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scottEkarate
#8 this hit too fucking hard
BootneeLeeFarnsworth
Motherfuckers I ALREADY voted.
TimeRyderAndTheChronoTeens
fuck every last piece of shit who claimed they'd fight this, and then didn't
SonderingStrike
Democrats not overstepping their bounds is what we want, sadly, what we don't want is the republicans doing it anyway...
londonosierra2000
Republicans are trash. They don't give a shit about America. Greed Is their God.
areis30
Uh, she couldn't list what freedoms are protected by the first amendment and now she'll be "interpreting" the Constitution. Think about that
kmikl
That's the part where I think Term limits need to be retroactive.
Curii
Oh just wait until Trump narrowly looses, claims it was rigged, and it gets taken to the supreme court...
JMassHysteria
He’s gonna do it if he gets zero votes, and it’s gonna work. He’s gonna steal the election, and Barrett was the last piece of the puzzle.
Curii
It's interesting how everyone has come to the same conclusion. Oh well, TV's going to be interesting for the next few months.
StellarJay77
A supreme court Justice standing with the president would normally be impartial except that the current president has made it abundantly >
StellarJay77
>clear that he is completely partisan and doesn't represent all Americans, only those that are aligned with the Republican party.
that300ZXguy
Huh, if only there was a pressing national concern that required the help and cooperation of the GOP to get our country back on track...
ScientistFromSouth
Court packing is needed, Obama, Bush, and Clinton got 2 justices each over their 8 years. Trump got 3 in 4 years. A larger court
ScientistFromSouth
If balanced correctly would filter for these events since fluctuations scale with Sqrt(Size). With 25+, they'd have more diversity,
ScientistFromSouth
could delegate writing opinions so more cases could be seen, and short term partisan fluctuations would be less significant. However,
ScientistFromSouth
Be able to delegate opinion writing to hear more cases, and transient partisan fluctuations would have a smaller relative effect.
laDisparitionDesHeures
It used to be that justices needed to be confirmed by 2/3 of the senate. Then shenanigans happen, and there we are...
PiggyWobbles
who changed the rules for SC justices? Mcconnel. "but harry reid did it for lower courts" is laughable in the face of the GOPs actions
ForestWhitakersWonkyEye
Turtle boy literally told the democrats that they would regret their filibuster decision a lot sooner than they think.
ForestWhitakersWonkyEye
And I'll be damned if it wasn't the one time a politician wasn't blowing smoke up someone's ass
ForestWhitakersWonkyEye
Agree with what they did or not, I don't care. But that decision was bound to blow up in their faces.
PiggyWobbles
the idea that "turtle boy" wasn't going to do exactly what he did anyway is totally not supported by his subsequent actions. The guy that >
Paratrooperbipolarbear
It is times like these that I can't help but think about the book Animal Farm. Very scary.
LoTRFanatic42
Animal Farm was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual.
Paratrooperbipolarbear
God damn pigs won't stop squealing.
MechKelly
Fuck Barrett, fuck trump, fuck the GOP who enabled these shit bags. I'm so over this this blatant hypocritical bullshit.
Heliogabalus227
FrolickingFrolicking
Fuck off with that. If Dems (example) take senate and impeach Barrett, there’d be a shitstorm of crybabies/articles saying that’s TOO XTREME
FrolickingFrolicking
Just like the shitstorm over “OH NO HOW DARE the democrats propose a 51st state, HOW dare democrats propose a larger Supreme Court”
aspiringgamedev
republicans are literally ripping democracy away from the people and so blatantly in front of peoples face. and a quarter of the US 1/2
aspiringgamedev
supports it, disgusting to say the least. not true americans
stanndingtall
Well forget those over 400 bills, including the Heroes bill sitting on McConnell's desk at least he forced through another judge..
InTheEndThoughItsJustInnuendo
For reference: Mcconnell has made sure nothing got done for years. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/
stanndingtall
And yet kentuckians keep reelecting that douchebag..
ProcrastinatingWork
American democracy died forever last night
SecretlyASiberianHusky
No? It worked literally how the government is supposed to operate.
ProcrastinatingWork
No. This "judge" has not been confirmed by the minority party. Is is not fair or accurate representation.
SecretlyASiberianHusky
Again, that’s not how the government is supposed to work. It was the majority of the senate.
williamrichards
Why would it need to be confirmed by the minority party?
ProcrastinatingWork
So that its a fair vote. So that it's not just one belief system being represented. How could any one group of people represent all of us?
SecretlyASiberianHusky
Because it was a majority. That’s how the senate works.
williamrichards
Because the Republicans have a majority in the Senate? That's how a majority vote works
Flodos
Revolt.
darkninja2992
To be fair, that IS how america was started. It may be time for revolution 2: electric boogaloo
Shadesheartperegrine
I mean. If I have to board up the windows, sit by the closet with something to protect myself from anarchists, then lets go for that revolt.
Boxdoc1974
We can fix this. BIDEN 2020!!! Pack that court baby!!!!!
Freightshaker
Remember when the Dems thought doing away with the filibuster was a good idea?
MundySeme
Sm9yCg
Reps destroyed the legitimacy of SCOTUS.
RealTurdFerguson
Correction. They’ve destroyed the legitimacy of this country.
skittlesbane
This system needs dramatic reforms. We've needed them for a long time. It's in place to keep people in power up and everyone else under heel
suffyr
If only there was some way of removing fascists and tyrants from power. There must not be any
darkninja2992
I heard the guillotine has worked well in france
One8updude
You know we can vote them out, right?
lovelybone93
Because Hitler, Mussolini and various fascist assholes were voted out... wait, never.
Hellboy86
I can picture the day Biden is sworn in. 'Biden has a lot to answer for, over 220k dead from covid' - Republicans
insegrevious
Oh thank god we won't have anymore deaths from now until Jan 20th.
Senguie
Might get a ban for this but for the amount of guns you Americans have, maybe it’s time to practice that second amendment.Could be wrong 2/?
Senguie
But from where I’m standing it sure seems the bad guys are winning with the least amount of friction. 2/2
JMassHysteria
The problem is that the people who are most in support of guns are the ones most aligned with the current administration.
CountBackwardsFrom10
So scary. So many other case scould be challenged. School integration:Brown v Board of Ed, Interracial marriage:Loving v Virginia etc.
SecretlyASiberianHusky
Do you seriously think she is going to overturn brown vs board? What imaginary racist characature do you think is SC justice?
PiggyWobbles
the same SC that removed consent decrees and gutted the voting rights act in the last few years? That one?
ThatOtherTransGirl
Overturn? No. Chip away at it over time with rulings on other cases to grant more power to ignore it over time? Absolutely. If you 1/
ThatOtherTransGirl
honestly think it will end with attacking trans and gay rights, and women's right to choose, you're kidding yourself.
PiggyWobbles
they know it wont, but they cant even admit the first step - the GOP campaigns 24/7 on removing roe vs wade then pretends "that isnt going >
PiggyWobbles
< to happen" when they appoint a judge... oh really? Then why were you explicitly campaigning on this for years? hmmmmmmm
LariCheltsy
Feldspartacus
NGL, I was just hoping to buy a truck with the stimulus money, but damned if a shitload of people don't really need it.
khazaria
Nobody send or order anything through USPS for the next week. Gotta make sure those ballots get in.
The1stBellicose
Nobody is going to mention the cum spewing cock dragon? Alrighty then.
LimpYLIZARD
Yes I know I'm still waiting on the first one!
LariCheltsy
youknowthatonepersonwiththeface
Dunno why you're being downvoted, I'm in the same boat, and the IRS is basically screening calls with human FAQs who can't help you at all.
RJF2009
And so is that healthcare plan. It’s tremendous. It’ll be here in two weeks.
GrumpyOldMan55
And we will NEVER see a second stimulus check.
COFFEESPANKS
Pelosi’s been blocking it from the beginning because it won’t benefit Dems if people get money under the trump admin
judaserebus
Actually, no. They have asked for JUST a stimulus bill that will actually help. Not a bill with any earmarks whatsoever.
IdiotSavantTinker
/a/bBoFlAo
Wobblestone
There is a bipartisan bill sitting on mitch McConnell desk right now. Stop lying.
COFFEESPANKS
Theres approved senate bills to just continue the ppp and stimulus checks that she has been filibustering. Last I checked that was racist...
Wobblestone
First off, that's a strawman that I dont agree with. And secondly, the stimulus checks are tied to other pieces sitting on McConnell's desk.
ATerribleArtist
Look up the problem solvers caucus. They've proposed half a dozen stimulus bills ranging from 2 trillion to 500 billion repubs still vote no
q2grapple
Oh shut the FUCK up
COFFEESPANKS
Great point, I think I agree with you now. How could I not be swayed by that amazing argument.
q2grapple
How about the fact that the House passed a stimulus Bill months ago and Mitch McConnell has been sitting on it.
PhtevenTheWhovian
I still haven't seen my first stimulus check.
pylorih
I'll take all the downvotes: I'm ok with this since it hurts more poor republican voters. Let them eat cake.
TardigradeTheDestroyer
I don't even want to pay back the first one.
TheCacklingJackal
Maybe under new administration?
tondemonai
McConnell will most likely get reelected. So no, not under a new administration, because the Senate won't even look at one.
TheCacklingJackal
If Democrats take the majority in the Senate, McConnell looses his power too. There's more than one way to make turtle soup.
TheobromineAddict
Not if the Senate doesn't change hands.
LariCheltsy
By the time they mail those, how many will be evicted from their home address?
BlastingRopeToWaluigiHentai
Currently forestalled in my state until at least January 1.
psych0bunneh
Well that's fun cuz they can't even talk about it until Jan 20th
BlastingRopeToWaluigiHentai
who is they and what is it? Foreclosures and evictions very on from state to state, and whether they're commercial or residential.
Toodamagedtocare
Living on the streets starving.? FUCK tRUMP !!?? VOTE PEOPLE OUR LIVES AND COUNTRY DEPEND ON HIS ASS BEING LOCKED UP !! IGNORANT P.O.S.
TheCacklingJackal
Many. I don't mean to detract from current ailments; I mean to provide hope for the future.
Heliogabalus227
Motivational or not, that cat is long dead
josieexplosion
LariCheltsy
RunsWithScizrs
I'm really surprised Biden hasn't used this platform. Promising large stimulus payoffs for the people after he's elected.
AnoniMoose27
Biden is on the conservative side, Romneycare is as far as he'll go when he claims healthcare is a human right.
enferno8
But ThaT's SOciAliSM
PiggyWobbles
the GOP will immediately pivot to stonewalling anything biden does then blaming him that "nothing gets done"
TheCacklingJackal
That's why Congress seats are just as important as the presidency. Remember to vote! Every election counts and every voice should be counted
zFUBARz
Not just the senate. EVERYTHING. How do you think the GOP got this power? Dems turn out for the big ones, ignore the small stuff. (1/2)
zFUBARz
Not just the senate. EVERYTHING. How do you think the GOP got this power? Dems turn out for the big ones, ignore the small stuff. (1/2)
zFUBARz
You think sheriffs and comptrollers, and local judges, and all that aren't pushing the GOP agenda, raising money, gerrymandering, etc? (2/2)
skellington01
THIS.
I’m tired of blaming republicans. Democrats, your country is being stolen and you’re doing nothing.
Freightshaker
The Repubs have been working towards controlling the courts for decades, while the Dems have been oblivious.
skellington01
“I voted”, “I did my part”. You’re fucking naive. The other side is breaking all the rules, pulling all the stops, and arming themselves in
skellington01
case it’s not enough. America is weeks away from being a dictatorship, and you’re living in this dream where “someone” will stop him.
Callynd
I'm sorry, I'm waiting until after the election for the revolution. If there's still a chance I don't have to, I'd rather not.
AnoniMoose27
I wouldn't be surprised if the 2/3 rule goes back in action under Democrats, no backbone. It's like they're paid to lose.
Grizy
But this idea of blaming the democrats is just taking away votes from them and creates whataboutism, absolutely fucking useless.
Grizy
On top of that, what do you want them to do, be corrupt back?
skellington01
I’d like to see a plan. Democrat’s plan for defending the union from Trump is non existent just like Trump’s healthcare plan.
Grizy
"those darn democrats, why couldn't they fight the corrupt party holding a majority" shut the fuck up, vote, get a gun if you're inclined-
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
Not sure why you're surprised when you vote for "democrats" funded by the same big banks and corporations that bankroll republicans. Their(1
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
(2)"opposition" is theater because if they really fought the GOP on everything they should their big donor money would dry up. Should have
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
(3)been clear as day the last 4 years, over and over they say "Trump is the most dangerous president ever that could cause WW3" and yet year
AsABiologistWhoIsNotFunAtParties
(4/4)after year they vote to expand his military budget by tens of $billions, because their superpacs are also getting $ from Raytheon et al
mksu
#7 The quiver was obviously empty. The Republicans had a majority in the Senate and zero interest in working with Democrats to begin with.
blargh177
Lot of people don’t get how civics work and want any excuse to shit on Speaker Pelosi.
AoShin
Dems could hav organized a general strike. One hell of a way to put pressure on Rs and Trump. Sadly they only deal in theatrical resistance
sentientburrito11
Exactly! The Dems had no leverage minus Collins which made no difference
BroseidonKingOfTheBros
And, most importantly, their voters don't care at all about precedent or historical norms, so this will cost them zero votes.
sentientburrito11
Exactly! The Dems had no leverage minus Collins (if you consider that leverage)
voidmain
Couldn’t they sue the senate? Advocating jurisprudence? (You know, from the Obama case) and do an injunction?
apeshigh
#16 you've always deen there, with us
OtterlyMagnificent
They expended 100% of their ammunition against Trump during the Impeachment. Now they're out of ammo, but still dry-firing like they have1/
OtterlyMagnificent
something significant. Like pulling on the same empty line over and over will eventually hurt Trump.2/2
FrolickingFrolicking
Oh you mean the impeachment where the republicans rejected evidence and witnesses? Trump is a criminal and Moscow Mitch likes the crimes
OtterlyMagnificent
Yes, the impeachment where the Democrats kept going 'THIS evidence is damning' every time their 'evidence' was proved fake or worthless.
CerisCinderwolf
Not really empty but the impeachment option was q standard 9mm against 3" thick reinforced steel plating, all because Republicans don't 1/2
CerisCinderwolf
vote for impeachment based on legality, just whatever lines their pockets. I won't cry if I read the news someone took a lawnmower to em. 2
parkerh17
Come on that is bullshit, it doesn't matter if R's voted for impeachment it is a proceeding that takes time and priority. It would have 1/
parkerh17
Worked. 2/2
CerisCinderwolf
Like it did the first time? Their side of "vote innocent/no impeachment" outnumbered the lawful "yes, impeach him."
istry555
Early on, Pelosi could have leveraged a government shutdown to delay it a bit (probably not enough), but, should she have? IDK
Apothecarius
"The democrats are stopping your stimulus bill we want to pass!"
BrovoFoxtrot
I don’t think so. As bad as this situation is, I do expect some good to come from it: packed court, filibuster removal, more voter turnout
parkerh17
They actually had a number of methods but the best one would have been impeachment.
BrovoFoxtrot
Filibuster was also removed by McConnell for SCOTUS. The house also has no power here. If senate flips the goal would be to pack the court
Idriveboats
If they win, Dems need to add states to solidify their majority in the senate. DC, Puerto Rico, split up California/NY, add Guam/VI/Samoa.
BrovoFoxtrot
While I do support granting representation to the territories we govern, I don’t think it’ll happen. Filibuster removal is the best bet rn
Idriveboats
It would be a heck of a case to see republicans saying that Americans don’t deserve representation and a win for Dems. Agree, won’t happen.
xj4low
After the hurricane and resulting help from the WH, not sure Puerto Rico is going to be on board.
crazyspelling
Awww you think they have a choice? Hawaii has a bridge to sell you.
mksu
Packing the court isn't good enough. The GOP will bludgeon the Democrats to death with it, take back Senate, and do it themselves.
BrovoFoxtrot
In the end, you can impeach justices. If worst comes to worst that is a legal option, just a very bad one
DanFendi
Requires 2/3 majority of the Senate. Won't happen.
The605
Packing the court is a bad move
BrovoFoxtrot
How so? There should be another liberal justice on the court currently, packing the court is one way to remedy that wrong
The605
Because it’s not a long term fix. GOP will do the same thing next chance they get. Term limits for SCOTUS would be a more viable solution
xj4low
A future with 27 members of the supreme count would be the most American joke ever. Imagine they would have to share offices.
brakiachi
Impeachments and other privileged votes would have forced the senate to deal with those first. Instead they managed to increase her
brakiachi
Polling numbers 15 points among democrats. They did the opposite of fight
brakiachi
Ultimately I don't believe they could have stopped it, but goddamn they have to at least try. Instead they let it happen to fundraise
TiredOfTheBS
You clearly haven’t been paying attention. Schumer forced votes on dozens of things to get republicans on the record. Impeachment
TiredOfTheBS
wouldn’t do shit. McConnell gets to set the schedule of the trial and he would have put it post election/confirmation anyway.
Dominiricanish
I think it was more if they had tried to impeach again, they’d potentially turn more voters to trump. Saying they’re bullying or some shit
OtterlyMagnificent
They ARE bullying. They have been bullying for the last few DECADES.
brakiachi
Then don't impeach. Refuse unanimous consent on every motion. Force GOP to appear for quorum calls, boycott the nomination hearings
Canadoug
It's almost like Pelosi only cares about money.
jayman0123
Like Trump?
brakiachi