In fact this power is expressly given to Congress, for congressional elections at least. And outside of that specific grant, it's fair to say that the Tenth Amendment expressly reserves the power to the states.
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It remains really hard to draw a distinction between "oh they're lawless so they'll just do whatever they want anyway" and "no that flies in the face of the basic structural reality of how things work and what they can actually do even in being lawless." Being lawless doesn't give you magic powers.
sep 1, 2025, 12:44 am • 8 0 • view
No, but then also, if you keep claiming lawless, arbitrary authority and people keep basically going "eh, seems fine why not," then eventually you become a dictator
sep 1, 2025, 12:45 am • 7 0 • view
I agree with a lot of the "Trump hasn't won yet" Takes but I gotta say, there's been a lot more acquiescing to his Reign than I would've liked to see this year
sep 1, 2025, 12:45 am • 15 0 • view
For sure we are figuring out who is on our side and who is at best neutral in the face of fascism. Those people should never be treated
sep 1, 2025, 12:47 am • 1 0 • view
* trusted 😕
sep 1, 2025, 12:52 am • 0 0 • view
Yeah it's been pretty consistently riding at about the 80th to 90th percentile on my "how bad is it going to be" expectations.
sep 1, 2025, 12:50 am • 11 0 • view
Mostly it's just been so much QUIETER than I was expecting Which I *think* is bad but I'm not altogether sure
sep 1, 2025, 12:51 am • 6 1 • view
2017 on the other hand was like, 10th percentile as bad as I thought it would be (it was really bad still)
sep 1, 2025, 12:51 am • 4 0 • view
That we're on Wiley E. Coyote time remains an apt metaphor.
sep 1, 2025, 12:51 am • 6 1 • view
Yeah and I don't feel like hanging in the air for longer and longer is gonna make the eventual fall any gentler
sep 1, 2025, 12:56 am • 1 0 • view
For sure. And we're way too far along that already, and there are massive looming threats to the mid-terms. Which makes it all the more crucial to know where the weak points are and (relatively) aren't. But that can get obfuscated in a consolidat*ing* regime as opposed to a consolidat*ed* one.
sep 1, 2025, 12:49 am • 1 0 • view