I mean, not really. They become eligible to vote, primary or otherwise, at the age of 18. The half-enfranchisement concept is only there because you choose to see it that way.

You can apply the same logic to people who turn 18 in October and people who turn 18 in December.

I actually always liked and still really like that faux cheekbone look they're sporting. Like the whole point is that it's so unsubtle yet so pretty. Like lipstick for the cheeks. I'm a weirdo.

Toyotas are not guns. For other things that are not Toyotas, see also cigarettes.

Toyotas are not guns. For other things that are not Toyotas, see also cigarettes.

I am hopeful. If the court was 9 dudes, or even just 8 dudes and 1 lady, the conservatives could sort of band together and ignore the practical reality and just write some bullshit opinion about women’s health and call it a day. The liberals might huff and puff and write a dissent opinion, and that would be it. I…

I dunno. I think they might give this one to one of the lady justices. Would be kinda fucked up if they didn't.

20 to 30% of the Republican Party are awful, unenlightened, backwards ass miserable wastes of human beings. The answer is literally that simple.

This is a good point. My significant other’s family are staunch Republicans and we have many an argument about that when we get around a dinner table. But they are more about taxes and money than other things, and do not support Trump. I wonder if Trump becomes the nominee, if I could use the utter lies that keep…

That’s the crazy thing about this. The GOP members who are not unapologetic racists won’t vote for an unapologetic racist like Trump, but there are much fewer of them than there are unapologetic racists in the party.

Fuck that noise. If you don’t want the person in front of you to recline because your knees are too big, pay a little extra and buy the seat in front of you like fat people are expected to do.

It’s because a presidential candidate has to represent a country of 200 million people, not just you. So you choose the one that most closely aligns with your ideals because you prefer that to the alternative. It's completely unrealistic to expect much more than that, especially in a country with the political makeup…

Look, the argument for not mistreating people on the basis of their religious beliefs is that you should not mistreat other human beings, period. The argument for not attacking a Muslim woman in a hijab in front of her child is that that’s a fucked up thing to do to another person, not that her religious beliefs…

But settlements cost money that eventually adds up. Regarding 99% of cases losing, I think it’s a bit of a different case here because the doctors know what is medically indicated in this situation and don’t do it because of religious doctrines, not medical standards. That would make meeting the negligence standard…

Agreed. I wonder if there is more leeway though to sue regular doctors working at those hospitals for malpractice. A simple Google search doesn't produce anything, so I wonder if that's an issue that has been litigated. If you can't bleed the hospital dry, maybe bleeding the independent contractor doctors and their…

Dismissals are appealable. Eventually, this has to go to the Supreme Court. All the more reason the upcoming election is so important.

I find this malpractice train of thought very intriguing. If regulation won't kill the alarming proliferation of Catholic hospitals, maybe crushing litigation might?

You are making me eyeroll so hard, it’s starting to hurt. Whatever your biggest pet issue in the election is, is well and good but it has to do with your personal preferences and biases and is not representative of feminism or women generally. You never stop to think that your perception of Hillary Clinton is colored…

Probably because law school is all the assholes you knew in undergrad, all in one place.

A very early example of negging?