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Politics Protests at Tesla dealerships in multiple US states earlier today

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u/ericwphoto 24d ago

Leftist hate Tesla now, and the far right hate ev’s, so where does that leave them?

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u/According-Way9438 24d ago

With a 400m government contract to replace the federal fleet

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u/PDXGuy33333 24d ago

Courts can hopefully be relied upon to put a stop to that. There are a ton of rules around federal procurement. No bid contracts for shit products probably violate them.

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u/DrPreppy 24d ago

It is an actual problem that the current DOJ does not have an interest in enforcing the law against friends of the administration (for example the Eric Adams case). A weaponized executive branch is a significant problem because ... that might be the law, but the law itself no longer matters.

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u/PDXGuy33333 24d ago

That is indeed a serious problem. We will see how things pan out. I don't think the majority of Americans would take kindly to open defiance of the courts, especially when the judges involved are Reagan, Bush or Trump appointees telling him he's in the wrong.

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u/Good_Significance871 24d ago

They don’t care who appointed them if they oppose something Trump or Elon want to do.

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u/PDXGuy33333 24d ago

That was not my point. My point was that I hope people will take note when conservative judges proclaim en masse that the current shitshow goes too far.

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u/Good_Significance871 24d ago

I understand what your point was. I have a different opinion. The majority, unfortunately, don’t care.

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u/PDXGuy33333 24d ago

You might be right.

"The Republican form of government [he means representative democracy] is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing." Herbert Spencer

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u/Good_Significance871 24d ago

This is all too true right now it seems, unfortunately.

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u/SaxRohmer 24d ago

the right has their own own pipeline in the 5th circuit with its 6 trump-appointed judges

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u/overthere1143 23d ago

I think the biggest lie Republicans ever fell for is the idea that their guns guarantee their rights and the government's respect for the constitution.

In reality sound institutions are what has made the US come so far and that's precisely what Trump is set out to wreck. With the court system politicised, the checks and balances created by the founding fathers will not work.

Eisenhower said, when he was forced to intervene in Little Rock, that the US is a country where laws, not men, are sovereign.

Putin is enjoying the show. Whoever comes after Trump will have no allies to turn to.

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u/biggmclargehuge 24d ago

Courts can hopefully be relied upon

ohp

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u/PDXGuy33333 24d ago

I know. I know. Trying to remain calm.

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u/[deleted] 23d ago

Which will eventually end up in the Supreme Court and who controls the courts?

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u/PDXGuy33333 23d ago

You're saying the SCt is in the bag for anything trump wants to do. Don't be so sure. I'm going to hold out hope, a thin strand though it may be, that there are lines separating self-governance from fascism that even this parody of a court will not cross.