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MattP

(3,304 posts) Wed Jun 27, 2018, 10:01 PM Jun 2018

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Hope this is like Pete Wilson and Prop 187

It looked like a massive win for the xenophobic right wingers in CA and it ended up losing CA for the Republicans for over a generation so far

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Hope this is like Pete Wilson and Prop 187 (Original Post) MattP Jun 2018 OP

It is a massive win...because ...they have the courts. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #1

the problem is the supreme court and how even if we pass liberal bills JI7 Jun 2018 #2

Then we kill the filibuster and stack the court. roamer65 Jun 2018 #3

Um, FDR tried that - didn't work. nt scarletwoman Jun 2018 #4

Demsrule86

(68,696 posts)

1. It is a massive win...because ...they have the courts.

Reply to MattP (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 10:46 PM

Jun 2018

JI7

(89,275 posts)

2. the problem is the supreme court and how even if we pass liberal bills

Reply to MattP (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 10:50 PM

Jun 2018

They will strike it down

roamer65

(36,747 posts)

3. Then we kill the filibuster and stack the court.

Reply to JI7 (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 27, 2018, 10:51 PM

Jun 2018

13 justices would be great.

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)

4. Um, FDR tried that - didn't work. nt

Reply to roamer65 (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 28, 2018, 12:20 AM

Jun 2018

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