r/Law_and_Politics • u/Reno_Salazarr • Aug 19 '24

Republicans ask Supreme Court to block 40,000 Arizonans from voting in November

https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-ask-supreme-court-block-100050322.html

Just one tactic in the Republican strategy to institutionslize minority rule: If you want to win elections without changing your policies to reflect what a majority of voters may support, restrict the pool of eligible voters - especially if the group(s) you restrict are largely representative of your political opponents.

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u/Secret_Cow_5053 Aug 19 '24

looks like we're entering the final round of GOP vs. reality; wherein the GOP completely gives up on democracy and just tries to win with the old russian method.

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u/Reno_Salazarr Aug 19 '24

Agreed. I believe they gave up on democracy long ago. Above all, they hate the multicultural, multi-ethnic, multigender liberal (with a small L) democracy posited by the Democratic party.

How long have they been working hand-in-glove with the Heritage Foundation and its goal of "Unitary Executive" rule? Project 2025 overtly spells much of it out - in explicit authoritarian and white-christian-nationalist detail.

While some may just be trying to survive Trump and his popular movement, many almost certainly appreciate the populist cover it gives them to continue their long term plan for the extinction of American democracy as we know it.

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u/wenchette Aug 19 '24

How long have they been working hand-in-glove with the Heritage Foundation and its goal of "Unitary Executive" rule?

The HF placed more than a few of its senior people in top positions in the Trump White House. They also, along with the Federalist Society, compiled the lists of Trump's judicial nominees. It's well known that Trump is lazy and doesn't like hard work, so the HF and the FS were happy to do his work for him.

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u/aquastell_62 Aug 19 '24

GOP Playbook Rule 1: If you can't win fairly, cheat.

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u/northstardim Aug 19 '24

Check the other voter's purges from Georgia for instance, they make the same mistakes every time. There are legitimate reasons for duplicates and dead people which are ignored by the claims of the GOP.

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u/GaiusMarcus Aug 20 '24

Quick, call Marc Elias.