With SCOTUS striking down last remaining vestiges of Voting Rights Act, a major pillar of our democracy has fallen away. This means Congress just became that much more important as a counterbalance. As exhausting as it is we need to start preparing ourselves now for the midterms.

Jul 2, 2021 · 11:38 AM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
Doesn't the power struggle get tiring? There is a better way
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The better way (among other things) is for more people to vote. A lot of people complaining now were totally distracted from the political process for years before they woke up to what was happening.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Congress as it’s currently constituted is no counterbalance. SCOTUS didn’t get this way by accident. It took bi-partisan commitment to create a court that would do this.
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The conservative court is a reflection of Bush and Trump appointees. When people say there’s no difference at all between the two parties, this is what we get.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
So we have an appointed SCOTUS who can overturn the decisions of an elected congress. Do I understand this correctly?
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Three co-equal branches. Now it’s up to Congress to do something.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
If by “prepare” you mean “brace ourselves for blowout losses”, then yes.
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That’s not what I meant at all. I mean put your cynicism to the side and work like hell to make sure the Republicans do not control of the House and Senate after next year’s elections.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
?? Why? Even when democrats have a majority in all 3 branches they won't pass voting rights legislation. What do the midterms matter at all?
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Read the news a little more closely? More complicated than that.
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