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return2ozma@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

Biden warns Trump could select two more Supreme Court justices if re-elected

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Biden warns Trump could select two more Supreme Court justices if re-elected

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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During a fundraising event in Los Angeles, Biden alluded to the upside-down flag controversy surrounding Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.
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  • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    President Nothing Will Fundamentally Change has made zero moves in the last 3.5 years to pack the court that overturned Roe v. Wade.

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      I think the title is referring to the chance of 2 existing replacements, not packing the court.

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      Yeah, he should have…had one of the conservative justices murdered? WTF do you want him to do

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        You know the president can add justices, right? Court expansion is under the jurisdiction of the executive branch and approved by the Senate. So no, he doesn’t need to kill a justice, he can just increase the court size.

        The Constitution does not specify the size of the court.

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          Approved by the Senate

          Did you miss this part?

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            I missed the part where Dems are somehow simultaneously the weak opposition party 100% of the time, and when they do have all three branches in control, there’s always somehow one Democrat that they can’t whip a vote from and tanks the whole bill.

            Why. Won’t. They. Fight. Back. Against. The. Republicans.

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              Remember three years ago when the Senate parliamentarian magically blocked the Dems from getting the $15 minimum wage onto Biden’s COVID-19 relief bill?

              Or a year and a half ago when they betrayed the rail workers by splitting the bill and then voting down the workers’ right to strike?

              Those were kayfabe. The Democrats wanted to lose those fights.

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              Why. Won’t. They. Fight. Back. Against. The. Republicans.

              Because. They’re. On. The. Same. Side.

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              always

              Are you talking about Joe Lieberman and the ACA and then Manchin and Sinema in 20-22? The fuck do you mean “always?” They’re constantly fighting back against the Republicans

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                They have buddy-buddy dinners with each other all the time lol. This is not a serious power struggle to them.

                Since 1980 there have only been 3 periods where Democrats have had solid control of the House, the Senate, and the presidency. The first was under Clinton, for 2 years, where they rammed through a number of right wing bills (that Genocide Joe helped with, like the Crime Bill and NAFTA). The next two were the ones you refer to, where Democrats adopted their excuse-making strategy rather than actually hold clear lines. And because the Dem base is domesticated, they learned to parrot those excuses rather than organize to demand policy.

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          And then the next conservative President will pack it again, and the Supreme Court will become a joke. There’s a reason norms exist…

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            Nothing is stopping them from doing it anyways. Let’s keep the norms while a rogue court takes our rights.

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        Why are you asking me when I just told you? We’ve been saying it for the last three years: pack the court.

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    Remember “It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it!”

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    Damn. Biden should really tell that to the guy running against Trump. He’s really dropping the ball.

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    DON’T FEED THE TROLLSt!!!

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      jagoff Everyone to the left of me is a troll.

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        Everyone not left enough of me is also a troll

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    Wow, he should probably stop doing genocide then.

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      Removed by mod

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        Genocide is the kind of thing where you should take a few steps back and say, “you know what, maybe I shouldn’t support this with my usual knee-jerk partisanship”.

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        Biden will lose if he doesn’t stop doing genocide.

        Why doesn’t he care?

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      Wait did you get your troll army to downvote my other comment? LMAO

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