Originally published at: JD Vance is on a crusade to make divorce impossible - Boing Boing
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The bald-faced hypocrisy of the Republican Party is on display once again.
Trump alone has had more divorces than many working Americans have had vacations.
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It seems worth noting that (studiously undisclosed in his book) the “Mamaw” he spends so much time spinning folksy stories about was only not-divorced because she and her husband were “legally separated” which is a totally distinct thing because reasons.
This guy really does have an astonishing commitment to public policy on the basis of the wrong conclusions about his own dysfunctional biography.
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Is there something in Melania’s re-re-re-negotiated prenuptial agreement that this team is trying to get ahead of?
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I was a witness in a divorce case and I had to be very specific and say that they were NOT cohabitating during that year. I realized that typical “no-fault” divorces function by creating a case of “abandonment.” Which was a common justification for divorce back in the day when somebody disappeared and there was no real way to figure out whether they were alive or dead.
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Well…no, that’s not how no fault divorces work. They work by specific statute that allows a divorce for no given reason. Abandonment would be a reason. And not every state requires some period of non-cohabitation like North Carolina apparently does.
The thing is…even when you don’t have no fault divorce, people find ways to get divorced even if neither party has committed adultery, abandonment, or abuse. New York was the last state to pass a no-fault divorce statute. Prior to that, what often happened was a staged fake-affair. An attorney for one party or the other would have his assistant, or somebody else he paid under the table, to meet with the husband at a hotel, and they would get into bed and have a picture taken of them “caught in the act”. This was done with the knowledge of both husband and wife. It was just completely fake, so they could show the court proof of infidelity so the court would grant the divorce. I can’t find it now, but I read an article in my Family Law class in law school written by a woman who was the “other woman” in something ridiculous like 100 divorce cases. So much like banning abortion, poor and working class women are affected much worse by banning no-fault divorce than anyone else is. Rich people will find a way.
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This is another step in movement conservatism’s war on choices for women. I’m old enough to know people who [as @danimagoo just noted] had to make up an extramarital affair with a random person (literally chosen from the phonebook) and put it on the public record in order to push through an amicable and mutually agreed upon divorce. When one spouse doesn’t want a divorce, though, the other will effectively be trapped if fascists like Vance get their way.
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From the party of personal liberty. We always knew these guys were building a road to fascism. But until recently it only seemed like hyperbole when people applied that moniker to them.
One thing I like to do is to explain to a newer generation what I think we’re seeing. What fascism is. And how despite being a complete clown, that these guys are really really dangerous.
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“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” - Frank Wilhoit
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Yea. But if Jimmy Bowman wants to stop everyone, including white men from getting a divorce, then I suspect he’s doing Conservatism wrong.
But I agree Wilhoit’s law is still true here. Even if Jimmy is a bit incompetent about it.
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Oh, it’s funny that you think that will stop white men from getting a divorce if they want one. They will make up some bullshit, and the judge will believe them.
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True. they’ll get some kind of annulment rather than a divorce. Get a minister or priest to approve it and it’s suddenly “legal” instead of the civil way of going to a county clerk’s office and filing like regular people do.
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For a party that talks a lot about personal freedom and small government, why are they trying so hard to involve government in peoples family/personal lives?
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This isn’t about controlling men, it’s about controlling women, full stop. Laws prior to rise of no-fault divorce privileged, protected, and empowered MEN (white men, at least)… They rarely had issues getting divorces, because they were the ones who controlled all of the political and social power in the US… They are seeking to take us all back to that time.
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Perhaps I expressed myself poorly. Yes, no-fault divorce is statutory, but in states with a waiting period, that in itself mimics creating a case of abandonment. It’s kind of like they decided to create a law that recreated what people were already doing.
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I wonder why that’s the case for you.
It never seemed “hyperbolic” to me.
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I read that as “vaccinations”. Dog knows why.
Probably still holds true, though.
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I saw the post headline, and my first thought was Usha is really pissed about JD’s statements on immigrants.
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Next week: we find out JD has an investment in a Reno, NV, divorce ranch.
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The classic path is accusing the wife of either infidelity or unhinged jealousy and paranoia once you identify the next wife.
I suppose we can look forward to the snake pits again as well since having your unwanted females committed and given lobotomies is also part of that classic 1950s aesthetic that is so hot right now.
Just ask RFK.
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