Analysis: Discord at Supreme Court mirrors diminishment of democratic norms

2ºWilliam Wiseman Do you think Trump did anything for the economy?

He inherited what Obama did. This is what Trump did that we are paying for NOW

Trump left office with fewer jobs than he created.

Economists say Trump’s economic legacy will be defined by his failure in leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic that exacerbated the financial downturn, domestic policies that overwhelmingly benefited the wealthy, and international trade policies that hurt U.S. industry while simultaneously alienating allies.

While real wage growth was slow or stagnant for most Americans, and had been under Obama, unemployment continued to trend downward and GDP continued to grow.

* The lack of leadership during the health crisis was not only deadly -- with thousands of Americans dying every day -- but also disastrous for the economy.

Even before the virus further exacerbated U.S. income inequality, some experts say Trump’s economic policies favored the wealthy -- and left the poor and middle class behind.

His Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017 provided major tax breaks to corporations and wealthy individuals. The policy, among other things, reduced the corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%.

Frankel called the policy "beyond ironic" for a president "who campaigned in 2016 on being the champion of the working man or working person and campaigned on 'draining the swamp' in Washington."

3ºSandy ZV okay let us look at the second amendment written during the time of muskets. It’s alright to allow people freedom in the 2 nd amendment when at the time this amendment was written was only dealing with muskets but now we have assault weapons made for war on our streets for anyone over the age on 18 years old to buy. The AF-15, that very gun is what these school shooters or mass shooters use, yet in Texas 19 Texan Police Officers stood outside in the classroom hallway of the classroom of the mass shooting at their school. The police told lies in the beginning but came out the other day that they where to afraid to act to protect these 19 children and 2 teachers because the shooter had an assault weapon. They have a job, they are supposed to be trained and are paid to protect yet they let this happen. The 2nd amendment gives some people freedom but yet it takes the lives of others. Our right to life. They say these shooters are mentally ill, I want their bodies autopsied. They could be on drugs or drunk at the time. They show no real history or mental illness prior, but yet prefer to assume. They won’t think about raising the age to carry nor ban these weapons, why, it’s not your 2nd amendment rights it’s all about the NRA who lobbyists bribed these Republican Senators to past these bills. And these Republican Senators are digging their own graves because the NRA holds this power over them. Yes “OUR RIGHT TO LIFE” is being taken away for your 2nd amendment right that was written during the time of muskets not AR-15 rifles designed for War, not for our streets. You lose a child whether your’s or a family member and then you will agree. This is a choice of money and power over the Sanctity of Human Life.”

4ºCole Mims WE cannot function as a country or if we cannot trust our elections. If the mentality that Donald Trump continues to poison the thinking of how we elect our leaders continues then we are screwed. It doesn’t matter what your politics are, it simply will end in chaos and chaos will rule and ultimately destroy this country.
Only two kinds of people want that. Outsiders who see this country as an adversary. Or a FEW Americans who hate their own country and want its destruction. I’m sorry but I say fu’ck them both the vast majority of us want normal elections and we have had so for over two centuries!!! Are we really gonna let this country get completely fu’ked up by a failed game show host?

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6ºDoug McGinn That's a lie. Biden began a road of destruction since his first day in office. I don't own a team but I am d tired of worrying whether I can survive financially because of what the Democrats are doing to the economy. I worked for an extended career, hoping that I'd have enough and now Biden wants to steal my savings too. He's a criminal and traitor. Republicans have their idjits too, but NONE of them have tried to steal from Americans like the Democrats do. They are scared spitless that President Trump will get back into office and nail them. Their hatred has been irrational and at the bottom of every dirty trick, trying to unseat a duly elected president, and just rotten people. They accept none of the responsibility for what they've done and have taught the uninformed Dem voter that what they are doing belongs to the Republicans.

7ºJohn O'Connor so you don’t understand how NATO works either. Neither did trump. It’s not tds if trump is actually deranged.

The conservative takeover of the Supreme Court was accomplished by trump, it’s not about trump except that he delivered that long held desire of the conservative minority in this country.

They are striking down established precedent in a way that will deny there’s a right to privacy in the Constitution. They are telling the executive branch that cabinet departments are not allowed to regulate the things they were established to regulate (that’s “legislating from the bench”). They are deciding limits on civil liability — they should only be deciding if the liability is constitutional or not (again “legislating from the bench”)

You are the one with trump on the brain and uses childish name calling to troll. Sit down now

8ºEmiliya Frank
Definition of the so-called Western democracy
Democracy is an alleged word and a propaganda lie that America promotes with the aim of putting pressure on third world countries, or in other words, it is a method to invade other countries.
It is true that there is a kind of democracy in America, for example, an American can express his opinion or change the course of the government and this will not affect his government because it is somewhat sufficient and will not cause problems for it, meaning it can disturb his problems because of the abundance of funds that can achieve his idea with it
But the American economy is declining annually, and the eastern world will replace China, Russia and East Asia, and the American citizen will be poor, and they will be as poor as the third world countries.
At that time we will see how their government deals with the opinions of their citizens and we will see if their government can listen to their citizens (I mean, at any time in the future)

9ºJim Stokes
Definition of the so-called Western democracy
Democracy is an alleged word and a propaganda lie that America promotes with the aim of putting pressure on third world countries, or in other words, it is a method to invade other countries.
It is true that there is a kind of democracy in America, for example, an American can express his opinion or change the course of the government and this will not affect his government because it is somewhat sufficient and will not cause problems for it, meaning it can disturb his problems because of the abundance of funds that can achieve his idea with it
But the American economy is declining annually, and the eastern world will replace China, Russia and East Asia, and the American citizen will be poor, and they will be as poor as the third world countries.
At that time we will see how their government deals with the opinions of their citizens and we will see if their government can listen to their citizens (I mean, at any time in the future)

10ºDefinition of the so-called Western democracy
Democracy is an alleged word and a propaganda lie that America promotes with the aim of putting pressure on third world countries, or in other words, it is a method to invade other countries.
It is true that there is a kind of democracy in America, for example, an American can express his opinion or change the course of the government and this will not affect his government because it is somewhat sufficient and will not cause problems for it, meaning it can disturb his problems because of the abundance of funds that can achieve his idea with it
But the American economy is declining annually, and the eastern world will replace China, Russia and East Asia, and the American citizen will be poor, and they will be as poor as the third world countries.
At that time we will see how their government deals with the opinions of their citizens and we will see if their government can listen to their citizens (I mean, at any time in the future)