• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      That’s my point.

      The longer moderate Dems drag their feet, the more argument there is precedent state law supercedes federal law.

      Do you legitimately not see the issue with that?

      Are both parties going to be yelling about state rights now? Because I thought we had a while longer before shit got that bad.

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        5 months ago

        States should have certain rights, and I do support full federal legalization. I just also don’t want the president to be so powerful they can override congress and the states because that’s a dictator.

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          5 months ago

          I just also don’t want the president to be so powerful they can override congress and the states because that’s a dictator.

          Like the Southern States during the Civil War?

          It’s kind of a popular opinion again these days, but I don’t agree with it.

          Also, you may be disappointed to find out that the Congress Research Services determined a president is that powerful, and can simply replace any agency head that disagrees with it.

          Now, maybe your comfortable with Biden not abusing that, but whether Biden uses that power or not, every other president has that option.

          So how much do you pressure Biden to change that?

          That’s the thing with “moderates” they won’t use power to help because it might be used to harm, but they do nothing about stopping that abuse permanently.

          They don’t offer any solutions to either side of an issue, be a use the threat of the other side abusing the powers moderates won’t use, is often the only way voters can be convinced to vote for a moderate.