• edge [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    Gonna be hilarious when Trump gets his fourth Supreme Court justice because another liberal refused to retire when a Democrat was president.

      • edge [he/him]
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        8 months ago

        Dems still control the Senate, so McConnell can't do anything. Sinema could do something though.

        • StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml
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          8 months ago

          Dems controlled the Senate for a while last time too. They were too afraid to use a simple majority to pass through any of their nominations though. 60 votes were required to add someone to the supreme Court, dems had a simple majority and were unwilling to lower because "then the Republicans would use it."

          Lot of good that did

          • edge [he/him]
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            8 months ago

            They actually did remove the filibuster for lower court nominations. Which gave the Republicans easy justification to remove it for Kavanaugh a few years later.

            So they essentially handed the Republicans that power without ever using it themselves. Strategic geniuses.

            But now that it's gone, they are shooting themselves in the foot - again - by not having Sotomayor (and Kagan really) retire.

          • NewLeaf
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            8 months ago

            Fetterman will be the new rotating villain after Manchin retires

  • RION [she/her]
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    8 months ago

    manhattan

    It is 2013. A girlboss refuses to retire from the supreme court and her seat will be filled by the opposition when she dies after the next election.

    It is 2023. A girlboss refuses to retire from the supreme court and her seat will be filled by the opposition when she dies after the next election.

  • companero [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    Translation: We need the threat of her death in office to blackmail voters with.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      8 months ago

      Translation: We need the threat of her death in office to blackmail voters with at least one more 40-year old Federalist Society Judge to dominate the judicial branch for the next generation, just in case Thomas kicks it and Roberts pulls a Souter.

  • newmou [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    Oh that would be so funny if they did it again

  • itappearsthat
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    8 months ago

    simply win every election until 2054 so the dems will get a one vote margin on the supreme court, then real change can start!

  • DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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    8 months ago

    Would be nice if they actually focused on winning elections, they seem to be trying their hardest to do the opposite at this point.

  • Owl [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    first as a farce, and then as another farce

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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    8 months ago

    If you're the Democrats, you win some and you lose some and you lose some more and you lose some more...

  • Maoo [none/use name]
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    8 months ago

    Time for our rulers to roll the dice on our cabal of boring wizards again! Hope it doesn't result in misery for millions.