Knowing the Democrats, they would probably get the expansion then fail to confirm any judges, allowing Trump to fill every seat.
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Or get them confirmed, then trump comes in and add 100 justices.
And if elections still exist, the next democrat adds 200 justices.
Eventually, supreme court becomes larger than congress.
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Sure, why not? I feel incredibly under represented knowing 9 unelected people get to decide for hundreds of millions.
Right? And more justices means more frequent turnover which means less wild swings when the ancients die. More people that need to be bribed to compromise too
It's always appalling to me what people will sell the American people out for. Like look at Clarence Thomas. This guy could quit the court, work in the private sector and make bank on his name alone. Instead he sells out millions of people for an RV and some fancy vacations. Da fuck is wrong with people?
Fuck it, make it 335 million.
Every decision goes to a referendum.
But that would take power from the wealthy few and distribute it to the people, and that's evil leftist communist Marxist fascist socialist atheist woke double plus ungood poopy mind virus trans CRT, uhh, Venezuelan conspiracy and the Clintons and Obama will enforce gay agenda to kidnap your kids, uhh, agenda. Thinking is hard, so strong daddy trump will do my thinking for me.
/s in case it wasn't obvious enough.
We can all be on the supreme Court!
End-around the electoral college: if we’re ALL on the Supreme Court, then a simple majority can select presidents
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See you there
Sincerely, your fellow supreme court member, Justice [ERROR: Name Corrupted - SupremeCourt.exe has crashed due to excessive size]
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They way apathy is being sowed for democrats there is no chance we will have anyone but GOP in power.
Apathy doesn't get sown, enthusiasm does. Apathy is the default and it's the job of a politician to inspire.
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The seeds of apathy were sowed a decade ago when they stopped fighting for what their voters actually wanted and instead ran solely on being the better alternative to an authoritarian dick bag for simply being establishment politicians. Those seeds have taken root and sprouted now that voters have seen the Dems' are incapable of getting over their own hubris.
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Dems should really do something about that. This is hindsight but seems to me like they should have tried a bit harder to win the only election that will matter moving forward.
I weep for the timeline where Bernie won the 2020 primary.
It's OK bb. I want to live in your fantasy, too.
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Nah the dems would fill every seat. They'd still give republicans a majority to reach over the aisle
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He doesn't care about us. None of them do. The only time he's done anything to actually stand up against the rising tide of shit we're all experiencing has been to defend his own son.
The supreme Court has given him incredible power, and he's a lame duck president. He should be doing everything possible to make improvements for us and ruin Trump's agenda, but instead he's going to throw up his hands and ride off into the sunset with his failson.
Agree
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Funny, but pardons are explicitly written in the constutution, there is zero ambiguety.
Supreme court expantion needs congress.
Besides, whats the point, trump and republican congress is just gonna expand it to 100 justices.
Just do a national divorce already, maybe the piece of shit known as MTG was right after all. The infection has gone too far, need to amputate like half of the country.
Splitting the country in half would only lead to more problems. Countries with strong disagreements being situated side-by-side leads to increased conflict. It's why colonialists love drawing up terrible borders for places they leave "independent".
People in here need to stop seeing conspiracies when "the generals just cut a line in the middle of a map" is the obvious explanation.
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The following statements are brought to you by insomnia and an emotional numbness that can only be the result of utterly losing hope.
Argumentative tone, inane statement, and general stupidity are well, probably just me, but let’s pretend they’re presented for effect.
So?!
Biden can just declare it and say he’s acting in the official capacity of his role as president. What are they gonna do, say it’s unconstitutional? Well, who cares? He can just pardon himself for issuing the edict and everyone that helps enforce it. What are they gonna do? Heck, he can even whack the offending judges for getting in the way and just make Hunter and Obama Supreme Court justices.
Hey, let's not do this debate shit. I'm not making policy here, brah.
I mean technically it is a policy proposal :P
And technically I'm a shit poster on the political memes lemmy whos knowledge of the constitution boils down to a bunch of podcasts I listened to.
" ...a mans gotta know his limitations." 👍
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loud debating noises
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Soon, we shall see it all come tumbling down. Rule of law means two things now, Jack and Shit.
Soon enough. The only thing that's important right now is getting people to snap out of this DNC v GOP narrative and understand moving forward the DNC only exists by the allowance of the GOP.
I know I can't will the masses into figuring this shit out, but I'll keep spreading the word.
I remember watching the DNC earlier this year. There were shirts and signs that read " DEMOCRACY IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT", and I don't quite know why, but it stuck with me, and I had to think about it. It sure does get treated like a sport. The GOP breaks the rules, commits fouls, and Democrats act like there's a referee in Congress who's going to throw a flag every time the GOP breaks a rule or makes an irregular play. And what I have come to realize is that we the public are supposed to be the referees. And regardless of team, we have to be the ones blowing whistles, throwing flags, and reviewing plays.
Since the election, I've decided to become a regular thorn in the sides of my elected officials, on both sides of the aisle. Through research I've settled on sending letters. Good old-fashioned letters on real paper, delivered via the postal service. Typed, usually. Handwritten, if I want it to be more personal. And I'll send multiple copies of the same letter to their offices in my State and to their offices at the Capitol, addressed to them directly. This last bit is important because since it's a federal offense to open correspondence and packages not addressed to you, and no staffer or intern wants to risk their job by opening letters addressed to their bosses, it's guaranteed that the officials themselves will read them. Sure, the staffers might be the ones sending the responses, but that doesn't mean my Senator or Representative never saw it. And since the same letter is at all their offices, this increases the chance of it being read. They're gonna think "Holy shit, this guy really wants me to listen to what he's got to say!"
You see, despite their efforts to get us to believe otherwise, our politicians are not beyond our reach. They do respond to public pressure, occasionally. I'm convinced that if more people did as I'm going to do, they'd listen more to us and less to their corporate friends and lobbyists.
I like you. I think you're really cool. I want that to work! Can we also try other stuff too, though?
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I've had this idea for a service that sends people everything they need to send a letter, and a list of things on Congress's agenda to write in about. Like one of those loot box subscriptions. All they need to do is hand-write a quick note with their opinion and drop them in the mail.
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Trump redefined the GOP. DNC needs a sane variation on that theme.
It will never happen, the DNC are the guys meant to take a fall. You can make a villain (GOP) into a nastier villain (GOP under Trump), but you can't make a fall guy into an action hero.
You can ditch the DNC and do a new thing knowing it will take steadfast commitment and there will be setbacks.
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Probably best to just reduce it by 5. Messily.
Don't get me excited.
If you do that now, there will not be enough time to confirm the additions before the repugs come in and trash them.
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