If RBG’s seat is filled, Dems should go nuclear across the board

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IGNORE THE CONSTITUTION. IT IS AN OUTDATED DOCUMENT.

Ignoring the constitution is dictatorship 101

In fact many military coups declare the constitution "suspended" as part of the military junta taking power.

[Former President tack50]

Yes, they should do all the things mentioned in the OP.

However, if the Dems really want to go nuclear, they should pass a new Voting Rights Act that includes a provision for “political reparations”.  This would amount to something like a 10-year moratorium on white people voting. 

You’d need to make sure you packed the Court with people radical enough to uphold this under Congress’s enforcement powers of the Reconstruction amendments.

But once you’ve done this, Democrats (and especially previously unrepresented minorities) should be able to win supermajorities in every state and amend the constitution however they with.

Never thought I'd have to use this argument against a maroon avatar but whatever:

The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

[Former President tack50]

Is there any particular reason why you have a Vatican avatar now, Jalaketu, or have you just bought into the "political Catholicism is when you're right-wing; the more right-wing you are, the more Catholic it is " nonsense-mongering of people like Bill Barr and Matteo Salvini?

Mmh care to explain?

Salvini doesn't strike me as someone who thinks that what he's doing is political Catholicism unless you want to count performative nonsense about going to sanctuaries and similar?

"Performative nonsense about going to sanctuaries and similar" is about my understanding of what #right-wing populist political Catholicism consists of, yes.

Uh ok it just sounded strange to put him right next to William Barr, whom I'd say fits more your original definition and less "performative nonsense".

Also I know some people *cough cough my father* who buy into more serious right-wing cEntRist mOdeRaTe political Catholicism and Salvini is generally hated in those circles, but you may already know these dynamics.

Not sure if it applies in Italy, but iirc at least in France (and probably other European countries), "Devout Catholics" are generally slightly less conservative and tend to prefer the traditional parties of the right; while "Non practicing Catholics" are more conservative and reactionary and prefer the likes of RN and what not

Could also just be a function of age though