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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Did you miss this part?
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.
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.
Because. They’re. On. The. Same. Side.
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
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.
And then the next conservative President will pack it again, and the Supreme Court will become a joke. There’s a reason norms exist…
Nothing is stopping them from doing it anyways. Let’s keep the norms while a rogue court takes our rights.