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[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 69 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I was just telling a friend, both sides want the same thing, money. The difference is, one side is willing to kill for it, and the other side is always willing to look away.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Why did Democrats ban large campaign contributions from 2003 until 2010 when the SCOTUS overturned the law?

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Who was president from 2009 to 2017 and could have passed a different law? Who was president from 2021 to 2025?

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

To overrule the SCOTUS interpretation of the constitution you would need to amend the constitution, required 60 Senators and a house majority. Since 2013 there haven't even been more dems than repubs before caucus, much less 60.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Does that mean they could have overturned it between 2010-2013, but didn't?

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

They never had 60 votes. They had a 58 + 2 ind caucus for 72 days and chose to use that time to expand medicaid to millions of americans.

The last time the DNC had 60 seats if I recall was 1979?