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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Right-Wing Push to Upend U.S. Constitution/Kill Birthright Citizenship
motherjones.com/politics/2025/

* 14th Amendment guarantee of birthright citizenship
* Article V of U.S. Constitution
* if majority of state legislatures petition Congress, will be convention to propose amendments

#USpol #USlaw #GOP #Trump2 #fascism #Project2025
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #ISLT
#ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV
#ChristianRight #ParentalRightsMovement #antiLGBT
#Christofascism #transgenocide

Mother JonesThe big-money right-wing push to upend the Constitution—and kill birthright citizenship“We’re in totally uncharted territory.”
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

MAGA efforts to shred U.S. Constitution
salon.com/2024/12/16/shredding

* state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-CA) concerned Trumpist could call constitutional convention

A Constitutional Convention? Some Democrats Fear It’s Coming.
nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/a-co
* Republicans said a constitutional convention is overdue

#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #Trump3 #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #Bannon #SteveBannon
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #ConstitutionalLaw

Salon · "Shredding the Constitution": California Democrat fears MAGA effort to rewrite founding documentCalifornia state Sen. Scott Wiener is concerned that Trump's allies could try to call a constitutional convention
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Steve Bannon Setting Stage for Trump3 Term
newrepublic.com/post/189413/st

* suggests throwing out U.S. Constitution in Trump’s favor
* keep Trump in power via supposed loophole in the U.S. Constitution

Trump Supporters Hate U.S. Constitution
newrepublic.com/post/180312/pr

Trump 2028: theamericanconservative.com/tr

#USpol #GOP #Trump2 #Trump3 #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025 #Bannon #SteveBannon
#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #ConstitutionalLaw

The New Republic · Steve Bannon Is Already Setting the Stage for a Third Trump TermBannon is now suggesting just throwing out the Constitution in Donald Trump’s favor.
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Citizens for Self-Governance | ISLT | Article V convention | Convention of states | U.S. Constitution | Mercer Family Foundation | DonorsTrust
mastodon.social/@persagen/1110

#StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #protofascism #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #USconstitution CitizensForSelfGovernance #CSG #billionaires #Mercer #MercerFamily #RebekahMercer #DAF #DonorsTrust #DarkMoney

Citizens for Self-Governance | ISLT | Article V convention | Convention of states | U.S. Constitution | Mercer Family Foundation | DonorsTrust https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111090040427855200 #StateLegislatures #LegislativeCapture #StateCapture #protofascism #ISLT #ConstitutionalLaw #ArticleV #USconstitution CitizensForSelfGovernance #CSG #billionaires #Mercer #MercerFamily #RebekahMercer #DAF #DonorsTrust #DarkMoney
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

U.S. Constitution: Top-down (federal --> state) approaches
mastodon.social/@persagen/1105

* Article V convention (Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution), en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventi

... an aim of the conservative political nonprofit Citizens for Self-Governance, and their Convention of States initiative, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens

MastodonVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ (@persagen@mastodon.social)Top-down (federal --> state) approaches include: * Article V convention (Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_to_propose_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution ... an aim of the conservative political nonprofit Citizens for Self-Governance, and their Convention of States initiative, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Self-Governance#Convention_of_States
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

[thread] state legislatures / capture

Independent state legislature theory: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independ
* undemocratic violation of centuries-old precedents of federalism, separation of powers, constitutional democracy

Article V convention: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventi
* U.S. constitutional amendments

State capture: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_ca
* systemic political corruption
* private interest influence over state legislatures

en.wikipedia.orgIndependent state legislature theory - Wikipedia
#StateLegislatures#LegislativeCapture#protofascism
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

... cont'd

* provision is part of a bill called the “Death Star bill” by its opponents
* nullifies host of local regulations that enact additional protections for workers, other things
* part addressing construction workers would bar cities & counties from passing new regulations & overturns current regulations that mandate water breaks for certain workers

* Comment: related to earlier post(s) about State Preemption, other GOP fascist strategies (ISLT ...)

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Conservatives Are Now Trying To Create ‘Constitutional Counties,’ Which Happen To Be Unconstitutional
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/con

Declaring its community a “constitutional county” on May 23, 2023, the Board of County Commissioners in Ottawa County, Michigan, voted 9-1 not to enforce any law or rule that “restricts the rights of any law-abiding citizen affirmed by the United States Constitution.”

TPM – Talking Points MemoConservatives Are Now Trying To Create ‘Constitutional Counties,’ Which Happen To Be UnconstitutionalOttawa is not the first county in Michigan to declare itself a refuge from what its leaders say are anti- or unconstitutional actions undertaken by an overzealous state or federal authority.
#neofascism#RepublicanParty#ISLT
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Jed Shugerman

This is my Moore v. Harper #ISLT thread mentioned by Slate’s Emily Bazelon on @SlateGabfest this week.
And they linked to this tweet on my concern about limiting remedies.
The Democrats’ lawyer Verrilli conceded (wrongly!) this clause may limit judicial remedies to fix gerrymanders and racist districting. State legislatures would win a game of chicken: the last map they draw wins, even if racist and illegal: twitter.com/jedshug/status/160

TwitterJed Shugerman @jedshug@mastodon.social on Twitter“38/ OK, here is what I liked earlier from Kagan and Verrilli: Rehnquist's key Bush v. Gore question: "Did the Court impermissibly distort beyond any state reading of state law?" Fine. But then I think Verrilli may have screwed it all up with his new unclear rule.”
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