Poll- government is biggest problem in US

[Peter1469]

Poll- government is biggest problem in US (https://news.gallup.com/poll/246800/record-high-name-government-important-problem.aspx)
Of course people point to different problems with government, but it is a telling poll.


Thirty-five percent of Americans name the government, poor leadership or politicians as the greatest problem facing the U.S. This is the highest percentage Gallup has recorded for this concern, edging out the previous high of 33% during the 2013 federal government shutdown.
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The latest update is from a Feb. 1-10 Gallup Poll. Full results from this month can be found at the end of the article.

[MisterVeritis]

A civil war is coming.

[alexa]

A civil war is coming.

Nah, we'll just vote the Cheeto out.

[MisterVeritis]

Nah, we'll just vote the Cheeto out.
President Trump may stave off the civil war for a decade. Or possibly more. The war itself is inevitable. Once the tenth amendment was tossed on by FDR and his henchmen war became inevitable. It is just a matter of "when".

[HawkTheSlayer]

Reagan made that abundantly clear decades ago.

[alexa]

President Trump may stave off the civil war for a decade. Or possibly more. The war itself is inevitable. Once the tenth amendment was tossed on by FDR and his henchmen war became inevitable. It is just a matter of "when".
That's nice, sweetie.

[Tahuyaman]

Poll- government is biggest problem in US (https://news.gallup.com/poll/246800/record-high-name-government-important-problem.aspx)
Of course people point to different problems with government, but it is a telling poll.
This is true, but half of those people who think government is the problem change their view when their preferred political party is in charge.

[Peter1469]

This is true, but half of those people who think government is the problem change their view when their preferred political party is in charge.

It would have been interesting to see that as part of this poll. I would not think that, but then I did leave both major parties in favor of third parties.

[MisterVeritis]

This is a question for my three lawyer friends. How would I find all of the supreme court rulings that overturned the Tenth Amendment?

[Peter1469]

This is a question for my three lawyer friends. How would I find all of the supreme court rulings that overturned the Tenth Amendment?

Westlaw or Lexis would be the best bet. But I would think it would be hard because I doubt a SCOTUS decision would come out and trash the 10th Amendment.

[The Xl]

Of course government is the biggest problem. It does what it wants with total impunity.

[MisterVeritis]

Westlaw or Lexis would be the best bet. But I would think it would be hard because I doubt a SCOTUS decision would come out and trash the 10th Amendment.
The decisions that trashed the Tenth began during the FDR reign of error. Over the years I have run across them. Now I am thinking about writing a book on the subject. It turns out finding the cases is difficult.

[Peter1469]

The decisions that trashed the Tenth began during the FDR reign of error. Over the years I have run across them. Now I am thinking about writing a book on the subject. It turns out finding the cases is difficult.



Search for Commerce Clause cases. In those cases the Court expanded the intent of the Commerce Clause. I don't recall them ever mentioning the 10th Amendment.

[MisterVeritis]

Search for Commerce Clause cases. In those cases the Court expanded the intent of the Commerce Clause. I don't recall them ever mentioning the 10th Amendment.
Ah, yes! I have a book on the commerce clause. Thanks. I had forgotten where I originally read the case summaries.

I found it. Kindle books are amazing. The Commerce Clause: Historic US Supreme Court Cases.

[Peter1469]

Ah, yes! I have a book on the commerce clause. Thanks. I had forgotten where I originally read the case summaries.

I found it. Kindle books are amazing. The Commerce Clause; Historic US Supreme Court Cases.
Lopez (1995) was the first SCOTUS case to start to roll back those early Commerce Clause cases. Then the Obamacare case got a liberal majority to agree on the original meaning of the Commerce Clause.

[MisterVeritis]

Lopez (1995) was the first SCOTUS case to start to roll back those early Commerce Clause cases. Then the Obamacare case got a liberal majority to agree on the original meaning of the Commerce Clause.
In my opinion, if we reverted to the Tenth Amendment most of what the federal government does today would be found unconstitutional. States would be free to offer "ObamaCare" or single payer or whatever they wanted. But the states would quickly go broke.

It would also end the threat of a civil war.

[ripmeister]

This is a question for my three lawyer friends. How would I find all of the supreme court rulings that overturned the Tenth Amendment?
You have friends?:grin:

[Tahuyaman]

It would have been interesting to see that as part of this poll. I would not think that, but then I did leave both major parties in favor of third parties.
Many people who believe government is the problem would not hold that same view if their side had complete control with no opposition.

[Common]

That's nice, sweetie.
You have recieved a 24 hr infraction for continued baiting and trolling

[Chris]

Nah, we'll just vote the Cheeto out.

And what vote grandpa Biden and Bernie or baby AOC in, won't make a bit of a difference.

[Chris]

The decisions that trashed the Tenth began during the FDR reign of error. Over the years I have run across them. Now I am thinking about writing a book on the subject. It turns out finding the cases is difficult.

Actually they began in earnest under TR and the beginning of the Progressive Era.

[donttread]

Poll- government is biggest problem in US (https://news.gallup.com/poll/246800/record-high-name-government-important-problem.aspx)
Of course people point to different problems with government, but it is a telling poll.

Were the other 65% drunk or high at the time?

[Peter1469]

Were the other 65% drunk or high at the time?
They probably identified with specific issues like inequity in bathroom policies, or some stupid stuff like that.