#minoritarianism — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #minoritarianism, aggregated by home.social.
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“Today’s young people have grown up & been #politicized as the age of #polycrisis has emerged, during which forms of #climate, #economic, #technological, & #geopolitical turmoil have grown & reinforced each other to a degree never seen before,” OSF president Mark Malloch Brown wrote. “So, although most people globally still have faith in #democracy, that faith is running on fumes.”
#UnitedStates #NationalSecurity #Power #SuperPower #geopolitics #Republicans #Minoritarianism #Authoritarianism
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“What precedes a #democratic breakdown is #political #stalemate & #extreme #dysfunction where there’s a sense that nothing can get done,” said Steven Levitsky (Harvard political scientist & co-author w/ Daniel Ziblatt of ‘Tyranny of the Minority’). “When governments can’t respond in genuine crises, it has a delegitimizing effect, & it reinforces the sense among citizens that we have to resort to other means.”
#UnitedStates #NationalSecurity #democracy #Republicans #Minoritarianism
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Central to the #crisis is the “Trumpist infection,” observed Spanish daily El Pais, which lamented the former president’s “rehabilitation” after the #Jan6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, as well as the worrying implications of dozens of #Republican lawmakers openly or tacitly endorsing #Trump’s well-documented attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
#UnitedStates #NationalSecurity #WorldPower #geopolitics #Republicans #Minoritarianism #Authoritarianism
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With the chamber in paralysis, a new battle over #funding the govt looms next month, while boosters of #Ukraine’s war effort fear #DC lawmakers may be unable to authorize crucial new installments of #military #aid.
But the concerns harbored by onlookers abroad go far deeper.#UnitedStates #NationalSecurity #democracy #WorldPower #SuperPower #AmericanDecline #geopolitics #HouseRepublicans #Republicans #Minoritarianism #CompetitiveAuthoritarianism #Authoritarianism
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At Stake in Ohio’s #Referendum on Amending the #StateConstitution
The #vote could play a big role in the future of #AbortionRights in #Ohio. But it also raises questions about the #power of ordinary #citizens over elected #politicians.
The results could have far-reaching consequences for an issue on the #ballot in Nov: whether to establish a #right to #abortion.
#AbuseOfPower #Republican #Minoritarianism
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/us/ohio-referendum-constitution-abortion.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -
“‘I wouldn’t want anybody to … make me a wedding website?’ he continued, sounding a bit puzzled but good-natured about the whole thing. ‘I’m married, I have a child—I’m not really sure where that came from? But somebody’s using false information in a Supreme Court filing document.’”
#ripeness #law #legal #SCOTUS #JudicialActivism #minoritarianism #LGBTQRights #equality #equity #discrimination #precedent
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“This week, I decided to call Stewart and ask him about his inquiry.…
“…It took just a few minutes to reach him. I assumed at least some reporters over the years had contacted him about his website inquiry to 303 Creative—his contact information wasn’t redacted in the filing. But my call, he said, was ‘the very first time I’ve heard of it.’
#ripeness #law #legal #SCOTUS #JudicialActivism #minoritarianism #LGBTQ+Rights #equality #equity #discrimination #precedent
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“…Colorado web designer… Lorie Smith… refused to make websites for same-sex weddings & sought an exemption from anti-discrimination laws…(citing) a couple named Stewart & Mike. Acc/to court filings from the plaintiff, Stewart contacted Smith in Sept 2016 about his wedding to Mike ‘early next year.’…Stewart included his phone, email, & the URL of his own website—he was a designer too….
#ripeness #SCOTUS #JudicialActivism #law #legal #minoritarianism #LGBTQ+Rights #equity #discrimination
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ICYMI:
The Mysterious Case of the Fake #GayMarriage Website, the Real Straight Man, & the #SupremeCourt
In filings in the #303CreativeLLCvElenis case is a supposed request for a gay wedding website—but the man named in the request says he never filed it.
#ripeness #law #legal #SCOTUS #JudicialActivism #minoritarianism #LGBTQ+Rights #equality #equity #discrimination #precedent
https://newrepublic.com/article/173987/mysterious-case-fake-gay-marriage-website-real-straight-man-supreme-court -
The org has successfully #lobbied since 2021 for #laws in >a half-dozen states that ban #GenderAffirmingCare for #transgender youths, w/ its representatives testifying before state #legislatures against the guidelines recommended by mainstream #medical groups, acc/to its records. It gained further #national prominence this year as one of the plaintiffs in the #federal #lawsuit to limit #access to #mifepristone, a key #abortion drug.
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The org has successfully #lobbied since 2021 for #laws in >a half-dozen states that ban #GenderAffirmingCare for #transgender youths, w/ its representatives testifying before state #legislatures against the guidelines recommended by mainstream #medical groups, acc/to its records. It gained further #national prominence this year as one of the plaintiffs in the #federal #lawsuit to limit #access to #mifepristone, a key #abortion drug.
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"This decision is now vacated by a Republican-controlled Court seeking to ensure that extreme partisan gerrymanders favoring Republicans are established," wrote Earls, who was joined by Justice Michael Morgan.
#ActivistJudges #Gerrymandering #Elections #Vote #Minoritarianism
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The 2 #Democrats on the court pushed back against the #Republican majority's decision & characterization of the case. In their dissenting opinion, Justice Anita Earls said that through the earlier ruling that's now vacated, "a Democratic-controlled Court carried out its sworn duty to uphold the state constitution's guarantee of free elections, fair to all voters of both parties."
#ActivistJudges #Gerrymandering #Elections #Vote #Minoritarianism