that hard?
seanwhelanRTE To quote Bill Clinton “ it’s the economy stupid “.If you look at the top issues in polling is fuel price ,inflation and the economy.Biden polling were dire before the Supreme Court decisions as there is no hiding this disastrous administration and the effect on the working class
seanwhelanRTE The criminal, fake impeachment hoaxes and the widespread voter fraud in the last presidential election cut the political floor from under President Donald Trump.
seanwhelanRTE I don’t see the problem with power being returned to the individual States and those within them to vote and make appropriate changes. Not all areas are the same. Why is centralised power better than local solutions to local problems?
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seanwhelanRTE It Trump can stay out of jail because of J6 committe revelations then he might well be president again....Otherwise DeSantis should win...
seanwhelanRTE USA is such an easy topic for Irish media to report on. Not a mention of how hard things are in Ireland
seanwhelanRTE Sean, the reversal of Roe v Wade will go against the GOP in the mid terms. RTE is not Fox 'news'.
seanwhelanRTE And no wonder. Look who's calling the shots. It is no less than a second American revolution. The oligarchy is running the show.
seanwhelanRTE He was already in freefall due to fuel price hikes and a cost of living crisis because he can't do his job.
seanwhelanRTE Dutch farmers protests
seanwhelanRTE Hooray!