buddhabound @ buddhabound @lemmy.world

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No. It changes the username to [deleted].

If I were gay and had been in her court for as much as a traffic ticket, I'd be petitioning to get it thrown out.

It wasn't (and isn't) a law. It's a procedural norm that the Senate follows (except when they don't want to) to make judicial branch nominees need to overcome a filibuster for approval, but it wasn't required. In the past, most judges would get confirmed in the Senate with votes in the 95-0 range. Here's a list of Senate SC confirmations. Many passed with voice votes only (didn't even count). One (Matthews) even got confirmed with a vote of 24-23 (less than half of the total Senate voting at all).

That was, until Mitch McConnell decided he would completely block Barrack Obama's appointments, not just to the Supreme Court, but to any federal court. McConnell blocking all Obama appointees in 2012(ish) led to Harry Reid removing the filibuster "requirement" in 2013 when the Senate made their rules. This back and forth between McConnell and Reid was really an extension from McConnell's time as a staffer I'm the Senate when Nixon was in the White House, which the PBS article talks about. We're just now (in the last decade or so) seeing the effects of things McConnell decided in the 60s. This is gutter politics resulting from the Senate's bullshit rules that allow the minority party to prevent change unless it benefits the rich and powerful.

This is such a short-sighted take. My wife was prom queen... 3 years before I met her. I forgot about it completely until I read your post and thought, "what a childish thing to say, no one cares about that." Why? Because I have 20 years of history with my wife. 2 children, a good job, a good life, and a happy family. Exactly 0% of that has anything to do with a prom that happened years before we met.

I want to live a long and happy life, and have as many days as possible with my wife, my children, and maybe their children (if they decide to have any). The things that worry me aren't whether or not I'm having sex with a former prom queen, but how can I stay healthy so I can have a chance to make as many memories with the people I love as possible. It's about whether or not they feel loved, accepted, and fulfilled. High school popularity has no value whatsoever to healthy, adjusted adults.

Couldn't they prorate the hourly rate to account for the time that your actually assigned to an active delivery? That wouldn't interfere with multi-apping, as a driver would be "on the clock" for their delivery time. It seems like the companies would be able to figure out how to do the right thing if they wanted to.