To the poor sods in US ERA :
Even if I wanted to(I don’t) how do you propose I just up and move to a different country?
Yeah, this is not happening unless a Justice runs afoul of the law and is impeached.
The "corporations are people too" thing is so confusing to me. We have a distinction between "natural persons"(humans) and "persons for the law" here. Doesn't that distinction exist in the US? That would seem unworkable.
It takes only a senate majority to put Trump's picks on the courts.
Yes, because as the US proves, emigration is so easy. Especially if you have a family.To the poor sods in US ERA :
Lol
They’ll say that he’s under investigation and can’t appoint someone or come up with something new. Same shit the Republicans did when they announced prior to the election they wouldn’t let Hillary appoint a justice either because reasons.
What a shitty fucking opinion. Let’s apply it to healthcare. Because I went to go see a doctor for treatment, it is not reasonable to expect privacy regarding my health.
"Insufficient evidence" is basically judicial code for "please go away". After all, how do you define what is sufficient?
You. Conservatives believe money equals speech and corporations are people. The funny thing is Scalia, claiming himself a Constitutional textualist, one who believed there was no flexibility in the word of the costutution, was pretty adamant a out stripping citizens rights in favor for corporate rights.
And this here is why the most dangerous man to be nominated for Supreme Court Justice will be approved.
What do you think government is? It's an institution/institutions run by people. No system can vest itself from people operating in bad faith.
Yep. They'll speed the vote through immediately after the hearing is held before the controversies start up in earnest.
Basically, yeah. Kavanaugh is the kind of justice that literally any Republican president would have nominated (as was Gorsuch). He'll get all 51 GOP votes and a couple of Democrats.
Hot opinions like these is why nobody will take you seriously.
Nixon wasn't working with the Russian government to undermine American ideals.
No, but he did collude with the Vietnamese to prolong the war and his electoral chances.
The problem with packing the court is that once you open that door, both parties will never stop packing SCOTUS with judges of their choosing. Sounds great if Democrats decide to add 3-4 more liberal justices to the bench. Less great if Republicans start adding another half-dozen conservatives to it.
GOP has the majority, people will just have to accept that the SCOTUS will be hard line conservative for a few decades
Not moving goalpost but if impeached because of collusion with the Russian government all of his policies, nominees, and appointments become automatically tainted and will be called into question.
At some point the parallels with Nixon end and we enter uncharted territories.
I vote we give the US citizens the right to impeach supreme court judges.
How about voting to get a more liberal court? You’re exhibiting the worst of America.
If it is was disqualifying for judges to be appointed by somone engaged in shady foreign dealings to get electeed then (off the top of my head) Ginsberg, Breyer, and Kennedy should all have been removed
He just was responsible for the war on black peo.... Em I mean the war on drugs
Sounds like a good idea. When's the next vote that guarantees a more liberal court?
Look, abolishing the supreme court is obviously ridiculous and reactionary, but at a time like this you can't really blame someone. I'm really starting to get sick of this "just vote" thing, because it basically ignores the context of the situation we're in. People did "just vote." They voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama and he had a supreme court pick stolen. They voted for Hillary Clinton and despite that a guy that still has a criminal investigation into his role during that very election, someone else will pick a Supreme Court justice. And now stories are coming out that actually Kennedy himself is the one pushing for a particular person he wants to succeed him. The country is gerrymandered to fucking hell and back to the point where only a 7 or 8 point democratic win can even bring them within a slight margin to win the house. They barely have a hope of the senate. In the past few elections we've had some of them where democrats win far more votes but get less seats. Voting rights are stripped and voters are being purged from the rolls. The voting rights act was stripped.
Never. The republicans will never give up the court. They'll pull every trick they have if it even remotely looks like it'll turn. They'll torch the entire fucking thing if they get a chance. They'll pack the court the second it's liberal. Mark my words. Unless something profound changes in the way the two parties are set up, liberals will never touch the court. McConnell proved that.
We the people don't have to accept shit! Resist, mobilize, vote, and keep moving forward.
Liberals are so weak willed and this is why we keep losing even though the majority votes Democrat for president and Senate and House.
