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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
Directly attacking the court decision seems to be nothing but more of the same. Use of abortion as a political foil. None of these people care about Americans, only their own power, and being able to use such an effective smokescreen benefits them all. Why would they get rid of it?
If the Dems were serious about abortion, gun rights, or any of these perpetual issues, they would start by altering the makeup of the supreme court or find a way to break the block voting gridlock. But what is in the interest of the majority of Americans is not in the interest of the people in positions of power.
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I mean, probably because doing those things are very, very difficult is the answer.
Stack the court? Why wouldn't the GOP do the exact thing the next time around?
Break voting gridlock (presumably by ending the filibuster?) end up opening the door for the GOP to push through their legislation on a simple majority? As noted legislation would face numerous, unending lawsuits.
End gerrymandering? These are state driven voting boundaries, under the jurisdiction of the state. The US is all about states rights...the federal government doesn't have the power to change them as far as I know.
End voting gridlock in the Senate? Wyoming (pop less than 1M) has 2 senators and California (pop 40M) both have 2 Senators, which is insane. The democratic senators probably represent 40-50 million more actual voters than the GOP states in total, in the senate, but nothing progressive gets through the Senate.
Change the number of Senators? It will also never, ever happen. The Senatorial representation for each state is enshrined in the Constitution.
Any lasting laws and legislation requires both parties to come to the dance. The issues you have pointed out are some of the biggest wedge issues in the US - the GOP would never compromise. And if they did, they'd get "primaried" out of office the next chance they are up for re-election.